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Good morning!

This week I brought on my friend and talented writer Laura Bannister to discuss the themes I explored in Sunday’s newsletter (#31: Lunacy), such as Looney Tunes, the US election, and whether art needs to be “relevant” to be worthwhile. Laura’s a fellow TuneHead (just made that up), an Australian witnessing her first US election up close, and an art critic obsessed with American chain restaurants, so I knew she’d be the perfect guest…and she was! We reference a lot of Content—all the links below. I also do an audio reading of #31 at the end in case you’re interested. That’s around the 55-minute mark. Here’s Laura and I last year when we could touch:

Links to things we mention:-Laura’s piece about Gemma Collins falling through a trapdoor -My essay about traveling alone when Trump won in 2016-“Bimbo’s Initiation,” a 1931 Fleischer cartoon-This Vulture piece about the 11 “erased” episodes of Looney Tunes that were taken off air in 1968 for depicting racist themes-Garth Greenwell’s Harpers essay about whether art aught to be “relevant”-Caity Weaver’s Gawker piece about eating endless appetizers at TGIFridays-Caity Weaver’s Gawker piece about eating at the Tenement Museum-Laura’s piece about Planet Hollywood for The Paris Review-This New Yorker piece about Trump facing criminal charges once he loses his immunity-This New York Times piece about Trump’s potential post-presidential career

Thanks for listening!Haley

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