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Teaming up to buy the Constitution is so 2021Looking back on a year of fanatical crypto optimism and financial flash mobs, with Kevin Munger and Drew Millard
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The Logan Roy School of JournalismA conversation about 'Succession,' the media, and Hollywood with Cord Jefferson.
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Tonight we're gonna party like it's Woodstock '99, with Craig JenkinsWhat we didn't learn about 1999—and American culture—from Bill Simmons' documentary on a festival train wreck
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Five Days in a TikTok MansionHow bowing to the algorithm is impacting our sense of self, with Barrett Swanson
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Has music journalism lost its way?Navigating criticism's existential crisis in the era of streaming and clicks, with Ann Powers
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Parasocial AnxietySubstack, platform capitalism, and the possibilities and perils of the creator economy
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The rise of the clickbait restaurantNavigating the late-capitalist dystopia of virtual restaurants and ghost kitchens, with Emma Kemp
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What are NFTS? And can they save independent music? Mat Dryhurst explains why million-dollar GIF auctions only scratch the surface of blockchain's disruptive potential.
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Is counterculture even possible on the internet?New Models' Caroline Busta on locating the “outside” in a world where everything we do is being watched
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What is creativity worth?We spoke to Downtown Boys' Joe DeFrancesco about unionizing independent musicians and the fight for a penny per stream.
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Every story is a labor story, with Kim KellyHeavy metal, unions, anarchists and everything you're getting wrong about the American culture war 
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The digital hustleSurviving and innovating in a music industry that has moved online, with Jubilee and Shruti Kumar.
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