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Eating our Words: The 2025 Slop Review
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Tum Town. Long time listeners will know that we often center our distaste for marketing slop and feral commercialism around a few brands, n...
BNPL, QVC, and the New American Dream
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about how Saudi Arabia has renewed Dakota Johnson’s faith in film and Clara’s eavesdrop on Gen Alpha sleepover semantics. We also dive int...
Amy Francombe on Touch Grass Marketing
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Francombe is a contributing editor at Vogue Business and writer of the amy_coded newsletter on Substack. We talk about why news is out and gossip ...
No Good Deed Goes Unposted
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy’s desire to “go back to an era where we didn’t wear our pajamas to the airport,” real bre...
LIVE: Annie Rauwerda Takes Us Into the Depths of Wikipedia
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Rauwerda is a comedian, long-time Wikipedian, and founder of the must-follow @depthsofwikipedia Instagram. In this special live episode, we ask ...
Brands Are Taking the Wrong Lessons from Mamdani
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The crew unpacks Zohran Mamdani’s electoral victory and what it says about a younger generation of New Yorkers who are looking to claw back a sense ...
Anu Lingala on “Trend Bipolarity” and How Brands Kneecapped Cool
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anu Lingala is a trend strategist and founder of the must-read Substack, WHAT’S ANU. We get a crash course in trend forecasting methodology, and the...
Would You Shave Your Head to Watch a Movie for Free?
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod we unpack what stunt movie marketing, the rise of fan edits, exclusive Glen Powell pics, and the not-advertising-advertising of t...
Into the SportsVerse with Daniel-Yaw Miller
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel-Yaw Miller is an award-winning journalist and writer of the newsletter, SportsVerse. We talk to him about whether or not streamers and influenc...
Tipping Points
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everything is an ad and no one is paying attention. Trey and Eli discuss if it’s possible to cut through in an era of calcified apathy, ad blockers,...
AJ Wolfe on the Polarizing Power of Disney Adults
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AJ Wolfe is a blogger and author of Disney Adults: Exploring (And Falling In Love With) A Magical Subculture. We dive into Disney Adult culture, what’...
You’ve Got a Friend in Me
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We—and the rest of New York—have a few thoughts on the sprawling, million dollar subway campaign for “Friend,” the AI-powered companion pendan...
A Definitive Answer to “Should My Brand Be On Substack?”
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Loff is the Head of Lifestyle on the partnerships team at Substack. She also writes her own newsletter called The Dry Down Diaries. We talk ...
Ad-Based Psychosis? GNARLY.
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We delve into Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick’s apt and unrestrained diatribe on the “era of ad-based psychosis” in his newsletter The Trend Report, an...
Why Your Favorite Artist Is at Derrick Gee’s House
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Derrick Gee has established himself as one of the internet’s most authoritative voices and purveyors of taste in music, amassing almost two million ...
Bucket Hats and Bogus Ads
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss AI’s increasingly complex role in advertising, from the way it's used to churn out social feed filler, to how consumers ...
The Hater Report
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we’re joined by our Day One colleague, Jordan Stone. We start off with a quick examination of the global elites’ music tastes, rec...
Taylor Swift Is Like Crumbl Cookie For The Ear
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Belly buttons, Morse code, Miami Dolphins colorways… We’re talking Taylor Swift’s Showgirl Era™. But beneath the bright orange or purple glitt...
Making a Modern Magazine with i-D’s Thom Bettridge
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thom Bettridge is the editor in chief of the newly-relaunched i-D magazine. He’s previously held stints at 032c, SSENSE, Highsnobiety, and Interview...
A Revolutionary Pretzel Platform and Dissonant Insights
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clara’s seeking out angel investors for a pretzel brand by women, for women. Plus, a discussion around why brands just can’t help themselves from ...
No-B.S. Insights with The New Consumer’s Dan Frommer
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Frommer is the founder of The New Consumer: a publication which draws upon his expertise as a business and tech journalist to examine how and why ...
