Active Interrupting

Jackson Dahl and Andrew Ettinger
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Cultural Discussion.

Episodes

  1. 06/06/2024

    10: Jackson’s Party Powerpoint, Challengers, Movie Stars, London, Turning 30

    Mint this episode on Zora 00:00 Intro 02:22 Jackson's Powerpoint on Nuclear Semiotics 15:44 Jacob Collier and King's Theater 17:42 Block Party Music and Paul Dano 20:11 Challengers 22:23 The Lack of Movie Stars 28:31 London 30:50 Hockey and Basketball Playoffs 33:39 Celebrity Mt. Rushmore 37:18 Jerry Seinfeld 39:59 Sleep 43:45 TikTok 45:46 LA and Farcon 49:26 In person vs. zoom 51:56 Andrew Turning 30 55:51 Paul Graham Essays More on nuclear semiotics and the atomic priesthood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Interference_Task_Force https://media.getmatter.app/media/content_file/2024/04/25/religions-12-00741.pdf A much better movie stars under 35 analysis than ours: https://www.theringer.com/2024/4/30/24144968/2024-movie-star-ranking-35-under-35-zendaya-margot-robbie-timothee-chalamet-tom-holland

    58 min

  2. 05/15/2024

    9: Dickbutts, A Broken Wrist, Short Podcast Kings, Journalism, and Journeys in Electronic Music

    Mint this episode on Zora Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 1:30 Adam Friedland at The Club & Right Heights Of Right Men 6:12 Podcast Rebranding 8:20 Jackson's Wrist Fracture 10:26 Taking Health / Concerts for Granted 13:41 Concert Experience, Brooklyn Venues 21:15 Listening to & Discovering Music 26:59 Civil War and Modern Journalism 33:37 Twitter & Criticism 39:26 Inspiration Lately, Social Media, Co-working Space 46:57 Speaker Systems 50:16 Outro

    51 min

  3. 03/26/2024

    8: Wedding Gifts, Dune Popcorn Bucket, Chalamet, Oscars, 30 Days of Writing

    Timestamps: 00:14 Weddings: Cash Gifts, Engagements, Destination Weddings 10:26 Utah Trip 12:34 30 Day Writing Challenge 21:53 Social Media 27:25 New York Field Report 30:15 Dinner with Toby + Writing 32:36 Sun Valley Trip + Skiing 34:24 LA Trip 37:37 Newsletter Promos 38:37 Dune 41:17 Anyone But You + Madame Web 45:01 Dune: Popcorn Bucket, Zendaya's Last Name, Book v. Movie 49:59 Oscars, KOTFM 52:13 Timothee Chalamet Can Hang? 56:54 John Mayer watch 58:03 Outro

    58 min

  4. 02/26/2024

    7: Dylan Abruscato & Crypto The Game, HQ Trivia, Cities & Suburbs

    Mint this episode on Zora Dylan Abruscato on Twitter Crypto The Game on Twitter Crypto The Game Timestamps: 05:15 Choosing where to live 07:14 Traffic 12:06 Being around strangers 15:11 Terminal Online-ness 19:34 Superbowl & Sportsbetting 23:02 OpenAI & Sora 24:53 Jackson's Writing Challenge 32:51 Dylan Joins 34:25 Crypto the Game Basics 36:08 Dylan's intro: Hollywood, HQ Trivia 40:05 Designing the game 46:10 Season 2  51:49 Season 1's Winner 57:43 Work life balance while running CTG  58:35 Bringing Other Reality Shows Online? (The Amazing Race) 01:01:12 Other Ideas 01:04:41 Flappy Bird Woes  01:06:11 CTG bringing people into crypto 01:06:49 The HQ Trivia Documentary 01:10:03 Wrap-up

    1h 13m

  5. 02/19/2024

    6: Crypto Adjacency, Andrew's Agency, Drake's Big Week, The Lonely Vision Pro

    Mint this episode and all past ones Social Metronomes John Exley's (mintable) Review of Active Interrupting A great video essay on Her Kenzo World ft. Margaret Qualley Spike Jonze Timestamps: 00:44 Crypto The Game 06:13 Andrew launched Use Your Words 17:38 Leaning in and taking things seriously 18:36 The Artist Way 22:42 Growing the podcast 24:07 Crypto adjacency 26:43 Drake's big week 28:58 Drake, Taylor Swift, and peforming to cool 31:57 When We Cease to Understand the World 42:22 Other Reading 43:40 Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang 47:33 The Vision Pro 51:17 Watching 'Her' in the vision pro 58:30  Technology and presence 01:00:28 Superbowl and Superbail

    1h 5m

  6. 02/12/2024

    Ep. 5: Our first guest, Oscar noms, Murder Accusations, Trump and the Flag, Taking Back Sunday

