Culturally Determined

Aryeh talks to Jon Kimball, co-host of the podcast Election Profits Makers, about political prediction markets, Trump's VP options, the beauty of city skylines, the sorry state of the social media site formerly known as Twitter, whether Gen Xers have the worst politics, and more!Recorded April 26, 2024.Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDetLINKSElection Profits Makers podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/election-profit-makers/id1136826256Aryeh's 2021 interview with David Reeshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/riding-the-waves-of-prediction-markets-with-david-rees/id981282353?i=1000545531373Sarah Miller on Gen Xhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/style/gen-x-generation-discourse.htmlAryeh's interview with Sarahhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hating-gen-x-while-being-gen-x-with-sarah-miller/id981282353?i=1000628237579Follow @jonkimballFollow @AryehCW

Kerry Howley talks about her book "Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State," named one of the 10 Best Books of 2023 by the New York Times.Recorded November 14, 2023.Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDetLINKSKerry's book, "Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State"https://www.amazon.com/Bottoms-Up-Devil-Laughs-Journey/dp/0525655492/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Kerry's 2017 profile of Reality Winnerhttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/12/who-is-reality-winner.htmlThe titular Monster Energy videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bntfUA6TmLsJorie Graham's poem, "Overheard in the Herd"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/148785/overheard-in-the-herdKerry's piece, "Ginni and Clarence: A Love Story"https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/clarence-thomas-ginni-thomas-marriage-love-story.htmlFollow @KerryHowleyFollow @AryehCW

Sarah discusses her recent New York Times essay, "Hate Gen X? Get in Line (Behind a Gen X-er)." Why are young people lumping together Boomers and Xers? Why do so many Gen X writers spend time railing against "woke" ideas? Is Elon Musk more defined by being Gen X or by being a billionaire? And why do Xers find Millennials so annoying?Recorded September 14, 2023Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDetLINKSSarah's NYT piece, "Hate Gen X? Get in Line (Behind a Gen X-er)."https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/style/gen-x-generation-discourse.htmlSarah's NYT piece on not having kidshttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/style/new-friend-children-conversation.htmlChuck Klosterman's book, "The Nineties"https://www.amazon.com/Nineties-Book-Chuck-Klosterman/dp/0735217955Big Fun, "Teenage Suicide, Don't Do It"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO3WEfBIPvMSara's Substack, "The Real Sarah Miller"https://therealsarahmiller.substack.com/Follow @sarahlovescaliFollow @AryehCW

Historian Jeremy Dauber talks about his new book, "Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew," which is part of the Yale Jewish Lives series. He discusses Brooks's Brooklyn childhood, his Borscht Belt years, writing on "Your Show of Shows" and working with Carl Reiner, his move to Hollywood, why parody was his main genre, and his comedic legacy.Recorded July 18, 2023Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDetLINKS:Jeremy's book, "Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew"https://www.amazon.com/Mel-Brooks-Disobedient-Jewish-Lives/dp/0300244274Brooks's Oscar-winning short film, "The Critic"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PramR5oxn50Follow @JeremyDauberFollow @AryehCW

Claire Dederer talks about her new book, "Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma," a blend of cultural criticism and memoir in which she thinks deeply about the work of great artists who were also horrible people.Recorded July 24, 2023.Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDetLINKSClaire's new book,"Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma"https://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Fans-Dilemma-Claire-Dederer/dp/0525655115Claire's 2017 essay, "What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men?"https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/20/art-monstrous-men/Follow @aryehcw Follow @ClaireDederer

Art critic Kristian Vistrup Madsen discusses his essay on the 2000s, "Chains Or Whips? The Cruel Decade And Its Aftermath," in which he draws connections between Abu Ghraib, reality television, and Britney Spears to reflect on the culture of the Aughts.Recorded July 12, 2023.Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDetLINKSKristian's essay, "Chains Or Whips? The Cruel Decade And Its Aftermath"https://www.thewhitereview.org/feature/chains-or-whips/NBC on viral video of 2002 high schoolhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/videos-high-school-life-decades-stir-nostalgia-debate-rcna77590Kristian's websitehttps://kristianvistrup.dk/Follow @aryehcw 

Andrew Lipstein discusses "The Vegan," his new novel about a hedge fund founder who has an unusual moral awakening after a dinner party prank he pulls goes disastrously awry. The novel considers artificial intelligence, Brooklyn mores, our relationship with animals, psychiatry, responsibility, and more.Recorded July 7, 2023LINKSAndrew's new novel, "The Vegan"https://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Novel-Andrew-Lipstein/dp/0374606587Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDetFollow @ailipsteinFollow @aryehcw 

Author Tom Bissell discusses his recent essay in Harper's, "Time Is a Violent Stream," about embracing Stoic philosophy after the death of his father. Why is Stoicism so useful during a time of crisis? What do contemporary popular books about Stoicism get wrong? Why do online reactionaries love Marcus Aurelius? Plus: Is Stoicism just for men?Recorded May 8, 2023Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDetLINKSTom's piece, "Time Is a Violent Stream: On losing a father and finding Stoicism"https://harpers.org/archive/2023/05/meditations-marcus-aurelius-stoicism/Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"https://a.co/d/dOqIhZcWard Farnsworth's book, "The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual"https://www.amazon.com/Practicing-Stoic-Philosophical-Users-Manual/dp/1567926118Donald Robertson's book, "How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius"https://a.co/d/7hCE19NFollow @aryehcw