Earnestmaxxing and Viral Infidelity
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trey kicks things off with a quick (hopefully final) recap of the Coldplay “Jumbotron Incident” and a momentary return of monoculture. You can’t...
A Tale of Two Gen Zs with Rachel Janfaza
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Janfaza is a writer, political analyst, and founder of The Up and Up: the authoritative newsletter tracking the cultural and political for...
Snack Jail and Mystical, Magical Data
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss snack jail (aka CVS’s shopping-proof shelves) and Crumbl’s Moonbeam Ice Cream Cookie, inspired by the Benson Boone song “Mystical, Ma...
What We Lose When We Optimize Sports with Writer Zito Madu
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zito Madu is an author, sports journalist, and cultural critic. We talk about why there are empty seats at the Club World Cup, why sports be...
This Matcha Tastes Like Private Equity
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re talking about how Blank Street Coffee built a $500 million dollar empire, “Lower East Side Dimes Boy” matcha personas, fellas…, t...
Palais Intrigue with Matt Klein
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a very hot day four, Matt Klein joins us to talk about the work exhibit in the Palais basement (where ad-hoc insights and very creative data points...
Talking Media Business and Getting Sunburnt with Max Tani
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Semafor Media Editor, Max Tani, joins us for day three. We talk about sunburns, the evolving media presence at Cannes, pre-fab buildings, YouTube eati...
WWDPP? (What Would Dolly Parton Pitch?)
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day two of Cannes Lions kicks off with former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, advocating a Dolly Parton approach to brand purpose followed by ...
Human Creativitymaxxing
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clara and Eli are on the ground reporting from day one of the Cannes Lions. Highlights include: Willa Bennett’s plans for rebooting Cosmopolitan’s...
See you in Cannes
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bonjour. Eli and Clara will be dropping daily episodes of the podcast, recorded live and uncut from the Cannes Lions Festival next week. We’ll break...
Benjamin Edgar on Navigating Cultural Tipping Points
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Edgar is a Chicago-based designer who’s been making a lot of very cool things for a very long time. He co-authored the early aughts blog TH...
The “Flyover Finals” and “Establishment Podcasts”
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about the NBA’s “crisis of cool,” and whether that’s also inclusive of Timothée Chalamet’s Chrome Hearts, Adam Friedl...
How Recho Omondi’s The Cutting Room Floor Became Fashion’s Most Honest Podcast
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recho Omondi is the host and creator of The Cutting Room Floor, the popular fashion podcast featuring guests like Cynthia Erivo and Law Roach. In this...
Cinematic Sports and OnlyFans Pickleball
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Forget the score, on this week’s episode we unpack how the real action isn’t happening on the court, but instead on the second screen and…OnlyFa...
John Paul Brammer: ¡Hola Papi! ¡Adios Twitter!
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Paul Brammer is an author, artist, and writer of the popular advice column, ¡Hola Papi!. He joins us on the pod to discuss midwest debauchery, a...
Bird Flu Bailouts and AI Cheaters
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about friend supply versus “friend demand,” AI designed specifically for cheating on your Costco job interview, naming a san...
We’re Running Out of Ways to Sell Things
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Back with another impromptu in-house episode, this week we take stock of the grocery store shelves which are packed with protein: Khloé Kardashian Kh...
Scam Alert: MrBeast, Fyre Fest and Baby Back Ribs
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re being scammed. The latest Mr Beast experience was a flop, Fyre Festival is back, Chinese manufacturers are exposing the luxury goods industry,...
Archiving the Internet with Meme Researcher Aidan Walker
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aidan Walker is an internet culture and meme researcher and writer, former editor at Know Your Meme, and self proclaimed ‘Slopimist’. He joins us ...
Have We Finally Reached Bot on Bot Warfare?
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adolescence on Netflix. White Lotus on Max. Bot on… bot? This week on the pod, people are having withdrawal symptoms from overuse of ChatGPT. Tinder...
Escaping the Algorithm with Chloé Desaulles
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chloé Desaulles is a multidisciplinary artist based out of New York. She specializes in using “new tools to tell old stories about people, habits a...