    Our first guest, Uncle Dan Ettinger comes on to talk movies and 2024 Oscar Nominations. Sorry for the weird thumbs up and animations-- weird iOS camera bug. ⁠Jackson's podcast with Laz and Jake on Barbenheimer⁠ Framed 00:01 Cold Open: Clapper 03:05 Zoom Mics + Guess This Song 05:42 Alarm Clocks 10:05 Natural Deodorant 15:13 Doctors + AI 18:34 Squeaky chairs and murder accusations 19:22 Tampopo 20:12 Clips + Biden 23:15 Trump's taken over the flag (Nate Silver article) 26:19 Taking things back 29:47 Dan Arrives 30:52 Framed.wtf 32:13 Astrology 32:40 Dan intro 35:50 What makes a great movie 46:10 Oscar Prediction 47:47 Miyazaki 49:49 American Fiction 51:58 Anatomy of a Fall 56:36 Barbie 01:01:26 The Holdovers 01:05:34 Killers of the Flower Moon 01:08:53 Maestro 01:13:56 Oppenheimer 01:14:33 Past Lives 01:17:02 Poor Things 01:20:23 Zone of Interest 01:24:52 Dan Favorites 01:26:02 Wrap Up

    1h 28m

  7. 02/02/2024

    Ep. 4: resisting the algorithm, dating older women, controlling the weather, and Vision Pro parties

    00:00 Beverages & Real Water Heads 01:18 Water and Air Travel 04:37 Maybe the fancy gyms are worth it 06:32 Los Tacos #1 is the In N Out of NYC 07:28 Dating (Older Women) 11:28 Winter Clothes 16:09 The weather isn't that interesting and you'll be fine 19:14 Pushing past the cache 21:32 Andrew leaving NYC for February 22:49 Fooling the highway patrol 26:28 Watching Podcasts & SNL  28:59 Jackson's Subscription Stack 34:47 Early Listeners 35:51 Kyle Chayka: taste and curation in an algorithmic world 42:37 Instagram Reels 45:45 Twitter's evolution toward algorithm and away from taste 54:50 The Rewards of Putting in the effort  58:44 Art exists with context, not in a vacuum 01:02:55 The Vision Pro Pre-Order 01:06:24 Listener Shoutouts (Some of) Jackson’s subscriptions: Descript Adobe Premiere Copilot (my referral for 2mo free is 88WM34) Krisp.ai Clay Obsidian Flighty Audible YouTube Premium Spotify Twitter Stratechery Blackbird Spyplane Avabear.xyz Eugene Wei on Twitter: How to Blow up a Timeline

    1h 10m
  8. Episode 3: Talking to the Audience, Non-Boredom, Floor Pillows, and Donkey Kong

    01/19/2024

    Episode 3: Talking to the Audience, Non-Boredom, Floor Pillows, and Donkey Kong

    Sorry about the audio sync issues. They may be occasionally bad but should be tolerable throughout most of the episode. 00:00 Intro 02:33 Our First "Sponsor" 05:06 Breaking the Fourth Wall 07:43 Morning People and Night People 11:38 Underemployment & Lack of Boredom 13:46 Hyperattention on the Internet 16:02 Silent Retreats and Dipping Below Top-Level Consciousness 17:44 A Year without the Internet 20:29 Cliff's Notes, Podcast Interviews with Authors, and The Founders Podcast 25:32 Internet vs. Social Life: Pick One 30:45 Living Room Warfare: TVs, Floor Pillows, and the Anti-Couch Movement 36:55 The Value & Difficulty of Furnishing a Space 40:05 "I Know What We Do Here" 45:25 The King of Kong: A Fistfull of Quarters (2007) 49:49 Vision Pro (ft. Off-Camera Guest Dylan) 53:20 Paul Giammati on Marc Maron 57:24 Hillary Duff, The Olson Twins, and Eyes with Secrets 01:00:56 Audience Mailbag

    1h 7m

  9. 01/03/2024

    Episode 2: Racket Sports, A Great Time for Movie Theaters, and Mental Health

    Andrew and Jackson discuss. 4:23 — White Elephant Gifts & Manslaughter 15:01 — The Mind; see also, my newsletter excerpt on it 19:45 — Padel (and Pickleball) 25:10 — Golf Course Tax Breaks, Malcolm Gladwell, and Running or Picnicing on courses 27:54 — Can Jackson return a 115mph Tennis Serve? 33:12 — Best time for in-theater movies in years, and why movie pass is a great deal in 2023: Poor Things, Saltburn, The Holdovers, Maestro, Killers of the Flower Moon, May December, Anatomy of a Fall, Zone of Interest, Wonka, The boy and the Heron, Godzilla -1, Napoleon, The Killer, Dream Scenario, Priscilla, Ferrari, Taylor Swift, Beyonce 44:48 — Jeff Bezos on Lex Friedman 57:09 — Psychoanalysts, mental health, vocabulary, generationals differences

    1h 12m
  10. Andrew Ettinger: Chef (2014), Stop Making Sense, and xx by The xx

    12/11/2023

    Andrew Ettinger: Chef (2014), Stop Making Sense, and xx by The xx

    0:00: Intro 03:02: start 03:41: Watch: Chef 14:28: Chef’s star studded cast 17:33: rise of food content and decline of critics 23:02: Watch (or Listen): Stop Making Sense 30:44: why it’s the best concert movie 32:36: seeing SMS for the first time during covid 34:41: SMS in theaters and impromptu dance parties: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8MQKJjb/ 37:21: SMS intermission and Byrne’s little toot and a big suit 40:55: David leaving the band 43:25: Listen: xx by The XX 57:26: the MSG Sphere in Vegas and how new media experiences could evolve live music David Byrne interviewing himself

    1h 3m
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    Jackson Dahl and Andrew Ettinger
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