Filmmaker Kirby Ferguson, creator of the series "Everything Is a Remix," recently announced that he is retiring from content creation. I spoke to him about that decision, redoing his classic series on remix culture, conspiracy theories, the "vibe shift," and more!

Recorded June 2, 2022

LINKS:

"Everything Is a Remix Remastered"

youtube.com/watch?v=nJPERZDfyWc

Kirby's website

everythingisaremix.info/

Allison P. Davis on the "vibe shift"

thecut.com/2022/02/a-vibe-shift-is-coming.html

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Film critic Dana Stevens discusses her new book "Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century."

Recorded May 26, 2022

LINKS:

Dana's book, "Camera Man"

https://www.amazon.com/Camera-Man-Invention-Twentieth-Century/dp/1501134191

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Comedy writers Toria Sheffield and Shawn DePasquale cohost the podcast "Oh, Mr. Sheffield!," which recaps Fran Drescher's '90s sitcom "The Nanny." They discus how the show depicted Jewish themes and gay characters, why it was mostly forgotten by the culture, and what its legacy is today.

Recorded May 12, 2022

LINKS

"Oh, Mr. Sheffield!" on Apple Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oh-mr-sheffield-a-podcast-about-the-nanny/id1562784247

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Max Read, who writes the tech and culture newsletter "Read Max," argues that Elon Musk won't save Twitter, but he won't ruin it either—because the famously lousy site already works just great for him.

Recorded May 2, 2022

LINKS:

Max's essay, "Elon Musk won't fix Twitter (but he won't kill it, either)"

https://maxread.substack.com/p/elon-musk-wont-fix-twitter-but-he?r=u0oj&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

The "Read Max" substack

https://maxread.substack.com/

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Author Sam Lipsyte discusses his recent cover story in Harper's, "Ghosting the Machine: Humans, Robots, and the New Sexual Frontier." We talked about "digisexuals," sex bots, virtual reality, Las Vegas, loneliness, and the gamification of everything.

Recorded April 29, 2022

LINKS:

Sam's article, "Ghosting the Machine"

https://harpers.org/archive/2022/05/ghosting-the-machine-humans-robots-and-the-new-sexual-frontier-sam-lipsyte/

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On a special crossover edition of "Culturally Determined" and "The Wright Show," Aryeh asks Bob about cognitive empathy and how to apply it to Putin's war in Ukraine. Plus: Is Mickey Kaus infecting Bob's brain? And does Bloggingheads.tv still have a reason for being?

Recorded April 13, 2022

LINKS:

The Nonzero newsletter

https://nonzero.substack.com/

The Wright Show on Bloggingheads.tv

https://bloggingheads.tv/programs/wrightshow

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Comedian and musician Howell Dawdy talks about writing a funny song in just 30 minutes, the vanished artistic medium of Twitter Fleets, magicians who make Facebook videos of women using banana peels to slowly tie-dye their underwear, and more!

Recorded March 31, 2022

LINKS:

"Howell Dawdy's Fast Track" podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/howell-dawdys-fast-track/id1558186545

Howell's Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/HowellDawdy

Howell's Twitch stream

https://www.twitch.tv/bighowellandpossum

Howell's Fleets account

https://twitter.com/FleetsGood

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"Culturally Determined" is back! Aryeh speaks with New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman, author of the recent essay "Is It Funny for the Jews?". They discuss Jewish comedy in a time of rising anti-Semitism, whether Jewish characters should be played by Jewish actors, Dara Horn's recent book "People Love Dead Jews," "The Merchant of Venice," Philip Roth, how younger Jewish comedians understand their heritage, and more! 

Recorded February 21, 2022

LINKS:

Jason's NYT piece, "Is It Funny for the Jews?"

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/arts/television/comedy-jewish-identity.html

Follow Jason on Twitter: @zinoman

Follow Aryeh on Twitter: @AryehCW

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