How Long Gone

Steven Phillips-Horst is the co-host of the podcast Celebrity Book Club, and he returns to How Long Gone to chat about Nicole Kidman’s Miu Miu skirt, sponge bob flannel pants, tall lesbians, being above the fold on NYT, the cultural Vibe Shift, reading can be faster than listening, driving a stick, Steven’s mom coming out to him for him, wintering in Nantucket, the art scene in LA, how his mom lik...

Benny Blanco is a musician, actor, and food lover currently living in Los Angeles. We chat about Montezuma’s revenge, eating ants, our Super Bowl halftime recap, Benny doesn’t have headphones, dressing on opposite ends of the fashion spectrum, how we pee, what to do with all the free shit, all of our explore page topics, growing weed, our ten-year plans, having meetings in the metaverse, we invent...

One-on-one today, TJ’s in Mexico City, and Chris is back home in LA for this podcast that was recorded at 7 am. We chat about Americans in CDMX, what kind of art they have at Art Week, our Super Bowl plans, TJ hit the club last night, paying for omakase with crypto, gay people are the best at clubbing, big girl anthems, grape-flavored cocaine, airport coffee lines, America needs to do better at be...

DJ Python is an electronic music producer from New York, his new record Club Sentimientos Vol. 2 is out now. We chat about using an old TV as a computer monitor, the LA heatwave, Chris grooming a car wash employee, ice baths, Moncler puffers, how to crash your testosterone, Python’s gym flow, his love of fragrance, the importance of having parents who aren’t too interested in what you do for a liv...

Leon Bridges is a musician from Texas, his new record Gold-Diggers Sound is out now. We chat about HVAC revenge, how to find some Gunna in Tulum, international credit cards getting shut down, what Leon wears to the gym and airport, winning people over with fashion, dipping his toe into Tik Tok, how it feels to have his music on Obama's playlist, relying on the team, Trump's upcoming DJ set, rider...

Nasty little one-on-one episode recorded live and uncut from Glendale, we open some of TJ’s mail, some terrible shoes I got, bouldering to get free shoes at the Nike warehouse, I explain how Klarna works, we eat granola for money, TJ’s snatched little waist, a visit to Newport Beach, TJ understands Mary Kate & Ashley’s The Row now, how we figured out a backdoor to naming things, a new SoHo House c...

Dean Wareham is a musician from New York currently living in Los Angeles. He formed the seminal alternative bands Galaxie 500 and Luna and has scored films like The Squid and the Whale. We chat with Dean about the streaming platform drama, some trouble at Bluebottle Coffee, finding culture in Los Angeles, where he goes grocery shopping, just missing Epstein back at Dalton, opium den life, quaalude...

Lili Anolik is the contributing editor at Vanity Fair, writer of the Babitz biography Hollywood’s Eve, and host of the podcast Once Upon a Time… at Bennington College. We chat with her from her home in New York City about Tom Brady’s retirement, prioritizing busy work, Chris’ hard drive being full, Kanye’s thoughts on NFTs, Lili’s hatred of drinking fluids and urinating, Chris sprinting towards de...

One on one episode recorded live and unedited from Glendale, Chris and Jason talk about a predatory valet at The Grove, when will we be able to use restaurant gift cards, Jose Andrés’ potato chips, who is buying celebrity magazines, boycotts can’t be a test of moral purity, Spotify vs. the world, going off the grid, we try to teach ourselves how to like vacations, how Chris trained the world never...

Hayes Davenport is a very funny writer currently living in Los Angeles. His podcast Hollywood Handbook has been a favorite of Jason’s for years, so we’re excited to chat with him about Neil Young vs Rogan, what happens to a man’s legs after time, what we don’t miss about the old days of podcasting, why Chris hates things that are long, Hayes’ love of dark liquor, hoppy tea, using chewing tobacco t...

Raina Morris is a sturdy TV writer from Portland, currently living in Los Angeles. We chat with her about her work on Emily in Paris, Neil Young’s Spotify beef, a tweet referencing male podcasters as a form of birth control, recycling is for the birds, Raina growing up Quaker, Portland’s male pattern baldness, Raina’s beef with Chris’ lack of lotion, having a fitness model gamer boyfriend, Raina a...

One-on-one pod today, Chris is in LA, and Jason is on holiday in Sea Ranch, CA. We chat about life in the woods, affordable flight upgrades, water bottle filling stations, the return of indie sleaze, Adele postponing her Vegas residency, how Oasis might be splitting their show money, NorCal stoners with guns, a dark tale of road rage, TJ made an airplane friend, an unhoused person with nicer cloth...

