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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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1:01:47
Introducing CUJOPLEX: a Discord hangout for paid subscribers
We've got a record store, an internet cafe, and even a “Hot Topic."
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Emilie Friedlander
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Andrea Domanick

March 2024

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
1:09:10
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
1
55:54
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
52:24

February 2024

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
, and 
Robin James
1
55:24
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
, and 
Kyle Chayka
3
57:21
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
2
1:10:35

January 2024

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
, and 
Elliot Aronow
1:19:04

December 2023

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
, and 
Tony Lashley
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1:17:32

November 2023

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
, and 
Brian Merchant
1:03:38
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
1:15:14
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