The Back Half

#12: McMafia, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin and Pipes of Peace

On the NS culture podcast this week, Tom Gatti and Kate Mossman discuss the BBC's new international crime thriller McMafia, a book about the Wu-Tang Clan's mysterious album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin and the noniversary of Paul McCartney's single "Pipes of Peace".Further reading:<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2018/01/mcmafia-opens-year-possible-future-bbc-drama" target="_blank">Rachel Cooke on McMafia.</a><a href="http://amzn.to/2qugE1b" target="_blank">The Wu-Tang Clan book.</a>Get in touch on Twitter and send us your noniversary suggestions via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ns_podcasts" target="_blank">@ns_podcasts</a> or <a href="https://create-beta.acast.com/episodes/8f2a1933-9878-4781-aa4a-58053e8b7ca7/www.twitter.com/tom_gatti" target="_blank">@tom_gatti</a>.Our theme music is "God Speed" by Pistol Jazz, licensed under Creative Commons. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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