Shows
Culturally DeterminedSex in 2026, with Magdalene J. TaylorMagdalene Taylor, a senior editor at Playboy Magazine who writes about sexuality and culture, talks about whether we are finally sick of dating apps, whether AI will change social interactions, the forces encouraging men and women to hate each other, the decline of the manosphere, and Trump's strange performance of masculinity.Recorded January 20, 2026LINKSMagdalene's newsletter, "Many Such Cases"https://www.sexual-culture.com/Aryeh and Magdalene's 2021 conversationhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/juggalos-simps-and-cat-guys-with-magdalene-taylor/id981282353?i=1000517814150NYT on a woman...
2026-01-2346 minCulturally DeterminedWe Are Going to Win, with Adam GurriAdam Gurri, editor-in-chief and cofounder of the website Liberal Currents, discusses his recent piece about the fight against Trump titled "We Are Going to Win." Recorded January 6, 2025LINKSLiberal Currentshttps://www.liberalcurrents.com/Adam's piece, "We Are Going to Win"https://www.liberalcurrents.com/we-are-going-to-win/Adam's piece, "Impeach and Remove the Bastards"https://www.liberalcurrents.com/impeach-and-remove-the-bastards/Reporting on Stephen Miller ordering more ICE arrestshttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3425297/stephen-miller-eviscerated-ice-officials-deportation-numbers/
2026-01-0943 min
BhTV: The Wright Show (audio)20 Years Ago, Bloggingheads Was a Trailblazer, with Robert Wright (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Robert Wright)A brief message from Bob ... Bob and former Bloggingheads.tv staffer and contributor Aryeh Cohen-Wade reflect on the legacy of Bloggingheads.tv, the pioneering website Bob co-founded in 2005. Bob and Aryeh discuss how the site and the technology that powered it anticipated modern trends in online media. They also consider whether Twitter still has any use for journalists, the pros and cons of Substack, and whether Culturally Determined should pivot back to video. ...
2025-11-2700 min
Bloggingheads.tv20 Years Ago, Bloggingheads Was a Trailblazer, with Robert Wright (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Robert Wright)A brief message from Bob ... Bob and former Bloggingheads.tv staffer and contributor Aryeh Cohen-Wade reflect on the legacy of Bloggingheads.tv, the pioneering website Bob co-founded in 2005. Bob and Aryeh discuss how the site and the technology that powered it anticipated modern trends in online media. They also consider whether Twitter still has any use for journalists, the pros and cons of Substack, and whether Culturally Determined should pivot back to video. ...
2025-11-2700 minCulturally Determined20 Years Ago, Bloggingheads Was a Trailblazer, with Robert WrightBob Wright reflects on the legacy of the Bloggingheads.tv, the pioneering website he co-founded in 2005. Aryeh and Bob discuss how the site and the technology that powered it anticipated modern trends in online media. They also consider whether Twitter still has any use for journalists, the pros and cons of Substack, and whether Culturally Determined should pivot back to video. Recorded October 28, 2025LINKSRobert Wright's Nonzero podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/robert-wrights-nonzero/id505824847The Nonzero Newsletterhttps://www.nonzero.org/
2025-11-071h 05Culturally Determined"If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You," a Novel, with Leigh SteinLeigh talks about her new novel, a modern gothic with a satirical edge about an unemployed Millennial journalist who becomes the manager of a hype house for Gen Z content creators — one of whom goes missing. Aryeh and Leigh also discuss whether the internet is bad now.Recorded September 3, 2025LINKSLeigh's new novel, "If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You"https://www.amazon.com/Youre-Seeing-This-Its-Meant/dp/0593983645Profile of TikTok star William Whitehttps://www.inverse.com/input/culture/will-white-tiktok-fandom-gen-x-middle-age-women-drama/amp...
2025-09-1756 minCulturally DeterminedThe '90s, Bullying, and a Prank Gone Wrong, with Gina TronGina Tron discusses "Suspect," her recent memoir about her childhood growing up as an outsider in a small Vermont town and the bad teenage joke that led everyone to think she was planning to be a school shooter.Recorded Feb 20, 2025Follow Culturally Determined (still) on Twitter @CulturallyDetLINKSGina's book,"Suspect"https://www.ginatron.net/suspect/Gina's websitehttps://www.ginatron.netFollow Gina on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ginatron.bsky.social
2025-07-3030 minCulturally DeterminedNothing but Bluesky from Now On, with Phoebe Maltz BovyAryeh and Phoebe discuss Bluesky, the newly popular Twitter alternative—and how Phoebe's mild critique of the site went mega-viral. Aryeh explains why he finally, finally quit Twitter. Is Bluesky for anti-Trump social media "refugees," or a retirement home for posting addicts? And are people on there actually nice?Recorded December 20, 2024Follow Culturally Determined (still) on Twitter @CulturallyDetLINKSPhoebe's piece, "The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-problem-with-bluesky-it-wont-broaden-our-horizons/Aryeh and Phoebe's May 2023 episode abou...
2024-12-241h 09Culturally DeterminedDeep into the Abyss of Philip Roth, with Hannah GoldAryeh talks with writer Hannah Gold about her reported essay in Harper's on the literary festival celebrating Philip Roth's 90th birthday, which was held in Newark, New Jersey last year.Recorded December 5, 2023Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDetLINKSHannah's piece, "Your Mind’s in the Hands of Everything: Letting Go of Philip Roth"https://harpers.org/archive/2023/12/philip-roth-newark-your-minds-in-the-hands-of-everything/Aryeh's interview with Laura Marsh on Blake Bailey's Roth biographyhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culturally-determined/id981282353?i=1000519264087Follow @to...