Jo Ellison is the editor for The Financial Times' supplement How To Spend It, she was previously the features editor at British Vogue. We chat with her from her home in London about the shakeup at big M&M, Chris knowing about the Shakti Mat 8 years ago, how car insurance is like gofundme for car repair, common British slang, how Jo fancies herself a skilled golfer without having played the gentlem...

Eugene Kotlyarenko is a filmmaker from all over the world but currently living in Los Angeles. His most recent film Spree is available now on Hulu. We chat about a recent music festival lineup, life in Little Bangladesh, getting covid from a Russian bathhouse, if Jesus was such a good carpenter, then why didn’t he invent the standing desk, pumping and dumping his Dogecoin, procrastinating with iPh...

One on one today Chris is in snowy New York and TJ is back home in Glendale, we chat about chilly temperatures, a Le Pain Quotidien scene report, why Kanye and Pete need to physically fight, the Netflix Hype House program, we break down the mechanics of Drake using hot sauce to exterminate the sperm in his spent condom, disinfecting the airplane seat with the tiny wipe, Djokovic getting kicked out...

Kacy Hill is a musician from Los Angeles. Her newest album Simple, Sweet, and Smiling is out now. We chat about Chris’ dangerous encounter last night, Kanye on the kibbles & bits, Harry at Coachella, The Goldenvoice vaccine, Chris seeking out dry skin as a kink, sharp cheddar cheese and the bean burritos they’re inside, two fridge households, the music scene in Phoenix, Sufjan Stevens, Iced almond...

David Lovering is the drummer for The Pixies, but we’re more interested in his true loves: metal detecting, and magic. We spoke with him from his home just north of Santa Barbara about our thoughts on tinned fish, a Black Rifle Coffee update, being pulled over while driving a car that smells like shit, getting pulled over in Texas with an ounce of grass on him, using the gift of magic to get himse...

One-on-one pod today recorded live and unedited from Glendale. We chat about how nobody knows what Salesforce does, which shoes white people are not allowed to wear, the technology that Nike and the CIA are partnering on to keep white feet out of certain Jordans, TJ pulling up with the Uncle Paulie's cap, skater behavior, we explore the cross-section of skater bro and survivalist racist as it pert...

Shamir is a musician from Las Vegas currently living in Philadelphia. His new album Heterosexuality is out next month. We chat about Julia Fox and Kanye West, the power of a thoroughbred, trouble at the Whole Foods smoothie bar, Miss Flurona, hating on Brooklyn and big upping Philly, playing country covers at open mics at 15, Jewish people being the most seasoned of the white people, Chris’ level...

Dave Holmes is the Editor-at-Large at Esquire, a former host at MTV, and the current host of his new podcast Waiting For Impact. We chat about TJ's four-day hangover, The Weeknd's new album artwork, we ponder how we became union busters, watching the Oscars at the bar inside Whole Foods, sneaking into awards shows, how long one can maintain their encyclopedic knowledge of a subject, Jason explains...

One on one pod today live and uncut from Glendale, Chris & Jason recap our NYE activities, indoor smoking, vial vs. baggie, who can pull off a suit with sneakers, Lykke Li I Follow Rivers The Magician Remix, the evolution of Rihanna, Roc Nation Brunch, Miranda getting shotgunned and blasted, Chris always gets DMs from strangers that he tweets about, a near moment of covid fisticuffs, Chris going r...

Matt Sweeney is a musician from New York City. He’s worked with everyone from Rick Rubin to Tom Petty, Bonny Prince Billy, Cat Power, and Billy Corgan. We chat with him from his iPad about managing relationships, Adam McKay blowing it, Chris saw Licorice Pizza, physical music media, the evolution of Spotify, living in Malibu with Rick Rubin, drug ghosts haunting your home, having Tik Tok FOMO as a...

Rax King is a writer and podcast host from New York. Her new book Tacky is out now. We chat with her about the ups and downs of caviar, is there such a thing as sweatpants that are too thick, Chris’ lack of sound-absorbing furnishings, working at a Hasidic construction company, theme parties, 20 minutes on Creed, 20 minutes on Cheesecake Factory, micropenis as a measurement tool, working at restau...

One on one pod live and unedited from Glendale, today we talk about creating new traditions with friends and family this holiday season, making Chris drive a far distance to wait 3 hours for Chinese food on Christmas Day, don’t look at Altadena, look around it, Emily in Paris vs. And Just Like That, TJ’s day after Christmas digital detox and why you shouldn’t do it, a deep dive exploration into th...

Ho Ho How Long Gone holiday pod we’ve got chef, author, and content creator Alison Roman back on the pod to talk about working right up until Christmas morning, Chris’ love of cinematic costuming, Emily in Paris, Alison in Brooklyn, getting covid, telling people about your dreams, visiting a psychic, some messages Alison received about us shaming her on stage, a troubling meal at Wolfgang Puck’s S...