Culturally Determined

Aryeh Cohen-Wade

4.3 (68)
SOCIETY & CULTURE

Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with a variety of guests about culture, politics, and American society in general. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

12/24/2024

Nothing but Bluesky from Now On, with Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Aryeh and Phoebe discuss Bluesky, the newly popular Twitter alternative—and how Phoebe's mild critique of the site went mega-viral. Aryeh explains why he finally, finally quit Twitter. Is Bluesky for anti-Trump social media "refugees," or a retirement home for posting addicts? And are people on there actually nice? Recorded December 20, 2024 Follow Culturally Determined (still) on Twitter @CulturallyDet LINKS Phoebe's piece, "The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons" https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-problem-with-bluesky-it-wont-broaden-our-horizons/ Aryeh and Phoebe's May 2023 episode about Twitter https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twitter-taught-us-it-was-okay-to-be-weird-with-phoebe/id981282353?i=1000611578059 Montreal man dies after leaving hospital following six-hour wait https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article612894.html Phoebe's piece, "Does this book read as too parochial—or too ‘Zionist’? The pitfalls of Writing While Jewish" https://thecjn.ca/opinion/zibby-vs-philip/ Waikiki Wanda says Bluesky is hospice for posters https://bsky.app/profile/wanda.bsky.social/post/3lcmbzupslk2v Phoebe's Substack https://phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/ Feminine Chaos podcast https://femchaospod.substack.com/ Bonjour Chai podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonjour-chai/id1555600279 Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Follow Phoebe on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phoebebovy.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 10m
12/17/2024

Deep into the Abyss of Philip Roth, with Hannah Gold

Aryeh talks with writer Hannah Gold about her reported essay in Harper's on the literary festival celebrating Philip Roth's 90th birthday, which was held in Newark, New Jersey last year. Recorded December 5, 2023 Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDet LINKS Hannah's piece, "Your Mind’s in the Hands of Everything: Letting Go of Philip Roth" https://harpers.org/archive/2023/12/philip-roth-newark-your-minds-in-the-hands-of-everything/ Aryeh's interview with Laura Marsh on Blake Bailey's Roth biography https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culturally-determined/id981282353?i=1000519264087 Follow @togglecoat Follow @aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

51 min
09/03/2024

Abortion Pills via Telemedicine, with Kiki Freedman

Aryeh talks to Kiki Freedman, the co-founder and CEO of Hey Jane, the leading virtual reproductive and sexual health care clinic. Recorded July 16, 2024 Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDet LINKS Hey Jane website https://heyjane.com/ KFF on the Comstock Act and abortion https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/the-comstock-act-implications-for-abortion-care-nationwide/ Follow @kgfreedman Follow @HeyJaneHealth Follow @AryehCW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

35 min
08/12/2024

The Political Economy of Hollywood, with Daniel Bessner

Daniel discusses his recent Harper's cover story, "The Life and Death of Hollywood," which focuses on the economics of entertainment as private equity and streaming have changed the industry. Recorded May 24, 2024 Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDet LINKS Daniel's piece, "The Life and Death of Hollywood" https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/the-life-and-death-of-hollywood-daniel-bessner/ Max Read on the piece https://maxread.substack.com/p/one-weird-trick-for-fixing-hollywood-6f0 Sean Clements's podcast, "Subtitles On" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/subtitles-on-with-sean-clements/id1694805292 Daniel's podcast, "American Prestige" https://www.americanprestigepod.com/ Follow @dbessner Follow @AryehCW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

45 min
05/14/2024

Skylines and Fish Weirs, with Jon Kimball

Aryeh talks to Jon Kimball, co-host of the podcast Election Profits Makers, about political prediction markets, Trump's VP options, the beauty of city skylines, the sorry state of the social media site formerly known as Twitter, whether Gen Xers have the worst politics, and more! Recorded April 26, 2024. Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDet LINKS Election Profits Makers podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/election-profit-makers/id1136826256 Aryeh's 2021 interview with David Rees https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/riding-the-waves-of-prediction-markets-with-david-rees/id981282353?i=1000545531373 Sarah Miller on Gen X https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/style/gen-x-generation-discourse.html Aryeh's interview with Sarah https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hating-gen-x-while-being-gen-x-with-sarah-miller/id981282353?i=1000628237579 Follow @jonkimball Follow @AryehCW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 2m
04/08/2024

