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Plus: Pirates of the Caribbean, "My Family and Other Animals," and the Red Hot Chili Peppers
August 2023
Wait, I'm enjoying a ... dating show?
Also: Hip-hop samples, Only Murders in the Building, and centaurs
Women are my favorite guy
Also: Chonky whales, Battlebots, and a hack for household chores
July 2023
Barbie's cinematic homages, "Barbie Girl," and protest Barbies
Also a generous amount of non-Barbie content, including a brilliant game for movie nerds and a jaw-dropping AI demonstration.
Hey, I'm hiring an assistant editor
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You don't actually have to "escape" your bubble
Plus: Slow pizza, Jar-Jar Binks, and Barbie gets baroque
Meta's Twitter clone won't be the new Twitter
Plus: A scandal at GQ, how The Sims think, and chimpanzee liberation
June 2023
How AI might destroy the internet as we know it
Plus: Why you should watch Indiana Jones in black & white, and the Star Wars prison is good, actually?
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Should podcasters fact-check?
Plus: Succession impressions, In-N-Out's super-secret menu, and two wonderful podcasts about music.
Downvoting Reddit, healthy anxiety, and a truly unhinged dentist's office
Plus: PDA self-defense, private equity kudzu, and the problem with digital nomads.
Mamma Mia!, Apple's AR Goggles, and Lego Crime
Plus: Nintendo vs. Sega, advice from Ira Glass, and letting kids be kids.
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May 2023
A new podcast appeared!
New from me at LightningPod: Building Better CMOs, a podcast that will make marketers smarter and stronger.
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