Derivative

Derivative

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Derivative episodes

  • Ep 18 – Composed: The Style & Design Issue Pt. 2

    New Yorker Magazine Sep 27, 2021

    This week Willie and Yianni discuss a wide range of topics such as the Tonys, gender in fashion, ketchup on t-shirts, architecture in nature, plus all the usual bits and bobs along the way.

    0:00 Cover by Malika Favre
    0:16 The Talk fo the Town
    3:25 Height of Glamour by Rebecca Mead
    19:18 Novelty T by Haruki Murakami
    25:53 Vanishing Act by Alex Ross
    37:57 Week Critques by Willie Page & Yianni Sines
    - Only Murders in the Building created by Steve Martin & John Hoffman
    - Sex Education created by Laurie Nunn

    New Yorker Issues original artwork by Willie Page

    You can find Willie and Yianni on all good and evil social media apps @_williepage_ and @yiannisines or you can find their websites at williepage.com and yiannisines.com.

    54 min
  • Ep 17 – Composed: The Style & Design Issue Pt. 1

    New Yorker Magazine Sep 27, 2021

    This week Willie and Yianni discuss a wide range of topics such as The Saints of NuWerk, pointless beer, and old facebook groups. Plus all the usual bits and bobs along the way!

    0:00 Cover by Malika Favre
    1:43 Mail Bag
    4:03 Talk of the Town
    10:50 Sketchpad by Emily Flake
    11:31 Zero Proof Therapy by John Seabrook
    21:06 The Damage Done by Dhruv Khullar
    27:15 Comics
    - Roz Chast

    New Yorker Issues original artwork by Willie Page

    You can find Willie and Yianni on all good and evil social media apps @_williepage_ and @yiannisines or you can find their websites at williepage.com and yiannisines.com.

    36 min
  • Ep 16 – Learning Curve

    New Yorker Magazine Sep 20, 2021

    Now Out on Wednesdays!

    This week Willie and Yianni discuss a wide range of topics such as The Met Gayla, Derrick Bell, Touts and Murder, What IS pop music?, Spy Kids, and a man who just won't stop writing. Plus all the usual bits and bobs along the way!

    0:00 Cover by Barry Blitt
    1:04 Mail
    2:43 Talk of the Town
    14:02 The Limits of Liberalism by Jelani Cobb
    18:21 Cartoons
    19:48 We Can Make It Work by Brian Koppelman
    20:42 Vox Pop by Jia Tolentino
    27:30 A Spy in Flight by Ben Taub
    42:19 Secrets and Lies by D. T. Max
    52:41 Week Critiques by Willie Page and Yianni Sines
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    Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
    - The White Lotus by Mike White

    New Yorker Issues original artwork by Willie Page

    You can find Willie and Yianni on all good and evil social media apps @_williepage_ and @yiannisines or you can find their websites at williepage.com and yiannisines.com.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Ep 15 – 9/11: Then and Now

    New Yorker Magazine Sep 13, 2021

    This week Willie and Yianni discuss a wide range of topics such as feminism, hating coffee lovers, punk funk junk, glib libs, and nature vs nurture: pick your fighter. Plus all the usual bits and bobs along the way!

    0:00 Cover by Pascal Campion
    3:18 Mail
    4:48 Talk of the Town
    12:13 The Sex Wars by Amia Srinivasan
    31:41 Wedding Update by Susanna Wolff
    35: 55 Part-Time Punk by Kelefa Sanneh
    47:23 The Other Afghan Women by Anand Gopal
    55:53 Force of Nature by Gideon Lewis-Kraus
    1:16:02 Week Critique by Willie and Yianni
    - American Horror Story: Double Feature
    - The Final Member

    New Yorker Issues original artwork by Willie Page

    You can find Willie and Yianni on all good and evil social media apps @_williepage_ and @yiannisines or you can find their websites at williepage.com and yiannisines.com.

    1 hr 31 min
  • Ep 14 – Food for Thought: The Food & Drink Issue

    New Yorker Magazine Sep 6, 2021

    This week Willie and Yianni discuss a wide range of topics such as the hell-ish life of a restaurant worker, bottom feeders, munching on bugs, and apologizing. Plus all the usual bits and bobs along the way. So settle down with your favorite bug-flavored meal and give this podcast a thought or two.

    0:00 Cover by Tom Gauld
    3:53 The Talk of the Town
    9:11 Hell's Kitchen by Anthony Bourdain
    23:49 Two Menus by Steve Martin
    29:21 Thoughts on Seafood
    32:19 Grub by Dana Goodyear
    49:38 Critiques of the Week

    New Yorker Issues original artwork by Willie Page

    You can find Willie and Yianni on all good and evil social media apps @_williepage_ and @yiannisines or you can find their websites at williepage.com and yiannisines.com.

    58 min
  • Ep 13 – Summer's Lease

    New Yorker Magazine Aug 23, 2021

    This week Willie and Yianni discuss a wide range of topics such as the ugly world of mass incarceration, is being rational rational?, racist houses, and evil lava . Plus all the usual bits and bobs along the way. And summer's lease hath all too short a date!