2024-12-1751 minCulturally DeterminedAbortion Pills via Telemedicine, with Kiki FreedmanAryeh talks to Kiki Freedman, the co-founder and CEO of Hey Jane, the leading virtual reproductive and sexual health care clinic.Recorded July 16, 2024Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDetLINKSHey Jane websitehttps://heyjane.com/KFF on the Comstock Act and abortionhttps://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/the-comstock-act-implications-for-abortion-care-nationwide/Follow @kgfreedmanFollow @HeyJaneHealthFollow @AryehCW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-09-0334 minCulturally DeterminedSkylines and Fish Weirs, with Jon KimballAryeh talks to Jon Kimball, co-host of the podcast Election Profits Makers, about political prediction markets, Trump's VP options, the beauty of city skylines, the sorry state of the social media site formerly known as Twitter, whether Gen Xers have the worst politics, and more!Recorded April 26, 2024.Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDetLINKSElection Profits Makers podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/election-profit-makers/id1136826256Aryeh's 2021 interview with David Reeshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/riding-the-waves-of-prediction-markets-with-david-rees/id981282353?i=1000545531373
2024-05-141h 01Culturally DeterminedTaylor's Version, with B.D. McClayB.D. McClay — essayist, critic, and scholar of Taylor Swift Studies — helps Aryeh understand the biggest cultural phenomenon of the year. Recorded November 5, 2023Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDetLINKSB.D.'s Substackhttps://notebook.substack.com/B.D.'s essay on illness, "The Bad Patient"https://www.thedriftmag.com/the-bad-patient/B.D. on "1989 (Taylor's Version)"https://notebook.substack.com/p/1989-revisitedAryeh's interview with Kaitlyn Tiffany about her One Direction bookhttps...
2023-12-211h 40Culturally DeterminedIs MAGA Here to Stay? with Ross BarkanRoss discusses his recent essay disputing that Trump and MAGA are on the wane. Is MAGA even separable from Trump himself to begin with? How do the dynamics of the 2024 GOP primary differ from those of 2016? Plus: Critiquing reactions from both left and right to the subway killing of Jordan Neely.Recorded May 9, 2023Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDetLINKSRoss's Substackhttps://rossbarkan.substack.com/Ross's piece, "MAGA Is Here to Stay"https://rossbarkan.substack.com/p/maga-is-going-nowhere
2023-05-1139 minCulturally DeterminedTwitter Taught Us It Was Okay to Be Weird, with Phoebe Maltz BovySelf-described "Extremely Online" writer and podcaster Phoebe Maltz Bovy joins Aryeh to ponder whether Twitter is finally really and truly dead. Phoebe talks about how she lost her bluecheck before it was cool, Aryeh explains why he's not eager to join the Twitter knockoff Bluesky, and they wonder whether anything could ever replace the site's mixture of usefulness, humor, chaos, and derangement. Plus: Aryeh shares how sad he gets when no one likes his cute cat pics.Recorded May 1, 2023Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDetLINKSWilly...
2023-05-031h 06Culturally DeterminedOn Writing and Failure, with Stephen MarcheStephen talks about his new book, "On Writing and Failure." Aryeh and Stephen discuss morality and art, Canadian vs. American literary culture, the link between writing and mental illness, and more.Recorded February 22, 2023LINKSStephen's new book, "On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer"https://www.amazon.com/Failure-Field-Notes-Stephen-Marche/dp/1771965169Wikipedia on Fitz-Greene Halleckhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitz-Greene_HalleckMiles Klee's profile of @Catturd2 https://www.r...
2023-03-0741 minCulturally DeterminedGrifters to the Left of Me? Kooks to the Right? with Nick ClairmontA kooky tweet from Rebekah Jones, the Florida Covid whistleblower who might not actually be a whistleblower, inspires Aryeh and Nick to debate whether the left has a grifter problem, the morality of Al Sharpton, whether liberals willfully misunderstand the right, Joe Biden's tall tales, and more!Recorded February 15, 2023LINKSNick's tweet that launched the debatehttps://twitter.com/NickClairmont1/status/1622970758136999936Charles C.W. Cooke on Rebekah Joneshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/rebekah-jones-the-covid-whistleblower-who-wasnt/Nick's 2017 Atlantic piece on populist trade policy
2023-02-241h 06Culturally DeterminedThe Israeli Democratic Roadshow, with Ora Peled NakashAryeh speaks with his cousin Ora Peled Nakash about the growing Israeli protest movement, which was sparked by Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu's move to limit the independence of Israel's judicial system. Ora explains why she was personally motivated to join the protests and to give a speech at the first large rally in Tel Aviv. They discuss how Israeli politics reached this perilous point, the many reasons why Netanyahu wants to disempower the Supreme Court, and how these efforts could damage Israel's tech industry—or even lead to a global crisis. Recorded February 3, 2023LIN...
2023-02-071h 08Culturally DeterminedShould We Be Scared of TikTok? with Leigh SteinWriter and "BookTok" expert Leigh Stein tries to assuage Aryeh's fears about the wildly popular video app. Should we be worried about TikTok's Chinese origins? Is the app poisoning the minds of America's youth—or is that idea just the sign of a xenophobic moral panic? Could Gen Zers teach Millennials how to stop looking at their phones? Plus: The two self-confessed Twitter addicts discuss whether Elon Musk has killed the site for good.Recorded January 18, 2023LINKSNYT: "Auburn Banned TikTok, and Students Can’t Stop Talking About It"ht...
2023-01-211h 06Culturally DeterminedMistaken for a Conservative, with Kat RosenfieldKat discusses her recent essay in National Review, "Why I Keep Getting Mistaken for a Conservative." Has online political life swallowed offline political life? Has technology made concerns about book bans a thing of the past? Plus: Is Aryeh a Twitter bully?Recorded November 9, 2022LINKS:Kat's essay, "Why I Keep Getting Mistaken for a Conservative"https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2022/11/07/why-i-keep-getting-mistaken-for-a-conservative/Kat's forthcoming novel, "You Must Remember This"https://www.amazon.com/You-Must-Remember-This-Novel-ebook/dp/B09Y92QQQPKat's previous novel, "No...
2022-11-141h 06Culturally DeterminedMusk Takes Twitter, with Dave KarpfAryeh and Dave Karpf, an associate professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, discuss Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter. Is he going to run the company into the ground—and would that be good for America? Is Twitter in fact the online public square? What would a non-toxic version of the site look like? Plus: Why does Mark Zuckerberg think we all want to join him in the metaverse?Recorded November 4, 2022LINKS:Dave's post, "Elon's Twitter-Tilt"https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/elons-twitter-tilt?utm_so...
