Active Interrupting

Mint this episode on Zora 00:00 Intro 02:22 Jackson's Powerpoint on Nuclear Semiotics 15:44 Jacob Collier and King's Theater 17:42 Block Party Music and Paul Dano 20:11 Challengers 22:23 The Lack of Movie Stars 28:31 London 30:50 Hockey and Basketball Playoffs 33:39 Celebrity Mt. Rushmore 37:18 Jerry Seinfeld 39:59 Sleep 43:45 TikTok 45:46 LA and Farcon 49:26 In person vs. zoom 51:56 Andrew Turning 30 55:51 Paul Graham Essays More on nuclear semiotics and the atomic priesthood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Interference_Task_Force https://media.getmatter.app/media/content_file/2024/04/25/religions-12-00741.pdf A much better movie stars under 35 analysis than ours: https://www.theringer.com/2024/4/30/24144968/2024-movie-star-ranking-35-under-35-zendaya-margot-robbie-timothee-chalamet-tom-holland

Mint this episode on Zora Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 1:30 Adam Friedland at The Club & Right Heights Of Right Men 6:12 Podcast Rebranding 8:20 Jackson's Wrist Fracture 10:26 Taking Health / Concerts for Granted 13:41 Concert Experience, Brooklyn Venues 21:15 Listening to & Discovering Music 26:59 Civil War and Modern Journalism 33:37 Twitter & Criticism 39:26 Inspiration Lately, Social Media, Co-working Space 46:57 Speaker Systems 50:16 Outro

Timestamps: 00:14 Weddings: Cash Gifts, Engagements, Destination Weddings 10:26 Utah Trip 12:34 30 Day Writing Challenge 21:53 Social Media 27:25 New York Field Report 30:15 Dinner with Toby + Writing 32:36 Sun Valley Trip + Skiing 34:24 LA Trip 37:37 Newsletter Promos 38:37 Dune 41:17 Anyone But You + Madame Web 45:01 Dune: Popcorn Bucket, Zendaya's Last Name, Book v. Movie 49:59 Oscars, KOTFM 52:13 Timothee Chalamet Can Hang? 56:54 John Mayer watch 58:03 Outro

The podcast covers topics like choosing where to live, dealing with traffic, being around strangers, online trends, sports betting, designing a game, work-life balance, bringing reality shows online, Flappy Bird woes, and bringing people into crypto through a game

Mint this episode and all past ones Social Metronomes John Exley's (mintable) Review of Active Interrupting A great video essay on Her Kenzo World ft. Margaret Qualley Spike Jonze Timestamps: 00:44 Crypto The Game 06:13 Andrew launched Use Your Words 17:38 Leaning in and taking things seriously 18:36 The Artist Way 22:42 Growing the podcast 24:07 Crypto adjacency 26:43 Drake's big week 28:58 Drake, Taylor Swift, and peforming to cool 31:57 When We Cease to Understand the World 42:22 Other Reading 43:40 Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang 47:33 The Vision Pro 51:17 Watching 'Her' in the vision pro 58:30  Technology and presence 01:00:28 Superbowl and Superbail

Our first guest, Uncle Dan Ettinger comes on to talk movies and 2024 Oscar Nominations. Sorry for the weird thumbs up and animations-- weird iOS camera bug. ⁠Jackson's podcast with Laz and Jake on Barbenheimer⁠ Framed 00:01 Cold Open: Clapper 03:05 Zoom Mics + Guess This Song 05:42 Alarm Clocks 10:05 Natural Deodorant 15:13 Doctors + AI 18:34 Squeaky chairs and murder accusations 19:22 Tampopo 20:12 Clips + Biden 23:15 Trump's taken over the flag (Nate Silver article) 26:19 Taking things back 29:47 Dan Arrives 30:52 Framed.wtf 32:13 Astrology 32:40 Dan intro 35:50 What makes a great movie 46:10 Oscar Prediction 47:47 Miyazaki 49:49 American Fiction 51:58 Anatomy of a Fall 56:36 Barbie 01:01:26 The Holdovers 01:05:34 Killers of the Flower Moon 01:08:53 Maestro 01:13:56 Oppenheimer 01:14:33 Past Lives 01:17:02 Poor Things 01:20:23 Zone of Interest 01:24:52 Dan Favorites 01:26:02 Wrap Up

