Tasteland

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Jeremy Kirkland, host of the podcast Blamo! — a podcast exploring the world of fashion with the personalities that shape it.

__

Blamo!

Jeremy

__

Timestamps

00:00 I always make my knock a little song

05:36 All podcasts are restaurant podcasts

08:13 Nine years of podcasting

14:47 The business of Blamo!

22:28 The culture of criticism online

29:29 You should do embarrassing things

37:45 The cost of existing in the creator economy

41:08 E-commerce recovery

52:15 There's no runway in Missouri

57:38 Bag check survival instincts

01:01:01 Running up that hill

__

Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.

This week on Tasteland we're joined by writer, producer, and podcaster, Mike Rugnetta. Mike is the host of Never Post, a podcast that asks questions about why the world of the internet – and the world, because of the internet – is the way it is.

__

Follow Mike

__

Timestamps

00:00 Sunday summer derangement

03:25 Changing the way the world changes

08:50 The age of the platform has ended

14:16 The rise of the agentic web

17:06 Hentai explains everything

22:50 Bob Geldof's flaming pitchfork

27:48 Attention is a zero-sum game

33:00 You cannot recreate attention

39:18 AI vs. the library

__

Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.

This week on Tasteland we are joined by writer and award winning journalist, Cora Lewis. Cora's fiction has appeared at The Yale Review, Joyland Magazine, Epiphany, and elsewhere. She currently works at the Associated Press in New York, and she previously worked at BuzzFeed News. Cora's debut novella, Information Age, comes out on July 15th.

• Pre-order Cora's book Information Age

__

Follow Cora

__

Timestamps

00:00 Reading Information Age

04:37 Book design and unique literary devices

11:46 Title inspiration and influences

14:12 The artistry of fragmented writing

20:14 Composing fragments into a finished piece

26:09 You can't write life to scale

34:42 Honing the aesthetics of a novella

37:36 Cora's lack of social media presence

44:58 The duty to represent life accurately

51:25 A clearheaded view of AI

__

Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Webby Award-winning content creator, social strategist, and meme enthusiast, Ariel Rubin. Ariel is the the head of content at Air and one of Francis' greatest enemies.

__

Follow Ari

__

Links & References

__

Timestamps

00:00 Introducing Ariel Rubin

01:40 Recent icks

07:33 LinkedIn hates Bonnie Blue

11:45 Wife guys, one hell of a fraternity

14:24 SaaS is the most honest industry

20:19 Selling out is compulsory now

28:14 Daisy's ultimate black pill

31:53 You can't get rich in Canada

37:21 Never think again

42:58 Cigs are back

44:54 Ari's SaaS persona

47:38 Startup founder bravado

__

Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.

This week on Tasteland, Daisy and Francis are joined by design strategist, writer, journalist, and educator, Nika Simovich Fisher.

__

Nika Simovich Fisher

__

Links & References

__

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:41 Berlin fragrance experience

05:49 The design of modern political campaigns

15:06 The relationship between midcentury design and skiing

22:12 Digitizing and preserving Cyrillic typefaces in Serbia

27:34 The parallels between gardens and websites

33:15 Digital memorializations

42:40 Drawing conclusions from digital footprints

46:01 Data is litter

50:15 The impact and legacy of Kate Spade's death

53:55 Invisible nightlife

__

Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.

This week we have part two of Daisy and Francis' conversation with Maya Bakhai, founder of Spice Capital, a venture capital firm focused on taking big bets in areas primed for rapid change in the coming decades.

Listen to part one:

__

Maya Bakhai

Spice Capital

__

Timestamps

00:00 Introducing part two

03:11 The role of small businesses in today's economy

07:56 Asset class creep

11:43 The rise of women in wealth management

15:53 Micro changes vs. shock changes in the economy

21:43 The crypto divide: Manhattan vs. Brooklyn

27:21 The crypto infrastructure grift

__

Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.

This week on Tasteland, Daisy and Francis are joined by writer, producer and publisher Cole Nowicki. Cole runs the newsletter Simple Magic, a newsletter about skateboarding, the internet, and other means of escape.

__

Cole

__

Links & References

__

00:00 Introducing Cole

04:08 Unstated notes of piss

06:24 Early skater media influences

12:30 Skate culture and third spaces

15:48 The current state of the skate industry

21:26 Younger generations' relationship to skate culture

28:00 Right, Down + Circle

33:48 Is social media dead?

40:33 The dangers of happinessmaxxing

46:46 Bringing the swagger back to Vancouver

52:47 Betting on the future of skateboarding

__

Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.

This week Francis is joined by financial content creator, educator, and author, Kyla Scanlon. Kyla writes about everything from crypto to macroeconomics to similarities between grief and love, bringing the human aspect of economics to the forefront.

__

Kyla

__

References

__

Timestamps

00:00:00 Animal Cracker friction

00:06:32 Understanding friction as a commodity

00:11:25 The simulation economy

00:18:07 Is the American dream a frictionless world?

00:25:25 The purpose of life is friction management

00:30:50 Corporate responsibility and alternatives to frictionlessness

00:34:56 Economic literacy for all

00:43:58 Making an impact through content creation

00:51:35 Crafting a unique style

00:55:55 Vibe report: Reagan National Economic Forum

__

Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Maya Bakhai, founder of Spice Capital, a venture capital firm focused on taking big bets in areas primed for rapid change in the coming decades.

__

Maya Bakhai

Spice Capital

__

References

__

Timestamps

00:00:00 Vineyards and interstates

00:06:41 Venture capital: The invisible curator of millennial taste

00:14:38 To be investable you must be legible

00:19:20 Naive optimism of a startup founder

00:29:55 From Crocs to stocks

00:36:33 The hype cycle of creator-led products

00:44:50 The barnacles of tech industry

00:52:18 Embracing the power of cultural arbitrage

00:57:02 Taking over Silicon Valley

__

Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.

This week on Tasteland, Daisy and Francis are joined by comedy, culture, and perfume writer, Carly Silverman. Carly is also a TV and video producer, and host of the new podcast Smell That Movie.

__

Carly

Links & References

__

Timestamps

00:00 Introducing Carly Silverman

00:56 The sign of a good party

03:35 Literary movement = scene + genre

07:09 We're back to selling out

11:41 Smell that movie

17:32 The Talented Mr. Zierer

22:07 Aesthetic perfumes go against the idea of humanity

27:19 Smell and friction

34:18 The great fragrance and culture writers

35:41 What does the internet smell like?

41:25 What book do you want to smell like?

45:44 Nostalgic summer camp smells

53:37 From letterboxd to podcast

__

Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.