This is the 3rd Annual Very Special Boxing Day Episode of Where We Go Next, with longtime friend of the show Jay Shapiro. We discuss:• What Jay's been up to in Madrid over the last year• Jay's new book• The upcoming addition to the Callahan family• Jay & Michael's holiday traditions• What we like in a good horror film• Jay's Horror Film Recommendation: Funny Games (1997)• Michael's Horror Film Recommendation: The Thing (1982)• Our shared resolution for 2025• ...and more!Chasing History and When My World Changed - Dilemma Podcast (YouTube)Palestine and the Growing Defiance of the Global South With Vijay Prashad - Dilemma Podcast (YouTube)whatjaythinks.com"Despair less. Cherish more."----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: michael@wherewegonext.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

To get the most out of The 3rd Annual Very Special Boxing Day Episode, watch The Thing (1982) and Funny Games (1997) by December 26th.Thanks for sticking around.Very Special Boxing Day Episodes:The 2nd Annual Very Special Boxing Day Episode, with Jay ShapiroA Very Special Boxing Day Episode, with Jay Shapiro----------If you like this podcast, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: michael@wherewegonext.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Andy Lapsa is the co-founder of Stoke Space, a reusable rocket company started in 2019 with the knowledge that fully and rapidly reusable rockets represent the inevitable and necessary future of the space industry. Prior to founding Stoke, Andy was one of the original three members of Blue Origin’s BE-4 team, where he held architecture, design, analysis, and development test leadership roles.Stoke SpaceStoke Space Aims to Build Rapidly Reusable Rocket With a Completely Novel Design - Ars TechnicaFirst-Of-Its-Kind Rocket Engine Nears First Flight Test - FreethinkHow Stoke Space's Unique Rocket Works // Exclusive Tour & Interview - Everyday Astronaut (YouTube)Full Reusability By Stoke Space - Everyday AstronautThe Pollution Caused by Rocket Launches - BBCAir Pollution From Reentering Megaconstellation Satellites Could Cause Ozone Hole 2.0- Space.comRadiative Forcing - MIT Climate Portal71: Rescuing Animals From the Brink of Extinction, with Forrest Galante - Where We Go NextThe Risky Rush for Mega Constellations - Scientific AmericanKessler Syndrome- WikipediaFollow Stoke Space on Instagram: @stokespaceFollow Stoke Space on X: @stoke_space----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: michael@wherewegonext.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Harper Carroll is an AI and Machine Learning software engineer and educator known for making complex AI concepts accessible to a wide audience. She has multiple degrees from Stanford University in Computer Science specializing in AI, and industry experience at Meta, working on augmented reality and civic integrity projects. Her online educational content has gained her a following of over 300,000 subscribers on Instagram and YouTube.Harper's 10 Days of AI BasicsAI Avatar Demonstration10 Days of AI x Nuclear: AI's Energy NeedsGround News gathers news coverage from around the world, empowers free thinking, and makes media bias explicit. Subscribe through my link at https://check.ground.news/Next for 15% off your subscription.If You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These Episodes of Where We Go Next:115: Spaceships, Silicon Valley, and Psilocybin, with Ashlee Vance111: The Hidden Forces Driving Our Online Behavior, with Steve Rathje104: The War for Critical Minerals and Our Electrified Future, with Ernest Scheyder92: Bayesian Thinking and the Future of Artificial Intelligence, with Max Sklar89: Harnessing the Revolutionary Power of Nuclear Energy, with Nick Touran52: The Amazing and Optimistic Future of Augmented Reality, with David Rose47: A New Philosophy of Progress and Why We Don’t Have Flying Cars, with Jason Crawford27: How to Make the Internet Accessible for Everyone, with Jennison Asuncionharpercaroll.aiFollow Harper on Instagram: @harpercarrollaiFollow Harper on YouTube: @harpercarrollaiFollow Harper on TikTok: @harpercarrollaiFollow Harper on X: @harpercarrollFollow Harper on Patreon: @harpercarrollai----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: michael@wherewegonext.