How Long Gone

One-on-one pod today, Chris is in New York, and Jason is home in Glendale. We chat about Calvin Harris' "Summer," Jason explains what Rekordbox is, a recap of TJ's charity gig, followed by a Tár-themed birthday party, a shoes-off afterparty, Drake made a self-care GRWM video, Harmony and Travis are showing their freaky movie at a strip club, Chris gets looks when he wears shorts in frigid New York, we go over the Coachella lineup, Chris hates the band Queen, Anna Wintour didn't take off her sunglasses when she fired everyone at Pitchfork, Chris went to SNL last night, you can't call yourself "Mother," and whether or not Jacob Elordi is actually too tall to be a famous actor. twitter.com/donetodeathtwitter.com/themjeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyle Chayka is a staff writer at The New Yorker; he returns to How Long Gone to speak about his new book, Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture. We chat about plain omelets, all the podcasts he's been doing lately, the rise in pain maintenance, the hierarchy of our family desktop computers, maybe I want to get caught, spraypainting angel wings on a wall has been replaced by the gym, commuting to work would fix most of you, R.I.P. Pitchfork.com, Kyle needs help with pants, why he lives in Washington D.C., it's not littering if it's an Eames chair, the only books that sell are dragon-based erotica, the resurgence of Barnes & Noble, and as cogs in the algorithmic wheel, it's important to tell our story.twitter.com/chaykaktwitter.com/donetodeathtwitter.com/themjeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stavros Halkias is a comedian from the Baltimore area. We chat about tropical supplements, our review of The Emmy's, Mumford & Sons for LV, Stav's drying up in Baltimore, eating on airplanes doesn't count, the best and worst comedy condos he's stayed in, the Planet Fitness black card, how he went viral doing Raven's recap videos, his history with childhood sports betting, straight Greek men are gayer than anyone going to The New Fire Island, what happens when he goes to Greece, how he might change his material if he falls in love, video podcasts are electric guitars, and audio podcasts are acoustic guitars, Ozempic is merely a backup plan, and talking to normal people as a comedian keeps the blade sharp.instagram.com/stavvybaby2twitter.com/donetodeathtwitter.com/themjeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A one-on-one pod today, Chris is in New York, and Jason is home in Glendale. We chat about Taylor Swift's Swag Surfing, Mos Def sending shots to Drake's Target, you'll never guess what some guys at the gym said, therapist said I gotta start excavating anger, plumbaz > bartendaz, is boxing the final form? we unpack different rollerblading tricks, I learn about actor Cush Jumbo, crust punk daughter or Virginity Rocks son? We're hours away from our first fake Coachella meme lineup, Chris wants to learn about ZYN, how far will the superfan phenomenon go? and the socioeconomic effects of having an at-home dry cleaner.twitter.com/donetodeathtwitter.com/themjeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sleater-Kinney is a band from the Pacific Northwest. We chat with Corin and Carrie about sneaky license plates, a recent dinner at Horses, the dark origins of Damp January, Corin's love of Beats By Dre headphones, fake NPR voice, Carrie doesn't do legumes, when soy milk was soy milk, 90's coffee shop was a movie, we figure out if Corin was ever a goth hostess, why she loves audiobooks, getting Geri from Succession in their video off a cold DM, Corin's dad is a neuroscientist specializing in sleep, Carrie says the words "rizz" and "gyatt" out loud, our mutual love of Australia, and we pitch some Etsy merch ideas.instagram.com/sleater_kinneytwitter.com/donetodeathtwitter.com/themjeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Belloni, previously an editor at The Hollywood Reporter, is now a founding partner at Puck and host of The Town, a favorite pod of ours about the entertainment industry. We recap the W Magazine Annual Best Performances Party we attended before chatting about how our writer's strike recovery is going, why Suits? Matt wants us to rank Los Angeles' worst parking experiences, did The Golden Globes sacrifice too much fun in order to survive in a new era? Who was on more drugs - Jo Koy or Kevin Costner? Maestro was a good sauna movie, we make him rank film festivals, and he makes a case for American Airlines, putting on a tuxedo to watch How To Train Your Dragon 2, his thoughts on the future of live sports on Netflix, and we end on some predictions for the upcoming year in film and television.twitter.com/MattBellonitwitter.com/donetodeathtwitter.com/themjeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One-on-one pod recorded live and uncut from Glendale, CA. We chat about the Milk Bar Birthday Cake outliving the Triple Berry, the Beanie Babification of Stanley Cups in America, time to throw away the Christmas tree, we need health food to return, Katt Williams' talking that mess again, Cybertruck, Stephen Hawking is having the second or third worst week ever, Jimmy K could get touched, how every late-night host has had their soul sucked from their body and how we want that too, and what Chris should get engraved on his new Air Pod Max. twitter.com/donetodeathtwitter.com/themjeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Japanese House is a musician from England, currently living in Detroit. We chat with Amber about the Safdie's split, Damp January, a dinner with Nick Wooster, Jurgen's annual W Magazine shoot, when her dog is allowed on the bed, adjusting to life in Detroit, our on-stage relationship with alcohol, The Family Stone and the Netflix winery rom-com, her father basically invented natural wine, when musicians should stop, Christmas at the Girlfriend's parents, non-alcoholic beer, the online hate she receives for her name, she's not particularly huge in Japan, dating is hard even for her hot successful friends, a ketamine date from hell, she makes an amazing gravy, and she's moving to California soon.instagram.com/thejapanesehousetwitter.com/donetodeathtwitter.com/themjeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dean Kissick is a pod friend and writer from New York City. He returns to chat about our shagadelic NYE plans and our hungover NYD, the new Dave Chappelle special, it's good luck to eat long foods for the new year, we give resolutions for everyone else, Facebook is back, Banksy and Adam Curtis and Burial, Emma's dating normies, don't read his thesis on graffiti, the history of dressing well while stealing stuff, he saw a Travis Scott show recently, the word "Migos," Dean explains his thoughtful pauses, the future of third places, and Dean's version of Latte Larry's.twitter.com/deankissicktwitter.com/donetodeathtwitter.com/themjeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded live and uncut from Glendale on the morning of New Year's Eve. We chat about a new way to approach the end-of-year lists, questions we didn't get the chance to ask Moby, TJ went to Costco, young people are low-key offended by 30 Rock, we went to a corporate steakhouse in Orange County and then saw Tim Dillon do stand up, and Chris had one of his road rage episodes with a Bird Scooter commuter.twitter.com/donetodeathtwitter.com/themjeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices