- 00:00 Intro - 02:22 Jackson's Powerpoint on Nuclear Semiotics - 15:44 Jacob Collier and King's Theater - 17:42 Block Party Music and Paul Dano - 20:11 Challengers - 22:23 The Lack of Movie Stars - 28:31 London - 30:50 Hockey and Basketball Playoffs - 33:39 Celebrity Mt. Rushmore - 37:18 Jerry Seinfeld - 39:59 Sleep - 43:45 TikTok - 45:46 LA and Farcon - 49:26 In person vs. zoom - 51:56 Andrew Turning 30 - 55:51 Paul Graham Essays
Timestamps: - 00:14 Weddings: Cash Gifts, Engagements, Destination Weddings - 10:26 Utah Trip - 12:34 30 Day Writing Challenge - 21:53 Social Media - 27:25 New York Field Report - 30:15 Dinner with Toby + Writing - 32:36 Sun Valley Trip + Skiing - 34:24 LA Trip - 37:37 Newsletter Promos - 38:37 Dune - 41:17 Anyone But You + Madame Web - 45:01 Dune: Popcorn Bucket, Zendaya's Last Name, Book v. Movie - 49:59 Oscars, KOTFM - 52:13 Timothee Chalamet Can Hang? - 56:54 John Mayer watch - 58:03 Outro
Timestamps: - 00:44 Crypto The Game - 06:13 Andrew launched Use Your Words - 17:38 Leaning in and taking things seriously - 18:36 The Artist Way - 22:42 Growing the podcast - 24:07 Crypto adjacency - 26:43 Drake's big week - 28:58 Drake, Taylor Swift, and peforming to cool - 31:57 When We Cease to Understand the World - 42:22 Other Reading - 43:40 Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang - 47:33 The Vision Pro - 51:17 Watching 'Her' in the vision pro - 58:30 Technology and presence - 01:00:28 Superbowl and Superbail
One day I hope to meet ETTINGER! Thank you for blessing me with the nod as a devoted listener - made this a special ep for me to listen to/watch. The chemistry and conversation between you both is unmatched!
Timestamps: - 00:01 Cold Open: Clapper - 03:05 Zoom Mics + Guess This Song - 05:42 Alarm Clocks - 10:05 Natural Deodorant - 15:13 Doctors + AI: twitter.com/burny_tech/status/1746681738691002804 - 18:34 Squeaky chairs and murder accusations - 19:22 Tampopo - 20:12 Clips + Biden - 23:15 Trump's taken over the flag; Nate Silver: www.natesilver.net/p/why-liberalism-and-leftism-are-increasingly - 26:19 Taking things back - 29:47 Dan Arrives - 30:52 Framed.wtf - 32:13 Astrology - 32:40 Dan intro - 35:50 What makes a great movie - 46:10 Oscar Prediction - 47:47 Miyazaki - 49:49 American Fiction - 51:58 Anatomy of a Fall - 56:36 Barbie - 01:01:26 The Holdovers - 01:05:34 Killers of the Flower Moon - 01:08:53 Maestro - 01:13:56 Oppenheimer - 01:14:33 Past Lives - 01:17:02 Poor Things - 01:20:23 Zone of Interest - 01:24:52 Dan Favorites - 01:26:02 Wrap Up
00:00 Beverages & Real Water Heads 01:18 Water and Air Travel 04:37 Maybe the fancy gyms are worth it 06:32 Los Tacos #1 is the In N Out of NYC 07:28 Dating (Older Women) 11:28 Winter Clothes 16:09 The weather isn't that interesting and you'll be fine 19:14 Pushing past the cache 21:32 Andrew leaving NYC for February 22:49 Fooling the highway patrol 26:28 Watching Podcasts & SNL 28:59 Jackson's Subscription Stack 34:47 Early Listeners 35:51 Kyle Chayka: taste and curation in an algorithmic world 42:37 Instagram Reels 45:45 Twitter's evolution toward algorithm and away from taste 54:50 The Rewards of Putting in the effort 58:44 Art exists with context, not in a vacuum 01:02:55 The Vision Pro Pre-Order 01:06:24 Listener Shoutouts
