Margin Call

This week on Margin Call, guest host Catherine Wilson leads a discussion on the state of modern relationships. Guests Mecko Gibson and Quinntin Salamanca share their respective experiences with polyamory and open relationships. Enjoy!

On this episode of Margin Call, we've gathered the Geek Tribunal to determine which is the supreme form of immersive entertainment: Sci-Fi or Fantasy? The answer, according to our guest Matt Morse, is that it's all fantasy and this binary is a ridiculous premise to begin with. But we had a lot of fun reaching that conclusion. Tangents abound! 

On this pop culture episode of Margin Call, the crew discusses the new Toy Story and Spider Man movies. The conversation quickly turns into a debate about the merits of comic book movie franchises over the past two decades. Enjoy!

On our one year anniversary, we invite back several former guests for updates on stories they've been covering and pitches for new ones. We feature guests calling in from Mexico City, Orlando, Berkeley, and New York City with story ideas as diverse as the crisis on the US/Mexico Border, plans for a Trump statue in Puerto Rico, and life at a tech start up for a recent college graduate. Enjoy!

On the first annual Margin Call Pride episode, we welcome Travis Johnson and Tiq Milan to discuss the year in queer news and the challenge and promise of modern masculinity.

On this episode of Margin Call, we gather three San Francisco natives from all corners of The City to discuss the themes of the new film, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco.”

The New York Times recently ran an investigative article about the taxi medallion scam in New York City, which has led to multiple bankruptcies and suicides among New York City cab drivers, most of whom are working immigrants. For this episode of Margin Call, we invited two San Francisco taxi drivers, Andre Baca and Dana Williams, who help shed some light on the medallion scheme and the perils of hack life in the Uber era in The City by the Bay. 

This week on Margin Call, we welcome Jordan Carreno and Royce Wilder to discuss the current state of Hip Hop, including the new Wu-Tang Documentary series on Showtime and the early favorite for song of the summer: Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road.” Naturally, Drake comes up. 

This week on Margin Call, we welcome Pen Harshaw and Paul Billingsley, both of whom attended Historically Black Universities, to discuss billionaire Robert Smith's offer to pay all the student debt of the Morehouse graduating class of 2019. 

On this week's episode of Margin Call, we conclude our Game of Thrones discussion the infamous final episode with topics that range from the Starks, the Mother of Dragons and who ended up on the Iron Throne.