Everyone is Reinventing the Wheel
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laundry day but make it ~aesthetic~. Willy Wonka but make it a Netflix competition series. Today on the pod we discuss unoriginal ideas disguised as m...
MSCHF’s Kevin Wiesner and Lukas Bentel: “Always punch something”
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Weisner and Lukas Bentel are the Chief Creative Officers of MSCHF, the subversive Brooklyn-based art collective known for “drops” like the B...
How Nude Project and Founder-Led Brands Conquered YouTube
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the pod, Eli and Trey explore both ends of the content quality spectrum, between Slopaganda and our feeds being flooded with AI drudge and th...
Unpacking the Corporate Creative Class with Brian Park
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Park is a comedian, actor, writer and host of the Middlebrow podcast. He joins us to dissect the “corporate creative class,” his fear of bei...
Reality Check with New York Mag’s Rebecca Jennings
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Jennings is a features writer at New York Magazine and author of "Be the Bombshell: What Love Island Teaches Us About Dating". She joins the p...
Super Bowl Hits, Misses and the Advertising Endgame
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Seal as a seal, Kendrick’s flared jeans, Taylor Swift being booed and the guy with a fleshy cowboy hat for… Tubi? This year’s Super Bowl proved ...
Kyle Chayka on TikTok Whiplash & Big Tech Conundrums
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle Chayka is a staff writer at The New Yorker covering the internet and technology, and the author of Filterworld, which explores how algorithms sha...
A Realistic Day in the Life of New York Artist Maya Man
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maya Man is an artist focused on identity and authenticity on the internet. She joins Day One FM to discuss her browser extension Glance Back, the voy...
In 2025, Are We Going ‘Post-Social’?
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As 2024 fades into the rearview, the crew unpack their lessons and cultural favorites from this year, and cast their hopes and predictions for a ‘Po...
Post-Election State of Media with Semafor's Max Tani
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone’s got a take on the post-election state of media, including us now. We went behind the headlines with Max Tani, media editor at Semafor, to...
Holding Space for the Jaguar Rebrand
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the pod this week, we’re unpacking who and what the Jaguar rebrand is for, (same with The New York Times’ advice for how to avoid awkward holid...
Please Be Serious
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the pod this week we get serious about unseriousness. The crew discusses lookalike contests, “The Eczema Experience,” tinned fish pop-ups, inte...
Behind the Memes with @NolitaDirtbag
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Hartman is the mind behind Nolita Dirtbag, a “niché and nouveau riche” meme page covering greater-downtown Manhattan (and sometimes Brooklyn...
Waiting for Our Juul Stipends
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the pod, the crew discusses missing out on Juul settlement money, Philip Morris’s new status as a growth stock, Addison Rae, “pasteur...
Puck's Lauren Sherman on Victoria's Secret, Fashion Crime and What's Next for Luxury
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Sherman is the Chief Fashion Correspondent at Puck and co-author of “Selling Sexy: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon...
Could You Pass a Cultural Litmus Test?
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The crew discuss the pros and cons of gatekeeping, Chappell Roan v. superfans, why customized beverages are for children, and what the Broadway play ‘...
How to Blow Up a Client Brief with PlayLab, Inc.
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Archie Lee Coates IV is the co-founder of PLAYLAB, INC., an extremely multidisciplinary creative studio “with no focus.” They’ve worked wit...
Hawk Tuah Girl and the Next Phase of Viral Social Fame
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Haliey Welch, aka Hawk Tuah Girl, gets her own relationship advice podcast on Jake Paul's network, the crew discusses how the virally famous are re...
Link in Bio’s Rachel Karten on Why Great Content Flops
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Karten is a social media consultant and author of the Link in Bio newsletter. Previously, she led the social media team at Bon Appétit and Epi...
Deez Links Founder Delia Cai on the Power of Hate Reads
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Delia Cai is a New York-based writer, editor and author of Deez Links. You may know her as the mind behind the outstanding “Hate Read” pop-up news...
