Who do you think you are?, Monocle on Culture 229 - Radio | Monocle

Monocle on Culture

Who do you think you are?

15

15

00:00 / 00:00

/

Cover art for Monocle on Culture

29 February 2016

Episode 229

29 minutes

This week we’re tackling ideas of self. Where did you come from? What class do you think you are? What signifiers of success do you flaunt? We meet Dan Fox, author of ‘Pretentiousness: Why It Matters’, head to a Brooklyn bar to find out what our choice of drink says about us, nip to the Museum of Brands to find out how we learned to wear brand names as a badge rather than a label and speak to design guru Stephen Bayley about values.

29 February 2016

Share episode

Download

Chapter 1

9 minutes

15

15

/

Chapter 1

Pretentiousness

Cover art for Monocle on Culture

Robert Bound meets Dan Fox, author of a new book called Pretentiousness: Why It Matters. Now there’s a good title – and a really good idea. Fox is talking about social mobility: how a working-class boy who appreciates the avant garde might well be improving his life. “We should encourage these people,” says Fox, “not pillory them as pretentious.”

9 minutes

Share chapter 1

Pretentiousness

Chapter 2

5 minutes

15

15

/

Chapter 2

A brief history of branding at the Museum of Brands

Cover art for Monocle on Culture

Robert Opie, director of the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising takes reporter Lily Ames on a tour and tells us how we became aware of the brands we associate ourselves with.

5 minutes

Share chapter 2

A brief history of branding at the Museum of Brands

Chapter 3

5 minutes

15

15

/

Chapter 3

Shaken not stirred: What your choice of drink says about you

Cover art for Monocle on Culture

Some people define themselves by their favourite tipple. Are you a Tanqueray and tonic kind of guy? Perhaps you’re the straight-talking, bourbon-swilling type or maybe your poison is something pink and sweet ordered in a hushed voice at the end of the bar. We wanted to know what bartenders think of the people they serve and how a bar defines itself by the drinks it sells. We sent Monocle’s Megan Billings on a bar crawl – she ended up at Brooklyn’s Extra Fancy where she met bartender and co-owner Rob Kreuger.

5 minutes

Share chapter 3

Shaken not stirred: What your choice of drink says about you

Chapter 4

6 minutes

15

15

/

Chapter 4

Writer and design aficionado Stephen Bayley

Cover art for Monocle on Culture

Stephen Bayley has written about social mobility but also has strong feelings about how the things we surround ourselves with signify who we really are – sometimes accidentally.

6 minutes

Share chapter 4

Writer and design aficionado Stephen Bayley

/

sign in to monocle

new to monocle?

Subscriptions start from £120.

Subscribe now

Loading...

/

15

15

Live
Monocle Radio

00:0001:00

  • The Foreign Desk534