Culturally Determined Aryeh Cohen-Wade

Filmmaker Kirby Ferguson, creator of the series "Everything Is a Remix," recently announced that he is retiring from content creation. I spoke to him about that decision, redoing his classic series on remix culture, conspiracy theories, the "vibe shift," and more!
Recorded June 2, 2022
LINKS:
"Everything Is a Remix Remastered"
youtube.com/watch?v=nJPERZDfyWc
Kirby's website
everythingisaremix.info/
Allison P. Davis on the "vibe shift"
thecut.com/2022/02/a-vibe-shift-is-coming.html
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Film critic Dana Stevens discusses her new book "Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century."
 
Recorded May 26, 2022
 
LINKS:
 
Dana's book, "Camera Man"
https://www.amazon.com/Camera-Man-Invention-Twentieth-Century/dp/1501134191
 
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Comedy writers Toria Sheffield and Shawn DePasquale cohost the podcast "Oh, Mr. Sheffield!," which recaps Fran Drescher's '90s sitcom "The Nanny." They discus how the show depicted Jewish themes and gay characters, why it was mostly forgotten by the culture, and what its legacy is today.
Recorded May 12, 2022
LINKS
"Oh, Mr. Sheffield!" on Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oh-mr-sheffield-a-podcast-about-the-nanny/id1562784247
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Max Read, who writes the tech and culture newsletter "Read Max," argues that Elon Musk won't save Twitter, but he won't ruin it either—because the famously lousy site already works just great for him.
Recorded May 2, 2022
LINKS:
Max's essay, "Elon Musk won't fix Twitter (but he won't kill it, either)"
https://maxread.substack.com/p/elon-musk-wont-fix-twitter-but-he?r=u0oj&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
The "Read Max" substack
https://maxread.substack.com/
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Author Sam Lipsyte discusses his recent cover story in Harper's, "Ghosting the Machine: Humans, Robots, and the New Sexual Frontier." We talked about "digisexuals," sex bots, virtual reality, Las Vegas, loneliness, and the gamification of everything.
Recorded April 29, 2022
LINKS:
Sam's article, "Ghosting the Machine"
https://harpers.org/archive/2022/05/ghosting-the-machine-humans-robots-and-the-new-sexual-frontier-sam-lipsyte/
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On a special crossover edition of "Culturally Determined" and "The Wright Show," Aryeh asks Bob about cognitive empathy and how to apply it to Putin's war in Ukraine. Plus: Is Mickey Kaus infecting Bob's brain? And does Bloggingheads.tv still have a reason for being?
Recorded April 13, 2022
LINKS:
The Nonzero newsletter
https://nonzero.substack.com/
The Wright Show on Bloggingheads.tv
https://bloggingheads.tv/programs/wrightshow
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