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Filmmaker Kirby Ferguson, creator of the series "Everything Is a Remix," recently announced that he is retiring from content creation. I spoke to him about that decision, redoing his classic series on remix culture, conspiracy theories, the "vibe shift," and more! Recorded June 2, 2022 LINKS:"Everything Is a Remix Remastered"youtube.com/watch?v=nJPERZDfyWcKirby's websiteeverythingisaremix.info/Allison P. Davis on the "vibe shift"thecut.com/2022/02/a-vibe-shift-is-coming.htmlFollow@remixeverythingFollow@AryehCW See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Film critic Dana Stevens discusses her new book "Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century."Recorded May 26, 2022LINKS:Dana's book, "Camera Man"https://www.amazon.com/Camera-Man-Invention-Twentieth-Century/dp/1501134191Follow @thehighsignFollow @AryehCW See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Comedy writers Toria Sheffield and Shawn DePasquale cohost the podcast "Oh, Mr. Sheffield!," which recaps Fran Drescher's '90s sitcom "The Nanny." They discus how the show depicted Jewish themes and gay characters, why it was mostly forgotten by the culture, and what its legacy is today.Recorded May 12, 2022LINKS"Oh, Mr. Sheffield!" on Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oh-mr-sheffield-a-podcast-about-the-nanny/id1562784247Follow @shawnwritesFollow @AryehCW See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Max Read, who writes the tech and culture newsletter "Read Max," argues that Elon Musk won't save Twitter, but he won't ruin it either—because the famously lousy site already works just great for him.Recorded May 2, 2022LINKS:Max's essay, "Elon Musk won't fix Twitter (but he won't kill it, either)"https://maxread.substack.com/p/elon-musk-wont-fix-twitter-but-he?r=u0oj&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=webThe "Read Max" substackhttps://maxread.substack.com/Follow @readmaxreadFollow @AryehCW See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Author Sam Lipsyte discusses his recent cover story in Harper's, "Ghosting the Machine: Humans, Robots, and the New Sexual Frontier." We talked about "digisexuals," sex bots, virtual reality, Las Vegas, loneliness, and the gamification of everything. Recorded April 29, 2022LINKS:Sam's article, "Ghosting the Machine"https://harpers.org/archive/2022/05/ghosting-the-machine-humans-robots-and-the-new-sexual-frontier-sam-lipsyte/Follow @AryehCW See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On 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 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Comedian and musician Howell Dawdy talks about writing a funny song in just 30 minutes, the vanished artistic medium of Twitter Fleets, magicians who make Facebook videos of women using banana peels to slowly tie-dye their underwear, and more!Recorded March 31, 2022LINKS:"Howell Dawdy's Fast Track" podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/howell-dawdys-fast-track/id1558186545Howell's Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/HowellDawdyHowell's Twitch streamhttps://www.twitch.tv/bighowellandpossumHowell's Fleets accounthttps://twitter.com/FleetsGoodFollow @HowellDawdyFollow @AryehCW See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
"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.htmlFollow Jason on Twitter: @zinomanFollow Aryeh on Twitter: @AryehCW See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Culturally 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? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The strange history of the Transformers action figures ... Diving into Transformers: The Movie (1986) ... Unicron, the giant planet-eating robot god voiced by Orson Welles ... Why the film is more than a glorified toy commercial ... Does the movie have any sort of politics? ... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.