Empty Tote Optimism w/ Gavin Matts

Dan and Brian discuss hot dems, Jordan Firstman's Club Kid, The Avalanches new album, KFC in Thailand, OpenAI's celebrity whisperer, chilaquiles and more. Subscribe to our Patreon and Youtube. 

Freddie deBoer is a cultural critic, essayist and author of 'All in Your Head: Illness as Identity, Trauma as Fashion, and the Desire to be Disordered.' We discuss the dangers of mentall illness as identity, living with bipolar disorder, the rise of ADHD and autism diagnoses, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and more. Subscribe to our Patreon and Youtube. 

To hear the rest, subscribe to our Patreon here         Dan and Brian do a crazy birthday party recap and discuss market price, Italian tennis drama, Marissa Mayer and more.

Dan and Brian discuss You Can See Everything, Taryn Simon's Guggenheim Show, James Dolan, Moses Sumney, BYD and banya. Subscribe to our Patreon and Youtube. 

Gavin Matts is a comedian and actor. He has a new stand-up special out titled 'Present' that you can stream here. We discuss male friendship, being a prisoner of your own knowledge, psychics, Vancouver menswear, architecture and more. Subscribe to our Patreon and Youtube. 

Jeff Koons is an American artist. He is known for his work engaging with pop culture and his large-scale sculptures that depict everyday objects. We discuss irony and persona, self-acceptance, high art vs. low art, salesmanship, the next generation and more. Subscribe to our Patreon and Youtube. 

Max Wolf Friedlich is a playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the Broadway play 'Job.' His new play, 'The Holes', is showing at The Wild Project. We discuss perverts, larping, Lil Miquela, Shia LaBeouf, theatre as a unifying force and more. Subscribe to our Patreon and Youtube. 

To hear the rest, subscribe to our Patreon here         Dan and Brian discuss NYT's best TV list, Jordan Wolfson's Gagosian show, Resident Evil, auctioneers, queso and more.

Dan and Brian discuss Climate Week NYC, Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Thom Browne, Muse AI, NeeDoh, thank you etiquette and more. Subscribe to our Patreon and Youtube. 

Catherine Shannon is an essayist and writer of fiction. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Substack Post, and on the cover of The New York Times Sunday Opinion. We discuss mirrors and how they're messing with our heads, smart phone abstinence, Tony Soprano's appeal, blind dates, Sofia Coppola and more. You can find more of Catherine's work on her substack here. Subscribe to our Patreon and Youtube.