First Thoughts on "Roman Scandals"
As you may have seen, we’ve just announced a new paid subscription tier. One of the perks of that tier is a weekly “headlines” post, in which Mike not only...
Headlines for 1933
As you may have seen, we’ve just announced a new paid subscription tier. One of the perks of that tier is a weekly “headlines” post, in which Mike not only...
An announcement!
Hey folks, Jason here. So we’ve been hinting at this for a while now, but we put together a video to make it official: beginning June 1, we’re offering a...
Episode 28: 1933 with Megan Abbott
Megan Abbott is one of the most prolific and acclaimed crime novelists of our time - an Edgar-award winner, and the author of The Turnout, Give Me Your Hand,...
Episode 27: 2011 with Kristen Meinzer
Kristen Meinzer was already a movie podcaster during her very good year, 2011 - when she noticed a trend of women behaving badly in mainstream movies that...
Episode 26: 1996 with Sergio Muñoz
“My god, they’re posting another SXSW episode?!?” Yes, shut up, this is the last one. Sergio has been one of my favorite people on Twitter for a while now,...
Episode 25: 1946 with Stephanie Zacharek
I initially got to know Stephanie Zacharek through her then-husband Charley Taylor, one of my professors at NYU and one of my critical heroes, as was...
One more thing for 1989!
I pulled out my copy of Spike, Mike and found the photo John mentions in the episode - taken by Janet! - of the giant Roger & Me poster next to the giant...
Episode 24: 1989 with John Pierson
It’s hard to overstate how important John Pierson’s book Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes was to me when it came out in the mid-1990s. I was just becoming a...
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