    0:00 Cover by Gayle Kabaker
    2:53 Mail
    4:46 The Talk of the Town
    9:24 Dying Behind Bars by Eyal Press
    21:24 A History of Alt-Milk by Henry Alford
    23:16 Thinking It Through by Joshua Rothman
    31:32 Cartoon by Roz Chast
    32:19 Home Truth by Sam Knight
    41:57 The Fire Geyser by Heidi Julavits
    48:55 DL Recommends by Willie and Yianni

    New Yorker Issues original artwork by Willie Page

    You can find Willie and Yianni on all good and evil social media apps @_williepage_ and @yiannisines or you can find their websites at williepage.com and yiannisines.com.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Ep 12 – Hi, It's Mom

    New Yorker Magazine Aug 16, 2021

    Hi, It's Willie and Yianni. This week your hosts discuss a wide range of topics such as people who just want to look out into space real bad, Jason Reynold's books,  Harry Potter and the Return of a Lost Cayon, and Donald Antrim's insightful time in a psychiatric ward. Plus all the usual bits and bobs along the way. No, nothing is wrong, we're just saying hi!

    0:00 Cover by Roz Chast
    1:23 Mail
    4:03 Talk of the Town
    17:21 Cartoon by Asher Perlman
    18:15 The Youthful Universe by Rivka Galchen
    27:57 E-Mail Escalation by Seth Reiss
    32:10 Mirror Writing by Rumaan Alam
    45:48 The Lost Canyon by Elizabeth Kolbert
    54:21 The Hospital by Donald Antrim
    1:03:09 DL Recommends by Willie and Yianni

    New Yorker Issues original artwork by Willie Page

    You can find Willie and Yianni on all good and evil social media apps @_williepage_ and @yiannisines or you can find their websites at williepage.com and yiannisines.com.

    1 hr 6 min
  • Ep 11 – A Very Special Issue

    Discussion Aug 10, 2021

    This week Yianni and Willie go off the rails and discuss whatever the heck they want, which, as it turns out, is Wendy Williams, Drag Queens, Mushrooms, and Bison. So switch us on and enjoy this very special episode.

    0:00 Beginning Banter
    1:51 Missing Issue
    3:25 Cartoon Spots
    7:38 Wendy Williams
    13:48 Drag Queens
    17:45 Fantastic Fungi
    25:34 Truffle Hunters/Pig
    31:35 Bison
    42:33 How Are You?

    New Yorker Issues artwork by Willie Page

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    You can find Willie and Yianni on all good and evil social media apps @_williepage_ and @yiannisines or you can find their websites at williepage.com and yiannisines.com.

    50 min
  • Ep 10 – Al Mare

    New Yorker Magazine Aug 2, 2021

    This week Yianni and Willie discuss a husband and his planes, Girl Boss grandmasters, the trials and tribulations of affirmative action, photos to prove that NYC isn't dead, and we also reveal the New Yorker Issues mission statement, plus all the bits and bobs along the way. Take this issue with you to the beach and enjoy.

    0:00 Cover by Diana Ejaita
    2:35 Mailbag
    5:16 The Talk of the Town
    7:40 Flight Plan by Ann Patchett
    15:27 May Not Cause Side Effects by Bill Scheft
    17:30 Queenside by Louisa Thomas
    32:03 The Diversity Verdict by Nicholas Lemann
    51:53 Going Public by Matthew Pillsbury with Zach Helfand
    58:25 The Critics
    58:39 The Red and the Pink by Hua Hsu
    1:03:28 Mission Impossible by Jill Lepore
    1:11:20 Cartoons
    1:12:07 Cartoon by Will McPhail
    1:12:56 Cartoon by Elisabeth McNair
    1:13:18 Cartoon by Suerynn Lee
    1:13:50 Cartoon by Brendan Loper
    1:15:01 A moderately challenging crossword puzzle by Erik Agard

    Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates

    You can find Willie and Yianni on all good and evil social media apps @_williepage_ and @yiannisines or you can find their websites at williepage.com and yiannisines.com.

    1 hr 19 min
  • Ep 9 – I've Got It

    New Yorker Magazine July 26, 2021

    This week Yianni and Willie discuss Russian's fighting back, a disturbing experiment in Germany's past, and the satirist Ishmael Reed, plus all the bits and bobs along the way. So sit back and enjoy because we've got it!

    0:00 Cover by Christoph Niemann
    2:15 Mailbag
    2:47 The Talk of the Town
    12:08 Hope Against Hope by Masha Gessen
    19:43 Freezing by Paul Rudnick
    21:45 "Uncharted Maui" by R. Kikuo Johnson
    23:15 The Kentler Experiment by Rachel Aviv *Trigger warning: child sexual abuse*
    43:55 I Ain't Been Mean Enough by Julian Lucas
    58:48 Comic by William Haefeli
    59:21 Comic by Amy Hwang
    1:01:02 The Critics
    1:01:12 Beyond Tears by Alex Ross
    1:03:11 DL Recommends
    1:13:22 A challenging crossword puzzle by Kameron Austin Collins

    Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates

    You can find Yianni on all good and evil social media apps @yiannisines and you can find Willie at williepage.com.

    1 hr 16 min

About Derivative

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/dɪˈrɪvətɪv/1 (adj.) Imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc., and usually disapproved of for that reason.2 (n.) A podcast where international hosts Willie and Yianni give hot takes on…