Sorry about the audio sync issues. They may be occasionally bad but should be tolerable throughout most of the episode. 00:00 Intro 02:33 Our First "Sponsor" 05:06 Breaking the Fourth Wall 07:43 Morning People and Night People 11:38 Underemployment & Lack of Boredom 13:46 Hyperattention on the Internet 16:02 Silent Retreats and Dipping Below Top-Level Consciousness 17:44 A Year without the Internet 20:29 Cliff's Notes, Podcast Interviews with Authors, and The Founders Podcast 25:32 Internet vs. Social Life: Pick One 30:45 Living Room Warfare: TVs, Floor Pillows, and the Anti-Couch Movement 36:55 The Value & Difficulty of Furnishing a Space 40:05 "I Know What We Do Here" 45:25 The King of Kong: A Fistfull of Quarters (2007) 49:49 Vision Pro (ft. Off-Camera Guest Dylan) 53:20 Paul Giammati on Marc Maron 57:24 Hillary Duff, The Olson Twins, and Eyes with Secrets 01:00:56 Audience Mailbag
- 4:23 — White Elephant Gifts & Manslaughter - 15:01 — The Mind - 19:45 — Padel (and Pickleball) - 25:10 — Golf Course Tax Breaks, Malcolm Gladwell, and Running or Picnicing on courses - 27:54 — Can Jackson return a 115mph Tennis Serve? - 33:12 — Best time for in-theater movies in years, and why movie pass is a great deal in 2023 - Poor Things, Saltburn, The Holdovers, Maestro, Killers of the Flower Moon, May December, Anatomy of a Fall, Zone of Interest, Wonka, The boy and the Heron, Godzilla -1, Napoleon, The Killer, Dream Scenario, Priscilla, Ferrari, Taylor Swift, Beyonce - 44:48 — Jeff Bezos on Lex Friedman - 57:09 — Psychoanalysts, mental health, vocabulary, generational differences
- 0:00: Intro - 03:02: start - 03:41: Watch: Chef - 14:28: Chef’s star studded cast - 17:33: rise of food content and decline of critics - 23:02: watch (/listen): Stop Making Sense - 30:44: why it’s the best concert movie - 32:36: seeing SMS for the first time during covid - 34:41: SMS in theaters and impromptu dance parties: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8MQKJjb/ - 37:21: SMS intermission and Byrne’s little toot and a big suit - 40:55: David leaving the band - 43:25: xx by The XX - 57:26: the MSG Sphere in Vegas and how new media experiences could evolve live music
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10: Jackson’s Party Powerpoint, Challengers, Movie Stars, London, Turning 30
- 02:22 Jackson's Powerpoint on Nuclear Semiotics
- 15:44 Jacob Collier and King's Theater
- 17:42 Block Party Music and Paul Dano
- 20:11 Challengers
- 22:23 The Lack of Movie Stars
- 28:31 London
- 30:50 Hockey and Basketball Playoffs
- 33:39 Celebrity Mt. Rushmore
- 37:18 Jerry Seinfeld
- 39:59 Sleep
- 43:45 TikTok
- 45:46 LA and Farcon
- 49:26 In person vs. zoom
- 51:56 Andrew Turning 30
- 55:51 Paul Graham Essays
More on nuclear semiotics and the atomic priesthood:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Interference_Task_Force
media.getmatter.app/media/content_file/2024/04/25/religions-12-00741.pdf
A much better movie stars under 35 analysis than ours:
www.theringer.com/2024/4/30/24144968/2024-movie-star-ranking-35-under-35-zendaya-margot-robbie-timothee-chalamet-tom-holland
9: Dickbutts, A Broken Wrist, Short Podcast Kings, Journalism, and Journeys in Electronic Music
11111 $enjoy 1D =1B still8: Wedding Gifts, Dune Popcorn Bucket, Chalamet, Oscars, 30 Days of Writing
- 00:14 Weddings: Cash Gifts, Engagements, Destination Weddings
- 10:26 Utah Trip
- 12:34 30 Day Writing Challenge
- 21:53 Social Media
- 27:25 New York Field Report
- 30:15 Dinner with Toby + Writing
- 32:36 Sun Valley Trip + Skiing
- 34:24 LA Trip
- 37:37 Newsletter Promos
- 38:37 Dune
- 41:17 Anyone But You + Madame Web
- 45:01 Dune: Popcorn Bucket, Zendaya's Last Name, Book v. Movie
- 49:59 Oscars, KOTFM
- 52:13 Timothee Chalamet Can Hang?