2022-11-061h 05Culturally DeterminedRehashing "The Rehearsal," with Joanna MangAryeh and Joanna analyze Nathan Fielder's HBO series "The Rehearsal." What is the show actually about? Can the viewer separate reality from "reality"? Is Nathan the show's villain, hero, or something else? How sympathetic should we feel toward Angela? And what does the final scene actually mean?Recorded September 11, 2022LINKSTrailer for "The Rehearsal"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fjPFt8cpicFollow @JoannaMang Follow @AryehCW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-09-161h 03Culturally DeterminedWalking the World, with Chris ArnadePhotographer and writer Chris Arnade talks about his project of walking across foreign cities.Recorded August 11, 2022LINKSChris's newsletter, "Walking the World"https://walkingtheworld.substack.comAryeh's conversation with Chris about his book "Dignity"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culturally-determined/id981282353?i=1000441345930Chris's walking tipshttps://walkingtheworld.substack.com/p/how-to-walk-12-miles-a-dayFollow @Chris_arnadeFollow @AryehCW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-08-301h 12Culturally DeterminedAfter the American Century, with Daniel BessnerHistorian Daniel Bessner discusses his recent cover story in Harper's about the waning of US global hegemony. In a wide-ranging conversation, Aryeh and Daniel debate human nature, the true toll of the Cold War, whether conflict with China is inevitable, whether American culture is decadent, and more.Recorded July 25, 2022LINKSDaniel's essay, "Empire Burlesque"https://harpers.org/archive/2022/07/what-comes-after-the-american-century/Follow @dbessnerFollow @AryehCW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-08-0853 min
Journey of an Aesthete Podcasthttps://www.jouneyofanaesthetepodcast.com/On Being "Culturally Determined": A Conversation with Culturally Determined Host Aryeh Cohen-WadeThe reason for Aryeh Cohen-Wade’s presence on our show is at least twofold.
I fell into being a regular listener to his show Culturally Determined which for at least a year was a show on the bloggingheads site.
I am always, as an aesthete, and some other identities as well looking for culture that reflects or at least is congenial to my sensibility.
The usually young guests he would have on did discuss politics a lot but always appeared to do so from an awareness of aesthetics.
Then there is Aryeh's approach to interviewing which always knowledgable and culturally co...
2022-04-201h 10Culturally DeterminedCognitive Empathy and Ukraine, with Robert WrightOn a special crossover edition of "Culturally Determined" and "The Wright Show," Aryeh asks Bob about cognitive empathy and how to apply it to Putin's war in Ukraine. Plus: Is Mickey Kaus infecting Bob's brain? And does Bloggingheads.tv still have a reason for being?Recorded April 13, 2022LINKS:The Nonzero newsletterhttps://nonzero.substack.com/The Wright Show on Bloggingheads.tvhttps://bloggingheads.tv/programs/wrightshowFollow @robertwrighterFollow @AryehCW Hosted on Acast. See acast...
2022-04-191h 12Culturally DeterminedIs It Funny for the Jews? with Jason Zinoman"Culturally Determined" is back! Aryeh speaks with New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman, author of the recent essay "Is It Funny for the Jews?". They discuss Jewish comedy in a time of rising anti-Semitism, whether Jewish characters should be played by Jewish actors, Dara Horn's recent book "People Love Dead Jews," "The Merchant of Venice," Philip Roth, how younger Jewish comedians understand their heritage, and more! Recorded February 21, 2022LINKS:Jason's NYT piece, "Is It Funny for the Jews?"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/arts/television/comedy-jewish-identity.html
2022-03-1450 min
Culturally DeterminedDebating "Biden-Cheney 2024?" with Chris NovembrinoCulturally Determined is leaving BhTV, so here's how to keep following the show ... Tom Friedman's controversial column, "Biden-Cheney 2024?" ... Why Israel's anti-Netanyahu coalition could never happen in the US ... Aryeh's defense of Friedman's column ... A Hamilton song on Zoom, and other absurdities of centrist liberalism ... Chris: Any "grand coalition" would need to have Bernie and AOC in the lead ... Returning to the "is Trump a fascist" debate ... Has Trump moved on to other grifts? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-01-201h 02Culturally DeterminedThe Nickelodeon Generation, with Katie BakerKatie's recent essay, "Nickelodeon’s Generational Divide" ... Children's entertainment that didn't pander ... The early '90s as a midpoint in the shifting cultural battle of kids vs. parents ... The ultimate childhood dream: the Super Toy Run ... The people behind Nick's creative ferment ... Aryeh's brief childhood encounter with Nickelodeon stars ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-09-1357 minCulturally Determined"The Netanyahus," a Novel, with Joshua CohenJoshua's new novel, The Netanyahus ... How Harold Bloom inspired a novel about Bibi Netanyahu's father ... Other influences: Philip Roth, classic sitcoms, and Yiddish anecdotes ... Jewish assimilationism vs. Jewish identitarianism ... The semi-forgotten history of Revisionist Zionism ... Those shameless Netanyahu boys! ... Why Aryeh thought the novel was targeted at his personal demographic ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-08-2759 minCulturally DeterminedMeet the NYT Pitchbot, with DougJThe origins of Doug's "New York Times Pitchbot" project ... The "In this Ohio diner..." trope ... The NYT's de facto national status and the hollowing out of local journalism ... The Opinion page's lack of ideological and geographic diversity ... Aryeh: The NYT's real tribe is the wealthy ... Cillizza and Greenwald, Doug's bêtes noires/muses ... With Biden in power, a return to concern trolling by the media ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-07-2158 minCulturally DeterminedThe Ghosts of American History, with Daniel BessnerThe absurd exercise of ranking presidential greatness ... Aryeh: We all agree on Lincoln and Washington, but then it's a fight ... Daniel: George W. Bush was much worse than Trump ... Did America react hysterically to the storming of the Capitol? ... Ghostbusters as a cultural expression of Reagan's America ... Nostalgia and cultural decadence ... Critical race theory, 1619, and national mythmaking ... Daniel's new podcast, "American Prestige" ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-07-121h 24Culturally DeterminedA Literary Analysis of Recent American History, with Christian LorentzenChristian on gothic, sentimental, and ironic strains in recent US history ... Biden the pre-Boomer sentimentalist ... Trump as a postmodern gothic figure ... Why the gothic and the sentimental are two sides of the same coin ... Aryeh: It turns out that irony is never actually dead ... Who is the Great American Boomer novelist? ... Christian's review of Hunter Biden's memoir ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-06-181h 27Culturally DeterminedA Critique of the Contemporary Left, with Ben BurgisBen's new book, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns ... Joe Rogan, Louis CK, and the online left's moralistic overreactions ... A material analysis of how Twitter distorts political movements ... Stalin nostalgia, guillotine gifs, and other performative radicalness ... Critiquing left rhetoric on criminal justice ... Aryeh: Cancel culture is neoliberal ... Ben: The left has made itself vulnerable to false accusations ... A socialist assessment of Biden's first 100 days ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-05-101h 39Culturally DeterminedThe Philip Roth Biography Mess, with Laura MarshAccusations of sexual assault against Philip Roth's biographer, Blake Bailey ... Laura's early negative review of the biography ... How Bailey justified Roth's mistreatment of women ... Aryeh worries about an alleged rapist framing the historical record ... Laura argues against the "this changes everything" reaction ... Criticizing the actions of Norton, the book's publisher ... What Laura found in Roth's novels that she didn't expect ... What do we do with the fact that many great authors were awful people? