W. David Marx is an American fashion and culture writer who works and lives in Tokyo. He is also the author of Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century. We dive into Addison Rae, poptimism, Kanye in Japan, creative invention as a social good, solutions for a healthier cultural output, double sell-outs and more. Subscribe to our Youtube: www.youtube.com/@middlebrowpod Subscribe to David's newsletter: https://culture.ghost.io/ Â
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Quaker Solutions
Dan and Brian discuss Scott Galloway and the male loneliness epidemic, Ryan Murphy's All's Fair, Trump's Kennedy Center overhaul, Quaker meetings, unconventional sick remedies and more.Â
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That's Just My Boyfriend
Dan and Brian discuss HBO's I Love LA, is having a boyfriend embarassing, portrait of a young Zohran, brand strategists, acting with Richard Kind and more. Â Susbscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Middlebrowpod/videos
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Slow Tasting Cinema
Dan and Brian discuss Eleven Madison Park, gooning, Kelly Reichardt's The Mastermind, low-effort Halloween costumes, dead internet accelerationism, NEO home robot and more. Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Middlebrowpod
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Talk Internet To Me w/ Mindy Seu
Mindy Seu is a designer, educator, researcher and author of the Cyberfeminism Index. We dive into life as Gen Z's favorite multi-hyphenate professor, the halcyon days of the internet, asexual tech lords, and her case for scheduled sex. Plus, Mindy's forthcoming book and lecture performance tour - A Sexual History of the Internet.
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