How Long Gone

Kyle Chayka is a staff writer at The New Yorker; he returns to How Long Gone to speak about his new book, Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture. We chat about plain omelets, all the podcasts he's been doing lately, the rise in pain maintenance, the hierarchy of our family desktop computers, maybe I want to get caught, spraypainting angel wings on a wall has been replaced by the gym, commut...

Stavros Halkias is a comedian from the Baltimore area. We chat about tropical supplements, our review of The Emmy's, Mumford & Sons for LV, Stav's drying up in Baltimore, eating on airplanes doesn't count, the best and worst comedy condos he's stayed in, the Planet Fitness black card, how he went viral doing Raven's recap videos, his history with childhood sports betting, straight Greek men ar...

Stavros Halkias is a comedian from the Baltimore area. We chat about tropical supplements, our review of The Emmy's, Mumford & Sons for LV, Stav's drying up in Baltimore, eating on airplanes doesn't count, the best and worst comedy condos he's stayed in, the Planet Fitness black card, how he went viral doing Raven's recap videos, his history with childhood sports betting, straight Greek men are ga...

A one-on-one pod today, Chris is in New York, and Jason is home in Glendale. We chat about Taylor Swift's Swag Surfing, Mos Def sending shots to Drake's Target, you'll never guess what some guys at the gym said, therapist said I gotta start excavating anger, plumbaz > bartendaz, is boxing the final form? we unpack different rollerblading tricks, I learn about actor Cush Jumbo, crust punk daught...

A one-on-one pod today, Chris is in New York, and Jason is home in Glendale. We chat about Taylor Swift's Swag Surfing, Mos Def sending shots to Drake's Target, you'll never guess what some guys at the gym said, therapist said I gotta start excavating anger, plumbaz > bartendaz, is boxing the final form? we unpack different rollerblading tricks, I learn about actor Cush Jumbo, crust punk daughter...

Sleater-Kinney is a band from the Pacific Northwest. We chat with Corin and Carrie about sneaky license plates, a recent dinner at Horses, the dark origins of Damp January, Corin's love of Beats By Dre headphones, fake NPR voice, Carrie doesn't do legumes, when soy milk was soy milk, 90's coffee shop was a movie, we figure out if Corin was ever a goth hostess, why she loves audiobooks, getting Ger...

Sleater-Kinney is a band from the Pacific Northwest. We chat with Corin and Carrie about sneaky license plates, a recent dinner at Horses, the dark origins of Damp January, Corin's love of Beats By Dre headphones, fake NPR voice, Carrie doesn't do legumes, when soy milk was soy milk, 90's coffee shop was a movie, we figure out if Corin was ever a goth hostess, why she loves audiobooks, getting Ger...

Matt Belloni, previously an editor at The Hollywood Reporter, is now a founding partner at Puck and host of The Town, a favorite pod of ours about the entertainment industry. We recap the W Magazine Annual Best Performances Party we attended before chatting about how our writer's strike recovery is going, why Suits? Matt wants us to rank Los Angeles' worst parking experiences, did The Golden Globe...

Matt Belloni, previously an editor at The Hollywood Reporter, is now a founding partner at Puck and host of The Town, a favorite pod of ours about the entertainment industry. We recap the W Magazine Annual Best Performances Party we attended before chatting about how our writer's strike recovery is going, why Suits? Matt wants us to rank Los Angeles' worst parking experiences, did The Golden Globe...

One-on-one pod recorded live and uncut from Glendale, CA. We chat about the Milk Bar Birthday Cake outliving the Triple Berry, the Beanie Babification of Stanley Cups in America, time to throw away the Christmas tree, we need health food to return, Katt Williams' talking that mess again, Cybertruck, Stephen Hawking is having the second or third worst week ever, Jimmy K could get touched, how every...

One-on-one pod recorded live and uncut from Glendale, CA. We chat about the Milk Bar Birthday Cake outliving the Triple Berry, the Beanie Babification of Stanley Cups in America, time to throw away the Christmas tree, we need health food to return, Katt Williams' talking that mess again, Cybertruck, Stephen Hawking is having the second or third worst week ever, Jimmy K could get touched, how every...

The Japanese House is a musician from England, currently living in Detroit. We chat with Amber about the Safdie's split, Damp January, a dinner with Nick Wooster, Jurgen's annual W Magazine shoot, when her dog is allowed on the bed, adjusting to life in Detroit, our on-stage relationship with alcohol, The Family Stone and the Netflix winery rom-com, her father basically invented natural wine, when...

