Archive - The Culture Journalist

How A24 turned cinema into a lifestyle

Is Hollywood's favorite indie studio saving independent film—or Disneyfying it?

Jul 3 •

Emilie Friedlander

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Nicholas Russell

1:13:21

June 2025

How the NBA lost its cool

Ock Sportello on how the internet, risk aversion, and globalization ushered in a basketball swag crisis

Jun 20 •

Emilie Friedlander

,

, and

1:16:47

The geopolitics of pop culture, with Jaime Brooks of Elite Gymnastics (full)

What the era of protectionism means for music and art in America

Jun 13 •

Andrea Domanick

,

Emilie Friedlander

, and

1:41:48

The geopolitics of pop culture, with Jaime Brooks of Elite Gymnastics (free)

What the era of protectionism means for music and art in America

Jun 13 •

Andrea Domanick

,

Emilie Friedlander

, and

59:22

May 2025

How to save the world, with Malcolm Harris

Realistically confronting the climate crisis—and where philosophies like "Abundance" fall short.

May 28 •

Andrea Domanick

and

Emilie Friedlander

1:08:58

How to get dressed in America, with Biz Sherbert

What young people are really wearing and why

May 9 •

Andrea Domanick

,

Emilie Friedlander

, and

1:13:19

April 2025

Coachella trend report 2025

A collab with Biz Sherbert's American Style

Apr 29 •

Andrea Domanick

and

How culture internalized the logic of the stock market

Andrew deWaard on derivative media—and how Wall Street swallowed culture whole

Apr 25 •

Andrea Domanick

and

Emilie Friedlander

1:13:03

"Trump Trad" and the aesthetics of the New Right

How gilded columns, AI slop, and "Mar-A-Lago face" are redefining Americana, with Carolina Miranda

Apr 10 •

Emilie Friedlander

,

Andrea Domanick

, and

Carolina Miranda

1:11:13

March 2025

What was the yuppie?

How a generation's obsession with consuming the "right things" paved the way for a divided America, with Tom McGrath

Mar 28 •

Emilie Friedlander

and

Andrea Domanick

56:32

Disaster media, with Matt Pearce and Emma Kemp

Climate calamities like the LA wildfires are transforming what media looks like, with Matt Pearce and Emma Kemp.

Mar 7 •

Andrea Domanick

,

, and

Emilie Friedlander

1:29:16

February 2025

How "process squeeze" hijacked music creation

Tech's obsession with efficiency is changing how music is made, with Devon Hansen

Feb 21 •

Andrea Domanick

,

Emilie Friedlander

, and

1:03:42

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