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The Culture JournalistEmilie's trial by fire as a Kim’s Video clerkThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit theculturejournalist.substack.comIn the second installment of our Kim’s Video series, Emilie Friedlander reads a 2014 essay she wrote about her experiences working as a teenaged video clerk at the beloved film and music emporium’s Saint Mark’s location. In it, she explores the cultural significance of the figure of the “music snob” in the …2024-07-2503 min
Reimagining the Internet92. Where’d all the music blogs go? with Emilie FriedlanderEmilie Friedlander got her start covering Western Mass music while living in France, and made a career as a music editor at the biggest online magazines like Pitchfork and VICE. This week on Reimagining, Mike asks her: where did all the music writing go? Emilie Frielander is cohost of The Culture Journalist with Andrea Domanick. […]2023-10-2547 min
Nersey - Technically a Music PodcastE8: The VICE Bankruptcy Files (feat. Emilie Friedlander)we like to have fun here at nersey, but we also like to get mad. this week, we’re joined by friend of the pod emilie friedlander — writer, editor, and co-host of the culture journalist — to get mad at rich people who cause all our friends to lose their jobs. VICE, aka the place we all used to work at (including emilie), continues to go bankrupt as hell, and new court filings are showing exactly how the company spent its money — and on whom — in the weeks leading up its chapter 11 declaration. spoiler alert: all the executives got bonuses. no war but...2023-07-141h 32
Electronic Beats WeeklyAI in music, RIP Sakamoto, Rosalía drag tributeHave you listened to @rpnickson’s Kanye Deep Fake? For this week’s episode we are taking a closer look at how AI technology influences music production. Plus: Goodbye to Ryuichi Sakamoto, a tribute concert by a Rosalía superfan, songs that no one listened to in 2022, why everybody is obsessed with crocs, and your weekly recommendation – this week with Richie Hawtin calling from Berlin.Host: OttO Kent.Writers for this episode: Aaron Gonsher, Jakob Paur and Jacob SperberEdit and sound design: Marc ÜbelLead Producer: Isabel WoopFollow Emilie Friedlander.Follow Richie Hawtin.Follow OttO Kent.Fol...2023-04-0613 min
The Culture JournalistThe rise of the clickbait restaurantWhile scrolling on Doordash one night last year, co-host Emilie Friedlander made a strange discovery: She stumbled upon a listing for a restaurant called F*cking Good Pizza. Only, as far as she could tell, it didn't seem to actually exist. Her recent long read for VICE, “The Mysterious Case of the F*cking Good Pizza,” chronicles her months-long investigation of a ring of mysterious restaurants with uncanny photos and attention-baiting names — a microcosm of the fast-growing trend of virtual restaurants, or online-only brands that prepare food for delivery only. We won’t spoil what she uncovered—we want you to list...2021-04-1658 min
The Culture JournalistSo you're a laid-off journalistBack in April, The New York Times reported that an estimated 36,000 U.S. media workers had been laid off or furloughed—or taken pay cuts—in the first month of the pandemic alone. One of them was this week’s guest and friend-of-the-pod Drew Millard, a North Carolina-born journalist who got his start writing about hip-hop at VICE’s Noisey and has spent the past few years writing about things like golf, politics, and Hustler founder Larry Flynt.Drew was working as a features editor at The Outline until early April, when he logged in to a Friday-m...2020-09-011h 02
The Culture JournalistThe real-life cult that started on FacebookEarlier this Summer, The Culture Journalist’s Emilie Friedlander and independent journalist Joy Crane published a 10,000-word investigation about a self-proclaimed “cult” that emerged out of the irony-obsessed Weird Facebook scene of the mid-00s. The piece, titled “Inside the Social Media Cult that Convinces Young People to Give Up Everything,” follows the story of a musician named Matthew who meets two strangers on the Internet during his sophomore year in college, then leaves his life behind to join them in building an online spiritual community called Tumple.What seems at first like a utopian art project rooted in...2020-08-2557 min
The Culture JournalistWelcome to The Culture JournalistWelcome to The Culture Journalist, a podcast about the wild west of culture, counterculture, and the media in the year 2020. Think of it as your guide to understanding the arts, politics, and the anxieties of everyday life through the lens of culture reporting—hosted by Emilie Friedlander and Andrea Domanick, two freelance journalists from opposite sides of the country.Culture doesn't exist in a vacuum. There are the artists who create it, and then there are the people who help us find it, love it, and make meaning of it. If you've ever loved a song or a...2020-08-1704 min
Endless Scroll"All Things Quarantine Considered" with Emilie FriedlanderThis week we were so glad to be joined by Emilie Friedlander! Emilie is a freelance writer, contributing editor at Vice, and a co-founder of AdHoc. We talk about her recent piece in Vice "There Is No Such Thing as Independent Music in the Age of Coronavirus", as well as new albums from Car Seat Headrest, Johanna Warren, and Pure X. Emilie's Piece: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v749p3/theres-no-such-thing-s-independent-music-in-the-age-of-coronavirus Mat Dryhurst & Holly Herndon's Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/interdependence 2020-05-141h 27
The OutlineInternational Whores' DayIt was 2 in the afternoon on a blazing Saturday, when a tiny park filled with red umbrellas...CreditsToday’s Dispatch was reported and produced by Zoë Beery. Editing by James T. Green and Emilie Friedlander. Sound design and mixing by James T. Green.If you’re interested in pitching a story of your own to the Dispatch, email james.green@theoutline.com.2018-06-0511 min
The Outline World DispatchInternational Whores' DayIt was 2 in the afternoon on a blazing Saturday, when a tiny park filled with red umbrellas...
