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Jen, Gabe & ChewyPackers Roster Reality Check: Offensive Line Alarm Bells, Free Agent Calls & Hard Decisions AheadWith spring training approaching for the Brewers and the NFL offseason heating up, Jen, Gabe & Chewy spend this hour bouncing between baseball reality checks, Packers roster alarm bells, and a classic power-ranking debate — all of it tied together by one uncomfortable theme: there are no easy fixes anymore.
020326 JGC Hour 2
⚾ Brewers expectations vs reality
The show opens with a look at FanGraphs projections as pitchers and catchers prepare to report. The numbers spark immediate frustration:
The Cubs projected with a 45% chance to win the division
A 64% chance to make the playoffs
A surprisingly high World Series probability
Meanwhile, the Dodgers once...
2026-02-0342 min
Number One With A BullardOn Becoming a Local CharacterOver the holiday break, I had a piece published in the New York Times Magazine about my snail obsession and how it helped me adjust to life in Switzerland. You can read it here. This post is kind of a cousin or sibling to that one. Let me know if you like this kind of writing, or if you’d rather have the typical hand-wringing analysis of minor records or trends or whatever else it is I do here. For a short period of time in my late 20s, I was, according to a handful of...
2026-01-2306 min
NFL News Tracker49ers Upset Eagles, Texans Dominate Steelers in Wild-Card Playoff Shakeup with Major Coaching ChangesThe San Francisco 49ers pulled off a thrilling 23-19 upset over the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles in wild-card action, with Christian McCaffrey hauling in two crucial touchdown passes, including the game-winner from Brock Purdy, to advance to the divisional round against the top-seeded Seattle Seahawks, a rematch of their split regular-season series. In another playoff stunner, the Houston Texans dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-6 for their first-ever road postseason victory, as their elite defense stifled Aaron Rodgers with Sheldon Rankins returning a fumble for a 33-yard touchdown, setting up a potential deep run led by C.J. Stroud....
2026-01-1302 min
Number One With A BullardMuddle Through SomehowSo many Christmas songs are sad. That's just right for the season. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2025-12-1909 min
Number One With A BullardA Visit to the Wes Anderson ArchivesWho taught you what a director does?This is one of those pieces of knowledge that used to come through cultural osmosis—some assembly required.Based on conversations with peers (and the discussion on the latest Blank Check series), I learned about directors the same way a lot of kids who grew up in the ‘90s learned.First there was Tim Burton. Batman was everywhere, and when I saw Edward Scissorhands on hotel cable during a family trip, I could understand that the same person made both movies. Twin Peaks was on TV, too...
2025-12-1209 min
People StuffDan and Michael Are a Little Stressed (With Michelle Rensel): Stress, Snacks, and Mild Emotional Collapse.Stress isn’t just biology—it’s culture, symbols, expectations, and the stories we tell ourselves. This week Dan and Michael are joined by UCLA’s Dr. Michelle Rensel to unpack why Americans are so stressed, why hunters get buck fever, why high-schoolers are spiraling, and why self-discipline has become a competitive sport.We dig into social prescribing, predator-prey symbolism, the high-wire act of modern work, and whether our bodies are betraying us or sending a message we should finally listen to.Chapters00:00 — Intro02:30 — What Stress Actually Is06:10 — Fresh Hell: Doctors Prescribing Parties1...
2025-12-0957 min
Jason WildeJason Wilde on Micah Parsons’ “Disrespect,” Packers–Bears Stakes & Rashan Gary’s FutureJason Wilde joins Jen, Gabe & Chewy to dive into a loaded Packers–Bears rivalry week, reacting to Micah Parsons saying he feels “disrespected” by Chicago and comparing it to Michael Jordan’s habit of inventing slights for motivation. Jason explains how that kind of bulletin-board material really works in NFL locker rooms, talks about why this Packers–Bears matchup feels different now that the Bears are actually “a pretty decent team,” and weighs in on whether the rivalry still matters as much to fans. He also breaks down Javon Bullard’s injury and what it could mean for the secondary, including Nate H...
2025-12-0516 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Talk Sports (with John Florio): Sports, Scandals & the Gods of the GameThis week, Dan and Michael welcome writer and sports scholar John Florio to dig into America’s real religion: sports. We cover the rise of prop bets, whether athletes can ethically nudge a stat or two, why AI-powered officiating is killing the pathos of the bad call, and how youth sports became an arms race disguised as “character building.”Along the way, we detour through Birkin bag lawsuits, Tommy John surgery, the death of knuckleballing, and the eternal question: Can you force your kid to play sports without turning into a meritocratic ghoul?As always: we’re...
2025-12-0255 min
Number One With A BullardMusic Was the Best GiftAre we past the age of must-have Christmas gifts? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2025-11-2807 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Ruin the Economy (feat. Steve Black): Car-price delusion, medieval rec letters, and the AI rat with the huge penis.We’re joined by Steve Black, linguistic and medical anthropologist at Georgia State University, whose work spans ethics, care, Zulu gospel choirs, Indigenous youth in Costa Rica, and global health discourse.In this episode:🚗 Why millennials think a new car should cost exactly $30k🧮 Inflation as a vibe, not a natural law👑 Letters of recommendation: the medieval patronage system we somehow still use🏛️ First-generation students & the unwritten rules of academia🤖 Why academic publishing is drowning in AI slop (and rat genitals)🧑💼 How to quit your job without burning your wh...