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-04-291h 07Culturally DeterminedWhy Are We Still on Twitter? with Phoebe Maltz BovyPhoebe's new position as a senior editor at The Signal ... "Cleansing your timeline" vs. "doomscrolling" ... The agony and the ecstasy of Twitter ... Twitter's insane risk-reward ratio ... How Twitter makes unpopular ideas seem popular ... With Trump banned, will Twitter return to being a niche site for weirdos? ... Aryeh's twisted fascination with MAGA and QAnon Twitter bios ... Would we all be better off if social media didn't exist? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-02-151h 15Culturally DeterminedQAnon as Symptom, with Daniel BessnerDaniel's analysis of QAnon and the storming of the Capitol ... Is QAnon a religious cult? An alternative reality game run amok? ... Cultural vs. material explanations for Trump's rise ... Did the rioters get close to actually accomplishing anything? ... America's civic religion and why the left is unlikely to win ... Is Trump the worst president in American history? ... Aryeh praises and critiques Mickey Kaus ... The rise and fall of intellectual contrarianism ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-01-271h 21Culturally DeterminedWe're Storming the Capitol, It's a Revolution! with William R. BlackReflections on a bizarre week in America ... Protest, riot, insurrection, coup—or something stupider? ... The postmodern politics of symbols and cosplay ... Aryeh: Blaming this on "white supremacy" is both inaccurate and bad politics ... The link between anti-Semitism and Flat Earthers ... Impeachment? Resignation and pardon? A return to normalcy? ... Bill worries about historiography in the digital realm after Trump's Twitter banning ... What will Trump's post-presidency look like? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-01-101h 04Culturally DeterminedThe End of Takes, with Meghan DaumWhy Meghan is retiring from writing think pieces ... The devolution of the take, from op-eds to tweets ... The virtues of not knowing what to think ... Aryeh: The "Dr. Jill Biden" debate shows that the Trump era is ending ... The problems of too much speech ... Should we be optimistic about the future of the discourse? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-12-241h 04Culturally DeterminedSpeech and Censorship on YouTube, with Douglas LainThe mysterious removal of Doug's YouTube video on "the Great Reset" ... Does YouTube have an anti–Alex Jones algorithm? ... Content moderation in an age of infinite content ... What videos should YouTube be taking down? ... Aryeh: The problem isn't people being silenced, it's too many people talking ... How YouTube helps spread conspiracy theories ... Should leftists reject Big Tech? ... Doug on the contemporary relevance of Christopher Lasch ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-12-181h 23Culturally DeterminedNever Let a Crisis Go to Waste, with Ryan CooperReviewing Obama's new memoir, A Promised Land ... Ryan excoriates Obama's response to the financial crisis ... Should Obama have gone much harder on the banks? ... Aryeh: Obama is an institutionalist to his core ... Was Obama just the wrong man for the job? ... Why the GOP gets away with radicalism but Democrats don't ... Is Biden's cabinet a team of nobodies? ... The mysterious nomination of Neera Tanden to OMB ... Aryeh: Maybe it's time to trust Biden's political instincts ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-12-021h 13Culturally DeterminedThe Great Jeopardy Rules, with Joanna MangHow Joanna became a Jeopardy! champion ... The source of Alex Trebek's popularity ... Joanna on who should replace Trebek ... Why Aryeh was happy that he failed to get on Jeopardy! ... Trivia in the age of Google ... Is Vanderpump Rules the perfect reality show? ... A reality TV show starring people who grew up watching reality TV shows ... Aryeh's theory on the secret to the success of Great British Bake Off ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-11-151h 19Culturally DeterminedRacial Frauds and Drug Panics, with Katrina GulliverThe long history of white people claiming Native American ancestry ... White academics exposed as racial fakers ... Anatole Broyard and those who "passed" ... Katrina on Dances with Wolves, Avatar, and other "going native" narratives ... Aryeh's brief Biden brag ... Drug legalization today and drug panics of the past ... Race and the opioid crisis ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-11-1241 minCulturally DeterminedMeet a Trump Voter, with John GuthrieJohn explains how he became a reluctant Trump voter ... How the threat of gun control pushed John towards Trump ... Is a vote against Biden a vote against woke ideology? ... Aryeh: Trump is bad for our brains and our souls ... Can Trumpism exist without Trump? ... Aryeh denies suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome ... Is the black vote in play? ... The party realignment that didn't happen ... Pessimism about a Biden presidency ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-11-021h 18Culturally DeterminedThe Old College Try, with Glenn LouryDoes Trump deserve to be re-elected? ... Examining "Trump Derangement Syndrome" ... Glenn's verdict on Trump's handling of Covid ... Aryeh: Biden is the candidate of returning us to normalcy ... What is college for? ... Aryeh's biggest college regret ... Issuing a challenge for Trump fans ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-10-291h 01Culturally DeterminedWhy Biden Will Win, with Robert WrightDoes Trump even want to be reelected? ... Debating Biden's and Trump's relative cognitive declines ... Aryeh: The material conditions will overpower campaign messaging ... Bob fears BLM is objectively helping Trump ... Aryeh's bold election prediction ... A unified theory of Bobism ... QAnon and a world without social media ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-09-291h 15Culturally DeterminedModern Romance, with Laura GoldbergLaura's history with online dating ... How men and women use dating apps differently ... Laura and Aryeh's dating profile red flags ... Swiping strategies ... Modern dating as a "game of who can care less" ... First date dilemmas ... Dating during Covid ... Laura's advice for people new to app dating ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-08-261h 09Culturally DeterminedPutting Up and Pulling Down, with Katrina GulliverKatrina on the historical origins of public statues ... Why 1880–1930 was the golden age of American statuary ... Why do we care so much about statues? ... If a statue is pulled down, where should it go? ... The strange saga of Rochester, NY's Frederick Douglass statue(s) ... Katrina on the false dichotomy between "tourists" and "travellers" ... The crucial role world travel plays on dating apps ... Which museums won't survive the pandemic? