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My 12 Favorite Problems...This Year
I use physicist Richard Feynman's problem-solving method to tackle my biggest questions about the future of the arts
Jan 21
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America Has a White Liberal Problem: Notes From a Screenwriter's Self-Exile
In the wake of Renée Nicole Good's murder, can we finally talk about why Hollywood, the Democratic Party, and other so-called liberal institutions…
Jan 12
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Rob Reiner's Murder and the Decline of Cultural Empathy in 2025
Why we should reconsider the director's later work through the lens of his family's struggles with addiction and mental illness
Dec 16, 2025
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Cole Haddon
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Why You'll Never Get Tired of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Spoiler: It's not because life is so wonderful
Dec 15, 2025
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Cole Haddon
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Actress Erin Cahill Is Counting Down to Another Hallmark Christmas
Listen | My dear friend helps me understand why the Hallmark Channel's holiday films - like her latest, 'Christmas at the Catnip Café - have become such…
Dec 8, 2025
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Musician Ben Lee Is Watching the Fall of America
Listen now | The Aussie rocker discusses why he was scared to release his new single, how he got the American Dream wrong, and the 20th anniversary of…
Nov 24, 2025
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Cole Haddon
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Girl, You’ll Be a F*cking Woman Soon
Is it really that shocking that so many Americans are suddenly okay with what's in the Epstein Files? Let’s consider the country's history - from…
Nov 22, 2025
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The Pope Just Called for a Rebellion of the Real Led By Filmmakers
I did not have 'the Vatican goes to war with AI' on my 2025 bingo card
Nov 18, 2025
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Cyborg Anthropologist Amber Case Wants to Design a Better Future
Listen now | Let's get into what's gone wrong with how we interact with our technology, how craft and aesthetic are vanishing from our everyday lives…
Nov 17, 2025
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Digital Rights Activist Lizzie O'Shea Knows How to Change the Future
Listen now | The co-founder and chair of Digital Rights Watch discusses how we can take on the threat of AI, the role of art in changing society, and…
Oct 27, 2025
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The Magic and Mystery of Ephemeral Things
The moments in life and art that matter most are very often the ones we can't explain, replicate, or ever hope to hold on to
Sep 22, 2025
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Cole Haddon
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Bonus Episode: Karen Horne Talks the Cultural/Economic Impact of Three Diverse Hollywood Titles
The DEI pioneer returns to discuss how 'A Different World', 'Barbie', and 'Sinners' both left huge cultural footprints and proved that diverse…
Sep 17, 2025
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