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Tickling the Void

The Social Media Hellscape

Season 1, Ep. 2

Scottish comedian Shauny Boy is joined by Orwell Prize winning author and hip-hop artist Darren McGarvey. We talk the nightmare that is social media, what's wrong with the Scottish arts and the 'death' of Darren's hip-hop persona 'Loki'.


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