#97: AI in Art. A follow up to the Rob Horning discussion.
In this episode Barry and Mike continue their discussion of the place of AI in art. They experiment with Suno and discuss the results. You can listen to those results at the links below. Barry's Tomat...
11 Juli 202535min
#96: Rob Horning - No One's Version
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Rob Horning’s Substack essay, “No One’s Version” and whether the world needs an AI generated song about Barry growing tomatoes in the style of “Sympathy for the ...
27 Juni 202548min
#95: Jenny Odell - How To Do Nothing, pt. 2
In this episode Barry and Mike continue their discussion of Jenny Odell’s book, “How To Do Nothing,” focusing on the importance of attention in producing critical thought. They then connect these idea...
13 Juni 202540min
#94: Jenny Odell - How to Do Nothing
This is the first of two episodes on Jenny Odell’s book (and talk) “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy.” Barry and Mike discuss the broad outlines of Odell’s project and attempt to c...
30 Maj 202541min
#93: Daisy Alioto - The Taste Economy
In this episode Barry and Mike continue their discussion onthe “Taste Economy” and the evolution of the internet from 2.0 to 3.0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUnYbLoyplohttps://www.nytimes.com/20...
16 Maj 202541min
#92: Kyle Chayka - How to Cultivate Taste in the Age of Algorithms/The New Generation of Online Culture Curators.
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Kyle Chayka’s essays and offer a primer on the new online “Taste Economy.” How to Cultivate Taste in the Age of AlgorithmsThe New Generation of Online Culture C...
2 Maj 202540min
#91: The Episode That is Not on Heidegger or His Letter on Humanism (but sort of is).
In this episode Barry and Mike talk about Heidegger and what comes after philosophy and how that helps us to think about the role of the contemporary university.
18 Apr 20251h 19min
#90: Heidegger - The Question Concerning Technology
In this episode Barry and Mike take a different approach to Heidegger's The Question Concerning Technology. Rather than a traditional "what does all this mean" approach grounded in historical context...
4 Apr 202545min