2025-11-2559 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Take a Punch (with Scott Freeman): Violence, Horses, Billionaires, and SwordsThis week on People Stuff, Dan and Michael explore humanity’s oldest problem: people hitting other people and calling it “order.” Joined by anthropologist Scott Freeman, we talk violence, enclosure, billionaires, medieval sword fights, and the enduring smugness of horses.Featuring:Horse violence as a disciplinary technologyThe Enclosure Movement, Marx, and why Madonna legally can’t stop you rambling through her estateCorporal punishment, pacifism paradoxes, and why People Stuff is firmly against child-beating but open to beating adults who think child-beating is fineBillionaire term limits (ten years an...
2025-11-181h 09People StuffDan and Michael Are Not Your Type: Corporate astrology, MBTI madness, and the myth of the measurable selfAre you a “blue brain,” a “Phoebe,” or just a person trying to do your job?This week on People Stuff, Dan and Michael dig into the strange afterlife of psychological typing — from Jungian archetypes to workplace “whole brain” seminars and gifted testing for seven-year-olds. Why do employers, schools, and BuzzFeed quizzes all want to turn us into caricatures of ourselves?They’ll also diagnose Peter Thiel’s end-times theology, dismantle the eugenic logic of IQ tests, and fix the entire school admissions system (again). Plus, a listener wonders: if your friend only speaks in Sex and the City quote...
2025-11-1158 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Eat Too Much (feat. Saanchi Shah) — Paleo Panic, Raw Meat Bros & The Golden Toilet HeistAre we what we eat? Should kale be a personality? Why are men suddenly shoveling raw beef into their mouths like feral crossfit raccoons? This week anthropologists Dan and Michael interview genetic counselor + legitimate adult Saanchi Shah, who tries to offer actual wisdom while the hosts spiral into food-based existentialism.Topics include:Paleo diets and why “we stopped evolving after the Ice Age” is terrible scienceWhen gardening becomes prepping and prepping becomes a personalityThe gym bro committed to 100% raw meat, 0% critical thoughtThe stolen 18-karat gold toilet name...
2025-11-0457 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Are Definitely Out of Place: Why Some Places Feel Wrong, Why Seats Matter, and Why the Dead Deserve SpaceThey tackle listener questions about what it means to feel out of place:Why do perfect towns feel fake and claustrophobic?Why do we always sit in the same seat?And should you really avoid walking on a grave?Along the way, they explore how humans build belonging through repetition, ritual, and spatial order — and how those same habits can make us feel trapped, haunted, or just plain weird.Plus: Dan fixes superheroes (they’re fascists), Michael defends ghosts, and everyone learns something about the anthropology of being uncomfortable.
2025-10-2853 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Sweep it Under the Rug: The Anthropology of Dirt and DisorderDan and Michael tackle questions about:🧹 A Zen priest frustrated by a fellow monk’s bad cleaning habits💰 Whether kids should get paid for chores🏚️ How to love a hoarder parent without losing your mindPlus, in Fixing Shit, Michael fixes Congress by bringing back pork barrel spending (seriously). Along the way, they dust off some anthropological wisdom from Mary Douglas, talk about pollution, capitalism, and the importance of returning your grocery cart.It’s messy, philosophical, and deeply funny—just the way we like it. Takeaways
2025-10-2151 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Raise Someone Else’s Kid: Communal Parenting, Gender Panic, and Imaginary FriendsWhen (if ever) should you intervene with someone else’s child?Why American parenting anxiety looks bizarre cross-culturallyAka childhood autonomy, Japanese errand culture, and European stroller normsTikTok detectives and the collapse of “mind your own business”Gender identity, performativity, and why pink tea parties won’t destroy societyJudith Butler, trans theory, and early childhood gender developmentWhy you don’t actually control your kids’ socializationImmigration panic, economic amnesia, and xenophobia with spreadsheetsImaginary friends, ancestors, tricksters, and why your kid might no...
2025-10-1457 minPeople StuffDan and Michael go to Therapy: AI therapists, broken psychology, and the long history of trying to fix ourselvesTopics🔹 Why men are turning to ChatGPT for emotional advice🔹 The death of partying — and what it says about American loneliness🔹 Can you separate baseball from capitalism?🔹 What shamans and therapists actually have in commonSound bites"Alcohol is a social lubricant.""Fandom is about shared suffering.""Psychology can't critique society."TakeawaysPsychology often prioritizes individual adjustment over societal critique.The decline of social gatherings among young Americans is alarming.Alcohol serves as a social lubricant, facilitating interactions.Chatbot t...
2025-10-0750 min
Number One With A BullardThe End of the Bowling Shirt SagaThis is the final installment of my notes on the cultural history of the bowling shirt. You don’t need to have read part one or part two, but you might like them. WinningIn the twenty-first century, nostalgia piled on top of itself until it collapsed into a heap of meaningless.The swing revival ended on January 31, 1999, when Big Bad Voodoo Daddy played the Super Bowl halftime show, along with Stevie Wonder and Gloria Estefan. Twenty years later, critic Rob Sheffield told the Ringer this particular halftime show did to ‘90s culture what...