Credits
Today’s Dispatch was reported and produced by Zoë Beery. Editing by James T. Green and Emilie Friedlander. Sound design and mixing by James T. Green.
If you’re interested in pitching a story of your own to the Dispatch, email james.green@theoutline.com.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-06-0511 minThe OutlineThe app-i-fication of friendshipLike dating apps, people are experimenting with finding friendships through their phones. But is it worth the hype? Amanda Palleschi goes to a potluck with a bunch of strangers to find out.Find Amanda Palleschi (@APalleschi) on Twitter.Hosted by Emilie Friedlander (@AdHocEmilie).Produced by James T. Green (@_jamestgreen).Send us your feedback at @OutlineDispatch.And if you love us, rate us five stars in Apple Podcasts, and tell a special life person about us.2018-04-2309 minThe Outline World DispatchThe app-i-fication of friendshipLike dating apps, people are experimenting with finding friendships through their phones. But is it worth the hype? Amanda Palleschi goes to a potluck with a bunch of strangers to find out.
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Hosted by Emilie Friedlander (@AdHocEmilie).
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-04-2309 min
The VICE Magazine PodcastGrappling with the Future of Music and the Value of VinylThe VICE Magazine Podcast is your definitive guide to enlightening information. Since this is the last episode on our Music Issue, I wanted to tackle questions about how changes in technology have affected the state of the music industry today—for better or worse. In the age of streaming, with access to millions of songs, how do you figure out what to listen to? And how is that process different than it was ten years ago? What role will vinyl play in the future of music? What effect, if any, will streaming have on traditional notion...2017-11-2917 min
The THUMP PodcastEpisode 18: The Fight to Repeal New York City’s Anti-Dancing LawSince 1926, a law has been on the books in New York City that prohibits three or more people from dancing in any bar or venue that doesn’t posess a notoriously hard-to-obtain “Cabaret License.” In recent months however, people from the city’s nightlife community have been taken steps to change that. North Brooklyn City councilman Rafael Espinal has introduced a bill that will repeal the law.On this week’s episode of the THUMP podcast, host Emilie Friedlander and Associate Editor Ezra Marcus are joined by a few of the figures at the forefront of repeal effort—including Councilman Espinal, as...2017-08-1040 min
The THUMP PodcastEpisode 17: How Radiohead Made Computers OKRadiohead's landmark record 'OK Computer' is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, so we're marking the occasion with a special episode of the THUMP Podcast. Our host Emilie Friedlander is joined by Associate Editor Ezra Marcus and Managing Editor Colin Joyce to discuss how that album sparked the band's long fascination with electronic music, and how their music channels some of Western society's greater anxieties about machines. Also, Colin forgets that 'The King of Limbs' ever happened. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2017-06-3037 min
The THUMP PodcastEpisode 16: What It Means to Call a Party “Queer”We’re deep in the midst of a celebration of Pride month and the LGBTQ communities that birthed dance music. So this week’s episode digs deep into some of the work we’ve done highlighting the ways that queer culture intersects with nightlife across America. Host Emilie Friedlander is joined by THUMP contributor Rose Dommu for a discussion of the DJ and promoter’s recent op-ed about what it means to call a party “queer.” Features Editor Michelle Lhooq, Associate Editor Ezra Marcus, and Managing Editor Colin Joyce also join the cast to chat about LGBTQ nightlife in non-coastal cities as we...2017-06-2237 min
The THUMP PodcastEpisode 13: Will We Survive Festival Season?Ah summer, the warm months of tank-topped bros sweating all over you under the dayglo lights of big stages at outdoor EDM shows. Our host Emilie Friedlander and Managing Editor Colin Joyce have just returned from Durham, North Carolina’s Moogfest, so we decided to dedicate this episode to the dawning festival season of 2017. After we chat about our experiences at the festival, features Editor Michelle Lhooq joins the cast to talk about a piece we published last week about helping a friend through a bad psychedelic trip, which is always good knowledge to have on hand when you’re with...2017-05-2538 min