Culturally Determined

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

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

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