2025-10-0317 minPeople Stuff[ENCORE] Dan and Michael Get AbductedIn this episode of People Stuff, Dan and Michael discuss and/or are informed by:“Unsinkable” by Daniel Mendelsohn https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/16/unsinkable-titanic-iceberg“Removing Knowledge” by Peter Galison https://dash.harvard.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/7312037c-4c4a-6bd4-e053-0100007fdf3b/content“On the Phenomenology of Giant Puppets Broken windows, imaginary jars of urine, and the cosmological role of the police in American culture” by David Graeber https://davidgraeber.org/articles/on-the-phenomenology-of-giant-puppets-broken-windows-imaginary-jars-of-urine-and-the-cosmological-role-of-the-police-in-american-culture/“The Bridge [Broen på dansk]” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_(2011_TV_series)
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2025-10-0257 minPeople Stuff[ENCORE] Dan and Michael Get SpookedDan and Michael discuss:Living Right: Far Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe by Agniezska PasiekaThe Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town 1922-1945 by William Allen Sheridan: https://archive.org/details/naziseizureofpow0000alle_m2p7The Jersey Devil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_DevilThe Sopranos e3 ep11, "Pine Barrens:" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0705272/What We Do in the Shadows: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7908628/
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2025-09-301h 02
Woodshed ConfessionsGabe Bullard 🤮Gabe is a long time friend of ours from our home town. He currently lives in Nashville and plays guitar for Thompson Square and Matt Schuster. We sat down with him this week about growing up here, moving to Nashville, and playing the Grand Ole Opry. we even got to tell some old memories we shared!
2025-09-292h 15People StuffDan and Michael Ponder The Human Condition: Are We Individuals or Just Social Mush?Why do we feel like unique snowflakes when anthropology keeps insisting we’re mostly social slush? In this GSU-inspired bonus episode, we take on three very big questions from Professor Steve Black’s Intro to Anthro class in Atlanta:1. Are humans individuals or societies?A tour through Lévi-Strauss, Marx, language as a shared hallucination, and the soul-destroying statistical powers of Pierre Bourdieu. Also: Dan plays a medieval knight facing a bridge troll; Michael slanders anthropology’s early “culture and personality” era.2. Why do human children stick around so long?Brains take forever to cook. Bu...
2025-09-2521 minPeople Stuff[ENCORE] Dan and Michael Go To IkeaSwedish Design by Keith Murphy can be found here: Swedish Design by Keith M. Murphy | Paperback | Cornell University PressRabelais and His World by Mikhail Bakhtin can be found here: Rabelais and His World by Mikhail Bakhtin | MIT PressFind all things People Stuff at: https://www.people-stuff.com/
That’s it for this week’s People Stuff — the show where two anthropologists try (and sometimes fail) to make sense of people.If you’ve got a question, a dilemma, or just something de...
2025-09-2346 min
Number One With A BullardFurther Adventures of the Bowling Shirt GuyThis is part two of a series of notes on the bowling shirt and the culture around it. Part one is here, but you don’t need to have read it to enjoy this one.There Is No Twenty-Year CycleI bowled on a computer before I bowled in real life. I spent hours on our Macintosh Performa playing “Alley 19,” a bowling simulator with a ‘50s motif—horn rimmed glasses on bowlers, a neon martini sign above the virtual lounge that held high scores, and of course, bowling shirts. Later, when I went to a bowling al...
2025-09-1918 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Are Not Into Instagramming Their FoodIn this episode, Dan and Michael discuss, or are informed by:Veblen, T. (1899). The Theory of the Leisure Class .
That’s it for this week’s People Stuff — the show where two anthropologists try (and sometimes fail) to make sense of people.If you’ve got a question, a dilemma, or just something deeply weird about humanity you’d like us to unpack, send it our way at people-stuff.com CreditsProduced by Gabe BullardMusic by The Endless BummerArt by Siobhan Hene...
2025-09-1605 minPeople StuffDan Has a Programming NoteDan gives an update on the end of Season 1 and previews what to expect in Season 2 of People Stuff. A big thanks to those of you who submitted questions! Expected to hear your questions and our answers in the upcoming season.
As always, you can leave a question at: https://www.people-stuff.com/ That’s it for this week’s People Stuff — the show where two
anthropologists try (and sometimes fail) to make sense of people.
If you’ve got a question, a dilemma, or just something deeply weird
about humanity you’d like us to unpack, send it our way at
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2025-09-1501 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Park a Car (and Other Suburban Taboos)This week, Dan and Michael investigate suburban car psychosis and the anthropology of asphalt.Why do normal people turn feral over parking spaces?What makes ride-sharing feel both convenient and morally icky?And how exactly did Elon Musk turn the Hyperloop into the most expensive metaphor for magical thinking?Plus, Michael explains why gifts are actually acts of aggression, Dan redesigns public drinking laws, and both agree that walking remains America’s most banned activity.📍Topics include:– The anthropology of parking rage– Ride-sharing and privatized public goods– Elon Musk a...
2025-09-0945 min
Number One With A BullardWhat Happened to the Bowling Shirt Guy?This is going to get weirdLet me explain. When I was sorting through my clothes before moving two years ago, I found an old bowling shirt I used to wear in high school. It was a gift from a friend who got it from her dad. At the time, it was cool—ironic, vintage, unique. I wore it until sometime in college when I saw someone wearing a bowling shirt and one of those visors with fake hair on it. Squeezing myself back into the shirt, I wondered where the design came from...
