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Matt Klinman is a comedy writer (The Onion, Funny or Die, Adult Swim), Ethan Strauss is a sports writer (The Athletic, ESPN). They are two long-time friends who started their careers on the internet b... more
FAQs about Syncing Up:How many episodes does Syncing Up have?The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.
December 12, 2022The Work and The JerkMatt and Ethan are back for some reason! We're talking tech (what should a post-twitter social network look like? what is up with this new one Post? what is amazing about Gab!) we're talking sports (is it a liberal psy-op??) and we're talking I dunno other shit. It's the first Syncing Up for like a year and there is no explanation for the gap! Soak it up pals!...more1h 41minPlay
October 07, 2021Ep 12 - Pure InternetDoth your feed deceive you!?!? NO! Syncing Up is back! Matt and Ethan couldn't let this massive week in the tech media world go by without arguing about whatever the fuck bullshit they go on about! Matt gives his solution to the Facebook Crisis and Ethan "Substack" Strauss fishes for compliments AND GETS THEM!!! Its just the kind of jam packed episode our now long dead fans have been clamoring for!!...more1h 33minPlay
January 15, 2021Ep 11 - Ban Us AllThe Great Deplatforming has occurred and Matt and Ethan can't help but argue about it. Can Matt convince Ethan this is actually good for BOTH SIDES of the argument? Can Ethan convince Matt he's an unwitting pawn in a neoliberal cabal? Will they finally solve everything or is all this just a futile expression of ashkenazi interruption culture?...more1h 25minPlay
November 18, 2020Ep 10 - Gabbin' in the ParlerThe boys take a tour of the HOTTEST new social networks on the planet Gab and Parler. Plus they argue about censorship and argue even more about tech's impact on the 2020 election. As President Obama would say "Stop The Steal!"...more1h 12minPlay
October 17, 2020Ep 9 - Know When To Hold 'EmTwitter and Facebook block a story and become the editors we've known they are all along! Antitrust is on the ballot! And Matt and Ethan get into it over the whole NBA Finals ratings thing! The boys are back and give no discernible explanation for being gone for so long nor do they give any explanation for the cadence of new episodes in the future! It's a new Syncing Up!!...more1h 38minPlay
May 23, 2020Ep 8 - Muskegee AirmenThe boys talk Red Pills, act in a manner offensive to vaguely eastern European people and Ethan tells the tale of his time at Yelp....more1h 28minPlay
May 13, 2020Ep 7 - FRAUDThe boys get into it over fraud and the media and tech and media and fraud and media and tech and tech and tech and also media. Plus a great song!...more1h 31minPlay
May 04, 2020Ep 6 - THE RETURNMatt and Ethan are BACK! Ethan talks about his new book "The Victory Machine," Matt talks about BUILDING and both of them desperately search for meaning....more1h 42minPlay
March 12, 2019Ep 5 - The Yang Gang Storms The KeepMatt explains what the hell is going on with Andrew Yang and 4chan and why it's important. Ethan puts forth his micro-generation theory. There are also rants about age gating the internet and Facebook's new plan to ruin messaging like they did the internet....more1h 31minPlay
March 01, 2019Ep 4 - All Things In ModerationMatt and Ethan are back to talk about the bombshell Verge report on moderation at Facebook, another take on moderation from SlateStarCodex, why maybe all this mod is just showing us the internet is being organized wrong and some observations about Bay Area Billionaires from Ethan's latest reporting piece....more1h 40minPlay
FAQs about Syncing Up:How many episodes does Syncing Up have?The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.