Reading & Digesting at Home

Kam Raslan | Jo Kukathas | Matt Armitage

18-Mar-17 17:00

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Three polarizing topics from our culture vultures - that’s an ABOC standard right there. Jo Kukathas returns to the programme, jumping straight into the science of reading and how it affects the brain; tech-meister Matt Armitage thinks in this modernized world we may suffer from ‘cultural indigestion’ & Kam ponders on the concept of Home and what it really means.

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