2025-09-0514 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Heard it through the Grapevine | Urban Legends, Rumors, and Why Politicians Talk Like MarketersEver wondered why people still warn you to check your kids’ Halloween candy for razor blades — even though it’s never actually happened?Or why politicians say, “a lot of people are saying…” when they clearly made it up?In this week’s episode, Dan and Michael Heard It Through the Grapevine, our resident anthropologists dig into how rumors, myths, and moral panics shape our everyday lives.They unpack the folklore behind Halloween candy scares, explore how gossip and political speech both rely on indirect attribution, and dive into what it means when your suburban neighborhood s...
2025-09-0257 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Destroy Democracy: Tech Kings, High School Elections, and the Tyranny of Tote BagsKey Themes and Topics:The decline of democracy and rise of tech authoritarianismCurtis Yarvin and the myth of the “CEO monarch”Liberal democracy vs. fascist aestheticsStudent politics and the mirror of national electionsOrganizational governance and consensus decision-makingAirline inequality and the anthropology of travelHumor, politics, and why anthropology still matters KeywordsWhy democracy feels broken in 2025What is Curtis Yarvin’s neo-monarchism?Funny political podcast about democracyAnthropology meets politic...
2025-08-2657 min
Number One With A BullardThis Isn’t WorkingAre you getting too much Content? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2025-08-2212 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Get Abducted: UFOs, Body Doubles, and the Weird Ways We Explain the UnexplainableThis week on People Stuff:What Fresh Hell: “Unsinkable” — Dan on Titanic déjà vu and the myth of technology.Question 1: UFOs, drone swarms, and why mystery still matters.Question 2: Body doubles, tacit knowledge, and classroom conspiracies.Fixing Shit: Dan fixes “ostracism.” Could democracy use a reboot?Question 3: True crime, Pacific Northwest serial killers, and paranoia.💬 Got a question for Dan and Michael? Leave a voice memo or message at https://www.people-stuff.com/ In this episode of People Stuff, Dan and Michael discuss and/or a...
2025-08-1957 minPeople StuffDan and Michael are not That Into Labels: Why naming things is both anthropology and chaos managementThis week on People Stuff, Dan and Michael wrestle with the fine art of naming—bars, gun clubs, and even your long-lost festival alter ego. What’s in a name, really? Turns out, quite a lot of cultural baggage, generational anxiety, and maybe a touch of nostalgia-induced regression.From a bar named Stacy’s Mom (a terrible idea, we all agree) to a gun club trying to rebrand itself into a “Second Amendment Tactical Brigade,” this episode digs into why naming things feels so loaded—and how those labels shape who we are. Along the way, Dan and Michael...
2025-08-1250 min
Number One With A BullardConfessions of a Craft ObsessiveThis is the start of an occasional series I’m going to do about craft. I’ll have another installment in a few weeks, after I send a few other newsletters. As with any series I do, you don’t have to read each part. I know that simply subscribing to a newsletter is all the commitment some people can handle. I never leave home without two pencils. Why pencils? Because they don’t spill ink if they break, go dry from disuse, run in the heat, or freeze in the cold. Why two? One might break or get du...
2025-08-0805 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Learn a Trade: College, Craft, and the Cult of WorkThis week on People Stuff, Dan and Michael get their hands dirty—literally and intellectually.💥 They tackle the big questions:Should you go to college or learn a trade?What’s it really like working in a modern factory?Why are oil field jobs impossible to fill (and even harder to keep)?Along the way, they talk about:The myth of “college as transformation”How AI is reshaping universities (and cheating’s golden age)The decline of unions and the lost art of solidarity
2025-08-051h 00People StuffDan and Michael Touch Grass: Social media, crypto wages, and a house with 13 doors walk into a podcastThis week on People Stuff, anthropologists Dan and Michael get their hands dirty with the real weirdness of modern life — from politicians oversharing on social media to waiters wanting crypto paychecks to a man who just keeps adding doors to his house.We’re asking the big questions:Should politicians be more boring online?Is crypto a union-busting fever dream?How many doors are too many doors to the spirit realm?And can you really fix vaccine hesitancy with darts and cash?Along the way, Dan and Mich...
2025-07-2954 min
Number One With A BullardA Solitary Runner Carries a Stone Through the CountrysideThe audio edition of the newsletter is back. A fresh episode every two weeks. Become a paid subscriber at any level to get future installments. I first noticed the stone on a Monday. I jog on a route along the edge of the woods. I’ve been advised to run in the woods, but I can’t. I tried it once, during a visit years ago. I felt lost. Not physically lost, but spiritually. Or maybe chronologically. My synthetic mesh shorts and space-age rubberized shoe soles seemed like a futuristic intrusion among the trees and moss. It’s not...
2025-07-2508 minPeople StuffDan and Michael Refuse:Why We Say No — to Politics, Vaccines, and TamalesTimestamps:00:00 – Intro: What is People Stuff?02:00 – What Fresh Hell: Baseball cards, blind packs, and CT scanners08:00 – Question 1: Politics, podcasts, and the red-pill relationship20:00 – Question 2: Anti-vaxx cousins and the anthropology of purity and danger34:00 – Fixing Shit: How to fix college admissions (spoiler: lotteries)44:00 – Question 3: Food, family, and why your boyfriend refuses tamales56:00 – Outro: Fake sponsors & final thoughtsIn this episode, Dan and Michael discuss:Imagined Communities by Benedict AndersonUnderstanding Media by Marshall McLuhanAmusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postma...