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-08-1357 minCulturally Determined"Hamilton" and Shakespeare, with Isaac ButlerHamilton arrives on the small screen ... Interpreting the very last moment of the play ... Isaac connects Hamilton and Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1 ... Prince Hal's unsympathetic ambition ... The two parts of Henry IV and the two acts of Hamilton ... A brilliant Muppets parody of Hamilton ... Hamilton in Trump's America ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-08-0658 minCulturally DeterminedEverything in Moderation, with Leigh SteinLeigh's new novel, Self Care ... Are social justice warriors sincere or cynical? ... On being a white author writing a black character in 2020 ... Why are all these white women apologizing on Instagram? ... The trials and tribulations of being a moderator ... Aryeh: Many of today's controversies come down to forum moderation ... Leigh: There's no restorative justice in cancel culture ... Would eliminating social media lead to a better world? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-07-201h 06Culturally DeterminedOpen Letters, with Katie HerzogBari Weiss's very public resignation from the New York Times ... Is the NYT a toxic workplace? ... Why Katie signed the Harper's open letter ... Aryeh: The vagueness of the letter fueled the backlash ... Do we have a cancel culture problem or a Twitter culture problem? ... Katie critiques the counterletter ... The recent failed attempt to cancel Aryeh ... Do online subcultures trend toward toxicity? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-07-161h 06Culturally DeterminedDeath Anxiety and Coronavirus, with Abigail NathansonAbby's research on "death anxiety" ... Demoralization, purpose, and meaning ... Death anxiety and the quality of life of health care providers ... Abby's experience contracting the coronavirus ... Is religious belief a cure for death anxiety? ... Is life without death worth living? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-06-2547 minCulturally DeterminedWhat Are Cops Thinking? with Peter MoskosLooking for the truth between "Blue Lives Matter" and "ACAB" ... The rarely noted decline in police shootings ... What are the cops thinking? ... Peter: The police will never be fully demilitarized ... Aryeh: The underlying issue is widespread gun possession ... The Buffalo protester and cops who are bad at PR ... Peter: The actions of George Floyd's killer are baffling ... Peter argues that police abolition is "crazy" ... Peter lists his ideal police reforms ... The vast regional disparities in policing ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-06-161h 06Culturally DeterminedThe Mayor, the NYPD, and the Protests, with David KlionBill de Blasio's rise to power as NYC's great progressive hope ... The very strange story of de Blasio and the Park Slope YMCA gym ... The moment that changed everything between de Blasio and the cops ... De Blasio's bungled reaction to the virus ... Bernie's loss and the socialist left's debate over "electoralism" ... Why did the protests go national so quickly? ... Dave: De Blasio is scared of the cops ... Are the protests good or bad for Trump? ... What will NYC look like post-pandemic? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-06-091h 26Culturally DeterminedClass and the Coronavirus, with Chris ArnadeChris's cancelled tour of "back row" places in America ... Chris on class and the pandemic: "Everything screws the poor" ... The geographic spread of the disease ... Chris draws parallels between Trump and Hugo Chavez ... Aryeh: Boring grandpa Joe will beat crazy grandpa Donald ... How Trump co-opted the GOP establishment ... The Republican senator who loves Chris's book ... Can a right populism succeed without xenophobia and racism? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-05-271h 31Culturally DeterminedA Return to Normalcy, with Daniel BessnerWhy did Bernie lose to Biden? ... When "common sense" is an ideology ... Daniel sees Bernie as the Barry Goldwater of democratic socialism ... Would a Biden administration do anything for people under 40? ... Aryeh charts his ideological path since 2008 ... Daniel: Republicans are better at politics because they understand what politics is ... The Spanish Flu in historical context ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-04-281h 03Culturally DeterminedCorona Economics Q and A, with Karl SmithAssessing the initial economic response to the pandemic ... What the Federal Reserve's $1.5 trillion injection actually did ... Stimulus checks and other direct assistance ... How a rent strike could lead to a banking crisis ... Should we fear inflation? ... Is a pivot to austerity inevitable? ... The Defense Production Act and the prospect of a wartime economy ... After the threat passes, what will the recovery look like? ... What Karl is most worried about ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-04-0456 minCulturally DeterminedRethinking Trauma, with Jesse SingalJesse's new article, "The Rise of PTSD" ... How society viewed traumatized veterans of WWII vs. Vietnam ... Effective treatments for PTSD ... The danger of trauma becoming an identity ... From 9/11 to coronavirus, we live in traumatic times ... Speech policing and social climbing in the name of trauma ... Jesse's forthcoming book, The Quick Fix ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-03-2545 minCulturally DeterminedA Critique of Dating Apps, with Default FriendDefault Friend's critique of dating apps ... Bumble's false aura of female empowerment ... An infinite number of alternative romantic partners/Netflix shows ... App dating vs. IRL dating ... The phony promise of the "best" mate for you ... Girlbossism, gender differences, and sexual shame ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-03-0941 minCulturally DeterminedHow Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women, with Rachel Vorona CoteRachel's new book, Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today ... Rachel on writing very frankly about her personal life ... The origin and definition of "too much" ... Is the book a defense of too muchness? ... Should women be treated more like men? Men more like women? Neither? ... Embracing your emotions vs. detaching yourself from them ... Trump as the epitome of "too much" ... The constraints binding female politicians ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-02-261h 23Culturally DeterminedTrump, Television, and the Fracturing of America, with James PoniewozikJames's new book on Trump and television, Audience of One ... When TV was about the "least objectionable programming" ... The 1980s, when cable fractured TV and Trump started to rise ... Trump's postmodern transformation into a signifier of wealth ... How David Letterman and Trump used each other ... Aryeh recalls his days watching The Apprentice ... James: The Trump campaign was "like a plane that crashes every day" ... The master of TV becomes TV's slave ... What did Trump understand about TV that Hillary didn't? