Podcast Episodes
Back to Search120 MONTHS: Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic w/ David Humphries
NOTE: This is a cross-post of my new podcast, 120 MONTHS, all about '90s music. I think Nostalgia Trap listeners will dig it. Follow the links to k…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
120 MONTHS - FEBRUARY 1990 - Primus, The Cramps, Everything But the Girl, Oingo Boingo, Guided By Voices, Midnight Oil
February 1990 was a wild month in music, with new album releases from Oingo Boingo, Everything But the Girl, The Cramps, Primus, The Highwaymen, Midn…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
News Trap 8.15.25 - Capital's AI & Crypto Endgame w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
Global capital is currently putting more resources into building AI infrastructure than any other mass project in human history, with little evidence…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
120 MONTHS - A 90s Music Odyssey
I'm very excited to present the very first episode of my new podcast/YouTube channel/online content thing, 120 MONTHS. This is a project that…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep 419 - Party Like It's 1999 w/ Ross Benes
Was 1999 the inflection point in American culture and politics? Writer Ross Benes joins me this week to talk about his book 1999: The Year Low Cultur…
8 months, 1 week ago
News Trap 7.25.25 - The Midterms are Gonna Fix This w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
The Jeffrey Epstein saga continues to have legs, and this week Justin and I talk about what makes the story so appealing and operative for so many Am…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 418 - Why Philip Seymour Hoffman Matters w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
Philip Seymour Hoffman is a towering figure in American cinema whose death in 2014 left a big gaping hole in the culture. I really think there has ne…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
News Trap 7.14.25 - Run for Your Life w/ Van Jackson
Van Jackson, foreign policy writer and host of the excellent podcast Un-Diplomatic, joins me to freak out about ICE arresting local college professor…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 417 - The Abercrombie Age w/ Ethan Lascity
Remember the heady days of Abercrombie and Fitch's utter domination of the young, white middle class fashion market? What was that about? This week I…
9 months ago
News Trap 7.4.25 - An Independence Day Manifesto...ON ACID!
Anyone with a brain and heart probably feels deeply conflicted about the Fourth of July, a celebration of American freedom that frequently feels cras…
9 months ago