2025-07-221h 10People StuffDan and Michael Get Spooked: The Anthropology of Fear and Other Modern HauntingsHighlightsThe cultural power of brutal honesty in hiring (and why job posts should repel as much as they attract).Vampires as symbols of modern alienation and eternal cool.Fascism as a false cure for loneliness and economic despair.Monsters as mirrors of humanity’s deepest fears and longings.A defense of national parks and public lands.Segment Breakdown00:00 – Intro: Brutal honesty and vampire week preview06:00 – What Fresh Hell: The war on empathy12:00 – Question 1: “Can I be a vampire?”27:00 – Question 2: “W...
2025-07-151h 02People StuffSeason 1 TrailerIn season 1 of People Stuff, Dan and Michael take on CAT scans for baseball cards, stupidity, college admissions, pompous assholes, unionization, the Bakersfield restaurant scene, and much, much, much more. Season 1 of People Stuff will be available in early July.
That’s it for this week’s People Stuff — the show where two anthropologists try (and sometimes fail) to make sense of people.If you’ve got a question, a dilemma, or just something deeply weird about humanity you’d like us to unpack, send it our way at people-stuff.com Credits
2025-07-0201 min
People StuffDan and Michael Go To Ikea: Love, Death, and Flat-Pack FurnitureSegmentsWhat Fresh Hell:Michael wonders: what exactly is a tariff, and why do they matter? Dan breaks down the economics, politics, and psychological weirdness behind trade policy — and why tariffs might say more about national insecurity than global economics.The IKEA Question:A listener writes in after an IKEA trip threatens to end their relationship. Dan and Michael unpack what IKEA really is — a “heterotopia” where ideal homes and impossible standards collide — and how the store functions as a modern carnival of domestic fantasy. Can any couple survive the maze of Swedish design and...
2025-05-0846 min
Number One With A BullardA History of HeadphonesThink of the last time you went out. Were most people you passed wearing headphones, earbuds, or something similar? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2025-02-0710 min
Number One With A BullardMuddle Through SomehowSo many Christmas songs are deeply sad. That's just right for the season. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2024-12-1908 min
Monocle on SundayLive from ZürichJuliet Linley, Myriam Zumbühl and Gabe Bullard join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics. We also speak to Monocle’s fashion director, Natalie Theodosi, about ‘Monocle on Fashion’ and get the latest news from the Nordic region with Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff. Plus: Jeremy Leslie gives us an insight into the world of print media ahead of Magculture’s live event in London.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-10-2054 min
Friday Night Rivals, presented by U.S. Army'Friday Night Rivals' Game Preview w/ Garza coach Yosef Fares & Top 10 Central Section Games in Week 9FOX26 Sports Reporter Gabe Camarillo offers thoughts & insights on Thursday's matchups and his Top 10 high school football games to watch for the Fresno market. Then, he previews the 'FNR' game on CW59 - Bullard vs. Garza at McLane Stadium - with Guardians head coach Yosef Fares, who shares how Garza grew through the adversity faced this season.
2024-10-1648 min
Number One With A BullardEverything Changes Until Nothing Makes SenseI wrote an essay for Together, Alone about how Instagram has been feeding me a lot of clips from Married with Children and Modern Family, which means I’ve seen a lot of Ed O’Neill. It made me think of his time as a collect call spokesman, which made me think of this piece. I decided to rerun it because I’m not yet ready to speculate whether the Internet is demanding a Dutch remake. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
2024-10-1004 min
Number One With A BullardThe Universe Told Me So1. August 2015, Washington, D.C.We’re in a new apartment in a new city and I go to the local library to find a book that isn’t still in a stack of boxes. On a shelf of novels, I see a title I can’t resist: The Dud Avocado. I’ve never heard of it or the author, Elaine Dundy, but it’s part of the New York Review of Books Classics series, which is always a good sign. On the back cover, I find all the major details: debut novel from 1958, about a naive American in Paris...
2024-09-2606 minMonocle on SundayLive from ZürichPriska Amstutz and Gabe Bullard join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics. We also speak to Monocle’s design editor, Nic Monisse, for the view from London and Monocle’s Asia editor, James Chambers, has an update from the region. Plus: the co-founder Bonjour Jacob, Hani Behlacene, joins from Paris ahead of the Olympics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-07-2155 min
99% InvisibleAs Slow As PossibleWhen you go to a concert, you might try to get there right when the doors open. Or perhaps you take your time and skip the opening act. But generally, you want to be there when the show starts. In February, everyone who went to a concert in Halberstadt, Germany, showed up 23 years late. The performance is of a piece called ORGAN2/ASLSP. ASLSP stands for “as slow as possible,” which is how the composer meant for it to be played, and this particular day would involve a chord change. The last time ORGAN2/ASLSP had a chord change was...
2024-07-1041 min
Number One With A BullardHey DJ, Put on ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’Note: Every so often, I write about records that belong to a category called “nonmusic.” This is part of that series. You don’t have to have read the last one to get this one, but if you want to read it, it’s here.John F. Kennedy is our vinyl president. His administration’s nickname comes from a record—Jackie Kennedy once told an interviewer the president listened to the cast album of the musical Camelot before bed. Frank Sinatra re-recorded his hit “High Hopes” for the campaign. The Grammy award for Album of Year in 1963 went to The Firs...
