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Active Interrupting10: Jackson’s Party Powerpoint, Challengers, Movie Stars, London, Turning 30Mint this episode on Zora
00:00 Intro
02:22 Jackson's Powerpoint on Nuclear Semiotics
15:44 Jacob Collier and King's Theater
17:42 Block Party Music and Paul Dano
20:11 Challengers
22:23 The Lack of Movie Stars
28:31 London
30:50 Hockey and Basketball Playoffs
33:39 Celebrity Mt. Rushmore
37:18 Jerry Seinfeld
39:59 Sleep
43:45 TikTok
45:46 LA and Farcon
49:26 In person vs. zoom
51:56 Andrew Turning 30
55:51 Paul Graham Essays
More on nuclear semiotics and the atomic priesthood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Interference_Task_Force
https://media.getmatter.app/media/content_file/2024/04/25/religions-12-00741.pdf
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2024-06-0657 minActive Interrupting9: Dickbutts, A Broken Wrist, Short Podcast Kings, Journalism, and Journeys in Electronic MusicMint this episode on Zora
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
1:30 Adam Friedland at The Club & Right Heights Of Right Men
6:12 Podcast Rebranding
8:20 Jackson's Wrist Fracture
10:26 Taking Health / Concerts for Granted
13:41 Concert Experience, Brooklyn Venues
21:15 Listening to & Discovering Music
26:59 Civil War and Modern Journalism
33:37 Twitter & Criticism
39:26 Inspiration Lately, Social Media, Co-working Space
46:57 Speaker Systems
50:16 Outro
2024-05-1550 minActive Interrupting8: Wedding Gifts, Dune Popcorn Bucket, Chalamet, Oscars, 30 Days of WritingTimestamps:
00:14 Weddings: Cash Gifts, Engagements, Destination Weddings
10:26 Utah Trip
12:34 30 Day Writing Challenge
21:53 Social Media
27:25 New York Field Report
30:15 Dinner with Toby + Writing
32:36 Sun Valley Trip + Skiing
34:24 LA Trip
37:37 Newsletter Promos
38:37 Dune
41:17 Anyone But You + Madame Web
45:01 Dune: Popcorn Bucket, Zendaya's Last Name, Book v. Movie
49:59 Oscars, KOTFM
52:13 Timothee Chalamet Can Hang?
56:54 John Mayer watch
58:03 Outro
2024-03-2658 minActive Interrupting7: Dylan Abruscato & Crypto The Game, HQ Trivia, Cities & SuburbsMint this episode on Zora
Dylan Abruscato on Twitter
Crypto The Game on Twitter
Crypto The Game
Timestamps:
05:15 Choosing where to live
07:14 Traffic
12:06 Being around strangers
15:11 Terminal Online-ness
19:34 Superbowl & Sportsbetting
23:02 OpenAI & Sora
24:53 Jackson's Writing Challenge
32:51 Dylan Joins
34:25 Crypto the Game Basics
36:08 Dylan's intro: Hollywood, HQ Trivia
40:05 Designing the game
46:10 Season 2
51:49 Season 1's Winner
57:43 Work life balance while running CTG
58:35 Bringing Other Reality Shows Online? (The Amazing Race)
01:01:12 Other Ideas
01:04:41 Flappy Bird Woes
01:06:11 CTG bringing people into crypto
01:06:49 The HQ Trivia Documentary
01:10:03 Wrap-up
2024-02-261h 13Active Interrupting6: Crypto Adjacency, Andrew's Agency, Drake's Big Week, The Lonely Vision ProMint this episode and all past ones
Social Metronomes
John Exley's (mintable) Review of Active Interrupting
A great video essay on Her
Kenzo World ft. Margaret Qualley
Spike Jonze
Timestamps:
00:44 Crypto The Game
06:13 Andrew launched Use Your Words
17:38 Leaning in and taking things seriously
18:36 The Artist Way
22:42 Growing the podcast
24:07 Crypto adjacency
26:43 Drake's big week
28:58 Drake, Taylor Swift, and peforming to cool
31:57 When We Cease to Understand the World
42:22 Other Reading
43:40 Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
47:33 The Vision Pro
51:17 Watching 'Her' in the vision pro
58:30 Technology and presence
01:00:28 S...