- 56:54 John Mayer watch
- 58:03 Outro
7: Dylan Abruscato & Crypto The Game, HQ Trivia, Cities & Suburbs
Crypto The Game on Twitter: twitter.com/cryptothegame_
Crypto The Game: cryptothegame.com/
Timestamps:
- 05:15 Choosing where to live
- 07:14 Traffic
- 12:06 Being around strangers
- 15:11 Terminal Online-ness
- 19:34 Superbowl & Sportsbetting
- 23:02 OpenAI & Sora
- 24:53 Jackson's Writing Challenge
- 32:51 Dylan Joins
- 34:25 Crypto the Game Basics
- 36:08 Dylan's intro: Hollywood, HQ Trivia
- 40:05 Designing the game
- 46:10 Season 2
- 51:49 Season 1's Winner
- 57:43 Work-life balance while running CTG
- 58:35 Bringing Other Reality Shows Online? (The Amazing Race)
- 01:01:12 Other Ideas
- 01:04:41 Flappy Bird Woes
- 01:06:11 CTG bringing people into crypto
- 01:06:49 The HQ Trivia Documentary
- 01:10:03 Wrap-up
6: Crypto Adjacency, Andrew's Agency, Drake's Big Week, The Lonely Vision Pro
John Exley's (mintable) Review of Active Interrupting: zora.co/collect/zora:0xc9b7f0b0bba7cb7850a9f83b3560952424c007ab/23
A great video essay on Her: www.youtube.com/watch?v=73kIG3HcFq0&t=1s
Kenzo World ft. Margaret Qualley: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pQhmDr6Mkk
Spike Jonze: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvsBrK77zgY
Timestamps:
- 00:44 Crypto The Game
- 06:13 Andrew launched Use Your Words
- 17:38 Leaning in and taking things seriously
- 18:36 The Artist Way
- 22:42 Growing the podcast
- 24:07 Crypto adjacency
- 26:43 Drake's big week
- 28:58 Drake, Taylor Swift, and peforming to cool
- 31:57 When We Cease to Understand the World
- 42:22 Other Reading
- 43:40 Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
- 47:33 The Vision Pro
- 51:17 Watching 'Her' in the vision pro
- 58:30 Technology and presence
- 01:00:28 Superbowl and Superbail
5: Our first guest, Oscar noms, Murder Accusations, Trump and the Flag, Taking Back Sunday
Sorry for the weird thumbs up and animations-- weird iOS camera bug.
framed.wtf/
Jackson's podcast with Laz and Jake on Barbenheimer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYa-0iQJjHw
Timestamps:
- 00:01 Cold Open: Clapper
- 03:05 Zoom Mics + Guess This Song
- 05:42 Alarm Clocks
- 10:05 Natural Deodorant
- 15:13 Doctors + AI: twitter.com/burny_tech/status/1746681738691002804
- 18:34 Squeaky chairs and murder accusations
- 19:22 Tampopo
- 20:12 Clips + Biden
- 23:15 Trump's taken over the flag; Nate Silver: www.natesilver.net/p/why-liberalism-and-leftism-are-increasingly
- 26:19 Taking things back
- 29:47 Dan Arrives
- 30:52 Framed.wtf
- 32:13 Astrology
- 32:40 Dan intro
- 35:50 What makes a great movie
- 46:10 Oscar Prediction
- 47:47 Miyazaki
- 49:49 American Fiction
- 51:58 Anatomy of a Fall
- 56:36 Barbie
- 01:01:26 The Holdovers
- 01:05:34 Killers of the Flower Moon
- 01:08:53 Maestro
- 01:13:56 Oppenheimer
- 01:14:33 Past Lives
- 01:17:02 Poor Things
- 01:20:23 Zone of Interest
- 01:24:52 Dan Favorites
- 01:26:02 Wrap Up
4: Resisting the Algorithm, Dating Older Women, Controlling the Weather, and Vision Pro Parties
01:18 Water and Air Travel
04:37 Maybe the fancy gyms are worth it
06:32 Los Tacos #1 is the In N Out of NYC
07:28 Dating (Older Women)
11:28 Winter Clothes