00:00 Beverages & Real Water Heads 01:18 Water and Air Travel 04:37 Maybe the fancy gyms are worth it 06:32 Los Tacos #1 is the In N Out of NYC 07:28 Dating (Older Women) 11:28 Winter Clothes 16:09 The weather isn't that interesting and you'll be fine 19:14 Pushing past the cache 21:32 Andrew leaving NYC for February 22:49 Fooling the highway patrol 26:28 Watching Podcasts & SNL  28:59 Jackson's Subscription Stack 34:47 Early Listeners 35:51 Kyle Chayka: taste and curation in an algorithmic world 42:37 Instagram Reels 45:45 Twitter's evolution toward algorithm and away from taste 54:50 The Rewards of Putting in the effort  58:44 Art exists with context, not in a vacuum 01:02:55 The Vision Pro Pre-Order 01:06:24 Listener Shoutouts (Some of) Jackson’s subscriptions: Descript Adobe Premiere Copilot (my referral for 2mo free is 88WM34) Krisp.ai Clay Obsidian Flighty Audible YouTube Premium Spotify Twitter Stratechery Blackbird Spyplane Avabear.xyz Eugene Wei on Twitter: How to Blow up a Timeline

Sorry about the audio sync issues. They may be occasionally bad but should be tolerable throughout most of the episode. 00:00 Intro 02:33 Our First "Sponsor" 05:06 Breaking the Fourth Wall 07:43 Morning People and Night People 11:38 Underemployment & Lack of Boredom 13:46 Hyperattention on the Internet 16:02 Silent Retreats and Dipping Below Top-Level Consciousness 17:44 A Year without the Internet 20:29 Cliff's Notes, Podcast Interviews with Authors, and The Founders Podcast 25:32 Internet vs. Social Life: Pick One 30:45 Living Room Warfare: TVs, Floor Pillows, and the Anti-Couch Movement 36:55 The Value & Difficulty of Furnishing a Space 40:05 "I Know What We Do Here" 45:25 The King of Kong: A Fistfull of Quarters (2007) 49:49 Vision Pro (ft. Off-Camera Guest Dylan) 53:20 Paul Giammati on Marc Maron 57:24 Hillary Duff, The Olson Twins, and Eyes with Secrets 01:00:56 Audience Mailbag

Andrew and Jackson discuss. 4:23 — White Elephant Gifts & Manslaughter 15:01 — The Mind; see also, my newsletter excerpt on it 19:45 — Padel (and Pickleball) 25:10 — Golf Course Tax Breaks, Malcolm Gladwell, and Running or Picnicing on courses 27:54 — Can Jackson return a 115mph Tennis Serve? 33:12 — Best time for in-theater movies in years, and why movie pass is a great deal in 2023: Poor Things, Saltburn, The Holdovers, Maestro, Killers of the Flower Moon, May December, Anatomy of a Fall, Zone of Interest, Wonka, The boy and the Heron, Godzilla -1, Napoleon, The Killer, Dream Scenario, Priscilla, Ferrari, Taylor Swift, Beyonce 44:48 — Jeff Bezos on Lex Friedman 57:09 — Psychoanalysts, mental health, vocabulary, generationals differences

0:00: Intro 03:02: start 03:41: Watch: Chef 14:28: Chef’s star studded cast 17:33: rise of food content and decline of critics 23:02: Watch (or Listen): Stop Making Sense 30:44: why it’s the best concert movie 32:36: seeing SMS for the first time during covid 34:41: SMS in theaters and impromptu dance parties: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8MQKJjb/ 37:21: SMS intermission and Byrne’s little toot and a big suit 40:55: David leaving the band 43:25: Listen: xx by The XX 57:26: the MSG Sphere in Vegas and how new media experiences could evolve live music David Byrne interviewing himself