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-01-281h 09Culturally DeterminedTwitter and the Oscars, with Kat RosenfieldAryeh wonders: Does Twitter matter? ... Why people on Twitter like to get mad and stay mad ... The very white and male Oscar nominations ... Kat defends Stephen King's comments on diversity and quality ... Why do so many duds win Best Picture? ... Why journalists should spend less time on Twitter ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-01-1953 minCulturally DeterminedStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, with Daniel KaufmanInitial reactions to The Rise of Skywalker ... Aryeh: The movie's problems start in the first ten seconds ... The bizarre revelation of Rey's parentage ... Kylo Ren's sudden personality change ... Did the finale violate a central rule of the Star Wars universe? ... Why the Marvel movies mostly worked and the new trilogy mostly didn't ... Dan: Massive corporations plus social media blowback have ruined these films ... Speculating on the future of the saga ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-01-031h 15Culturally DeterminedConvince a Bernie Skeptic, with Micah UetrichtAryeh asks Micah to convince him to vote for Bernie Sanders ... Could Bernie lead a mass movement for progressive change? ... Micah: There's a hunger in America for transformative politics ... What does Bernie mean when he calls himself a socialist? ... Bernie is old, angry, and he yells—does that matter? ... The meaning of the AOC and Ilhan Omar endorsements ... Why do people still complain about BernieBros? ... How lefties view Warren ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-10-251h 16Culturally DeterminedThis Podcast Is Self Care, with Drew Spears & Cait RaftCait and Drew's podcast, This Podcast Is Self Care ... Emotional labor vs. self care ... Unpacking the idea that self care is just for women ... Crystals, sage, and "fake magic is real" ... Why are Millennials so attracted to self care and the supernatural? ... Astrology as anti-capitalism ... The hot new trend of "self-grandparenting" ... Why Aryeh loves the podcast ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-10-161h 08Culturally DeterminedA Comments Section of One's Own, with Joanna MangJoanna's piece on Melissa McEwan and her controversial blog, Shakesville ... Actual activism vs. keyboard activism ... The ridiculous art of online war ... Was the site a cult of personality? ... Aryeh's history as a commenter and a moderator ... Shakesville's infamous "Left Tit Incident" ... The decline and fall of the Shakesville empire ... Joanna responds to her critics ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-09-041h 12Culturally DeterminedThe Marvel Virtues, with David OttlingerDavid sings a hymn of praise to the Marvel Cinematic Universe ... Transformers, The Lion King, and Shakespeare ... The return of the Hollywood epic ... Aryeh: The shared universe is a key to the movies' success ... Have we reached the endpoint of spectacle? ... David: Avengers: Infinity War is about America coming to terms with losing ... Why you should watch (and read) Jessica Jones ... The possibility of virtue ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-08-281h 20Culturally DeterminedAfter Epstein, with Daniel BessnerDaniel: Jeffrey Epstein's death is a defining political moment ... People were cracking jokes about Epstein's death mere minutes later. Why? ... Reasons for and against believing in a conspiracy ... Will we ever know the truth? ... Aryeh vs. Daniel on the likelihood of foul play ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-08-1330 minCulturally DeterminedYoung Radicals in the Age of Trump, with Robby SoaveRobby's new book, Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump ... Aryeh's meta-critique of reporting about college students ... Why are so many college students acting so fragile? ... The good and the bad of intersectionality ... How did the ideology of intersectionality spread so quickly? ... Do colleges view students as customers who are always right? ... The rise and possible fall of no-platforming ... Sexual assault on campus, Title IX, and #MeToo ... Should we still be worried about the alt-right? ... Threats to free speech from both sides ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-06-281h 35Culturally DeterminedDeath and Mourning Online, with Rachel Vorona CoteRachel's essay on her mother's death, "The Fraught Culture of Online Mourning" ... Aryeh recalls mourning his father in the pre–social media era ... A moment when language fails ... Is it possible to talk about death with sincerity on Twitter? ... The many (often gendered) Victorian rituals of mourning ... Rachel's forthcoming book, Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today ... Do you want to be memorialized for eternity on Facebook? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-06-201h 13Culturally DeterminedEnd of Thrones, with Michael SweeneyThe controversial finale of Game of Thrones ... Would Dany have been a good queen? ... Why many female fans felt so betrayed ... Was the story just a big red herring? ... Aryeh: The second part of the episode felt like fan fiction ... The fates of Jon, Arya, and Sansa ... Michael explains how the coffee cup blooper happened ... The end of a TV era ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-05-211h 21Culturally DeterminedThe Julia Louis-Dreyfus Affair, with Phoebe Maltz BovyPhoebe presents a short explainer on the Dreyfus Affair ... Why we still talk about Dreyfus today ... The Covington Affair, the Smollett Affair, and other contemporary Affairs ... How social media makes causes célèbres more likely ... Why Phoebe identifies strongly with George Costanza ... Does Seinfeld have a successor? ... Aryeh: There's no cancellation but self-cancellation ... Embracing martyrdom on left and right ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-04-231h 21Culturally DeterminedAdolescent Politics, with Daniel KaufmanDan's recent essay, "Adolescent Politics" ... Dan: Social media has turned the world into a high school cafeteria ... Shouldn't stand-up comics be bad people? ... Trump, Exhibit A of the adolescent id ... The (largely pointless) college activism of the 1980s ... Why Aryeh kept his mouth shut about Jussie Smollett ... Reasons for optimism and pessimism ... How Joan Didion helped inspire Dan's essay ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-03-121h 03
The Champions of Purposeful Change PodcastCritiquing Gillette – Aryeh Cohen-Wade, Bloggingheads.tvAryeh Cohen-Wade (Bloggingheasd.tv) and Bill Gullan (Finch Brands)
Brand consultant Bill on Gillette’s controversial new ad on masculinity
Bill explains what a brand consultant does
Why Gillette took a big risk
Was a conservative backlash part of Gillette’s plan?
Was the ad a success?