Gymnasium’s Adam Faze Makes Appointment TV for the Next Generation
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Faze is the co-founder and “Head Coach” of Gymnasium: the production company behind “Boy Room”, “Bodega Run”, and “Clockwork Dynast...
Breakfast Epiphanies: These Are Our Cannesfessions
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eli and Clara rattle off the best-of Cannes Day 4, including a panel from the production designers behind ‘Poor Things,’ a live recording of Brian...
Breakfast Epiphanies: Free Speech, Mama
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eli and Clara recap bold fits and even bolder proclamations about X’s future. Plus, is Cannes ready to get real about cultural mid-iocrity? Hosted o...
Breakfast Epiphanies: 37 Pieces of Flair
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Clara and Eli discuss the *voicey* merch flooding the Croisette and how lazy Gen Z insights make for lazy briefs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
Breakfast Epiphanies: Cannes Day One
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eli and Clara apply sunscreen and critical thinking skills to this week’s Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. They discuss whether Saudi Arabia’s...
Can We Still Trust the Numbers?
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The crew discusses (with colorful metaphors) how no-context data shapes the online conversation around fandoms, artists, brand campaigns and J-Lo’s ...
Talking “Superformats” and [SIC] Weekly with Ben Dietz
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Dietz is the author of a weekly newsletter called [SIC] Weekly. He also hosts a weekly podcast [SIC] Talks, and (IRL) breakfast club every wednesd...
How to Ditch Your Smartphone With The Light Phone Co-founder Joe Hollier
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Hollier is the co-founder of The Light Phone, an anti-smartphone “designed to be used as little as possible.” We talk taking inspo from Brian ...
'Why Is This Interesting?' Founders Colin Nagy and Noah Brier Are Escaping the "Tyranny of the News Hooks"
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why Is This Interesting? is a daily Substack spearheaded by Noah Brier and Colin Nagy about interesting things. On a rare five-panel pod, they chat re...
SSENSE’s Steff Yotka on Exploratory vs. Prescriptive Tastemaking
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steff Yotka is the Head of Content at SSENSE. Fresh off of a return flight from Michèle Lamy’s 80th birthday rave at a discreet Venetian airport ha...
The Ohtani Scandal and Why Betting Ruined American Sports Culture
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The crew discusses the gambling scandal involving MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, and what it means for the future of spo...
Feed Me’s Emily Sundberg on Keeping a Closely Guarded Media Diet, Anti Politeness & Soda Saturation
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Sundberg is a New York-based writer, director and consultant who authors a daily business and internet culture newsletter called Feed Me. She jo...
Tradfluencers, Subway Gripes, and the Gen Z Gender Divide
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The crew explores the internet’s fascination with “tradfluencers” like Nara and Lucky Blue Smith. Plus, Eli forgets to drink water and has gripe...
PR Consultant Gia Kuan on Building Cultural Relevance Outside of the Trend Cycle
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gia Kuan is a publicist, cultural consultant, and founder of Gia Kuan Consulting, which boasts an impressive client roster including brands like Telfa...
The 2024 Predictionary: Six Words to Define 2024
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hear directly from the brains behind the 2024 Predictionary—Day One’s dictionary for the future. The Predictionary identifies and contextualizes t...
Demystifying Male Beauty Marketing With the Dewy Dudes
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dewy Dudes is a skin-care focused podcast and meme page founded by Evan Shinn and Emilio Quezada. They join us on the pod to talk who, and what, a &qu...
Our Stanley Cup Runneth Over
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kicking off the year talking about the Stanley Cup Quencher madness, throwing elbows at Target, the weird, problematic fandom around Gypsy Rose Blanch...
"We’ve Lost the Plot." Cultural Theorist Matt Klein Has Some Ideas on How to Get Us Back on Track.
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Klein is a cultural theorist, strategist and author of online publication, ZINE. On a wide-ranging episode, we discuss: navigating mountains of s...