The Japanese House is a musician from England, currently living in Detroit. We chat with Amber about the Safdie's split, Damp January, a dinner with Nick Wooster, Jurgen's annual W Magazine shoot, when her dog is allowed on the bed, adjusting to life in Detroit, our on-stage relationship with alcohol, The Family Stone and the Netflix winery rom-com, her father basically invented natural wine, when...

Dean Kissick is a pod friend and writer from New York City. He returns to chat about our shagadelic NYE plans and our hungover NYD, the new Dave Chappelle special, it's good luck to eat long foods for the new year, we give resolutions for everyone else, Facebook is back, Banksy and Adam Curtis and Burial, Emma's dating normies, don't read his thesis on graffiti, the history of dressing well while...

Dean Kissick is a pod friend and writer from New York City. He returns to chat about our shagadelic NYE plans and our hungover NYD, the new Dave Chappelle special, it's good luck to eat long foods for the new year, we give resolutions for everyone else, Facebook is back, Banksy and Adam Curtis and Burial, Emma's dating normies, don't read his thesis on graffiti, the history of dressing well while...

Recorded live and uncut from Glendale on the morning of New Year's Eve. We chat about a new way to approach the end-of-year lists, questions we didn't get the chance to ask Moby, TJ went to Costco, young people are low-key offended by 30 Rock, we went to a corporate steakhouse in Orange County and then saw Tim Dillon do stand up, and Chris had one of his road rage episodes with a Bird Scooter comm...

Recorded live and uncut from Glendale on the morning of New Year's Eve. We chat about a new way to approach the end-of-year lists, questions we didn't get the chance to ask Moby, TJ went to Costco, young people are low-key offended by 30 Rock, we went to a corporate steakhouse in Orange County and then saw Tim Dillon do stand up, and Chris had one of his road rage episodes with a Bird Scooter comm...

Moby is a musician and animal rights activist living in Los Angeles. We chat about what we did for the holidays, $93 sushi rolls at Nobu Cabo, how Play makes Chris feel, he used to live in a giant castle but he downsized, watches vs. trees, soy milk and electronics don't mix, $500 a day on coke, the Eilishes took over his old restaurant space, the vegan elite, his Grandpa level knowledge of pop cu...

Moby is a musician and animal rights activist living in Los Angeles. We chat about what we did for the holidays, $93 sushi rolls at Nobu Cabo, how Play makes Chris feel, he used to live in a giant castle but he downsized, watches vs. trees, soy milk and electronics don't mix, $500 a day on coke, the Eilishes took over his old restaurant space, the vegan elite, his Grandpa level knowledge of pop cu...

Willy Staley is a beloved Twitter user, an editor at the New York Times, and one of our favorite thinkers in general. He returns to the pod to talk about what "unplugging" means to us, Chris has discovered Sirius XM Radio, we finally watched a Tr*vor N*ah special, putting in the office, you don't see that too much these days, we compare skateboarding to golf, Willy wishes there was an app that you...

Willy Staley is a beloved Twitter user, an editor at the New York Times, and one of our favorite thinkers in general. He returns to the pod to talk about what "unplugging" means to us, Chris has discovered Sirius XM Radio, we finally watched a Tr*vor N*ah special, putting in the office, you don't see that too much these days, we compare skateboarding to golf, Willy wishes there was an app that you...

Heather McMahan is a comedian from Atlanta, her Netflix special, Son I Never Had, is out now. We chat about the LA rains, Nobu's coffee program, America's worst cities, Southern Tumblers, como se dice pound town ? Buying her childhood home, her mom's dating again, top 5 prescription pills, which Spotify playlist she listens to before a show, we give her some Australian pointers, her love of sparkl...

Heather McMahan is a comedian from Atlanta, her Netflix special, Son I Never Had, is out now. We chat about the LA rains, Nobu's coffee program, America's worst cities, Southern Tumblers, como se dice pound town? Buying her childhood home, her mom's dating again, top 5 prescription pills, which Spotify playlist she listens to before a show, we give her some Australian pointers, her love of sparkli...

We spoke with Tim Burgess, frontman of the legendary English band The Charlatans, about keeping ambient music weird and keeping the Tiny Desk tiny, Santos on Ziwe, gamer headphones, some of his favorite LA haunts from when he lived here, we confront him on putting cinnamon in his coffee, his lockdown listening party listened to 1300 records, we fantasize life on the road in the '90s and calling gi...

We spoke with Tim Burgess, frontman of the legendary English band The Charlatans, about keeping ambient music weird and keeping the Tiny Desk tiny, Santos on Ziwe, gamer headphones, some of his favorite LA haunts from when he lived here, we confront him on putting cinnamon in his coffee, his lockdown listening party listened to 1300 records, we fantasize life on the road in the '90s and calling gi...