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For our landmark 30th episode we talked to artist Darren Cullen a.k.a. Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives. Here in the UK, lots of people have seen his art at bus stops, on the Tube and on billboards, occupying the space normally reserved for advertisements. And that\u2019s because much of his work takes the form of commercial images, messaging and design\u2014but turned against the giant corporations and political actors who usually have a monopoly on our attention through these channels. Darren has made short films with Veterans For Peace, produced installations for Banksy's Dismaland, co-curated The Museum of Neoliberalism in London as well as authoring countless other acts of artistic sabotage.\xa0The tone of Darren\u2019s work is comical: he makes satire. It\u2019s faithful to the format that it parodies, which often makes for nauseating viewing because the subject matter couldn\u2019t be more serious.\n\nWe talk about growing up (and out of) being right-wing, how the military preys on working-class children, the porous line between politics and PR, satire and bullshit in a post-Trump world, PFI and privatisation in the NHS, why neoliberalism needed a museum, and finally about Comrade Ant'ny converting to catholicism.\n\nCheck out Darren's work at Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives: https://www.spellingmistakescostlives.com\n\nThe Museum of Neoliberalism: https://www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/museumofneoliberalism\n\nWorks under discussion:\nhttps://www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/bethemeat\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KtyMcb86go\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBAHuJbP_EA\n\nClosing music from Darren's video 'The PFI Game' [link above]\n\nRead Spaghetti For Brains propaganda and subscribe to our newsletter at www.spaghettiforbrains.com