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Real Review is a bi-annual contemporary culture magazine about "What It Means to Live Today." This is our public feed with limited previews of episodes which are available in full exclusively to members. Membership to Real Review unlocks our full digital archive of both issues and podcasts, our groupchat featuring editorial staff and of course two physical issues per year, delivered to you before anyone else. Discover more about Real Review and our Community via Instagram: @realrvw or www.real-review.org

Episodes

  1. Sep 21

    Real Review #11 + #17 LIVE: Keller Easterling + Noah Gotlib on Managed Retreat and Crumbling Land

    This is a live recording of the event "Real Review #11 + #17" in which previous contributors Keller Easterling and Noah Gotlib go in conversation on Gotlib's Crumbling Land: A project studying climate migration's impact on property and sovereignty in North America. Recorded on Thursday, July 23rd, 2026, at the Van Alen Institute in New York. noahgotlib.com crumbling.land kellereasterling.com Scroll down at real-review.org to become a member and receive 2 print issues annually, extended and exclusive episodes of the podcast, first dibs on live events, and much more for £65 a year (inc. free global P&P). 00:37 Noah Gotlib on Managed Retreat 15:21 Keller Easterling on Fighting the Superbugs 42:50 Noah and Keller in conversation 01:02:14 Audience Q&A (exclusively on the RR members podcast feed) Other things mentioned - James C. Scott's "friction of distance" (landscape and governance) - Liz Alden Wily (land changing-hands research) - Liz Koslov (retreat landscapes for water and fire) - Katherine McConnell (retreat landscapes for water and fire) - Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (world-ending politics and world-making activism) - Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (planetary thinking and reparations) - Charlotte Malterre-Barthes (moratorium on building) - Adom Getachew (Pan-African imagination) - Ella Baker and Bob Moses (getting to the root of something) - Stokely Carmichael (mixing resistance techniques) - Nkrumah (turning a negative into a positive) - Kashechewan, Ontario (community relocation near James Bay) - HBCUs — Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Resettlement Administration (New Deal agency; now closed) - Farm Security Administration (New Deal resettlement program; now closed) - National Resources Planning Board (watershed-based governance proposal; now closed) - Ebenezer Howard's garden cities (model for Greenbelt cities)

  2. Sep 4

    Real Review #18 LIVE - Mesoeconomy of Fire

    Listen to a live presentation of Mesoeconomy of Fire by Pierce Myers. An in-depth look at insurance and wild fires in the USA, based on Pierce' piece in Real Review 18. Recorded on Monday July 6th, 2026, at SCI-ARC. Pierce Myers is a writer and researcher based in LA. instagram.com/piercze/ piercemyers.net Pierce Myers can also be found on the RR members groupchat for those who would like to continue the conversation. Scroll down at real-review.org to become a member and receive 2 print issues annually, first dibs on live events, and much more for £65 a year (inc. free global P&P). - On "Mesoeconomy of Fire" Vast zones of the American West are becoming what professionals call 'Uninsurable Risk Environments'. Private carriers leave as their handsome margins dwindle, while public bodies and rugged individuals scramble to pick up the pieces.   In the aftermath of fire, one would expect to see emergent ways of building, managing, and harmonizing life with the reality of fire ecology. But the evolution is sluggish, painting a picture of regional economies anesthetized to real risk by perverse incentives.

  3. Aug 11

    Real Review #18 - Günseli

    Our managing director Bryan Wolff interviews Günseli, as featured in Real Review #18 with her review "Reality Shifting."  https://instagram.com/gunseliiiiii https://gunseli.xyz Become Real Review member to join Günseli and other members on the groupchat to continue the conversation (plus bonus episodes, 2 print issues per year and much more). Scroll down at https://real-review.org to subscribe. Shownotes: 00:00 Astral projection, rebranded for TikTok 07:39 The mask conceals the freak 14:47 Dressing to disappear 21:34 The ceiling on our fantasy 25:26 Nothing is true, everything is permitted 29:29 Grey skies, dark forests Other things mentioned: - Stella Matutina in Switzerland (site of the lost first recording) - Omsk Social Club (artist collective) - Neopets and Habbo Hotel - Günseli's podcast "Logged On", made at Dazed - Günseli's essay "Race to the Bottom" for Family Style - K-Hole's "Normcore" trend report - Günseli's "Superfakes" piece in postpostpost vol 2 - Ursula Le Guin's "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction" - Elizabeth Kolbert's "Under a White Sky" misremembered as Grey Skies, via "Systems Control" review on thespinoff.co.nz