A Journey Through the Deep State, with Kerry Howley

Kerry Howley talks about her book "Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State," named one of the 10 Best Books of 2023 by the New York Times. Recorded November 14, 2023. Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDet LINKS Kerry's book, "Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State" https://www.amazon.com/Bottoms-Up-Devil-Laughs-Journey/dp/0525655492/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Kerry's 2017 profile of Reality Winner https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/12/who-is-reality-winner.html The titular Monster Energy video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bntfUA6TmLs Jorie Graham's poem, "Overheard in the Herd" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/148785/overheard-in-the-herd Kerry's piece, "Ginni and Clarence: A Love Story" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/clarence-thomas-ginni-thomas-marriage-love-story.html Follow @KerryHowley Follow @AryehCW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

47 min
12/21/2023

Taylor's Version, with B.D. McClay

B.D. McClay — essayist, critic, and scholar of Taylor Swift Studies — helps Aryeh understand the biggest cultural phenomenon of the year. Recorded November 5, 2023 Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDet LINKS B.D.'s Substack https://notebook.substack.com/ B.D.'s essay on illness, "The Bad Patient" https://www.thedriftmag.com/the-bad-patient/ B.D. on "1989 (Taylor's Version)" https://notebook.substack.com/p/1989-revisited Aryeh's interview with Kaitlyn Tiffany about her One Direction book https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-fangirls-remade-the-internet-with-kaitlyn-tiffany/id981282353?i=1000570796480 On the Q of the Gaylor community https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/oyqehq/music_fan_blogging_big_reputation_how_one_taylor/?share_id=f2GVW57klA4suITkuxi6Z Kobe Bryant on Taylor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KUa_RegHjg Ted Gioia's open letter to Taylor https://www.honest-broker.com/p/an-open-letter-to-taylor-swift The Taylor fan who went to jail for refusing to serve in the IDF https://www.teenvogue.com/story/taylor-swift-fan-account-twitter-creator-israeli-military-prison Clare Coffey on Taylor and Bruce Springsteen https://notebook.substack.com/p/miss-americana-and-the-heartbreak Steven Hyden on Taylor https://uproxx.com/indie/ask-a-music-critic-when-will-taylor-swift-popularity-fade/ Boswell the dog on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/life_of_boswell/ Follow @bdmcclay Follow @AryehCW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 40m
09/18/2023

Hating Gen X While Being Gen X, with Sarah Miller

Sarah discusses her recent New York Times essay, "Hate Gen X? Get in Line (Behind a Gen X-er)." Why are young people lumping together Boomers and Xers? Why do so many Gen X writers spend time railing against "woke" ideas? Is Elon Musk more defined by being Gen X or by being a billionaire? And why do Xers find Millennials so annoying? Recorded September 14, 2023 Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDet LINKS Sarah's NYT piece, "Hate Gen X? Get in Line (Behind a Gen X-er)." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/style/gen-x-generation-discourse.html Sarah's NYT piece on not having kids https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/style/new-friend-children-conversation.html Chuck Klosterman's book, "The Nineties" https://www.amazon.com/Nineties-Book-Chuck-Klosterman/dp/0735217955 Big Fun, "Teenage Suicide, Don't Do It" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO3WEfBIPvM Sara's Substack, "The Real Sarah Miller" https://therealsarahmiller.substack.com/ Follow @sarahlovescali Follow @AryehCW Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 5m

See All (172)

4.3

out of 5

68 Ratings

Wonderful Topics & Thoughtful Interviewer

09/11/2022

Gazlo Kreg

Aryeh has a real keen eye for finding great pieces that explore culturally relevant topics. One of my favorite podcasts.
Why

05/17/2024

jenzahara

Good content but too much nervous laughter at things that aren't funny, or worse, are serious. Quite distracting.
Good conversations

08/12/2022

Ben Kuebrich

Your twitter one start review call to action worked. Just fyi
Thoughtful commentary

07/22/2022

NJbookwoman

I always learn something new (and often unexpected) from listening to Aryeh’s podcast. And there’s always a few laughs!

Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with a variety of guests about culture, politics, and American society in general. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.