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Timothy Noah of The New Republic discusses his recent essay, "Why Trump May Not Serve Out His Presidency" arguing that Trump has become so politically toxic that Republican politicians will turn on him after the midterm elections. Recorded September 29, 2026 LINKS Tim's piece, "Why Trump May Not Serve Out His Presidency" https://newrepublic.com/article/215634/trump-may-not-finish-presidency Tim's accompanying Substack piece https://timothynoah.substack.com/p/why-trump-wont-finish-his-term New Yorker on the man who drafted the 25th Amendment https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/11/is-the-twenty-fifth-amendment-really-an-option NYT on Trump administration extracting gold from Venezuela https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/world/americas/venezuela-gold-trump.html Jacob Weisberg's new book, "Profiles in Cowardice" https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/818503/profiles-in-cowardice-by-jacob-weisberg/ Tim on political bravery https://newrepublic.com/article/193118/political-courage-cowardice-trump-resistance Tim on a Whig revival https://newrepublic.com/article/178041/gop-dying-time-whig-revival Aryeh's new professional website https://www.aryehcohenwade.com/ Tim's Substack, Backbencher https://timothynoah.substack.com/ Aryeh's Substack, Links I Like https://aryehcw.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phoebe discusses her recent essay, "Woke 2, antisemitism by another name." Did Oct. 7 and the Gaza war create a common foe for the broad left to unify against—namely, the Jews? Or has the second Trump administration supplanted Israel as the American left's enemy number one? What does the John Galliano Met Gala disaster reveal about the acceptability of antisemitism? Aryeh also discusses his recent essay on how to quit Twitter/X in three easy steps. Recorded August 31, 2026 LINKS Phoebe's piece, "Woke 2, antisemitism by another name" https://thecjn.ca/opinion/woke-2-antisemitism-by-another-name/ Phoebe and Aryeh's previous podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-last-straight-woman-with-phoebe-maltz-bovy/id981282353?i=1000771840036 New York Magazine's "Habibi City" package https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/swana-new-york.html David Polansky's piece, "‘New York Magazine’ food feature leaves a bad taste" https://thecjn.ca/opinion/new-york-magazine-food-feature-leaves-a-bad-taste/ NYT on Galliano's spa faux pas https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/style/galliano-met-gala-critics.html Phoebe on the Cornell antisemitic student https://thecjn.ca/opinion/why-calling-antisemites-weird-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/ Aryeh on quitting Twitter https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/08/28/how-delete-x-twitter-sign-up-bluesky/91447669007/ Phoebe's new book, "The Last Straight Woman: On Desiring Men" https://www.amazon.com/Last-Straight-Woman-Desiring-Men/dp/0771013027 Phoebe's Substack, Close-reading the reruns https://phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/ Aryeh's Substack, Culturally Determined: Links I Like https://aryehcw.substack.com/ Follow Phoebe on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phoebebovy.bsky.social Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bob talks about his new book, "The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning." He describes how using AI to research treatment options when he had cancer convinced him of the technology's power. How seriously should we take "doomer" predictions that AI could lead to global catastrophe? Aryeh thinks average people are revolting against the technology, while Bob believes there are ways to use AI to overcome the cognitive biases that plague humanity. Recorded August 4, 2026 LINKS Bob's new book, "The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning" https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-God-Test/Robert-Wright/9781668061657 Aryeh's new Substack newsletter, "Culturally Determined: Links I Like" https://aryehcw.substack.com/ Aryeh and Bob discuss the legacy of Bloggingheads https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/20-years-ago-bloggingheads-was-a-trailblazer-with/id981282353?i=1000735793526 "Pacing the Frontier" letter https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/ New Yorker profile of Sam Altman https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted The NonZero Newsletter https://www.nonzero.org/ Nonzero podcast https://www.nonzero.org/podcast Follow Bob on Twitter: https://x.com/robertwrighter Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Claire Carusillo discusses her debut novel, "The Responsible Party," which just received a rave review in the New York Times. Claire uses bizarre real events from her family history to tell a comic multigenerational story of shipwrecks, the Chicago suburbs, humidity, and murder. She also discusses Storyboard, her new bookstore/skate shop/coffee shop in Midway, Utah — and the famous "tradwife" influencer who opened a store in the same town. Recorded August 5, 2026 LINKS Claire's novel, "The Responsible Party" https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250408631/theresponsibleparty/ Claire's new store, Storyboard