Margin Call

This week on Margin Call, we welcome Jordan Carreno and Royce Wilder to discuss the current state of Hip Hop, including the new Wu-Tang Documentary series on Showtime and the early favorite for song of the summer: Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road.” Naturally, Drake comes up. 

This week on Margin Call, we welcome Pen Harshaw and Paul Billingsley, both of whom attended Historically Black Universities, to discuss billionaire Robert Smith's offer to pay all the student debt of the Morehouse graduating class of 2019. 

On this week's episode of Margin Call, we conclude our Game of Thrones discussion the infamous final episode with topics that range from the Starks, the Mother of Dragons and who ended up on the Iron Throne. 

In this special episode of Margin Call, the crew gathers to discuss Game of Thrones, how the creative decisions by the creators have impacted the fans and the franchise, and the character arc of Daenerys Targaryen. We also make our predictions for who will sit upon the Iron Throne. 

On this week's episode of Margin Call, the crew gathers to have an honest and frank discussion about dating IRL and dating online following the news that Facebook plans to launch their own dating app: Secret Crush. 

On this episode, we welcome Uber driver Jordan Carreno, who is raising a daughter and paying his bills largely with revenue from the ride-hailing app. In a lively conversation, Jordan offers unique insight on the Uber and Lyft strike planned for May 8 and amusing digressions abound. 

This week, we welcome Carolyn Goosen, Chief-of-Staff to San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen, to discuss the proposed plan to close the Youth Guidance Center (YGC), San Francisco's juvenile hall. This episode also features a commentary on the plan by Margin Call host, Russell Morse, who was locked up at YGC as a young man. 

On this installment of our Technocracy series, the Margin Call crew discusses another government proposal to save the internet, the bizarre case of Julian Assange, and Silicon Valley hucksters. 

Of course they are! But define "good." On this episode Russell and Eming debate the merits of Jordan Peele's new horror film, Us, and the horror genre at large. 

On this episode of Margin Call, we welcome Efty Sharony, a Los Angeles-based criminal justice reform advocate, to talk about what Nipsey Hussle meant to his community in South LA. We also feature the audio version of Donny Lumpkins' commentary on Nipsey Hussle's death, "It's Kinda Dangerous to be an Emcee." 

This week's episode is the inaugural edition of the Margin Call Book Club. We welcome Josue Rojas and Travis Johnson to discuss the merits of three recent titles; Tommy Orange's "There There," Kiese Laymon's "Heavy," and Hanif Abdurraqib's "Go Ahead in the Rain." 

On this episode of Margin Call, the crew welcomes Jamilah King, who shares her experience paying off her student loans and encourages an honest, searching debate about the role money plays in our lives. 

On this pop music episode of Margin Call, the crew welcomes guests Presley Luis and Donny Lumpkins to analyze the New York Times Magazine cover story about the "songs that matter right now." Post Malone and Ariana Grande also get shout outs. 

This week, the Margin Call crew welcomes DC-based tech professional Andrew Conklin to discuss Amazon's HQ2 debacle, Jaden Smith's efforts to get clean water to the people of Flint, and the untimely death of 90s icon Luke Perry. 

This week, the Margin Call crew discusses cultural appropriation, artificial intelligence, and yes, Pablo Escobar's escaped Hippos. 

On this episode, Margin Call welcomes Nikki Lau, a Portchester, New York-based visual artist who joins us in a conversation on the relationship between art and mental health. And yes, we discuss ceramic chicken nuggets. 

The Margin Call crew hosts its semi-regular open editorial meeting, with a focus on immigration, 21 Savage, Fortnite, and our increasingly virtual world. 

On this episode of Margin Call, the crew discusses the changing demographics of American cities, drawing on their own experiences in San Francisco, Oakland, Miami, and Washington, D.C. 

A wave of recent positive news about Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican diaspora prompted Margin Call to invite Ricanstruction contributor Melanie Feliciano to break it all down. 

 On this episode of Margin Call, the crew is joined by two highly accomplished young women who are struggling to support themselves, despite impressive resumes and degrees from prestigious universities. 

On this episode of Margin Call, the crew welcomes surprise guest Nina Parks to discuss the proposed wall on the US/Mexico border and Kim Kardashian's entry into criminal justice reform. 

On this episode of Margin Call, the crew discusses the perils and merits of social media, trying to answer the question: "How much would someone have to pay you to get off facebook forever?" 

On this mini-episode of Margin Call, the crew kicks off the New Year with the graphic novel fairy tale that brings up the important question of kissing consent in today's society. 

On this week's episode of Margin Call, guest host Eming Piansay, Charles Jones, and Ann Bassette discuss the mental health, Kanye West, Pete Davidson and which celebrity is the current "poster child" for mental illness. 

On this episode, the Margin Call crew takes on tech topics, which leads to a discussion on whether the internet is to blame for recent reports that young people are having less sex.