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Susan Mulcahy and Frank DiGiacomo are former reporters for The New York Post and co-authors of Paper of Wreckage: The Rogues, Renegades, Wiseguys, Wankers, and Relentless Reporters Who Redefined American Media. Susan worked on Page Six from 1978 to 1985, including three years as editor. She has also written for The New Yorker and The New York Times. Frank worked as a Page Six freelancer in the late 1980s and was its editor from 1991 to 1993. He is currently an executive editor at Billboard.The Gossip Behind the Gossip, by Frank DiGiacomo for Vanity FairConfessions of a Trump Tabloid Scribe, by Susan Mulcahy for PoliticoA Tabloid Alum Blasts News to the New York Post Nation, by Susan Mulcahy for The New YorkerGround News gathers news coverage from around the world, empowers free thinking, and makes media bias explicit. Subscribe through my link at https://check.ground.news/Next for 15% off your subscription.If You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These Episodes of Where We Go Next:108: Investigative Journalism Is in Jeopardy, with Nancy Rommelmann105: Religious Cults, Fringe Science, and the Need for Belief, with Ross Blocher & Carrie Poppy104: The War for Critical Minerals and Our Electrified Future, with Ernest Scheyder101: Uncovering the Hidden Truths in Political Memoirs, with Carlos Lozada91: Free Speech Isn't Just for People We Like, with Kat Rosenfield65: Untangling Partisan Narratives and Fixing Political News, with Isaac Saul45: Filming the News as It Happens, with Ford Fischer6: Every News Story Is a Kind of Fiction, with Shaun Cammack----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: michael@wherewegonext.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Bertrand Cooper is a writer and education professional based in Los Angeles. Drawing on twenty six years of deprivation and a Master's in Education Theory and Policy, his writing explores the depictions of poverty in society.Who Actually Gets to Create Black Pop Culture?, by Bertrand CooperI Escaped Poverty, But Hunger Still Haunts Me, by Bertrand CooperThe Failure of Affirmative Action, by Bertrand CooperIs it Possible for Black Creatives to Exploit the Poor? w/ Damon Young & Bertrand Cooper - Bad Faith podcastRacecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, by Karen and Barbara FieldsBlacks See Growing Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class (2007) - Pew Research CenterThe Devastating Effects of Concentrated Poverty, by Ta-Nehisi CoatesArchitecture of Segregation, by Paul JargowskyNeighborhood Income Composition by Household Race and Income, 1990 - 2009 - StanfordBlack Boy Fly, by Kendrick Lamar (YouTube)Identity Theft, by Zaid JilaniBlack Jeopardy with Tom Hanks - SNL (YouTube)Roger Ebert Speaks Out at a Better Luck Tomorrow Screening - YouTube1,000 True Fans, by Kevin KellyInequality Is High Within the Black Community, by Bertrand CooperFollow Bertrand on X: @_BlackTrash----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: michael@wherewegonext.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Salomé Sibonex, a writer and co-founder of The Black Sheep publication, encourages listeners to embrace their individuality. She discusses the struggle of aligning personal identity amidst societal labels. Salomé highlights the journey of first-generation immigrants navigating cultural complexities. The concept of the 'black sheep' is explored, emphasizing curiosity over conformity. She reflects on her shift from a dogmatic communist background to atheism, encouraging nuanced perspectives on identity and beliefs, urging authenticity over societal expectations.