https://www.storyboardmidway.com/ NYT on tourists in Midway, Utah https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/us/tradwife-ballerina-farm-utah.html Storyboard on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/storyboardmidway/ Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phoebe discusses her new nonfiction book, "The Last Straight Woman: On Desiring Men," which critiques the contemporary discourse about female heterosexuality. Recorded June 4, 2026 LINKS Phoebe's new book, "The Last Straight Woman: On Desiring Men" https://www.amazon.com/Last-Straight-Woman-Desiring-Men/dp/0771013027 Phoebe on what she didn't want the cover to be https://phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/p/everything-i-learned-and-didnt-learn The audiobook https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Last-Straight-Woman-Audiobook/B0G24L7BV4?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp Phoebe's post, "Men and women are exactly the same" https://phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/p/men-and-women-are-exactly-the-same Kristen Roupenian's 2017 short story, "Cat Person" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/cat-person Phoebe's Substack, Close-reading the reruns https://phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/ Follow Phoebe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phoebe.maltz.bovy Follow Phoebe on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phoebebovy.bsky.social Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Wang discusses her debut novel, "New Skin," a dark comedy about a young woman whose mother is addicted to plastic surgery. After a bad nose job ruins the mother's face, she becomes a contestant on a reality show where people with botched plastic surgery compete to win reconstructive surgery. The novel explores class, immigrant lives, the labor of marginalized women, Los Angeles — and is also very funny. Recorded May 8, 2026 LINKS Sarah's new book, "New Skin" https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sarah-wang/new-skin/9780316594523/ Sarah's Instagram account, @daikonoclast https://www.instagram.com/daikonoclast/ Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adrian Bonenberger, a writer and Army veteran, is running for governor of Connecticut on a platform of establishing a voluntary state guard. He explains how a state guard would decentralize power to the local level, and how his experience training military volunteers during the Ukraine War informed his view on threats to America and possibilities for a different kind of civic engagement. Recorded March 24, 2026 LINKS Adrian's campaign site https://www.bonenbergerforgovernor.com/ Adrian's 2023 piece on "Civil War" https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4374348-a-second-american-civil-war-wouldnt-look-like-a-movie/ Follow Adrian on Twitter: https://x.com/AdrianBonenber1 Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On an episode that surely will not make anyone mad, Dave discusses his recent essay on how Jeffrey Epstein used his Jewishness to further his crimes. Aryeh and Dave then debate the merits of staying on Musk's Twitter/X vs. fleeing to cringey Bluesky. Recorded March 6, 2026 LINKS Dave's piece, "The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy" https://jewishcurrents.org/the-line-between-affinity-and-conspiracy NYT: "Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/magazine/jeffrey-epstein-money-scams-investigation.html Times of Israel on antisemitic heckler in California https://www.timesofisrael.com/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-denounces-tax-the-jews-chant-heard-during-protest/ Dave's 2108 piece on Woody Allen https://jewishcurrents.org/unlearning-woody-allen Aryeh and Dave's 2018 conversation about the NYT https://bloggingheads.tv/videos/51348 Follow Dave on Twitter: https://x.com/DavidKlion Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Magdalene Taylor, a senior editor at Playboy Magazine who writes about sexuality and culture, talks about whether we are finally sick of dating apps, whether AI will change social interactions, the forces encouraging men and women to hate each other, the decline of the manosphere, and Trump's strange performance of masculinity. Recorded January 20, 2026 LINKS Magdalene's newsletter, "Many Such Cases" https://www.sexual-culture.com/ Aryeh and Magdalene's 2021 conversation https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/juggalos-simps-and-cat-guys-with-magdalene-taylor/id981282353?i=1000517814150 NYT on a woman who fell in love with a chatbot https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/technology/ai-boyfriend-chatgpt.html Magdalene's piece, "Do Men Even Like Women Anymore?" https://www.sexual-culture.com/p/do-men-even-like-women-anymore Magdalene's piece, "Do Women Even Like Men Anymore?" https://www.sexual-culture.com/p/do-women-even-like-men-anymore Puck on young men and Trump https://puck.news/why-young-men-are-souring-on-trump/ Follow @magdajtaylor Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Gurri, editor-in-chief and cofounder of the website Liberal Currents, discusses his recent piece about the fight against Trump titled "We Are Going to Win."  