953. - Shaad D’Souza

953. - Shaad D’Souza

Our friend Shaad D’Souza returns to How Long Gone. He’s a great music writer who’s only gained steam since we last spoke. He’s turned his Instagram account into a text-based magazine of his own name, recently interviewing Charli XCX, Cameron Winter, and Audrey Hobert, to name a few. We spoke in Chris’s hotel room, live and uncut, about a recent club-related injury, Dansko clogs, EDM > techno, the lack of gay indie frontmen compared to the ’80s and ’90s, why it’s undignified to take your shoes off in public, Phoebe at MSG approaching, the most popular piece from his magazine is a MAC Cosmetics-related conspiracy, Shaad's aversion to wearing shoes with any branding, the new Role Model song, what’s up with Robyn, and we fantasize the assassination of Chris Black. instagram.com/shaad [https://www.instagram.com/shaad] twitter.com/donetodeath [http://twitter.com/donetodeath] twitter.com/themjeans [http://twitter.com/themjeans] howlonggone.com [http://howlonggone.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

952. - Chris & Jason

One-on-one pod today, recorded live and uncut from the hotel in London. We chat about Pride Month activations, Chris acknowledging the difficulty of rolling an overfilled tortilla, a Glendale donut shop scene report, Chris sitting next to a dark couple on the plane, America is getting stadium-mogged at the World Cup, our thoughts on grunting in the gym, Kendall and Elordi’s udon-based hard launch, and a deep dive into the rapid rise of the viral Kool-Aid pineapple treat. twitter.com/donetodeath [http://twitter.com/donetodeath] twitter.com/themjeans [http://twitter.com/themjeans] howlonggone.com [http://howlonggone.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

951. - Chris & Jason

One-on-one pod today: Chris was in rural Canada, and Jason is home in L.A. We chat about flying on the smallest plane of Chris’s life, RFK’s snake wrangling, Ella Langley’s tobacco-based medicine, Spencer Pratt’s Interview magazine story, Pete Thiel fleeing to Argentina, Katy Perry and Chief Keef unfortunately making a song together, the new Boards of Canada record, Armie Hammer’s new muscle-bear aesthetic, trouble with the lineup at Trump’s White House fiesta, and heatstroke and ball-girl shoving at Roland Garros. twitter.com/donetodeath [http://twitter.com/donetodeath] twitter.com/themjeans [http://twitter.com/themjeans] howlonggone.com [http://howlonggone.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

950. - Sam Fragoso

Our friend Sam Fragoso returns to How Long Gone. He hosts the popular podcast Talk Easy, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary after being acquired by Obama’s Higher Ground. We chat with him about cashew cream cheese, the White House UFC Freedom 250, Jason thinking Arlo Parks was four British guys, fitness wearable data monitoring, whether Sam gets recognized more with or without an N95 on, David Mamet walking out mid-pod, whether he’s ever interviewed a politician who felt like a real human being, what happens when Terry Gross asks him to fill in on Fresh Air, and we debate whether there was ever a time when the food at the Chateau Marmont was considered good. instagram.com/samfragoso [https://www.instagram.com/samfragoso/] twitter.com/donetodeath [http://twitter.com/donetodeath] twitter.com/themjeans [http://twitter.com/themjeans] howlonggone.com [http://howlonggone.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

949. - Kevin Morby

Our friend Kevin Morby returns to How Long Gone. His critically acclaimed new record, Little Wide Open, is out now. We spoke with Kevin from his hotel room in Phoenix about life on the road in the desert, crushing his sleep score at the Holiday Inn Express, the game of “Odds,” getting sweaty on TikTok, just playing Kimmel and getting autotune put on his voice without being told, proposing a modern-day Traveling Wilburys with Morby as Dylan, which older bands make new fans and which don’t, his Pitchfork score starts with an eight, we update the famous people in Kansas City list, and a temp check on whether he’s reading the reviews. instagram.com/kevinmorby [https://www.instagram.com/kevinmorby/?hl=en] twitter.com/donetodeath [http://twitter.com/donetodeath] twitter.com/themjeans [http://twitter.com/themjeans] howlonggone.com [http://howlonggone.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]