2024-06-2008 minMonocle on SundayLive from ZürichJuliet Linley and Gabe Bullard join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics. We also speak to Monocle’s Europe editor at large, Ed Stocker, for the latest updates on the EU elections and Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, gives us the view from London. Plus: Art Basel CEO, Noah Horowitz, joins to discuss this year’s event. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-06-0955 min
Number One With A BullardDid You Ever Have a Clear Phone?First, some thoughts about tote bags…As an expression of personality and taste, tote bags have ascended to the level of t-shirts. On a city bus, in the park on a sunny day, or in line at the grocery store, you’ll see canvas carryalls that tell you what a person reads, where they shop, what they listen to, and which charities they support.The longtime public radio reporter in me smiles whenever I see a tote. For years, NPR and its member stations had the lock on giveaway bags. They turned a tool for haul...
2024-06-0608 min
Culture Study PodcastAre Millennials the Most Nostalgic Generation?Spoiler: No, millennials are not the most nostalgic generation — we’re just in a deeply nostalgic moment in our lives, reckoning (sometimes gracefully, other times less so) with no longer being the Main Character in the generational story. But this moment does give us opportunity to talk about the shape and purpose of nostalgia, how YouTube both amplifies and short-circuits it, and so much more — featuring one of my favorite nostalgia thinkers, Gabe Bullard. We talk about gum commercials, inflated Limewire persecution threats, Bagel Bites, and interrogate the idea of “core memories,” and I cannot wait for your thoughts.Show...
2024-05-2954 min
Number One With A BullardHanded DownOn secondhand clothes and getting lost in the woods This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2024-05-2408 min
Challenge. Change.Highlights from Clark's 120th CommencementAs Clark conferred 1,376 degrees to the Class of 2024 on Monday, May 20, at the DCU Center in Downtown Worcester, student speakers recalled the compassion and community found among peers on campus. "Being a part of a diverse community has taught me so much because it has allowed me to see the world through the lens of other people," graduate student speaker Gabe Spindel ’23, MBA ’24, told the thousands in the arena. Undergraduate student speaker Laila El-Samra ’24 encouraged her peers to think about the impact they can have on others."Start sma...
2024-05-2312 min
Number One With A BullardLooking for the Past in All the Wrong Places“Has this happened before?”This question, a digression on old newspapers, and a story about Mark Twain being troubled by nineteenth century influencers. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2024-05-1006 min
Number One With A BullardBless This MessLast Friday, jetlagged and surprisingly ahead on a few assignments, I decided to spend the workday cleaning my desk.I meant to do this before I left town. That is, I meant to do it every day for the last six months. When I first set up my desk, I neatly arranged everything—I even organized pencils by their lead numbers. Within a week, my headphone and microphone cables were twisted around themselves. Paper press kits were stacked on top of research books with guitar picks and paperclips layered in-between. Number two pencils were in a mug wi...
2024-04-2505 min
Number One With A BullardCanaries in Culture’s Coal MineConnecting the loss of critics with the loss of journalists, and the effects on culture. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2024-03-0108 min
Country Roots ShowMarion's Country Roots Show du 24/02/2024 (country-roots@sfr.fr)Mon émission de Country Music qui passe en direct tous les samedis de 10 à 12h sur Radio Arc En Ciel (90.7 FM). Annie Bosko qui vient Californie a débuté cette émission et on y reste avec Ashley Ryan, et plus tard vous écouterez des nouveautés, du Texas mais aussi de Nashville et quelques titres plus anciens. Yeehaw !!HONKY TONK HIGHWAY-ANNIE BOSKO ** ONE TRACTOR MIND-ASHLEY RYAN ** WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A COWBOY-BILLY WHITE JR. ** AMAZING LOVE-CHARLEY PRIDE ** WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH A COWBOY-CHRIS LEDOUX & GARTH BROOKS ** BUY ME BACK BARRY-COLE QUEST AND THE CITY PICKERS ** YOU ONLY KN...
2024-02-262h 00
It's My Country Radio ShowIt's My Country Radio Show 12-1-24 (118)It’s My Country Radio Show