Recorded January 6, 2025 LINKS Liberal Currents https://www.liberalcurrents.com/ Adam's piece, "We Are Going to Win" https://www.liberalcurrents.com/we-are-going-to-win/ Adam's piece, "Impeach and Remove the Bastards" https://www.liberalcurrents.com/impeach-and-remove-the-bastards/ Reporting on Stephen Miller ordering more ICE arrests https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3425297/stephen-miller-eviscerated-ice-officials-deportation-numbers/ Adam on "The Reconstruction Papers" https://www.liberalcurrents.com/a-preview-of-a-project-well-pursue-if-fully-funded/ Follow Adam on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bob Wright reflects on the legacy of the Bloggingheads.tv, the pioneering website he co-founded in 2005. Aryeh and Bob discuss how the site and the technology that powered it anticipated modern trends in online media. They also consider whether Twitter still has any use for journalists, the pros and cons of Substack, and whether Culturally Determined should pivot back to video.  Recorded October 28, 2025 LINKS Robert Wright's Nonzero podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/robert-wrights-nonzero/id505824847 The Nonzero Newsletter https://www.nonzero.org/ Max Read on his Substack stats https://maxread.substack.com/p/four-years-of-read-max-on-substack Andrew Thompson on the economics of Substack and money vs. attention https://components.news/the-desire-distribution/ MeaningOfLife.tv https://meaningoflife.tv/ Follow Bob on Twitter: https://x.com/robertwrighter Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leigh talks about her new novel, a modern gothic with a satirical edge about an unemployed Millennial journalist who becomes the manager of a hype house for Gen Z content creators — one of whom goes missing. Aryeh and Leigh also discuss whether the internet is bad now. Recorded September 3, 2025 LINKS Leigh's new novel, "If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You" https://www.amazon.com/Youre-Seeing-This-Its-Meant/dp/0593983645 Profile of TikTok star William White https://www.inverse.com/input/culture/will-white-tiktok-fandom-gen-x-middle-age-women-drama/amp Jia Tolentino's review of Elizabeth Gilbert's new book https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/01/all-the-way-to-the-river-love-loss-and-liberation-elizabeth-gilbert-book-review Leigh's Substack, "Attention Economy" https://leighstein.substack.com/ Follow Leigh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leighstein/ Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gina Tron discusses "Suspect," her recent memoir about her childhood growing up as an outsider in a small Vermont town and the bad teenage joke that led everyone to think she was planning to be a school shooter. Recorded Feb 20, 2025 Follow Culturally Determined (still) on Twitter @CulturallyDet LINKS Gina's book,"Suspect" https://www.ginatron.net/suspect/ Gina's website https://www.ginatron.net Follow Gina on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ginatron.bsky.social Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aryeh and Phoebe discuss Bluesky, the newly popular Twitter alternative—and how Phoebe's mild critique of the site went mega-viral. Aryeh explains why he finally, finally quit Twitter. Is Bluesky for anti-Trump social media "refugees," or a retirement home for posting addicts? And are people on there actually nice? Recorded December 20, 2024 Follow Culturally Determined (still) on Twitter @CulturallyDet LINKS Phoebe's piece, "The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons" https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-problem-with-bluesky-it-wont-broaden-our-horizons/ Aryeh and Phoebe's May 2023 episode about Twitter https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twitter-taught-us-it-was-okay-to-be-weird-with-phoebe/id981282353?i=1000611578059 Montreal man dies after leaving hospital following six-hour wait https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article612894.html Phoebe's piece, "Does this book read as too parochial—or too ‘Zionist’? The pitfalls of Writing While Jewish" https://thecjn.ca/opinion/zibby-vs-philip/ Waikiki Wanda says Bluesky is hospice for posters https://bsky.app/profile/wanda.bsky.social/post/3lcmbzupslk2v Phoebe's Substack https://phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/ Feminine Chaos podcast https://femchaospod.substack.com/ Bonjour Chai podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonjour-chai/id1555600279 Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Follow Phoebe on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phoebebovy.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aryeh talks with writer Hannah Gold about her reported essay in Harper's on the literary festival celebrating Philip Roth's 90th birthday, which was held in Newark, New Jersey last year. Recorded December 5, 2023 Follow Culturally Determined @CulturallyDet LINKS Hannah's piece, "Your Mind’s in the Hands of Everything: Letting Go of Philip Roth" https://harpers.org/archive/2023/12/philip-roth-newark-your-minds-in-the-hands-of-everything/ Aryeh's interview with Laura Marsh on Blake Bailey's Roth biography https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culturally-determined/id981282353?i=1000519264087 Follow @togglecoat Follow @aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.