House of Strauss

The Fifth Column co-host + Paloma Media co-founder stops by to discuss HBO’s Winning Time and finding success between ideological worlds. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.houseofstrauss.com/subscribe

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Non sports content here…Top level Substacker Freddie DeBoer is back on HoS, I’m happy to say. We covered a lot of ground in this one, such as:* The meaning of the San Francisco school board recall* How and why the system is discriminating against Asian students* Why the post-Gawker NYC media set can’t digest political rebukes* Why are many of these people more anti-anti-woke than woke?* Why don’t writers talk about writing on podcasts? * Why Freddie doesn’t do Strunk and White concision style* The lack of sincerity in media Twitter This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.houseofstrauss.com/subscribe

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Erich Schwartzel is a veteran film industry reporter who might have just written the most important book of the year (He’s a friend, but hey, the book is getting rave reviews). If you’re curious about the inside story of Hollywood getting coopted by China, by all means order “Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy.” In this episode we discuss, among many other things: * China’s longterm thinking vs. our corporations’ short term thinking* What surprising kinds of content China’s government bans in films (Such as Jamie Foxx’s penis)* Does Erich respect the CCP? What are their strengths? * Why the NBA is different from Hollywood This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.houseofstrauss.com/subscribe

Last time, we went serious. This time, we’re all over the place. We talked about, among other things:* Why Tjarks is an NBA lifer and I am not. * How basketball’s necessary unselfishness ironically inspires more selfishness.* Sports and warfare. * Kawhi Leonard and Gregg Popovich. * Chet Holmgren. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.houseofstrauss.com/subscribe

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Ross Barkan is an extremely sharp journalist, independent thinker and seasoned Substacker. Offline we got to compare/contrasting political vs. NBA media and decided to make a podcast for ya out of it. I asked: Which world, political or NBA media, is more corrupt? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.houseofstrauss.com/subscribe

A pod about making sports television with Michelle Beadle. In it, we discuss: * Leaving the ESPN viper’s nest* Her uncommon comfort on camera vs. doing a pod* The time LeBron (allegedly) tried to get her fired* The odd ESPN/NBA tradition of women ousting one another* What a producer does to make a TV show pop* Beadle on The Beatles This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.houseofstrauss.com/subscribe

Hey audience. Substack superstar Matt Taibbi stopped by HoS to share his no bullshit perspective on, among other topics: * The journalism industry* His critics * Whether sports are a net positive in life* His hypothetical existence as a Celtics beat writerI’m paywalling this episode sort of as a test run. Over the last few months I’ve been running the podcast for free and need to actually compensate my ever capable producer. Hypothetical pod plan going forward would be to fall into a “free pod, paid pod,” rhythm, with some wiggle room depending on circumstance. Also there could be more audio plans afoot in the near future. Stay tuned. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.houseofstrauss.com/subscribe