Culturally Determined

Aryeh and Phoebe discuss Bluesky, the newly popular Twitter alternative—and how Phoebe's mild critique of the site went mega-viral. Aryeh explains why he finally, finally quit Twitter. Is Bluesky for anti-Trump social media "refugees," or a retirement home for posting addicts? And are people on there actually nice?Recorded December 20, 2024Follow Culturally Determined (still) on Twitter @CulturallyDetLINKSPhoebe's piece, "The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-problem-with-bluesky-it-wont-broaden-our-horizons/Aryeh and Phoebe's May 2023 episode about Twitterhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twitter-taught-us-it-was-okay-to-be-weird-with-phoebe/id981282353?i=1000611578059Montreal man dies after leaving hospital following six-hour waithttps://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article612894.htmlPhoebe's piece, "Does this book read as too parochial—or too ‘Zionist’? The pitfalls of Writing While Jewish"https://thecjn.ca/opinion/zibby-vs-philip/Waikiki Wanda says Bluesky is hospice for postershttps://bsky.app/profile/wanda.bsky.social/post/3lcmbzupslk2vPhoebe's Substackhttps://phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/Feminine Chaos podcasthttps://femchaospod.substack.com/Bonjour Chai podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonjour-chai/id1555600279Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.socialFollow Phoebe on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phoebebovy.bsky.social

Aryeh talks with writer Hannah Gold about her reported essay in Harper's on the literary festival celebrating Philip Roth's 90th birthday, which was held in Newark, New Jersey last year.Recorded December 5, 2023Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDetLINKSHannah's piece, "Your Mind’s in the Hands of Everything: Letting Go of Philip Roth"https://harpers.org/archive/2023/12/philip-roth-newark-your-minds-in-the-hands-of-everything/Aryeh's interview with Laura Marsh on Blake Bailey's Roth biographyhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culturally-determined/id981282353?i=1000519264087Follow @togglecoatFollow @aryehcw.bsky.social

Aryeh talks to Kiki Freedman, the co-founder and CEO of Hey Jane, the leading virtual reproductive and sexual health care clinic.Recorded July 16, 2024Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDetLINKSHey Jane websitehttps://heyjane.com/KFF on the Comstock Act and abortionhttps://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/the-comstock-act-implications-for-abortion-care-nationwide/Follow @kgfreedmanFollow @HeyJaneHealthFollow @AryehCW

Daniel discusses his recent Harper's cover story, "The Life and Death of Hollywood," which focuses on the economics of entertainment as private equity and streaming have changed the industry.Recorded May 24, 2024Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDetLINKSDaniel's piece, "The Life and Death of Hollywood"https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/the-life-and-death-of-hollywood-daniel-bessner/Max Read on the piecehttps://maxread.substack.com/p/one-weird-trick-for-fixing-hollywood-6f0Sean Clements's podcast, "Subtitles On"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/subtitles-on-with-sean-clements/id1694805292Daniel's podcast, "American Prestige"https://www.americanprestigepod.com/Follow @dbessnerFollow @AryehCW

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

B.D. McClay — essayist, critic, and scholar of Taylor Swift Studies — helps Aryeh understand the biggest cultural phenomenon of the year. Recorded November 5, 2023Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDetLINKSB.D.'s Substackhttps://notebook.substack.com/B.D.'s essay on illness, "The Bad Patient​"https://www.thedriftmag.com/the-bad-patient/B.D. on "1989 (Taylor's Version)"https://notebook.substack.com/p/1989-revisitedAryeh's interview with Kaitlyn Tiffany about her One Direction bookhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-fangirls-remade-the-internet-with-kaitlyn-tiffany/id981282353?i=1000570796480On the Q of the Gaylor communityhttps://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/oyqehq/music_fan_blogging_big_reputation_how_one_taylor/?share_id=f2GVW57klA4suITkuxi6ZKobe Bryant on Taylorhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KUa_RegHjgTed Gioia's open letter to Taylorhttps://www.honest-broker.com/p/an-open-letter-to-taylor-swiftThe Taylor fan who went to jail for refusing to serve in the IDFhttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/taylor-swift-fan-account-twitter-creator-israeli-military-prisonClare Coffey on Taylor and Bruce Springsteenhttps://notebook.substack.com/p/miss-americana-and-the-heartbreakSteven Hyden on Taylorhttps://uproxx.com/indie/ask-a-music-critic-when-will-taylor-swift-popularity-fade/Boswell the dog on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/life_of_boswell/Follow @bdmcclayFollow @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