Spotify Wrapped 2023: Competitive Fandom, “Pre-Algorithm” Artists, and Rebranding Data Capture
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The crew shares their Spotify Wrapped (and Apple Music Replay), what it means that all of the top artists this year are “pre-algorithm,” competiti...
Unpacking the Ozempic Effect
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ozempic, the “miracle” diabetes drug from Novo Nordisk, isn’t just a healthcare gamechanger, it’s also becoming a cultural phenomenon. The c...
GASP ZINE's Courtni Poe on Dancing, Directing and David LaChappelle
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Courtni Poe is a multi-hyphenate creative, with work spanning across photography, editorial, dance, illustration and more. A friend of the agency and ...
Don't Fear the Sphere
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The crew discusses the Sphere and loathing in Las Vegas (the Sphere’s grand opening) , plus we give you the breakdown on a relatively blighted reali...
David Chang’s Guide to Developing Your Taste
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the pod we’re joined by David Chang. He's a world renowned chef, restaurateur, author, podcaster, and culinary prognosticator. As part ...
Tony Lashley on Music, Taste and Building a Next-Gen Streaming Platform
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Lashley is the founder of Marine Snow, an invite-only music streaming service. He joins us in the studio to discuss how streaming algorithms have...
The Price is too High
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Summer is coming to a close. On the latest Day One FM, the crew discusses what constitutes “too early” to bring out the cable knit sweater, what w...
Hollywood’s Retirement Home Era
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a jam-packed episode of Day One FM to close out August. Before filling out UPS applications, the crew mulls over (read: laments) Hollywood’s ...
Pop Up Grocer's Emily Schildt on the Future of Snacks
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Schildt is the founder and CEO of Pop Up Grocer, a grocery store, coffee shop, bakery and “destination for discovery.” On a hot July afterno...
Barbie Mayhem and Franchise Fatigue
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode’s bi-coastal pod recording, a freshly sunburnt and geographically confused Eli dials into the studio from the West Coast to chat wit...
Cable News Goes Up in Smoke
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live from our brand new podcast studio, the Day One FM crew discusses the fall out from Chris Licht’s tumultuous CNN tenure, what’s probl...
Breakfast Epiphanies: Cannes't Wait to Get Some Sleep
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's the team's final full day in Cannes. Gen Z trend forecaster Casey Lewis drops by to wait out the thunderstorm/share her top takes of the ...
Breakfast Epiphanies: Cannes You Sponsor Us?
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Top hits on Day 3 of Cannes: Eli courts an “immersive” hydration partner for the pod, Clara recaps a panel with fan-favorite Survivor season 37 “...
Breakfast Epiphanies: Cannes With the Wind
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a blustery day two at the Cannes Festival of Creativity. Eli discusses what it was like to LARP as an angel investor at an exclusive New York T...
Breakfast Epiphanies: Day One’s Day One at Cannes
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the first of four live-ish dispatches from the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. The lanyards are on. Some, more inconspicuously placed than...
Getting to Know Gonnie Garko: Toronto’s Most Exciting Gen Z DJ
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gonnie Garko is a Toronto-based model and DJ. She gives us the rundown on how she got started mixing, making her Boiler Room debut, female representat...
Was Quibi Ahead of its Time?
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vice’s recent bankruptcy filing got the crew thinking about another well-funded, widely lauded media startup called Quibi. Was the short-form media ...
Night Ventures’ Emily Herrera on How Gen Z Is Influencing the Future of Venture Capital
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Herrera is an investor at Night Ventures, a consumer VC fund with a portfolio of clients including Feastibles, the CPG brand from the Mr. Beast ...
The Influencer Career Pivot. Plus, Where's the Market for "Unbiased" News?
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the latest episode of Day One FM 🎙️🎧 the crew chats about the longevity of influencing, whether parasocial relationships are “inevitable,...
Media vet Brian Morrissey on what the “AI Pope” and Succession tell us about the media landscape
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The crew chats with Brian Morrissey, author of The Rebooting newsletter and former editor-in-chief of Digiday. He gives us his take on how the “Drip...