Show 118
1. Col Finley - Cowboy Way – 4.00*
2. Dean Weston - Maybe This Time (Single Version) – 3.31*
3. The Nodding Acquaintances – Undefeated – 4.38*
4. Tim McGraw - One Bad Habit – 3.08
5. Mallory Eagle - Carole With an E – 2.45
6. EV Mae - New Lyric – 3.11
7. Ellis Bullard - Prison In My Mind – 3.27
8. Kelley Brooks Band - Did Me Wrong – 5.01
9. Jess Moskaluke - Go Get Er – 3.03
10. Darlinghurst – Unapologetic – 3.10*
11. Sarah Catania - Here I Am – 3.19*
12. Pete Cullen - Gone Country Again – 2.42*
13. Johnny Falstaff - Alright Alright – 2.22
14. Chris Shelby - Tennessee Without Me –...
2024-01-121h 57
Number One With A BullardAudio Edition: Don't Let Us Down, StockholmWho buys a record to hear a rock star talk? That’s the question at the heart of this week’s audio edition. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2024-01-1111 min
Number One With A BullardMuddle Through SomehowSo many Christmas songs are deeply sad. That's just right for the season. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2023-12-2209 min
Number One With A BullardThe Genre Is Infomercial-CoreThere's a type of music from the '70s and '80s that I've always categorized as "box set rock." This is a description that, for reasons I'll explain, could only have come about during a brief period around the turn of the century. And my use of the term, for reasons that will become clear, says a lot about music writing and appreciation at that time. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2023-12-0812 min
Number One With A BullardThe Last Sounds of the Human WorldWhat is it like to be a bat, a whale, or an AI? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2023-11-0209 min
Number One With A BullardAnother History of HeadphonesThink of the last time you went out. Were most people you passed wearing headphones, earbuds, or something similar? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2023-10-0511 min
Number One With A BullardEverything Changes Until Nothing Makes SenseFirst name: Gabe. Last name: Imadeapodcastandithinkitsgood. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2023-02-0204 min
Number One With A BullardHow to Watch a ‘90s MovieThe audio of this edition is an interview I recorded with the hosts of the podcast Hit Factory (Apple podcasts; Spotify; Patreon). I’m using the text here to elaborate about what was on my mind when I decided to reach out for the interview, and to reflect on some of what we talked about. Also, this essay by Aaron Thorpe comes up in the interview. I’m hoping to add more interviews to my rotation. This is the second I’ve done. The first was with filmmaker Jeff Krulik. I’ve been on this self-imposed nostalgia beat for...
2023-01-2655 min
Number One With A BullardAbout HustleLate capitalism, 'The Big Chill,' and millennial burnout. Trust me, I'm going somewhere with this. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2023-01-1912 min
Number One With A BullardMuddle Through SomehowSo many Christmas songs are deeply sad. That's just right for the season. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2022-12-1509 min
Number One With A BullardI Rocked With a ZombieIf a band replaces all its members, is it still the same band? A few classic rock acts are testing the theory. The larger question, though, is what will stop people from yelling "Freeeebiiiiirdddd" at the stage during concerts? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2022-12-0811 min
Number One With A BullardWhat Happened To Weird TV?The most popular entertainment in the world is about people with impossible technology and magic powers, but somehow it’s been nearly 30 years since anyone in a television sitcom built a robot that could be mistaken for a real person or a machine that could make nerds cool. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2022-12-0110 min
Number One With A BullardThe Future Was HereWhy doesn’t the future feel futuristic? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2022-11-1709 min
Number One With A BullardCover to CoverEvery so often, someone on Twitter posts the video for Alien Ant Farm’s cover of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” and it goes somewhat viral.The comments tend to focus on the year the video dropped—2001. People marvel at how different times were 21 years ago, on the edge of the previous millennium.I think this is why the video spreads. If it were the song alone, then we’d likely see it ranked higher on streaming services. Instead, the clip catches on in places where people can collectively comment on it. And there’s a lot to comme...
2022-11-1112 min
Number One With A BullardThe Zoom Food-BringerIn a life spent online peering through windows, what is more human than a real person, present before you? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2022-11-0306 min
Number One With A BullardLive Through ThisPutting a new spin on the term "no skips." This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2022-10-2711 min
Number One With A BullardClicks or It Didn't HappenWhat happens when you remember something but the internet doesn't? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2022-10-2111 min
Number One With A BullardWhat Do Your Memories Look Like? (Remix)My memories have Kodak hues. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2022-10-1407 min
Number One With A BullardTime and PlaceFirst I get back on my TMNT pondering, then I think about nostalgia, memory, Hostess fruit pies, and why there are so many sequels. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2022-10-0609 min
Number One With A BullardListen Like Someone's WatchingWhy do we love music so much as teenagers? Why am I afraid to let people see my Apple Music activity? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2022-09-3011 min
Number One With A BullardThe March of CutenessWere old toys always creepy? Has Buzz Lightyear changed at all over the last three decades? Why does Paw Patrol make me feel hopeful? These questions and more in the latest Number One With A Bullard. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2022-09-2310 min
Number One With A BullardA History of HeadphonesThink of the last time you went out. Were most people you passed wearing headphones, earbuds, or something similar? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gabebullard.substack.com/subscribe
2022-09-1610 min
Number One With A BullardUnreal Until It Becomes RealThe eighth episode of the Nickelodeon show The Adventures of Pete and Pete is about the younger of the show’s titular Petes trying to track down a song. He first hears this song from a band playing in a local garage. He sings it to himself until the memory starts to fade. He hums the melody over his makeshift radio station to find anyone else who has heard it. When no one responds, he starts a band to rewrite it. This episode sent hundreds of kids down a similar path. I was one of them....
2022-09-0912 min
Number One With A BullardSharing Is ScaringOn the first night of my first year of college, I opened my graduation gift PowerBook, plugged in my school-provided ethernet cable, and launched iTunes.This was the Rip. Mix. Burn. era of digital music. iTunes was the center of my world. I spent hours in the app listening to songs and updating the tags on MP3s so my music could be as cleanly organized as possible. I made playlists that lumped tracks together by producer, by session musicians, by samples used. I knew every note in my library and every pixel of the program. But...
2022-09-0209 min
Number One With A BullardGood Time, RagtimeFor most of the summer, Kate Bush's “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” has been in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked at number three. The song is 37-years-old, and its popularity is driven by its appearance in the show Stranger Things. This is unusual, but it’s not unprecedented. In the spring and summer of 1974, Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer” was in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked at number three. The song was 72-years-old, and its popularity was driven by its appearance in the movie The Sting.
2022-08-2612 min
Number One With A BullardJust A Mile and A Half From HereNear the end of Nirvana's MTV Unplugged concert in 1993, Kurt Cobain tells the audience that someone from the Lead Belly estate offered to sell him one of the legendary musician's guitars for half-a-million dollars. The audience laughs. Cobain says he asked label boss David Geffen to buy it for him. Then he goes into a cover of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night," a song Lead Belly made famous.Twenty-seven years later, the guitar Cobain held while he told the story (it was not Lead Belly’s) sold for six million dollars. That's the equivalent of just un...