2024-02-191h 04Active InterruptingEp. 5: Our first guest, Oscar noms, Murder Accusations, Trump and the Flag, Taking Back SundayOur first guest, Uncle Dan Ettinger comes on to talk movies and 2024 Oscar Nominations. Sorry for the weird thumbs up and animations-- weird iOS camera bug.
Jackson's podcast with Laz and Jake on Barbenheimer
Framed
00:01 Cold Open: Clapper
03:05 Zoom Mics + Guess This Song
05:42 Alarm Clocks
10:05 Natural Deodorant
15:13 Doctors + AI
18:34 Squeaky chairs and murder accusations
19:22 Tampopo
20:12 Clips + Biden
23:15 Trump's taken over the flag (Nate Silver article)
26:19 Taking things back
29:47 Dan Arrives
30:52 Framed.wtf
32:13 Astrology
32:40 Dan intro
35:50 What makes a great movie
46:10 Oscar Prediction
47:47 Miyazaki
49:49 American Fiction
51:58 Anatomy of a Fall
56:36 Barbie
01:01:26 The Holdovers
01:05:34 Killers of the...
2024-02-121h 27Active InterruptingEp. 4: resisting the algorithm, dating older women, controlling the weather, and Vision Pro parties00:00 Beverages & Real Water Heads
01:18 Water and Air Travel
04:37 Maybe the fancy gyms are worth it
06:32 Los Tacos #1 is the In N Out of NYC
07:28 Dating (Older Women)
11:28 Winter Clothes
16:09 The weather isn't that interesting and you'll be fine
19:14 Pushing past the cache
21:32 Andrew leaving NYC for February
22:49 Fooling the highway patrol
26:28 Watching Podcasts & SNL
28:59 Jackson's Subscription Stack
34:47 Early Listeners
35:51 Kyle Chayka: taste and curation in an algorithmic world
42:37 Instagram Reels
2024-02-021h 10
Active InterruptingEpisode 3: Talking to the Audience, Non-Boredom, Floor Pillows, and Donkey KongSorry about the audio sync issues. They may be occasionally bad but should be tolerable throughout most of the episode.
00:00 Intro
02:33 Our First "Sponsor"
05:06 Breaking the Fourth Wall
07:43 Morning People and Night People
11:38 Underemployment & Lack of Boredom
13:46 Hyperattention on the Internet
16:02 Silent Retreats and Dipping Below Top-Level Consciousness
17:44 A Year without the Internet
20:29 Cliff's Notes, Podcast Interviews with Authors, and The Founders Podcast
25:32 Internet vs. Social Life: Pick One
30:45 Living Room Warfare: TVs, Floor Pillows, and the Anti-Couch Movement
36:55 The Value & Difficulty of Furnishing a Space
40:05 "I Know What We Do Here"
45:25 The King of...
2024-01-191h 07Active InterruptingEpisode 2: Racket Sports, A Great Time for Movie Theaters, and Mental HealthAndrew and Jackson discuss.
4:23 — White Elephant Gifts & Manslaughter
15:01 — The Mind; see also, my newsletter excerpt on it
19:45 — Padel (and Pickleball)
25:10 — Golf Course Tax Breaks, Malcolm Gladwell, and Running or Picnicing on courses
27:54 — Can Jackson return a 115mph Tennis Serve?
33:12 — Best time for in-theater movies in years, and why movie pass is a great deal in 2023: Poor Things, Saltburn, The Holdovers, Maestro, Killers of the Flower Moon, May December, Anatomy of a Fall, Zone of Interest, Wonka, The boy and the Heron, Godzilla -1, Napoleon, The Killer, Dream Scenario, Priscilla, Ferrari, Taylor Swift, Beyonce
44:48 — Jeff Bezos on Lex Friedman
57:09 — Psychoanalysts...
2024-01-031h 12
Active InterruptingAndrew Ettinger: Chef (2014), Stop Making Sense, and xx by The xx
0:00: Intro
03:02: start
03:41: Watch: Chef
14:28: Chef’s star studded cast
17:33: rise of food content and decline of critics
23:02: Watch (or Listen): Stop Making Sense
30:44: why it’s the best concert movie
32:36: seeing SMS for the first time during covid
34:41: SMS in theaters and impromptu dance parties: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8MQKJjb/
37:21: SMS intermission and Byrne’s little toot and a big suit
40:55: David leaving the band
43:25: Listen: xx by The XX
57:26: the MSG Sphere in Vegas and how new media experiences could evolve live music
David Byrne interviewing himself
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