
138 episodes

Culturally Determined Aryeh Cohen-Wade
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- Society & Culture
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4.2 • 53 Ratings
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Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with a variety of guests about culture, politics, and American society in general.
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Remixing "Remix" (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Kirby Ferguson)
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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Camera Man (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Dana Stevens)
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
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Dana's book, "Camera Man"
https://www.amazon.com/Camera-Man-Invention-Twentieth-Century/dp/1501134191
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Diving into "The Nanny" (Aryeh Cohen-Wade, Toria Sheffield, & Shawn DePasquale)
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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The Real Reason Elon Musk Bought Twitter (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Max Read)
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
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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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Sex with Robots (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Sam Lipsyte)
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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Cognitive Empathy and Ukraine (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Robert Wright)
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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Customer Reviews
It’s Culturally Relevant
Aryeh picks the most interesting guests and invariably finds a way to connect with them like they’re old friends, and then delve deeply into issues both urgent and frivolous, difficult and effortless. It’s like eavesdropping on a conversation at a cafe that you really want to be a part of!
Great show
Easy to wonder why the world needs another culture-focused left-of-center podcast but Aryeh’s is just better than most of them. Asks interesting questions to Interesting guests covering interesting topics
interesting & insightful interviews
One of my favorite podcasts — Aryeh picks diverse topics and guests and does a wonderful job interviewing them!