Public Announcement

Much has been said about the millennial generation (aka Generation Y, aka Digital Natives, aka Generation Rent, aka Echo Boomers, aka Generation Me). Are they self-involved, narcissistic, lazy, pragmatic idealists who take a lot of selfies? This week Chris and James conduct the Public Announcement Summer Sixteen Millennial Survey. They ask four core millennials–Amardeep, Carson, Mitch and Rachel–a laundry list of questions to help better understand the largest generation in Western History. Some of their answers may actually surprise you.

This week Chris and James hit the streets of Soho to buy James his first cool hat.

Men’s fashion has seen a steep rise in popularity in recent years. This week Chris and James talk to Grailed brand director Lawrence Schlossman about the speed of trends and the role he plays in the culture. He gives James some feedback on his look, explains Rick Owens and the meteoric rise of Vetements. Lawrence’s ability to keep it real no matter who is listening (or reading) has helped him gain a significant following online. He is unabashedly himself at all times, an attractive quality in today’s always offended society.

Discovery and influence often lend themselves to one another. Find something great, love it and then introduce it to someone else. Our guest this week, Millie De Chirico, is very familiar with that process. Her taste and instincts have made her someone who decides what you listen to and what you watch. We discuss her stint as program director at Atlanta’s WRAS 88.5, the popular college radio station of Georgia State University as well her current role as manager of programming at Turner Classic Movies. We hope you like The Smiths as much as we do.

This week is the first episode in an ongoing series called New Theory. Chris and James lift the curtain and reveal their true feelings about a wildly popular genre of film and television. They chat with Sher Ellis (J’s Mom) who is ultimately very helpful in finding clarity with her decisive words.

No matter what you are told when you are younger, careers are not always planned. Ellis Jones had worked at VICE for a long time before she became the editor-in-chief. This week we speak to her about the recent overhaul of the twenty-one-year-old magazine, drinking wine in the bathtub and her role at the ever-evolving media giant.

In 2007 the band Cartel thought they were getting the break of their career when they signed a deal with MTV for a promising new reality show, "Band in a Bubble" which would film them 24 hours a day while they recorded their sophomore album… in a bubble. Chris, who was their manager at the time, negotiated the deal; James and his former firm designed the album packaging. All of us grew up together. We sit down with drummer Kevin Sanders to discuss what it’s like to have a brush with fame and everything that comes with it.

In high school Chris discovered that someone had put a dead deer in his suburban driveway. The incident changed his life forever. After 17 years we try to find out who did it, and the story is a little different than we remember.