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Q+A ep! It just so happened to be that most of your questions were about our work and writing routines. There are also a few other Q's answered including: how exactly is making art generous, big breaks we've almost had (and why they may not have mattered anyway). Sonja, I'm so sorry, I forgot to answer your question about bilingual artists... please email us with your question again and we'll answer you. Amie's WNYA events in England: Oxford Blackwells Saturday 16th of August 3-4PM [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/amie-mcnee-we-need-your-art-with-bev-wass-tickets-1358597173719] (tickets essential) Waterstones Canterbury 18th of August 6:30PM [https://www.waterstones.com/events/in-conversation-we-need-your-art-stop-f-ing-around-and-create-amie-mcnee/canterbury-rose-lane] (tickets essential) Pre-Order To Kill A Queen [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800252/to-kill-a-queen-by-amie-mcnee/] Read James' Substack about the guy who steals his friend's crypto [https://jameswinestock.substack.com/p/he-owns-a-dog-coin] Did you know you can buy PRINTS [https://www.amiemcnee.com/amiesprints] and ORIGINALS [https://www.amiemcnee.com/amiesoriginals] of Amie's love notes? Available on our website now. Stock limited to ten for each large note and fifty of each small.

We're talking: When the internet gives you the ick The flattening of culture by algorithms How social media sows the seeds of its own destruction when it prioritises attention over quality And more! Pre-order To Kill a Queen [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800252/to-kill-a-queen-by-amie-mcnee/], Amie's queer detective novel set in Elizabethan London. Remember, this is literally the most important thing you can do for an author! Order We Need Your Art [https://www.amiemcnee.com/order-we-need-your-art-book-amie-mcnee] or get a SIGNED copy here [https://www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/we-need-your-art-by-amy-mcnee] Enshittification [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification] was coined by our mate Cory Doctorow which we should have known!

Hello friends! Today we're talking about the rise of the middle class artist. Based on Amie's substack post [https://substack.com/home/post/p-165713457]. Buy Amie's book for F***'s sake! [https://www.amiemcnee.com/order-we-need-your-art-book-amie-mcnee] ALSO you can pre-order Amie's queer Elizabethan detective novel [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800252/to-kill-a-queen-by-amie-mcnee/], To Kill a Queen! References: Hollywood is Broken. Can YouTubers Fix it? Colin and Samir interview Max Reisinger. [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hollywood-is-broken-can-youtubers-fix-it/id1379942034?i=1000706503239] Brandon Sanderson podcast about AI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTIyTuAArtw]

Come hang out with us as we talk shit. Very chatty, casual episode today with lots of ranting about things like: what annoys us in the gym, whether or not audiobooks count as reading, leaf blowers and, of course, the case of the Australian bloke who got a 2-book publishing deal for being hot without having written anything. Don't forget to check out our episode on the Bewildered podcast with Martha and Rowan on youtube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umFCYTeCAmE&t=1s] or your fave podcast player [https://marthabeck.com/episodes/why-we-need-your-art/] Don't forget, you can buy as many copies as you like of We Need Your Art [https://www.amiemcnee.com/pre-order-we-need-your-art-book-amie-mcnee] and gift them to random strangers. Gary's Economics [https://www.youtube.com/@garyseconomics] Gary on DOAC [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yohVh4qcas&t=5539s] Bryan Johnson [https://www.youtube.com/@BryanJohnson] the guy who wants to live forever

I'm so sorry everyone but it's another AI episode :(Listen to us, two people who aren't experts on anything really, talk about AI, climate change, utopias, the housing crisis, Australian politics and what's wrong with the left these days.⁠ [https://www.amiemcnee.com/pre-order-we-need-your-art-book-amie-mcnee] Would love it if you bought We Need Your Art!⁠ [https://www.amiemcnee.com/pre-order-we-need-your-art-book-amie-mcnee] Things mentioned:⁠ [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/27/abundance-by-ezra-klein-and-derek-thompson-review-make-america-build-again] Review of Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson⁠ [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/27/abundance-by-ezra-klein-and-derek-thompson-review-make-america-build-again] ⁠Basic Income: And How We Can Make it Happen, by Guy Standing⁠ [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/304706/basic-income-by-standing-guy/9780141985480]⁠ TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is likely bigger than Greece’s, study finds⁠⁠ [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/12/tiktok-carbon-footprint] Hank's video about the state of renewable energy⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF_f-bfnbAo] Anthony Albanese buys a $4.3 million home [https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/15/anthony-albanese-and-jodie-haydon-buy-43m-clifftop-home-in-copacabana-on-nsw-central-coast] Australian Housing Crisis compared to other countries [https://www.apimagazine.com.au/news/article/how-does-australia-s-dire-property-affordability-compare-to-rest-of-the-world]