Episode Details

Matt Buechele breaks down the World Cup coming to America, the shared confusion of getting to MetLife Stadium, and why international visitors keep looking at American food like it's a science experiment. He also takes on primary election season, campaign spam, and the annual transformation of abandoned storefronts into political headquarters nobody asked for.

Then he sits down with writer, actor, and internet icon Brenda Cullerton for a conversation about New York in the 1970s, accidentally building a creative life by following curiosity instead of a plan, and why making things with people you like is still one of life's greatest pleasures. Along the way, they get into writing copy for Star Wars toys, tarot cards, stand-up comedy, social media brain rot, the surprising upside of living rich and dying poor, and whether America is actually getting dumber or if we're just filming it more.

Topics :

Writing star wars copy in the seventies

Being the secret voice of darth vader

Living in a ninety-five dollar studio

Why remote work is a virtual prison

The value of peaking late in a career

Navigating nyc fashion and elitism

Handling creative rejection and hubris

The terror of bad tarot card readings 

Chapters:

00:00:00 Brenda Cullerton paid $95 a month for a studio in Gramercy Park

00:03:48 Writing for Darth Vader and Office Habits

00:10:03 Politics and Common Sense

00:15:12 The Approachable Coastal Elite

00:20:49 Handling Creative Criticism

00:25:46 Rejection and Artistic Failure

00:30:31 Birthday Drama and Boundaries

00:35:24 Tarot Readings and Curses

00:40:30 NYC Mayor and Local Politics

00:43:45 The Strait of Vermouth and Geography

00:48:54 Modern Education and 80K Tuition

00:55:17 Summer Predictions and Closing

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