Pepsi’s disastrous political ad and Nike’s successful political ad
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2019-01-2448 min
Culturally DeterminedMy Affair with the Intellectual Dark Web (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Meghan Daum)Meghan's essay on the Intellectual Dark Web, "Nuance: A Love Story" ... How Bloggingheads led Meghan to the IDW ... The Rubin Report, the IDW's salon room ... Why Meghan described IDWers as her "new friends" ... Adam Carolla, Howard Stern, and the spirit of transgression ... Why Jordan Peterson arouses such passions ... Is the IDW just a way to avoid confronting Trump? ... Has the word "fuck" lost its bite? ...
2018-12-271h 24Culturally DeterminedRuby Ridge and George H.W. Bush's Dog (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Ruth Graham)Ruth's podcast about Ruby Ridge, Standoff ... The key mistakes the Weavers and the government made ... Vicki Weaver, the driving force behind the family's radical beliefs ... How the crisis on Ruby Ridge escalated and was resolved ... Comparing the '90s militia movement and today's far right ... What lessons did the government learn about standoffs? ... The nation fell in love with Sully, George H.W. Bush's devoted dog... ... ...and then the nation got mad at Ruth for popping the Sully bubble ...
2018-12-1900 minCulturally DeterminedThe Dissident Right (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Dave Donovan)Dave's place on the "dissident right" ... Aryeh denies being a leftist ... Explaining "NPC," the hot new political insult ... Jordan Peterson and social alienation ... Housing is expensive and consumer goods are cheap ... Why do conservatives dominate political YouTube? ... Going extreme on YouTube: bloodsports and superchat ... Are liberals hypocrites on climate change, college admissions, and privilege? ... The appeal of Tucker Carlson to the far right ...
2018-12-1200 minCulturally DeterminedMillennials, Generation X, Baby Boomers, and Star Wars (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Daniel Kaufman)What ever happened to Generation X? ... Cataloging what made Millennials the way they are ... The secret connection between Boomers and Millennials ... Dan explains why Gen X is more apolitical ... Bad Millennials vs. Good Millennials ... Assessing the state of Star Wars ... The surprising reason why Dan came to like The Last Jedi ... Aryeh argues in favor of the democratization of the Force ... The many sins of Solo ...
2018-11-3000 minCulturally DeterminedStan Lee: The Myth and the Man (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Jeet Heer)Jeet narrates the largely forgotten prehistory of Marvel Comics ... Does Stan Lee or Jack Kirby deserve more credit for creating the Marvel Universe? ... Lee's real skills: editing, branding, and marketing ... The link between Spider-Man and Ayn Rand ... Lee's foresight in working to make Marvel movies ... How Judaism influenced Lee and Kirby ... Is it crazy to rank Lee/Kirby alongside Shakespeare? ...
2018-11-1800 minCulturally DeterminedThe Science of Animal Training, with Rebecca LohnesRebecca's path from the Ivy League to an animal shelter ... The science of animal training ... The many reasons why you shouldn't try to be your dog's "alpha" ... What we know about animal personality ... What goes on inside an animal shelter? ... Is there such a thing as a "bad dog"? ... What's actually happening when your pet looks ashamed ... Aryeh and Rebecca debate whether their dog loves them ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-11-151h 01Culturally DeterminedPolitical Debate and Political Entertainment (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & David Ottlinger)When did watching debate become a pastime? ... The blurring of news and entertainment ... Journalists who think they're comedians ... Joe Rogan, Contrapoints, and YouTuber politics ... Aryeh sees historical parallels in the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the Yellow Press ... Is Jordan Peterson an intellectual, an entertainer, or something else? ... Trump's merging of politics and entertainment ... BhTV's place in the debate-o-sphere ... David: Liberals need to have a positive moral idiom and vision ...
2018-10-1800 minCulturally DeterminedThe Many Faces of Kavanaugh (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Cathy Young)Should we believe Kavanaugh? Ford? Both? ... Kavanaugh the choir boy vs. Kavanaugh the party boy ... Aryeh recounts his brush with DKE, Kavanaugh's Yale frat ... Cathy is concerned about the plight of the wrongly accused ... Remembering the child abuse sex panic of the 1980s ... Jezebel reported that a journalist is a very bad boyfriend. Then he lost his job. ... Should the article have even been written? ...
2018-10-0500 minCulturally DeterminedHow the 1990s Shaped #MeToo (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Eve Fairbanks)Eve's essay on how the 1990s shaped #MeToo ... Fear and possibility in a '90s childhood ... The decade when testing took over ... What '90s kids did and didn't learn about sex ... Being a cool girl vs. being a good girl ... When Eve wanted to say no but felt she couldn't ... How #MeToo has recast women's understanding of old relationships ... Are men capable of being better? ...
2018-08-0900 minCulturally DeterminedAll about the Democratic Socialists of America (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & James Martin Cole)James explains the Democratic Socialists of America ... What does DSA member Ocasio-Cortez’s win portend for the Democrats? ... Was it smart for DSA members to disrupt the Homeland Security Secretary's dinner? ... Why Medicare for All is the DSA’s flagship policy issue ... The effect of Twitter culture and Chapo Trap House on DSA ... James’s essay on DSA’s future electoral strategy ...
2018-08-0300 minCulturally DeterminedTyrant: Shakespeare on Politics (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Stephen Greenblatt)Stephen's new book, Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics ... The Henry VI trilogy: Making England Great Again ... Why Shakespeare understood demagogues so well ... Shakespeare's distrust of democracy and the mob ... How do you stop a tyrant? ... The mad kings in Lear and The Winter's Tale ... Richard III and Trump, fusing comedy and malice ...
2018-07-2400 min
Jedi CounselJedi Counsel Podcast 99 – Podcasting, Mental Health, & Humor with Aryeh Cohen-WadeWe spoke to Aryeh Cohen-Wade, who is the executive editor of bloggingheads.tv and meaningoflife.tv, the host of the podcast Culturally Determined, an excellent writer, and a funny tweeter. First, he provided us with some background on bloggingheads.tv and walked us through his podcasting process. Culturally Determined includes discussions of a broad range of controversial and interesting topics (e.g., cultural appropriation, the Rick & Morty … Continue reading Jedi Counsel Podcast 99 – Podcasting, Mental Health, & Humor with Aryeh Cohen-Wade
2018-07-2000 minCulturally DeterminedDebating Trump and Russia (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Michael Tracey)Michael: The liberal narrative about Trump is contradictory ... Michael: Trump's worst acts were also done by past presidents ... Aryeh: Trump doesn't care about politics ... Do pundits accomplish anything by constantly psychoanalyzing Trump? ... Does Trump have a non-interventionist instinct? ... Why Michael doesn't buy the Russia narrative ... Aryeh: The hacked emails hurt Hillary, but not in the way you think ... Michael: Democrats should focus on Trump's corruption in office ... Why are so many leftists skeptics of Russiagate? ...