16:09 The weather isn't that interesting and you'll be fine
19:14 Pushing past the cache
21:32 Andrew leaving NYC for February
22:49 Fooling the highway patrol
26:28 Watching Podcasts & SNL
28:59 Jackson's Subscription Stack
34:47 Early Listeners
35:51 Kyle Chayka: taste and curation in an algorithmic world
42:37 Instagram Reels
45:45 Twitter's evolution toward algorithm and away from taste
54:50 The Rewards of Putting in the effort
58:44 Art exists with context, not in a vacuum
01:02:55 The Vision Pro Pre-Order
01:06:24 Listener Shoutouts
(Some of) Jackson’s subscriptions:
- www.descript.com/
- Adobe Premiere
- Copilot: copilot.money/link/2vFnhZ3mugcgC8wA7(my referral for 2mo free is 88WM34)
- Krisp.ai
- Clay: clay.earth/invite/jackson
- obsidian.md/
- Flighty: apps.apple.com/app/id1358823008
- Audible
- YouTube Premium
- Spotify
- Twitter
- stratechery.com/
- www.blackbirdspyplane.com/
- www.avabear.xyz?r=8rxu
Eugene Wei on Twitter: www.eugenewei.com/blog/2023/7/6/how-to-blow-up-a-timeline
3: Talking to the Audience, Non-Boredom, Floor Pillows, & Donkey Kong
00:00 Intro
02:33 Our First "Sponsor"
05:06 Breaking the Fourth Wall
07:43 Morning People and Night People
11:38 Underemployment & Lack of Boredom
13:46 Hyperattention on the Internet
16:02 Silent Retreats and Dipping Below Top-Level Consciousness
17:44 A Year without the Internet
20:29 Cliff's Notes, Podcast Interviews with Authors, and The Founders Podcast
25:32 Internet vs. Social Life: Pick One
30:45 Living Room Warfare: TVs, Floor Pillows, and the Anti-Couch Movement
36:55 The Value & Difficulty of Furnishing a Space
40:05 "I Know What We Do Here"
45:25 The King of Kong: A Fistfull of Quarters (2007)
49:49 Vision Pro (ft. Off-Camera Guest Dylan)
53:20 Paul Giammati on Marc Maron
57:24 Hillary Duff, The Olson Twins, and Eyes with Secrets
01:00:56 Audience Mailbag
2: Racket Sports, A Great Time for Movie Theaters, and Mental Health
- 15:01 — The Mind
- 19:45 — Padel (and Pickleball)
- 25:10 — Golf Course Tax Breaks, Malcolm Gladwell, and Running or Picnicing on courses
- 27:54 — Can Jackson return a 115mph Tennis Serve?
- 33:12 — Best time for in-theater movies in years, and why movie pass is a great deal in 2023
- Poor Things, Saltburn, The Holdovers, Maestro, Killers of the Flower Moon, May December, Anatomy of a Fall, Zone of Interest, Wonka, The boy and the Heron, Godzilla -1, Napoleon, The Killer, Dream Scenario, Priscilla, Ferrari, Taylor Swift, Beyonce
- 44:48 — Jeff Bezos on Lex Friedman
- 57:09 — Psychoanalysts, mental health, vocabulary, generational differences
1: Andrew Ettinger on Chef (2014), Stop Making Sense, and xx by The xx
- 03:02: start
- 03:41: Watch: Chef
- 14:28: Chef’s star studded cast
- 17:33: rise of food content and decline of critics
- 23:02: watch (/listen): Stop Making Sense
- 30:44: why it’s the best concert movie
- 32:36: seeing SMS for the first time during covid
- 34:41: SMS in theaters and impromptu dance parties: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8MQKJjb/
- 37:21: SMS intermission and Byrne’s little toot and a big suit
- 40:55: David leaving the band
- 43:25: xx by The XX
- 57:26: the MSG Sphere in Vegas and how new media experiences could evolve live music