American Mythologies, Barbenheimer, and Satirizing Superheroes
After a brief hiatus (and a looming name change???), the pod returns to discuss the most dominant cultural phenomenon of the summer: "Barbenheimer." "Barbenheimer" fondly refers to the two diametrical...
8 Aug 20231h 1min
I Told ChatGPT To Write This Episode (And It Sucked)
This week I'm talking about the Writers Guild of America strike, and how streaming and AI are leaving writers without fair compensation for their work. I go into the history of labor rights in Hollywo...
13 Juni 20231h 7min
Audre Lorde’s Intersectional Feminism and the Afro-German Women’s Movement
This week I am talking about poet, activist and philosopher Audre Lorde: her legacy in Germany, and her little-discussed impact on German feminism and racial justice. Widely credited with coining the ...
20 Maj 20231h 17min
Addiction, Capitalism and Sugar Free Vanilla: Beware the Coffee Shop
Coffee, the "most widely used psychoactive substance in the world", has led us from religious ceremonies to saving our sanities during COVID, and from the humble bean to the monstrous Frappuccino. As ...
15 Maj 20231h 15min
the first monday in may
(met gala takes start at 40:15) karl lagerfeld (who is german). may day protests in berlin. my met gala best and worst (and the designers that won the night). against the equation of "fantasy" with th...
3 Maj 20231h 7min
Why Is Germany So Rich?
a MAJOR comeback story: from barter to billionaire I present to you the German Economic Miracle: how Germany's economy went from being literally in shambles after World War II to dominating the world ...
27 Apr 202345min
Owning the Zines of Production w/ Safelight Paper’s Nico Blanchadell
Interview with Nico recapped at 38:24! Follow Nico on IG: @nicolasblanchadell @safelightpaper @safelightberlin This week I'm sharing why magazines are a particularly special medium: from advancing pol...
13 Apr 202353min
