Culturally Determined

Journalist Nicky Woolf discusses his podcast "The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome." What really caused the strange symptoms afflicting American diplomats in Cuba? What, if anything, do loud crickets have to do with it? Is the whole thing simply a mass delusion? And why hasn't Biden acted to undo the damage Trump did to Cuba?

Recorded March 17, 2023

LINKS

The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome on Apple Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sound-mystery-of-havana-syndrome/id1662594800

The new Culturally Determined Twitter feed, @CulturallyDet

https://twitter.com/CulturallyDet

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Stephen talks about his new book, "On Writing and Failure." Aryeh and Stephen discuss morality and art, Canadian vs. American literary culture, the link between writing and mental illness, and more.

Recorded February 22, 2023

LINKS

Stephen's new book, "On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer"

https://www.amazon.com/Failure-Field-Notes-Stephen-Marche/dp/1771965169

Wikipedia on Fitz-Greene Halleck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitz-Greene_Halleck

Miles Klee's profile of @Catturd2 

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/catturd2-maga-twitter-shitposting-king-1234674671/

Stephen's essay, "On One of the Most Influential Essays of the 21st Century: Of Snark and Smarm"

https://lithub.com/on-one-of-the-most-influential-essays-of-the-21st-century-of-snark-and-smarm/

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A kooky tweet from Rebekah Jones, the Florida Covid whistleblower who might not actually be a whistleblower, inspires Aryeh and Nick to debate whether the left has a grifter problem, the morality of Al Sharpton, whether liberals willfully misunderstand the right, Joe Biden's tall tales, and more!

Recorded February 15, 2023

LINKS

Nick's tweet that launched the debate

https://twitter.com/NickClairmont1/status/1622970758136999936

Charles C.W. Cooke on Rebekah Jones

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/rebekah-jones-the-covid-whistleblower-who-wasnt/

Nick's 2017 Atlantic piece on populist trade policy

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/buy-american-trump/523584/

Glenn Loury and John McWhorter on Al Sharpton

https://bloggingheads.tv/videos/30689?in=07:43

Sean Campbell in New York Magazine on Black Lives Matter

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/black-lives-matter-6-million-dollar-house.html

Rick Perlstein's 2012 piece, "The Long Con"

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-long-con

Steve Stewart-Williams on disliking political opponents for views that most don't actually hold

https://mobile.twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1618738446360776705

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Aryeh speaks with his cousin Ora Peled Nakash about the growing Israeli protest movement, which was sparked by Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu's move to limit the independence of Israel's judicial system. Ora explains why she was personally motivated to join the protests and to give a speech at the first large rally in Tel Aviv. They discuss how Israeli politics reached this perilous point, the many reasons why Netanyahu wants to disempower the Supreme Court, and how these efforts could damage Israel's tech industry—or even lead to a global crisis. 

Recorded February 3, 2023

LINKS

English translation of Ora's speech at the January Tel Aviv protest

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F3CRZ7IX-AFkAZ6i3SBzTK-IpuSgMAaw/view?usp=sharing

The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/

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Raina Lipsitz discusses her new book, "The Rise of a New Left: How Young Radicals Are Shaping the Future of American Politics." Are charismatic figures like AOC and Bernie responsible for the resurgence of socialism in the US? Or did structural/economic forces make a left revival inevitable? What lessons have organizers learned from the failures of past generations? Is "defund the police" a good policy? Plus: How do leftists evaluate President Biden's first two years in office? 

Recorded January 26, 2023

LINKS

Raina's book, "The Rise of a New Left: How Young Radicals Are Shaping the Future of American Politics"

https://www.versobooks.com/books/3979-the-rise-of-a-new-left

Raina's website

https://rainalipsitz.com/

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Writer and "BookTok" expert Leigh Stein tries to assuage Aryeh's fears about the wildly popular video app. Should we be worried about TikTok's Chinese origins? Is the app poisoning the minds of America's youth—or is that idea just the sign of a xenophobic moral panic? Could Gen Zers teach Millennials how to stop looking at their phones? Plus: The two self-confessed Twitter addicts discuss whether Elon Musk has killed the site for good.

Recorded January 18, 2023

LINKS

NYT: "Auburn Banned TikTok, and Students Can’t Stop Talking About It"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/15/business/auburn-tiktok-ban-students.html

Leigh's novel, "Self Care"

https://www.amazon.com/Self-Care-Novel-Leigh-Stein/dp/0143135198

Leigh's TikTok account

https://www.tiktok.com/@leighstein?lang=en

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Comedian Sophie Zucker talks about her new one-woman musical, "Sophie Sucks Face," which tells the story of a young Jewish woman who makes out with her cousin at their grandfather's funeral.

Recorded November 21, 2022

LINKS

Sophie Sucks Face

https://www.sophiezucker.com/sophie-sucks-face

Sophie's Instagram @stringcheesezucker

https://www.instagram.com/stringcheesezucker/?hl=en

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Josh Barnard, a software engineer and tech-industry veteran who worked at Twitter during and after the 2016 election, discusses Elon Musk's chaotic changes at the company. Were Twitter's employees a bunch of woke leftists? Does Musk understand how to code? Could the site suffer a massive technical failure? Plus: Can the moderation dilemma ever be solved?

Recorded November 18, 2022

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Kat discusses her recent essay in National Review, "Why I Keep Getting Mistaken for a Conservative." Has online political life swallowed offline political life? Has technology made concerns about book bans a thing of the past? Plus: Is Aryeh a Twitter bully?

Recorded November 9, 2022

LINKS:

Kat's essay, "Why I Keep Getting Mistaken for a Conservative"

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2022/11/07/why-i-keep-getting-mistaken-for-a-conservative/

Kat's forthcoming novel, "You Must Remember This"

https://www.amazon.com/You-Must-Remember-This-Novel-ebook/dp/B09Y92QQQP

Kat's previous novel, "No One Will Miss Her"

https://www.amazon.com/No-One-Will-Miss-Her/dp/0063057018

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Aryeh and Dave Karpf, an associate professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, discuss Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter. Is he going to run the company into the ground—and would that be good for America? Is Twitter in fact the online public square? What would a non-toxic version of the site look like? Plus: Why does Mark Zuckerberg think we all want to join him in the metaverse?

Recorded November 4, 2022

LINKS:

Dave's post, "Elon's Twitter-Tilt"

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/elons-twitter-tilt?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share

NYT: "The Tech Bubble That Never Burst"

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/04/19/technology/tech-startup-bubble.html

Dave's Wired piece on virtual reality

https://www.wired.com/story/virtual-reality-rich-white-kid-of-technology/

Dave's post, "So how's the Metaverse going?"

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/so-hows-the-metaverse-going

Dave's post, "Tech futurism's blind spot"

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/tech-futurisms-blind-spot

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