The Melancholy Magic of the Before Sunrise Trilogy

An interview with Andrew Bertaina, author of ETHAN HAWKE & ME

Nov 3 • 

Arielle Bernstein

 and 

Gabe Bullard

3

45:36

October 2025

Know When to Fold ‘em

Gambling, hustle culture, and the ads during sports broadcasts

Oct 24 • 

Gabe Bullard

7

1

September 2025

The Rehearsal is TV’s Most Provocative Show About Empathy

The show’s central claim is as simple as it is profound: empathy is hard.

Sep 19 • 

Arielle Bernstein

4

August 2025

Neil Postman Always Rings Twice

First as tragedy, then as farce

Aug 15 • 

Gabe Bullard

5

July 2025

In Defense of Artifice

On Wes Anderson and the unexplainable side of style

Jul 17 • 

Gabe Bullard

3

The Uncanny Valley of Digital Pop Culture Discourse

What the response to Sabrina Carpenter's album cover teaches us

Jul 9 • 

Arielle Bernstein

6

June 2025

The Persistence of Commodified Memory

Life after these messages

Jun 6 • 

Gabe Bullard

9

1

May 2025

The Age of Robot Women

Why the best films about female robots flip the gender script

May 23 • 

Arielle Bernstein

3

April 2025

I Don’t Want To See You, You Seem Bored

On the crass commercialism of video podcasts

Apr 25 • 

Gabe Bullard

3

Can Great TV Encourage Connection?

Rethinking the narrative that TV increases loneliness

Apr 11 • 

Arielle Bernstein

, 

Gabe Bullard

, and 

Together, Alone

3

44:31

March 2025

The Unsettling Joy of TV Merchandise

When tuning in to shows like Mad Men and The White Lotus, we love to watch bad behavior and flaunt our good taste

Mar 21 • 

Arielle Bernstein

3

A Few Thoughts About Airplane Movies

In-flight, must be right

Mar 13 • 

Gabe Bullard

3

2