Podcast Episodes

Crypto fraudsters with Max Read

Hello from the Matt Levine fan club! 

This week, the writer and editor Max Read returns to discuss the disintegration of the tech world. 

2:45 – First,…

3 years, 6 months ago

Fast fashion and racialized labor with Minh-Ha T. Pham

Hello from the decline of the West! 

This week’s episode features a wonderful conversation with Minh-Ha T. Pham, a professor at Pratt who researches f…

3 years, 7 months ago

Mike Davis’s hopeful rage and grief in Itaewon

Hello from Jay’s trick-or-treating route! 

This week, Jay listened to hours of affirmative-action arguments from the Supreme Court so that you (and we…

3 years, 7 months ago

Listener Qs: Affirmative Action, “Better Call Saul,” & TTSG nostalgia

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Hello from Tammy’s mysterious trip to Korea! 

In this bonus ep, we a…

3 years, 7 months ago

Climate protests and the curse of the “activist beat,” with Kendra Pierre-Louis

Hi from the science desk! 

Jay and Tammy chat this week with a very special guest, eco-apocalypse reporter Kendra Pierre-Louis. Her work has appeared …

3 years, 7 months ago

Wars in East Asia and Los Angeles

Hello from Tammy’s surfing hagwon! 

This week, we’re celebrating 1 MILLION DOWNLOADS! Sounds fake, we know, but Substack doesn’t lie. Thanks for tunin…

3 years, 7 months ago

Grievance politics, why we love “Mo,” and the YYYs’ return

Hello from a U.S. neocolony! 

It’s just Tammy and Jay this week, trying not to obsess over surfing and wallpaper. 

We talk about the new Netflix show, …

3 years, 8 months ago

Liberation and elective hijab in Iran, with Kiana Karimi

Hello from Mexico City! 

This week, we talk about the Iranian uprising with Kiana Karimi, a scholar, writer, and friend of the pod who has been active…

3 years, 8 months ago

What Would Gramsci Do (plus NBA drama) with book critic Jennifer Wilson

Hello from a Korean sublet! 

This week, our friend Jennifer Wilson joins us to discuss the art of cultural criticism and test out some takes on James …

3 years, 8 months ago

GOP cruelty gone wild, a potential train strike, and Jay’s surfing tips

Hello from a beach in Busan! 

It’s just us this week, talking through the good, bad, and ugly of this week’s news cycle. 

Just before we recorded, the …

3 years, 8 months ago