The Culture Journalist
Episodes
The digital hustle
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this season, we examined the live music industry’s fight for survival in a pandemic that has put concerts indefinitely on hold. This week, w...
Is TikTok a cultural propaganda machine?
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Confused about what’s going on with TikTok? So are we. But it’s probably the most “2020” story of 2020 — a perfect storm of geopolitics, nat...
How 2013 changed music forever
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Culture Journalist, we’re taking a break from 2020—who doesn’t need one?—and traveling back to a time in music and culture th...
When the last venue closes
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For independent artists who rely on touring as their primary source of income, the pandemic has been financially devastating. For independent venues w...
Localize it, with Jeff Weiss
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Los Angeles native Jeff Weiss is no stranger to the heartbreak of watching the newspaper the shaped your understanding of the city where you grew up, ...
So you're a laid-off journalist
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Back in April, The New York Times reported that an estimated 36,000 U.S. media workers had been laid off or furloughed—or taken pay cuts—in the fi...
The real-life cult that started on Facebook
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this Summer, The Culture Journalist’s Emilie Friedlander and independent journalist Joy Crane published a 10,000-word investigation about a ...
The load is getting heavier to carry, with Kristin Corry
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re kicking off the pod this week with VICE senior writer Kristin Corry, a New York-based culture journalist whose work focuses on the intersectio...
Welcome to The Culture Journalist
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Culture Journalist, a podcast about the wild west of culture, counterculture, and the media in the year 2020. Think of it as your guide...