2022-08-1907 min
Number One With A BullardIntroducing the Audio EditionWelcome to the audio edition of Number One with a Bullard. I started the newsletter as a way of clearing my head and testing out ideas. I took a break earlier this year to work on some new ideas. You’ll get those in your email and podcast app (assuming you subscribe) soon. Here’s the link to subscribe—and here it is on Apple Podcasts. Like I wrote a few weeks ago, I’ve been missing the feeling of being on microphone. When I sat down to record, I realized I missed a lot mo...
2022-08-1102 min
Backstage Pass RadioS2: E6: - Gabe Garcia - A Nashville Star From Lytle, TexasLet Us Know What You Think of the Show!At 15 years old Gabe recorded his first 2 song demo in Nashville with his brother’s high school buddy Touchstone Mcdonald. When Gabe turned 16, his brother left to college leaving behind a guitar that Gabe self taught himself with and where a year later Gabe joined a band from Pearsall, Texas called the “Texas Wranglers”. During a family vacation in South Padre Island, Gabe and his dad met Clint Bullard, a Nashville songwriter who was performing at a nearby hotel. Clint allowed Gabe to sing a few songs and months...
2022-02-161h 19
Test Pattern: A Horror Movie PodcastEpisode 111: The Tale of the Hill William - Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam, Ernest Scared Stupid, & It's Scary ThingsWe kick off our Halloween programming with a tribute to Jim Varney and the preeminent Hill William, Ernest P. Worrell with Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam, Ernest Scared Stupid, and "Hey Vern,It's Ernest - It's Scary Things!" Sources: Episode 16: Doctor Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam, Ernest Goes to the Podcast Episode 16B: Even More Dr. Otto, Ernest Goes to Podcast Episode 9: Ernest Scared Stupid, Ernest Goes to Podcast Episode 9B: Even More Scared Stupid, Ernest Goes to Podcast Jim...
2019-10-044h 06
What's With WashingtonWatergate Salad Is Made Of What?! What A Retro Dessert Can Teach Us About D.C.’s PastDespite its name, this once-popular dessert doesn't include a single vegetable. It does, however, share its name with one of D.C.'s most famous buildings. In this mini episode, Mikaela and editor Gabe Bullard dive into the retro delicacy's history and explore how it got its distinctive name. There's also a taste test (beware: mouth sounds abound). Season 2 launches October 29.
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2019-09-2414 min
Breaking Mayberry36: Grappling With Jeff FoxworthyIt's our mid-season decompression episode and we got a special guest who actually knows what they're talking about. Gabe Bullard from The Bitter Southerner joins us to talk bout the history of rural comedy and the lasting effects of the Corncob County era of TV. We're talking Hee Haw, King of the Hill, and the dogwhistle-racist origins of The Blue Collar Comedy Tour. Oh yeah, and there's some Andy Griffith talk in our Andy Griffith podcast.Read Gabe Bullard's work at: https://www.gabebullard.com/Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalkyEnd Music: "Appalachian Coal...
2019-04-231h 24
Breaking Mayberry11: A Yard Sprinkler of Rage - What We've Learned So FarIt's the mental health episode of Breaking Mayberry!We're not actually recapping any AG episodes this time, but we thought it might be a good time at the halfway mark to unburden ourselves and talk through some of the things we've learned and observed on our journey so far. Join us as Dan introduces us to an unsung hero of the Red Scare, Marty introduces us to newspaper comic strips, and in general we make some half-thought-through ideas.Music by Max Ludwig: twitter.com/sleeptalkyArt by Emily Christina: www.instagram.com/scriblemly/Follow...
2018-06-211h 19
GravyThe Mason Jar Pickle (Gravy Ep. 24)They’re everywhere: in your fancy cocktail bar and your down home country restaurant. In the hands of farmer’s market shoppers and 7-Eleven Slurpee slurpers. How did mason jars get to be so ubiquitous? How did they come to be embraced by the DIY canner and the hipster chicken & waffles restaurant? And what does their omnipresence tell us about the cultural cache of the South?
In this episode of Gravy, Gabe Bullard takes on the cultural politics of the Mason Jar: how it became hip, and what that hipness means. Learn more abou...
2015-10-2228 min
Strange FruitStrange Fruit #70: Former Miss Kentucky Djuan Trent on Coming Out; Violence in Downtown LouisvilleOut of town Fruitcakes may not have heard, but a large group of teenagers committed multiple assaults and robberies on March 22nd in downtown Louisville. Racist commentary followed; the teenagers were black and, though their victims included both white and black folks, many in the community framed the incident as black on white crime. The WFPL newsroom has been following the story, and our News Director Gabe Bullard joined us for part of our Juicy Fruit segment this week to talk about the incident and how the community and media responded. "We are attracted to a person, to a...
2014-03-3135 min
Third Coast Audio Library :: AllThe Horrible Truth About Indie Ice CreamAn investigation into why an ice cream truck was driving down my street at 9:30 PM. Year: 2007Producers:Gabe Bullard
2009-11-2902 min
Third Coast Audio Library :: AllI'm Not BossyThree mothers read slogans found on women's T-shirts in a local mall. Year: 2007Producers:Gabe Bullard
2009-11-2902 min