Culturally Determined

Sarah discusses her recent New York Times essay, "Hate Gen X? Get in Line (Behind a Gen X-er)." Why are young people lumping together Boomers and Xers? Why do so many Gen X writers spend time railing against "woke" ideas? Is Elon Musk more defined by being Gen X or by being a billionaire? And why do Xers find Millennials so annoying? Recorded September 14, 2023 Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDet [https://twitter.com/CulturallyDet] LINKS Sarah's NYT piece, "Hate Gen X? Get in Line (Behind a Gen X-er)." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/style/gen-x-generation-discourse.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/style/gen-x-generation-discourse.html] Sarah's NYT piece on not having kids https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/style/new-friend-children-conversation.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/style/new-friend-children-conversation.html] Chuck Klosterman's book, "The Nineties" https://www.amazon.com/Nineties-Book-Chuck-Klosterman/dp/0735217955 [https://www.amazon.com/Nineties-Book-Chuck-Klosterman/dp/0735217955] Big Fun, "Teenage Suicide, Don't Do It" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO3WEfBIPvM [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO3WEfBIPvM] Sara's Substack, "The Real Sarah Miller" https://therealsarahmiller.substack.com/ [https://therealsarahmiller.substack.com/] Follow @sarahlovescali [https://twitter.com/sarahlovescali] Follow @AryehCW [https://twitter.com/AryehCW] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Historian Jeremy Dauber talks about his new book, "Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew," which is part of the Yale Jewish Lives series. He discusses Brooks's Brooklyn childhood, his Borscht Belt years, writing on "Your Show of Shows" and working with Carl Reiner, his move to Hollywood, why parody was his main genre, and his comedic legacy. Recorded July 18, 2023 Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDet [https://twitter.com/CulturallyDet] LINKS: Jeremy's book, "Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew" https://www.amazon.com/Mel-Brooks-Disobedient-Jewish-Lives/dp/0300244274 [https://www.amazon.com/Mel-Brooks-Disobedient-Jewish-Lives/dp/0300244274] Brooks's Oscar-winning short film, "The Critic" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PramR5oxn50 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PramR5oxn50] Follow @JeremyDauber [https://twitter.com/JeremyDauber] Follow @AryehCW [https://twitter.com/AryehCW] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Claire Dederer talks about her new book, "Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma," a blend of cultural criticism and memoir in which she thinks deeply about the work of great artists who were also horrible people. Recorded July 24, 2023. Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDet [https://twitter.com/CulturallyDet] LINKS Claire's new book,"Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma" https://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Fans-Dilemma-Claire-Dederer/dp/0525655115 [https://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Fans-Dilemma-Claire-Dederer/dp/0525655115] Claire's 2017 essay, "What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men?" https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/20/art-monstrous-men/ [https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/20/art-monstrous-men/] Follow @aryehcw [https://twitter.com/AryehCW] Follow @ClaireDederer [https://twitter.com/ClaireDederer] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Art critic Kristian Vistrup Madsen discusses his essay on the 2000s, "Chains Or Whips? The Cruel Decade And Its Aftermath," in which he draws connections between Abu Ghraib, reality television, and Britney Spears to reflect on the culture of the Aughts. Recorded July 12, 2023. Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDet [https://twitter.com/CulturallyDet] LINKS Kristian's essay, "Chains Or Whips? The Cruel Decade And Its Aftermath" https://www.thewhitereview.org/feature/chains-or-whips/ [https://www.thewhitereview.org/feature/chains-or-whips/] NBC on viral video of 2002 high school https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/videos-high-school-life-decades-stir-nostalgia-debate-rcna77590 [https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/videos-high-school-life-decades-stir-nostalgia-debate-rcna77590] Kristian's website https://kristianvistrup.dk/ [https://kristianvistrup.dk/] Follow @aryehcw [https://twitter.com/AryehCW] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Andrew Lipstein discusses "The Vegan," his new novel about a hedge fund founder who has an unusual moral awakening after a dinner party prank he pulls goes disastrously awry. The novel considers artificial intelligence, Brooklyn mores, our relationship with animals, psychiatry, responsibility, and more. Recorded July 7, 2023 LINKS Andrew's new novel, "The Vegan" https://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Novel-Andrew-Lipstein/dp/0374606587 [https://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Novel-Andrew-Lipstein/dp/0374606587] Follow Culturally Determined on Twitter @CulturallyDet [https://twitter.com/CulturallyDet] Follow @ailipstein [https://twitter.com/ailipstein] Follow @aryehcw [https://twitter.com/AryehCW] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.