Is fashion remaking our bodies? The Minefield 24/11/2022 1h 0min Listen "Is fashion remaking our bodies?" Reproducir Descargar episodio Ver en sitio original Episode Synopsis Ever since the advent of “ready-to-wear” mass-produced clothing, the brands and prevailing fashions they establish hold out a kind of “idealised” body to which wearers must conform. More episodes of the podcast The Minefield The importance of letting someone 'save face' 01/01/2026 How do recommendation algorithms affect our sense of taste? 25/12/2025 AI and the cost to human life — with Karen Hao 18/12/2025 What can we learn about politics from Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s ‘Good and Bad Government’? 11/12/2025 The ethics of life-writing: Memoirs may be popular, but can they be truthful? 04/12/2025 What will we lose if translation becomes wholly automated? 27/11/2025 ‘Adult time for violent crime’? What commitments should guide society’s response to youth crime? 20/11/2025 Will weight loss drugs entrench cultural expectations about body size? 13/11/2025 Is the experience of beauty slipping away in an age of frictionlessness, speed and AI slop? 06/11/2025 Protests are a democratic right that can go wrong — how much should they be restricted? 30/10/2025 Ver todos los episodios Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn