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How the hipster economy went mainstream
Music snobs, neo-craft entrepreneurs, and our centuries-old obsession with the idea of "authenticity," with Alessandro Gerosa.
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Emilie Friedlander
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Andrea Domanick
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1:09:10
Antitrust 101 for culture workers
Why we should be paying attention to policy as much as private companies, with Future of Music Coalition's Kevin Erickson
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Andrea Domanick
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Emilie Friedlander
55:54
Oscar-winner Cord Jefferson on how Hollywood became so risk-averse
Revisiting our 2021 interview with the 'American Fiction' creator about navigating an entertainment industry that evaluates art based on numbers.
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Emilie Friedlander
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Andrea Domanick
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Towards a unified theory of the girlboss, with TrueAnon's Liz Franczak
 • Emilie Friedlander, Andrea Domanick, and Liz
Has music journalism lost its way?
 • Emilie Friedlander and Andrea Domanick
Is A.I. good or bad for art?
 • Andrea Domanick and Emilie Friedlander
What the hell is happening
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The fall of Pitchfork
 • Andrea Domanick, Emilie Friedlander, and Robin James
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Digital media's pivot to nothingness pt. 2
Media reporter Max Tani explains why the journalism business is basically self-destructing (and why this time is different).
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Emilie Friedlander
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Andrea Domanick
55:24
The fall of Pitchfork
Why business leaders are more concerned with the perception of growth than solutions that actually work, with Robin James
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Andrea Domanick
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Emilie Friedlander
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Robin James
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Escaping algorithmic culture with Kyle Chayka
How the unseen hand of digital recommender systems shapes what the world looks and sounds like.
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Emilie Friedlander
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Andrea Domanick
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Kyle Chayka
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1:10:35
Inside the TikTok shoegaze revival
Eli Enis and DIIV's Ben Newman discuss what the moody genre's viral popularity tells us about the changing nature of fame, fandom, and musical…
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Emilie Friedlander
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Andrea Domanick
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New Year's special: How to make creative work when you're busy with other shit
Elliot Aronow on making art that meaningful in a culture industry with twisted incentives
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Emilie Friedlander
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Andrea Domanick
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Elliot Aronow
1:17:32
The past, present, and future of the musical commodity
Marine Snow founder Tony Lashley on the end of the Big Streaming era and the return of the niche music internet
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Emilie Friedlander
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Andrea Domanick
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Tony Lashley
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ENCORE: Lessons from the Luddites for the digital age
What an 1800s labor rebellion can teach us about surviving Big Tech, with Brian Merchant
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Emilie Friedlander
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Andrea Domanick
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Brian Merchant
1:15:14
The decline of the digital third space, with Ruby Justice Thelot
Remembering Checkpoints, an obscure YouTube phenomenon that can teach us a lot about the importance, and fragility, of online community spaces.
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Emilie Friedlander
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Andrea Domanick
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Ruby Justice Thelot
1:09:31
Chronicling the early days of social media, with Taylor Lorenz
How MySpace scene queens and mommy bloggers laid the foundation for a $250 billion creator economy
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Andrea Domanick
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