Light Culture

Light Culture

By David HershkovitsSociety & CultureBusinessArts
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Light Culture episodes

  • April Walker -- The Chanel of Streetwear
    We talk about how she was there with Biggie Smalls, making the scene when Brooklyn was a scary place. And how after her super successful Walker Wear line launched, she became the rap world’s go-to stylist. Years later, still on her game, Walker has emerged as an elder stateswoman to a new generation as designer, mentor, life coach, consultant and all around inspiration. 

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    42 min
  • Glen “F*ck You Heroes” Friedman
    The uncompromising photographer of seminal skate, punk and hip hop scenes connects the dots from Cali’s Z Boys to Black Flag, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes.

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    45 min
  • Marcus Samuelsson Stirs the Pot
    Top Chef Master, James Beard Award winner and Chopped judge, Samuelsson’s cooked for the Obamas and become the face of a global American cuisine, championing diversity in food and society. We talk about Anthony Bourdain’s vulnerability, fine dining v. street food, Covid’s impact on the eating experience, and how Prince and Bowie inspire him.

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    44 min
  • Jerome Lamaar’s Beyond Beyonce Moment
    He’s a self-described polymath, creative strategist, futurist, and costume designer. The media likes to call this iconoclastic outsider from the Bronx Beyonce's designer because of the dress he created for Beyonce's Black Is King movie.

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    44 min
  • Legs McNeil -- Still Punk After All These Years
    He literally wrote the book on Sex, Drugs and Rock n’ Roll and called it “Please Kill Me, an Oral History of Of Punk Rock.” We talk about why the Ramones hated the Sex Pistols, New York then and now, founding Punk magazine, Lenny Bruce, porn star Ron Jeremy, Charlie Manson and pop culture, good and bad.

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    38 min
  • Carter Cruise – Bad Girl Gone Good, Kinda
    From porn star to DJ, recording artist and beyond, Carter Cruise has a plan she keeps in her wallet. To follow her on IG, you have to at least agree that Black Lives Matter and sex workers shouldn’t be stigmatized.

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    42 min
  • How Did Hip Hop Find a Home in Fashion?
    Oh, the stories they tell: Special Zoom Saloon with Fred “Fab 5 Freddy” Brathwaite, Zoo York’s Eli Morgan Gesner, “The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion” Producer/director Lisa Cortes and surprise guest April Walker.

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    1 hr
  • Nora Vasconcellos -- Skateboarding’s Reggie Rocket
    Not only a champion athlete, she’s also a reluctant role model for young women who have to fight their way into the skate park. The first ever female rider of Adidas skateboarding speaks out on a variety of subjects: fashion, overcoming personality disorders, skate moms, misogyny, racism and why she stopped competing when it was no longer fun.

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    36 min
  • Alex Winter’s Excellent Adventures
    “Bill and Ted” movies star Alex Winter also directs ambitious documentaries like “Showbiz Kids” currently on Netflix. We talk about his pal Keanu Reeves, the new “Bill and Ted Face the Music” and why this series has become so iconic.

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    42 min

About Light Culture

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Hi, my name is David Hershkovits. As a founder of Paper magazine, I have been a long-time supporter of cultural disruptors from the alternative worlds of skate, hip hop, graffiti and streetwear scenes…