Quick, how do we politically, financially, and culturally exploit the lower classes, now that the politicians admit maybe wealth inequality... more

It's the era of the sore winner. Trump voters are feeling emboldened, from racist texts to more Trump flags going... more

In DC, Philadelphia, and Portland, monuments to Donald Trump's legacy as a white supremacist and sexual predator have been popping... more

God, this is so boring and please let it be over. Swing state fatigue, billionaire media, and a political sphere... more

Is it a contradiction that in this age of trigger warnings people are calling this a golden age of horror?... more

Still dealing with pre-election tension. But some bullying ads ("everyone will know whether you voted!") have us thinking, is it... more

Everyone is eager to turn themselves into a robot these days. Deepak Chopra has created an AI spiritual guru version... more

The Lunar Eclipse brought America some moral dilemmas. Too bad America doesn't believe in morals anymore. Should a reporter sext... more

People are fed up with the United States (again), and are threatening to leave if the election doesn't swing their... more

Google Books wanted to scan all the books of the world to digitize and hoard them and, potentially, monetize them.... more

We are apparently so nostalgic for the Obama years that we are happy to forget whatever lessons we may have... more

In Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, when a scrappy crew of kids tries to save America to get the truth... more

Just a small town guy, beloved by children, sent to Washington to do the right thing -- is Tim Walz... more

If your idea of a woman is small, frail, vulnerable, and weak, how do you look at women in sports?... more

There's trouble in the tradwife multi-verse, restarting the convo about whether tradwives are Nazi bait or helpless babies who need... more

How did a guy with as little charisma and charm as JD Vance end up as Donald Trump's running mate?... more

Congratulations to all the TikTok astrology girls, you were right about someone trying to shoot the former president mid-July. Please... more

The elites are feeling weird again. Biden blames the Elites for pushing him to retirement, Marine le Pen and other... more

Alternative title for this episode: Don't let the Prez sundown on me. Why is the inability to retire or withdraw,... more

Is American culture hostile to children? With certain hotels, resorts, restaurants, and other public spaces forbidding the presence of kids,... more

Amazon controls everything, literature is culturally irrelevant outside of the Tiktok subgenres of Dark Academia Dark Romance Dark Fantasy, the... more

What's an Arts District without any art? Mostly condo buildings named after composers, restaurants with a $200 seafood tower, and... more

If the masculinity influencers like Tate and Huberman are our society's surrogate daddies, who are the women giving mother? Are... more

It's not a great time to be a fan. The hooligan, the violent and illogical fanatic who will commit crimes... more

Jessa and Nico return from their week off to discover nothing has really changed. We're still talking about campus protests... more

Americans are being warned by their government that before they leave the country they need to check their luggage for... more

Civil War is a hit! Both blue states and red states agree that watching a movie that lets you fantasize... more

The Dept of Health and Human Services ruled that hospitals could no longer do pelvic exams on unconscious women without... more

DEI is the new Critical Race Theory is the new Affirmative Action -- a way to distract you from the... more

America's oldest art school, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, is closing its degreed programs after a perilous drop in... more

Every week there's a new docuseries where the victims of horrific violence or exploitation have to get in front of... more

Are the tradwives coming to take your husbands? Page Six printed an essay by a woman whose partner got addicted... more

The viewership of the Oscars is less than half of what it was a decade ago, and yet the award... more

Hey, hey you. No no no, act cool. Listen, I have discovered some pretty potent information about the dealings of... more

The Oscars love the Holocaust. Jessa and Nico look back at the short history of the Oscar bait Holocaust film,... more

Families of the victims of mass shootings are participating in The Shotline, where AI recreates their loved ones' voices to... more

Has TikTok ruined music? With its users flooding concert venues to meow at the artists, with the "oh no" song... more

With the release of "Griselda," a Narcos-adjacent Netflix show that reboots Scarface as a woman as if this were the... more

America has an arrested development problem. But while men are castigated regularly for not meeting the markers of basic adulthood,... more

Media continues its decline with layoffs and closures. The only winners appear to be the tech intermediaries like Meta, Amazon,... more

As we head into our end of the year break, here is a sample of our bonus episode, a discussion... more

Jessa Crispin speaks with two working artists, Philadelphia Orchestra bassoonist Daniel Matsukawa and mezzo-soprano singer Amber Fasquelle, about the sometimes... more

We tend to think of the art world as being more progressive than the rest of society -- mostly because... more

Over the next three episodes, we'll be exploring the state of classical music. Times are fraught! Attendance is down, institutions... more

Coming in November 2023: The Culture We Deserve podcast! . Hosted by Jessa Crispin, produced by Zach Toman.  http://theculturewedeserve.substack.com