How Long Gone

One-on-one pod today, Chris is in Sylt, Germany, and Jason is home in Glendale. We chat about airport cortados, chunky soups, Netflix's Black Rabbit and The Spotted Pig, our thoughts on Kimmel's cancellation and late-night equality, will the run club bubble burst? Lorde's treadmill, LA's Noma pop-up, we celebrate the end of summer Euro trips, Harmless Harvest recession indicators, our Pure Beauty...

Ben Lippett, aka @dinnerbyben, is a cook from London. His new book, How I Cook, is out now. We chat about old pizza in Naples, the recession indicating Coachella lineup, season one of Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares, beef wellington theories, UK farmers’ markets, Kewpie mayonnaise, drizzling and sizzling olive oils, how to turn your Substack into a book deal, why he stopped working in restauran...

Ben Lippett, aka @dinnerbyben, is a cook from London. His new book, How I Cook, is out now. We chat about old pizza in Naples, the recession indicating Coachella lineup, season one of Gordon Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares, beef wellington theories, UK farmers’ markets, Kewpie mayonnaise, drizzling and sizzling olive oils, how to turn your Substack into a book deal, why he stopped working in restauran...

Jamie xx is a musician from England. He's one of our favorite DJs, and his band, The XX, is currently recording an album, with the hope of releasing it before their Coachella appearance next year. We chat about Chris & Jason's wildly varying Euro trips, early days XX producing with Diplo, our love of Portishead, TJ dives deep on his live show setup, the physical demand of 10-hour sets, Drake w...

Jamie xx is a musician from England. He's one of our favorite DJs, and his band, The XX, is currently recording an album, with the hope of releasing it before their Coachella appearance next year. We chat about Chris & Jason's wildly varying Euro trips, early days XX producing with Diplo, our love of Portishead, TJ dives deep on his live show setup, the physical demand of 10-hour sets, Drake went...

One-on-one pod recorded live and uncut from the hotel moments before a wedding in Sicily. We chat about an upsell dessert in the Italian countryside, tutto limone at The River Cafe, The Clipse performing live at The Vatican, the Tiny Desk stagedive, we tuck into Zoe and Harry now that we're a few weeks in, Oasis in LA, Kirk's shooter dry snitched on his self, Chris enlightens Jason about the Brook...

One-on-one pod recorded live and uncut from the hotel moments before a wedding in Sicily. We chat about an upsell dessert in the Italian countryside, tutto limone at The River Cafe, The Clipse performing live at The Vatican, the Tiny Desk stagedive, we tuck into Zoe and Harry now that we're a few weeks in, Oasis in LA, Kirk's shooter dry snitched on his self, Chris enlightens Jason about the Brook...

Michael M. Grynbaum is a writer for The New York Times. His new book about Condé Nast, Empire of the Elite , is out now. We chat about Scott Galloway's bracelets, Charlie Kirk's assassination, the untapped powers of Hillary Duff, his love of shawl collared sweaters, being married to a fellow writer, galley proofs are the new sceeners, fact-checking notorious maître d's in Korea, Bruce Weber is bac...

Michael M. Grynbaum is a writer for The New York Times. His new book about Condé Nast, Empire of the Elite, is out now. We chat about Scott Galloway's bracelets, Charlie Kirk's assassination, the untapped powers of Hillary Duff, his love of shawl collared sweaters, being married to a fellow writer, galley proofs are the new sceeners, fact-checking notorious maître d's in Korea, Bruce Weber is back...

Pamela Hanson is a photographer currently living in New York. Her newest book, "The 90s," is out now on Rizzoli. We chat with her about Italian driving conduct, Chris went to a Prada party, TJ's hotel vibe, Pamela's archivist, lighting philosophies, showing up at the magazine's offices, and asking them if they need any pics, French advertising practices, the influencers shouldn't be backstage, soc...

Pamela Hanson is a photographer currently living in New York. Her newest book, "The 90s," is out now on Rizzoli. We chat with her about Italian driving conduct, Chris went to a Prada party, TJ's hotel vibe, Pamela's archivist, lighting philosophies, showing up at the magazine's offices, and asking them if they need any pics, French advertising practices, the influencers shouldn't be backstage, soc...

One-on-one pod recorded on Friday, Chris was in New York, and Jason was home in LA. We chat about bedazzled Labubus, cast member changes at toxic SNL, we've reached peak moniker, superstar celebrities going on livestream, mukbang carfax, elbow rehab, Toyota FJ Cruiser with Microsoft Zune livery, Uniqlo socks could save the world, and pickleball developers could help end the unhoused crisis. twitte...

One-on-one pod recorded on Friday, Chris was in New York, and Jason was home in LA. We chat about bedazzled Labubus, cast member changes at toxic SNL, we've reached peak moniker, superstar celebrities going on livestream, mukbang carfax, elbow rehab, Toyota FJ Cruiser with Microsoft Zune livery, Uniqlo socks could save the world, and pickleball developers could help end the unhoused crisis. twitte...

