New Models
Episodes
NM Special Report: UNCANNY RALLY (S.U.S.)
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From the depths of the NEW MODELS DISCORD comes a new glossary for ASTROTURFING and related forms of soft-nonlinear warfare, collectively authored by ...
NM Reads: Reinaldo Laddaga's "A Coney Island of the Virus" (2020)
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"A CONEY ISLAND OF THE VIRUS: COVID-19 IN NEW YORK" is an essay by the New York-based, Argentinean writer REINALDO LADDAGA, excerpted from a book he i...
EP 30: HARM REDUCTION (Katharine Neill Harris)
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fellow in Drug Policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, KATHARINE NEILL HARRIS speaks to New Models from Texas about: substanc...
EXCERPT // NM TopSoil 41: SLIDE TO THE LEFT (Feat. Michelle Lhooq)
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist MICHELLE LHOOQ calls into the pod with a report from the NYC STREETS (note: audio for this part of the ep recorded with available equipment...
EP 29: SAD FROG (Arthur Jones & Giorgio Angelini)
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with ARTHUR JONES & GIORGIO ANGELINI, filmmakers of "FEELS GOOD MAN," which tells the story of comic artist Matt Furie and the wild journey o...
EP 28: TAKE IT, IT'S YOURS (Joshua Clover)
11 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by UC Davis professor of literature and critical theory, JOSHUA CLOVER, who is also a communist and the author of several books includin...
EP 27: TREND CONSOLING (Thom Bettridge)
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with High Snobiety editor-in-chief, THOM BETTRIDGE about content production, retail circulation, and celebrity in 2020. Thom has extensive ex...
NM Special Report: GEORGE FLOYD, MINNEAPOLIS UNREST w/ STEVE MARSH
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Writer Steve Marsh [https://twitter.com/stephenhero] joins us from a Minneapolis swelling with unrest to give details and context to the life and deat...
EP 26: REMOTE LEARNING (Nora Khan)
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and theorist NORA KHAN speaks with New Models about how institutional power reifies itself online, COVID aesthetics, and the labor pressures of...
EP 25: LIFE GO BRRR (Venkatesh Rao)
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Writer, consultant, and Ribbon Farm founder VENKATESH RAO speaks with New Models about memetics & institutions, virality & democracy, Log Level thinki...
NM GREENROOM Ep 2: LYRA PRAMUK discusses "FOUNTAIN"
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Berlin-based musician LYRA PRAMUK (@lyra_songs) talks to New Models about the release of her 2020 album "Fountain" (@bedroomcommunity). For full ...
EP 24: IT'S ALL POSSIBLE (TrueAnon's Liz Franczak)
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Berkeley-based writer and co-host of the wildly popular anti-corruption podcast TrueAnon, LIZ FRANCZAK joins New Models for a cathartic reflection on ...
[PART 1] // NM TopSoil EP 32: SILENT CARRY(MIAMI/LA/DFW/NYC/METAVERSE)
28 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TopSoil is New Models' informal talk-core cast. For the full episode (plus the 31 eps before it) and to join our Discord: patreon.com/newmodels ----- ...
EP 23: DIS-EASE (Mariam Ghani & Marisa Mazria Katz)
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artist and writer MARIAM GHANI and Editorial Director of Eyebeam, MARISA MAZRIA KATZ speak to New Models about Ghani's new work Dis-Ease, a forthcomin...
EP 22: REAL MAGICK (Alex Kazemi)
15 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
ALEX KAZEMI is an online trickster and magick-practicing provocateur. When this episode was pre-released to our Discord community in February, it fome...
EP 21: ELLIOT RODGER PLAYS HIMSELF (Mike Crumplar)
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring Washington D.C.-based writer/editor MIKE CRUMPLAR, whose work focuses on radicalization in America and the systemic drivers of incel culture...
"A Meditation on FOMO" by LIL INTERNET
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With trading mania having gone mainstream this winter, the market has come to remote control the emotions of millions in lockdown. LIL INTERNET reflec...
UNLOCKED // NM TopSoil EP 20: COLLECTIVE PARANOIA (w/ Bjarne Melgaard)
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
TopSoil is New Models' informal talk-core cast, which we create specifically for our Patreon community. For all NM TopSoil episodes & to join our Disc...
NM GREENROOM Ep 1: STEVEN WARWICK discusses "MOI"
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Berlin-based British artist https://soundcloud.com/stevenwarwick (ex-Heatsick)talks to New Models about the release of his 2019 album "MOI" (https...
EP 20: GUEST LIST (Natasha Stagg)
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring New York-based writer NATASHA STAGG who, on the occasion of her new book "Sleeveless: Fashion, Image, Media, New York 2011-2019" (Semiotext(...
EP 19: THE FLOURISHING (How to Dress Well aka Tom Krell)
27 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring LA-based musician and scholar TOM KRELL (aka @howtodresswell) who talks with us about the aesthetics of climate activism, the roll of the cr...
