Production note: This episode was recorded in late February and got delayed in the transition to Substack, but it’s still here in time for the Oscars on March 27. Enjoy!

Kat is joined by Oscars journalist Sasha Stone to talk about the convoluted drama of the Academy Awards, the conflict over Hollywood diversity quotas, and how best to serve underrepresented filmmakers.

Sasha's website: Awards Daily

Sasha's substack: Sasha Stone | Substack

Kat's Reason essay on the Oscars and speech codes: Sex, Communism, Race, and Creative Freedom in Hollywood

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Kat is joined by Leigh Stein for a discussion of the vibe shift (whatever that is.) A longer version of this conversation is available for premium subscribers on Substack.

Links:

A Vibe Shift Is Coming. Will Any of Us Survive It?

Kat on intimacy: The death of intimacy - UnHerd

Maybe Baby essay:

Coronavirus Sex Guidelines Must Consider Virtual Safety | Teen Vogue

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Kat is joined by Batya Ungar-Sargon to talk about the Joe Rogan controversy, the Great Moon Hoax, and moving the media needle away from contempt for the working class. 

Links:

Batya's book: Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy Kindle Edition

Kat's New Statesman article: The Joe Rogan controversy isn't about truth – it's about control - New Statesman

Spotify Quietly Pulls Over 70 Episodes of Joe Rogan's Podcast: Report

More on the Moon Hoax: "The Great Moon Hoax" Is published in the "New York Sun" - HISTORY

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Kat is joined by journalist Christie Smythe to discuss justice reform, trial by media, the Kyle Rittenhouse affair, and a one-year retrospective on the Elle article in which she talked about her relationship with Martin Shkreli. An extended cut of this interview is available on our Patreon.

Links:

The Journalist and the Pharma Bro

Christie at Business of Business: Latest Articles

Tucker Carlson’s exclusive Rittenhouse interview draws nearly 5 million viewers to top CNN, MSNBC combine

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Kat is joined by poet and cultural critic Alice Gribbin for a discussion about art, empathy, Succession, and Shakespeare. An extended cut of this interview is available on Patreon.

Links:

Alice's empathy essay: https://alicegribbin.substack.com/p/the-empathy-racket

The bad essay about political literature: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/opinion/fiction-poetry-trump.html

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Kat is joined by reporter and author Nancy Rommelman to talk about who's getting paid for the Dave Chappelle controversy, who's getting hurt by Instagram, and who should repent, motherf***er, repent!

Links:

Chappelle coverage:

Netflix made a mess of the Dave Chappelle controversy. It's a crisis of Netflix's own making

TV director compares transgender people's treatment to the HOLOCAUST

‎Blocked and Reported: Episode 87: HE'S GOT A WEAPON! on Apple Podcasts

Dave Chappelle Addresses Netflix Controversy, Not 'Bending to Demands'

Kat on Chappelle: The PR campaign at the heart of the war on Netflix - The Spectator World

Nancy's substack: Make More Pie

Nancy's piece about J.T. Leroy: The Lies and Follies of Laura Albert, aka JT LeRoy

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Kat is joined by Leigh Stein (novelist, poet) and Penny Lane (documentary filmmaker, kidney sharer) for a discussion about literary drama, organ donation, urban legends, and Bad Art Friends.

Links:

Who Is the Bad Art Friend?

On the Internet, We're Always Famous

Where do I start?

Penny Lane's website: https://pennylaneismyrealname.com/bio/

Leigh Stein's website: https://www.leighstein.com/

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Kat is joined by Katherine Dee, a.k.a. Default Friend, for a conversation about Tumblr's discursive power and lesser-known internet subcultures .

Katherine's work:

Default Wisdom

Tumblr U.

Satire in the city

Katherine Dee (@default_friend)

Advertising campaign for American Horror Story illustrating the tumblr-to-TV pipeline: 15 Times "AHS: Cult" Did It's Best To Make You Trypophobic

Tumblr's proto-#MeTooing of John Green: John Green Responded On Tumblr To Accusations Of Sexual Abuse

A NYT essay from the creator of the "problematic fave" callout blog: I Was Your Fave Is Problematic

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Kat talks with poet and novelist Leigh Stein about the world of contemporary poetry scandals. An extended version of this episode is available for subscribers on Patreon.

Links:

Jia Tolentino poem archived https://archive.is/Dzrjt

Poetry magazine published a child porn convict in its prison issue, but did it deserve the backlash?

Poetry Twitter Debates Whether 'After' Poems are Plagiarism

A very unsympathetic (to Jia) account of the allegations against her family: NYT Bestselling Author Jia Tolentino Defends Her Human Trafficker Parents

Lauren Oyler · Ha ha! Ha ha! Jia Tolentino · LRB 13 January 2020

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Kat and Phoebe discuss the (dis)pleasures of being scolded by sitcoms, evolving norms surrounding office-appropriate hairstyles, and a bizarre controversy surrounding Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Ellie Kemper. 

A clip from Shrill: BBC Three on Twitter: "Yikes."

NYT: Why 'Kim's Convenience' Is 'Quietly Revolutionary'

Slate: Ellie Kemper, queen of the Veiled Prophet Ball: “KKK princess” controversy, explained.

Kat’s article about Ellie Kemper: Ellie Kemper and Twitter's Two Minutes Hate - The Spectator World

Dad Pulls Biracial Daughter Out of School After Classmate and School Employee Cut Her Hair

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