  4. Jul 2

    Real Review #18 - Maya Man

    On this episode Bryan Wolff interviews artist Maya Man for an outside perspective on the mood of issue 18, "Pretending the World." Maya Man: https://mayaontheinter.net/ Issue 18 is out now, become a Real Review member at https://real-review.org (scroll down) to receive the issue, all future podcast episodes including members-only exclusives, and access to the full digital archive of issues. Shownotes: 00:00 Meet Maya Man  01:23 Reviewing the mood  09:22 Fashion and identity  13:55 Who is the algorithm  22:28 Substack and the turn to text  35:00 What is Maya pretending right now? Other things mentioned: - Maya Man's "A Realistic Day in My Life Living in New York City" (Whitney) - Maya Man's HEART Space (artist-run space, now closed) - Ivan Self's piece "Larping an Empire" from RR18 - David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" - Vice/Spike Magazine's post-image discourse

  5. Jun 4

    Real Review #18 - The Reviews

    Jack Self and Bryan Wolff give an overview of the reviews and contributions featured in the upcoming issue: Real Review 18, launching June 2026. (00:00) Topline overview of all reviews (36:28) Members-only discussion of "Retrocausality" by Jack Self The lineup of RR18 as discussed is: Petro Chekal - There Is Real Review interview with Meredith Whittaker Alvaro Fernandez-Pulpeiro - Petro Futures Günseli Yalçınkaya - Reality Shifting Jack Self - Retrocausality Ana Nicolaescu - Slopwork or the Work of Slop Ivan Self - Larping an Empire Tyler Mitchell - Untitled Ruth Schwartz Cowan - More Work for Mother Pierce Myers - Mesoeconomy of Fire Kwan Queenie Li - Weeds Jenny Barcelos - Careless Whisper, 1999 Jessica Burbank - Syndicates of Capital Sumayya Vally speaks with Shumon Basar on the spaces of other worlds James Bridle - There Is No Off Grid Guy Mackinnon-Little - A World That Is Also A Demon Elmer Blåvarg - Para Neo Realism RR Members - The Chat Also mentioned: Meredith Whittaker profiled in NYT archive.is/BtZD0 Roland Barthes on Toys

  6. Apr 13

    Issues in Print - 30 min preview

    Jack Self and Bryan Wolff get into issues around RR18, moving printer, and the state of print magazines in general.  (00:00) Why RR18 is delayed (08:36) The middle class of printing (13:42) Why print still matters The second half of the show is for members only. Become a member for £65 a year by scrolling down on https://real- review.org. Membership also includes digital access to all issues, and two issues delivered per year. Second half of the show includes: (31:11) Magazines we loved and lost (36:59) What we're still reading All magazines mentioned can be found via the members Signal groupchat.

  7. Feb 12

    Eddington - 10 min preview

    In Review: Ari Aster's 2025 film Eddington. On this public feed preview, our Editor-in-Chief, Jack Self, and new Managing Director, Bryan Wolff, reflect on what Eddington has to say about what it means to live today.  For the full episode, become a member by scrolling down on https://real-review.org. Membership also includes digital access to all issues, and two issues delivered per year. Much more to come in 2026.  Mentioned in conversation are Zabriskie Point and this letterboxd review of Eddington: https://letterboxd.com/abcdent/film/eddington/

  8. Jan 21

    Real Review Rebirth - Last 20 Min Preview

    Editor-in-Chief, Jack Self, and new Managing Director, Bryan Wolff, preview the rebirth of Real Review taking place this year.  On this public feed only the last 20 minutes of this episode are included that cover the last two shownotes. For the full episode, become a member by scrolling down on https://real-review.org. Membership also includes digital access to all issues, and two issues delivered per year. Much more to come in 2026.  Shownotes: - Intro by Jack Self and Bryan Wolff - Reflecting on RR through Carved From Capital (issue 17) - Bryan's personal journey across the Matrix  - Jack's new venture "Self-Engineering" -- Public Feed --  - Jack's search for a new co-founder for RR - RR changes coming up --

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