EP 18: YUNG MATRIX (Trevor McFedries)
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring TREVOR McFEDRIES, co-founder of Brud, the LA-based transmedia studio behind a crew of digital-native influencer-avatars, including Lil Mique...
EP 17: NONFOOD (Lucy Chinen & Sean Raspet)
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Founders of nonfood, Lucy Chinen & Sean Raspet discuss contemporary food supply chains and sustainable food futures, including the R&D of their own al...
NM SPECIAL REPORT: BLACK SOCIALISTS launch DUAL POWER MAP (Z from BSA)
28 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
New Models speaks with Z, founder of Black Socialists of America (BSA) about the organization's recently launched DUAL POWER MAP: a critical tool for ...
EP 16: E PLURIBUS ZUCK (Mat Dryhurst & Kei Kreutler)
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
New Models speaks with MAT DRYHURST & KEI KREUTLER, two figures central to Berlin's diverse crypto scene, to unpack the possible impact of Facebook's ...
EP 15: REMOTE PORT (Benjamin Bratton)
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Feat. theorist and philosopher BENJAMIN H. BRATTON, this episode offers a high-gear, macroscopic mapping of Earth and its systems circa 2019 — incl....
EP 14: SHIFT ALT RIGHT CLIQUE (Joshua Citarella)
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Feat. artist and social theorist JOSHUA CITARELLA who has been exploring how deep online spaces have evolved over the past few years, shaping popular ...
EP 13: JE REFUSE (Jenny Odell)
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring artist and lecturer of Internet Art at Stanford University, JENNY ODELL who is the author of a new field book for the attention economy "How...
EP 12: BLACK SOCIALISTS (Z from BSA)
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
New Models speaks with Z, founder of the BLACK SOCIALISTS of AMERICA (BSA), an online channel turned IRL organization providing a forum and voice for ...
EP 11: DOWNSTREAM (Liz Pelly)
02 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Spotify was founded in 2006, it aimed to solve the problem of online music distribution, remunerating artists for plays. 13 years on, it is a mas...
LIVE: Panel on Art & Blockchain, Dec 2018(BREKKE, CATLOW, KREUTLER; mod. BUSTA)
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The discussion was recorded December 15, 2018 at the Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin for the closing event of "PROOF of WORK," an exhibition curated by ar...
EP 10: LOOSE CLIMATE CHANGE (Christine Lariviere)
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
CHRISTINE LARIVIERE works at the intersection of climate change and media. In this ep., she helps us render a massive map of the anthropocene (and hum...
EP 9: STACK ATTACK (Cade)
08 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Berlin-based designer Cade, a specialist in weaponized design, discusses the collateral (human) damage platforms cause as they scale; questions big te...
EP 8: MANPLAY (Ed Fornieles)
23 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Artist ED FORNIELES discusses diving headfirst into the toxic, hierarchal fantasy of masculinity, and the present difficulties of finding an alternati...
EP 7: AUTHENTICITY DUNGEON (Toby Shorin)
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Cultural analyst TOBY SHORIN takes us into the Hellmouth of "authenticity" and "originality" production, discussing how the Cthulhu of platform capita...
EP 6: TEENAGE RADICALS (Joshua Citarella)
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Teenagers rule memetic warfare, producing some of its most viral and also radical content. In this ep. New Models speaks with artist JOSHUA CITARELLA ...
EP 5: UNREALESTATE (Mat Dryhurst, Martti Kalliala, Michelle Lhooq)
26 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mat Dryhurst, Martti Kalliala, and Michelle Lhooq talk to New Models about #gangcrafting in the age of crypto-raves and ownership in a rent-everything...
EP 4: PSY-TRANS SYNTH & BASELINES (Anke Dyes, Steven Warwick, Ziúr)
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Discussing the discussion of gender, transitioning, transgenderism, transhumanism, and trying to find structures in a liquid world... Also ants. /// C...
NM SPECIAL REPORT: Revolution in the US Democratic ranks (Mike Pepi)
03 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
NYC-based writer and DSA volunteer Mike Pepi speaks to New Models about the emergence and future of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the shift toward soci...
Episode 3: LYING GODS of DIGITAL TRIBES (Busta, Keller, @LILINTERNET)
26 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Trump Lies, XXXTentacion dies, and truth seems always just out of reach. Lil Internet, Caroline Busta, and Daniel Keller on lying, trust, and tribalis...
Episode 2: INCELS/MODELING/AGENCY (Busta, Chan, Keller, @LILINTERNET)
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
More significant than how spree-shooting incels kill... is how they desire. For the second New Models podcast, @LilInternet, Caroline Busta, Daniel Ke...
Episode 1: NO PLATFORM/FEEDCRAFTING (Busta, Tian, Keller, @LILINTERNET)
28 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Just before May 1, @LilInternet sat down with Caroline Busta, Daniel Keller, and Masha Tian to discuss New Models and the current media ecology — fr...