2018-07-1900 minCulturally DeterminedRight-Wing Conspiracy Theories! (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Will Sommer)Will reports on the Roe v. Wade movie and becomes part of the story ... Down the rabbit hole of the QAnon conspiracy theory ... What draws people to conspiracy theories? ... Are the latest Mueller indictments the end of Seth Rich conspiracizing? ... Ben Garrison, the leading pro-Trump political cartoonist ... How does the alt-right view antifa? ... Meet Jacob Wohl, Trump's #1 Twitter fanboy ...
2018-07-1800 minCulturally DeterminedCritiquing Body Positivity (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Amanda Mull)Amanda: Body positivity is a scam ... What causes women to feel badly about their bodies? ... The double-edged sword of looking at bodies on Instagram ... Why Amanda sees her critique as separate from #MeToo ... Why has the fashion world embraced ugly clothes? ... The effect of online shopping on plus-size clothing options ...
2018-06-2000 minCulturally DeterminedLetterman: The Last Giant of Late Night (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Jason Zinoman)Jason's new book, Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night ... Letterman's influences: Carson, Allen, and Paar ... Letterman as a postmodern figure ... Looking at Letterman and women through the lens of #MeToo ... Letterman's self-hatred and depression ... How the show changed on CBS and the war with Leno ... Late-period Late Show, a bizarre place to work ... Jason: Letterman helped normalize Donald Trump ...
2018-06-0600 minCulturally DeterminedRemembering Philip Roth (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Phoebe Maltz Bovy)Remembering Philip Roth ... Phoebe on Roth's depictions of Jewish women ... Where did Roth end and his characters begin? ... How Roth helped American Jews assimilate ... If you haven't read Roth, here's where to start ... Where is Jordan Peterson going? ... Order, chaos, gender, and being told to clean your room ...
2018-05-3100 minCulturally DeterminedLife with Depression, with Danielle TcholakianDanielle’s response to the controversial NYT piece on long-term antidepressant use ... Why research on long-term antidepressant use is lacking ... What depression and type I diabetes have in common ... Danielle and Aryeh describe their experiences with depression ... Should medication be a last resort? ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-05-0334 minCulturally DeterminedKanye and Trump's "Dragon Energy"? (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Osita Nwanevu)Osita’s piece on Kanye West’s pro-Trump tweets ... Kanye as a bellwether for the mainstreaming of the alt-right ... Why is Jordan Peterson on Kanye's radar? ... Osita: Kanye isn’t going to convert his fans into Trump supporters ... Kanye and Trump, masters of publicity ...
2018-04-2700 minCulturally DeterminedMen and Pop Culture (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Miles Klee)Miles: Some Rick and Morty superfans are getting the show wrong ... Do the show's characters ever learn a lesson? ... R&M creator Dan Harmon's strikingly different #MeToo moment ... How pop culture is consuming itself through sequels and reboots ... With nerd culture gone mainstream, whither the nerd? ... The many boyfriends of Elaine Benes ...
2018-04-1800 minCulturally DeterminedFOSTA, Sex Work, and the Internet (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Elizabeth Nolan Brown)Explaining FOSTA, the new anti–sex trafficking law ... Could this be the beginning of the end of the open Internet? ... Elizabeth: FOSTA's sponsors are acting in bad faith ... The death of Backpage.com, where you could get a lawnmower or a sex worker ... How will the market for paid sex adapt? ... Elizabeth's lively appearance on Laura Ingraham's show ...
2018-04-1600 minCulturally DeterminedWill the Golden Age of Television Endure? (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Sonny Bunch)Keeping up in the age of Peak TV ... Will there ever be a “canon” of great television? ... How streaming has changed media consumption ... You can’t watch it all, so what’s worth watching? ... Sonny describes his ideal TV time capsule ...
2018-04-1200 minCulturally DeterminedPornography and the First Amendment (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Sarah Jones)The Atlantic's controversial hiring of Kevin D. Williamson ... Why do NeverTrump writers keep getting jobs? ... The linked histories of pornography and the First Amendment ... Trump and Stormy Daniels, perfect foes ... The West Virginia teachers' strike and the future of the labor movement ... Sarah critiques critics of Twitter feminism (which might not exist) ...
2018-03-3000 minCulturally DeterminedThe failing New York Times (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & David Klion)How the New York Times failed in 2016... ... …and how it is failing in its Trump coverage ... The core problem with the NYT Opinion columnists ... Requiem for the political blogosphere ... David's critique of NYT Opinion under editor James Bennet ... Why there's no real threat to free speech on college campuses ... Aryeh: NYT Opinion needs to hire a Trump supporter ...
2018-03-1500 minCulturally DeterminedCritiquing Trump critiques (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Parallax)Parallax's critique of critiques of Trump ... Aryeh: Trump is just a con artist ... Is Obama to blame for Trump? ... Imagining a true populist demagogue taking power ... Aryeh: Trump's win shows that the Constitution kinda sucks ... Does Trump have a consistent ideology? ... Should the American media forget about objectivity? ...
2018-03-0600 minCulturally DeterminedPostmodern Trump, with David OttlingerIs Trump a postmodern figure? ... Why, despite what you might hear, academia has not embraced postmodernism ... Debating Jeet Heer's argument for viewing Trump as postmodern ... Why healthy public debate requires belief in a discoverable truth ... Aryeh says Bitcoin is postmodern, but David disagrees ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-02-191h 08Culturally DeterminedThe outlaw Jesse Farrar (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Jesse Farrar)How Jesse's joke tweet ended up on Fox & Friends ... Jesse: "We're all mad at each other all the time" ... The link between Weird Twitter and left politics ... Jesse's comedy podcast, Your Kickstarter Sucks ... Is the show a critique of American capitalism? ... The wacky world of video game streaming ...
2018-02-1300 min