Tasteland

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by graphic designer David Rudnick to discuss the evolution of album covers, digital solipsism and the imagery behind Megalopolis. Tickets for the event: https://dirrrt.fyi/paywriters David's Strelka talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ejp4AvetSA 00:00:00 Introducing David Rudnick and his work 00:01:10 Raising Funds for Freelancers and Worker-Owned Media 00...

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Aliza Abarbanel, co-founder and editor of Cake Zine, a food-centric physical publication that is described as "a hedonistic exploration of history, pop culture, literature, and art through sweets." 00:00 Intro to Cake Zine and the Shift From Print to Digital Media 02:30 The Role of NY Mag in Media Representation 05:53 Tina Brown and the Evolution of Substa...

This week on Tasteland we are joined by Elise Pepple, the Executive Director of KRTS Marfa Public Radio. 00:00 Intellectual Property and Collaboration in Journalism 04:35 Music Consumption in the Digital Age 06:54 Introducing Elise Pepple of Marfa Public Radio 11:03 The Salt Institute and Public Radio Training 13:13 Elise's Early Career in Alaska and StoryCorps 15:40 The Attraction of Remote Locat...

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by fragrance evaluator and perfume expert Bibi Prival to discuss the science behind crafting smells, the evolution of fragrance and making sense of different scents. 00:00 Bibi Prival and her journey into the world of fragrance 05:00 The importance of smell in education 06:41 The secretive nature of the fragrance industry 08:59 Losing your sense of smell as a...

This week Daisy and Francis explore the evolution of magazine consumption, the impact of digital media on traditional publishing, and the future of advertising in a rapidly changing landscape. 00:00 The evolution of magazine consumption 06:09 The digital shift in media 12:22 The future of advertising and content creation 14:26 Creators responsibility to their audience 16:21 Media becoming a luxury...

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart), one half of Bloomberg's Odd Lots Podcast and one of the biggest names in finance-Twitter. 00:00 Welcoming Joe Weisenthal, our favourite financial poster 02:00 The beard is natures mew 04:02 How working in different mediums shapes your view 10:05 The impact of the Fed rate cuts on startups and everyday people 14:52 The Gen X/Y...

Today we chat with Ty Haney, founder of Outdoor Voices and now Try Your Best (TYB), a community rewards platform for brands and fans to connect and grow together, and Joggy, a clean, planet-based energy drink. TYB here: tyb.xyz 00:00 Sports fan culture and suffering 02:36 The Big Dig and its impact on Bostonians 05:39 Gen-Z has regrets 10:42 Introducing Ty Haney and her ventures 14:46 TYB and the...

This week Francis and Daisy are joined by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the writers of HBO's 'Industry'. We take a peek into the writers room and learn about the inspiration behind the show, the intricacies of character development and why they decided to switch things up for season 3. 00:00 Why do people buy merch? 07:00 The writers of HBO's Industry: Mickey Down and Konrad Kay 15:12 This would not...

Daisy and Francis are joined by Charles Broskoski aka Cab, co-founder of are.na, to discuss his recent essay 'Here for the Wrong Reasons. Here for the Wrong Reasons: https://www.are.na/editorial/here-for-the-wrong-reasons 00:00 Adjust your frame 04:05 Writing is the hardest thing in the world 08:58 Taste nodes 12:24 Entering the are.na 30:05 I wanna talk about AI 34:35 Sharing nodes 44:38 Just be...

For Tasteland's fifth episode, Francis and Daisy dig into modern "cozytech," cozy hardware, discuss the worst songs ever, and open up to each another about how tall they are. 00:00 Tasteland height reveal 03:37 The price of a lobster roll 07:37 The best car crash song 15:29 The age of cozytech 37:33 Very demure, very trademarked 41:23 There we land!

This week we're joined by Casey Lewis, editor of the After School newsletter and host of the brand new After School podcast. 00:00 Karaoke songs and Insta Reels 05:50 Casey Lewis from After School 10:27 Newsletters are oversaturated? 14:10 Make way for the edfluencers? 20:54 Casey's new podcast - After School 27:33 Such a counter culture aesthetic 36:30 Tumblr is for amateurs

Episode 3. This week, we chat music festival curation, what choice of font says about AI brands, being a completist vs. a completionist, and Anthony Bourdain starter packs are cursed. 00:00 Intro 02:00 Are music festivals just a branding opportunity? 06:26 A decade of Spotify 07:46 Completionist vs Completist 10:00 Bad Waitress - Choosing stories to publish 15:52 Anthony Bourdain starter pack 19:2...

Tasteland returns for its second week with Daisy and Francis discussing the sexy economy of independent journalism, letting people enjoy things, and airport sushi. 00:00 Daisy's FWB Fest Talk 08:56 "Let people enjoy things" 14:42 The legacy of The Village Voice 23:53 Funding local journalism 33:04 Francis is on the farm 36:51 Farmland smuggling 42:00 Doing it for the story 43:27 What is FWB Fest?

Welcome to Tasteland! This week Daisy and Francis delve into media slop, Earth Room dates and taste moats. 00:00 TikTok vs Reels addiction 02:19 Slop and dirt 08:08 What is Tasteland? 14:05 The taste economy 28:41 Learning taste growing up on a farm 31:26 Best and worst Reels we saw this week 39:57 Earnestness vs. irony (can you like anything ironically?)