Saint Etienne is a band from England formed in 1990. Their newest and final record, International , comes out today. We spoke with Peter from his home in Hove about the passing of Giorgio Armani, the Kith padel tennis smoothie complex, Atlanta hip hop drama, calfskin innuendo, hanging out with Orbital at the beach, Oasis opened for them twice, his wife's shoulder exploded playing tennis, DJing at...

Saint Etienne is a band from England formed in 1990. Their newest and final record, International, comes out today. We spoke with Peter from his home in Hove about the passing of Giorgio Armani, the Kith padel tennis smoothie complex, Atlanta hip hop drama, calfskin innuendo, hanging out with Orbital at the beach, Oasis opened for them twice, his wife's shoulder exploded playing tennis, DJing at G...

Bar Italia is a band from London that we're both fans of. Their new record, Some Like It Hot , is out next month on Matador. We chat with Nina and Jezmi about Vogue's new editor, Tim Dillon's Abu Dhabi payday, Howard Stern, Harry Styles in Rome, Jezmi's dad's salsa dancing career, silent mat pilates, pissing in a cup at the Oasis show, our karaoke songs, how they write songs, Pro Tools as a band m...

Bar Italia is a band from London that we're both fans of. Their new record, Some Like It Hot, is out next month on Matador. We chat with Nina and Jezmi about Vogue's new editor, Tim Dillon's Abu Dhabi payday, Howard Stern, Harry Styles in Rome, Jezmi's dad's salsa dancing career, silent mat pilates, pissing in a cup at the Oasis show, our karaoke songs, how they write songs, Pro Tools as a band me...

One-on-one pod today, Chris is summering on Long Island, and Jason is home in Glendale. We chat about out-of-office reply etiquette, a dinner at Andy Barghani's, Sky Ting on the laptop, polycule US Open viewing, Italian deodorant, the seawater diet, and why servers are suddenly so talkative. Did Trump die last week, and we're waiting to announce after Labor Day? Will straight people ruin GHB? Poli...

One-on-one pod today, Chris is summering on Long Island, and Jason is home in Glendale. We chat about out-of-office reply etiquette, a dinner at Andy Barghani's, Sky Ting on the laptop, polycule US Open viewing, Italian deodorant, the seawater diet, and why servers are suddenly so talkative. Did Trump die last week, and we're waiting to announce after Labor Day? Will straight people ruin GHB? Poli...

Alexis Okeowo is a writer for The New Yorker, originally from Alabama, currently living in New York. Her newest book, Blessings and Disasters , is out now. We chat about cortisol levels, millennials putting things in boxes, orange wine at the pub, The Real Housewives Pomodoro Method, she believes Alabama is the perfect slice of America, how to keep your book "moving," why keep books you don't like...

Alexis Okeowo is a writer for The New Yorker, originally from Alabama, currently living in New York. Her newest book, Blessings and Disasters, is out now. We chat about cortisol levels, millennials putting things in boxes, orange wine at the pub, The Real Housewives Pomodoro Method, she believes Alabama is the perfect slice of America, how to keep your book "moving," why keep books you don't like...

Soulwax is a Belgian electronic band, also known as 2manydjs. We spoke with Stephen and David Dewaele from their studio in Ghent about our return from the road, Lana's Stove , Alcaraz's new buzzcut, stories from DJing a cruise ship, a funeral, and a porno party, wine is a lot like vinyl 😳, the beauty of Belgium, creating music for fashion shows (like Dries Van Noten), we do twenty minutes on "ste...

Soulwax is a Belgian electronic band, also known as 2manydjs. We spoke with Stephen and David Dewaele from their studio in Ghent about our return from the road, Lana's Stove, Alcaraz's new buzzcut, stories from DJing a cruise ship, a funeral, and a porno party, wine is a lot like vinyl 😳, the beauty of Belgium, creating music for fashion shows (like Dries Van Noten), we do twenty minutes on "stem...

One-on-one pod recorded live and uncut from Chicago. We chat about hotel room balconies, our live shows this weekend in New York and Chicago, NYT opinion piece on airport lounges, RFK Jr.'s seemingly unremovable denim, and another artist removed themselves from Spotify. Chris' recent newsletter about European and domestic travel, Trump's poorly concealed hand, Budden's opinions on Chance The Rappe...

One-on-one pod recorded live and uncut from Chicago. We chat about hotel room balconies, our live shows this weekend in New York and Chicago, NYT opinion piece on airport lounges, RFK Jr.'s seemingly unremovable denim, and another artist removed themselves from Spotify. Chris' recent newsletter about European and domestic travel, Trump's poorly concealed hand, Budden's opinions on Chance The Rappe...