How Long Gone

Brennan Wedl is a musician living in Nashville. Her new self-titled record is out today on ANTI-. We chat about Purely Elizabeth granola selling for $850 million, the New York Times matchmaking article, her astrology practice, Amy Grant, a recent footwear brand deal, eating dinner at a bowling alley, burrito rolling, Nashville’s transience, “writers’ rounds,” staff m...

Jerry Stahl is a writer best known for his 1995 memoir of addiction, Permanent Midnight. Gonzo Neurotic, his new collection of essays over the years, is out next month. We chat with him from his home in L.A. about Jason’s time in Sea Ranch, how Jerry landed in suburbia, working at Hustler magazine while living at the YMCA in Columbus, Ohio, how writ...

One-on-one pod today: Chris is in New York, and Jason is home in L.A. We chat about Shania Twain, the incomprehensible fashion statements of Gen Z, This Is Us’ Chrissy Metz being forced to defend her jab, fact-checking Nicole Kidman’s allyship, Chris getting closer to pulling the trigger on Starlink, the heated driveways out on Sterling Point, TJ predicting box offic...

One-on-one pod today: Chris is in New York, and Jason is home in L.A. We chat about our attention spans, the long-term effects of “high-low” aesthetics, Apple chargers and foldable phones, pre-iPod MP3 players, calling a woman “handsome,” all the info you need to know about The Goneies, our awards show next month in New York, the Irish “spice bag,” shiso leaves, whet...

Our friend, comedian, musician, and actor Whitmer Thomas returns to the pod. His new HBO special, Terminal Crew of Dudes, drops this week. We chat with him from his home in L.A. about Brad Pitt drinking again, Homer Gere emerging, eating on camera, Tim Robinson and John Mulaney, getting COVID at Hooters, sweetening up the comedy "in post," a hotel throwing all his cl...