Harrison Duran is a field paleontologist whose popular social media accounts document his preparation and excavation in the American West. His videography and storytelling convey the work and skill required by paleontology, as well as its significance to our understanding of the natural world. Species which he has excavated and prepared include Triceratops, Edmontosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus rex.If You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These Episodes of Where We Go Next:111: The Hidden Forces Driving Our Online Behavior, with Steve Rathje104: The War for Critical Minerals and Our Electrified Future, with Ernest Scheyder97: Climate Change Comes for Small-Town America, with Jonathan Vigliotti89: Harnessing the Revolutionary Power of Nuclear Energy, with Nick Touran71: Rescuing Animals From the Brink of Extinction, with Forrest Galante70: Making Extinction a Thing of the Past, with Ben Lamm & George ChurchFollow Harrison on TikTok: @duranosaurFollow Harrison on Instagram: @duranosaur----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: michael@wherewegonext.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast 

Where We Go Next will be back to its regularly scheduled programming next week. Until then, enjoy this re-release of Episode 68, with the brilliant Richard Reeves. Reeves is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and writes for a wide range of publications, including the New York Times, the Guardian, National Affairs, The Atlantic, Democracy Journal, and Wall Street Journal.  His book Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It, shows how the basic social structures defining masculine maturity and success have been shattered, and how they can — and must — be reinvented.Episode 68: Episode Link & Show NotesThe Where We Go Next Sampler Platter:110: The Mounting Evidence That COVID-19 Leaked from a Lab, with Alina Chan105: Religious Cults, Fringe Science, and the Need for Belief, with Ross Blocher & Carrie Poppy101: Uncovering the Hidden Truths in Political Memoirs, with Carlos Lozada89: Harnessing the Revolutionary Power of Nuclear Energy, with Nick Touran81: Mining Universal Truths From Personal Stories, with Sarah Hepola74: Going to Space, Reusing the Entire Rocket, and Flying Again in 24 Hours, with Andy Lapsa71: Rescuing Animals From the Brink of Extinction, with Forrest Galante63: Choosing Between a Drowning Child and a New Pair of Shoes, with Jay Shapiro60: The Unknown History and Surprising Benefits of Fasting, with Steve Hendricks58: Making Andrew Yang a Household Name, with Zach Graumann40: Great Writers Must Be Vulnerable in Public, with Andrew Sullivan39: Black Culture Is Not a Monolith, with Bertrand Cooper37: A Better Way to Police Communities, with Peter Moskos30: How to Resolve Intractable Conflicts, with Amanda Ripley27: How to Make the Internet Accessible for Everyone, with Jennison Asuncion25: A Robust Defense of Free Speech, with Greg Lukianoff23: Children Need Freedom to Grow Independent, with Lenore Skenazy21: Defending the Rights of the Incarcerated, with Samuel Weiss12: How Tragedy Can Lead to Growth, with Ayishat Akanbi9: The Widening Gap Between the Wealthy and Working Classes, with Rob Henderson(This list could have easily been made with 20 completely different episodes, 3 more times)----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: michael@wherewegonext.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast

Nancy Rommelmann is an investigative journalist, columnist, and author - most recently of To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder. Her work appears in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Reason Magazine, and her Substack, Make More Pie.Sarah Hepola is the author of the bestselling memoir, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, the Atlantic, Texas Monthly, and Salon. She is a staff writer at the Dallas Morning News.Together, Nancy & Sarah host the Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast.8. What Do Women Want? - Smoke 'Em  If You Got 'Em PodcastThe Things I’m Afraid to Write About, by Sarah Hepola for The AtlanticOn John Wayne Gacy, Actor Michael Chernus, and Why We Do the Work We Do - Make More Pie (Nancy's Substack)Was Alice Munro An Art Monster?, by Meghan DaumIf You Liked This Conversation, You'll Probably Like These Episodes of Where We Go Next:115: Spaceships, Silicon Valley, and Psilocybin, with Ashlee Vance110: The Mounting Evidence That COVID-19 Leaked from a Lab, with Alina Chan108: Investigative Journalism Is in Jeopardy, with Nancy Rommelmann105: Religious Cults, Fringe Science, and the Need for Belief, with Ross Blocher & Carrie Poppy104: The War for Critical Minerals and Our Electrified Future, with Ernest Scheyder101: Uncovering the Hidden Truths in Political Memoirs, with Carlos Lozada100: When Victimhood is Leveraged for Personal Gain, with Andrew Boryga91: Free Speech Isn't Just for People We Like, with Kat Rosenfield81: Mining Universal Truths From Personal Stories, with Sarah Hepola 65: Untangling Partisan Narratives and Fixing Political News, with Isaac Saul40: Great Writers Must Be Vulnerable in Public, with Andrew Sullivan33: The Struggle to Stay Heterodox in a Tribal World, with Meghan DaumFollow Nancy on X: @NancyRommFollow Sarah on X: @sarahhepolaFollow Sarah on Instagram: @thesarahhepolaexperience----------If you liked this episode, consider sharing it with someone you think might like it too.Email: michael@wherewegonext.comInstagram: @wwgnpodcast