Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

Sign up for our newsletter for episode previews and other bonuses.

If you would like to suggest a topic or are an artist interested in being on the show, please reach out using the form on our contact page.

Nov 21, 2024

No new episode this week because of audio problems. Next episode drops December 5th.

Read More

Nov 7, 2024

This week, Mason and Sean discuss Roland Barthes' influential 1967 essay "The Death of the Author"—how it is misunderstood by the chronically online and how it is a useful and important in understanding the art that we consume.

We also discuss abandoning your heroes, parasocial relationships, songwriting and what it...

Read More

Jun 3, 2021

June is LGBTQ Pride Month! This week, Mason and Sean are introducing our month-long discussion of LGBTQIA+ issues in the arts with a conversation about the annual Pride Parades: their history, their contemporary climate, and what it all can illuminate about the process of cultural minority groups moving into...

Read More