51 - Live at IgnitionOne: Snapchat Spurns Influencers, Don’t Play for Trump, and Migos Memes the Charts

Recorded Thursday, January 26, 2017 at IgnitionOne in downtown NYC. With crew member Wosny Lambre.

Brand Eff Up:

“India.Arie: “I Stand Up for Chrisette Michele” After Trump Performance,” Pitchfork

What’s Up?

“Rain Drop, Drop Top: The Best Migos "Bad and Boujee" Memes,” HotNewHipHop

What’s Next?

“Snapchat Plays Hard to Get With Celebrities and Influencers,” NY Times

Diggin’ in the Crates:

P: Massive Attack, “Mezzanine”

W: “The Americans,” on FX

M: “John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy,” by Luke Mayville

50 - Millennials in the Workplace, Mississippi City Muffs MLK Day, and Will Sky Farms Save Us?

Brand Eff Up?

“The internet just can't believe what this Mississippi city calls MLK Day,” Mashable

What’s Up?

Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace on YouTube

What’s Next?

“THE VERTICAL FARM,” New Yorker

Diggin’ in the Crates:

P: “Newhart,” (1982-1990) “Batman Writers Bible”

E: StartUp podcasts series on Dov Charney.

M: “Blue Ocean Strategy,” by Renée Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim

@ErinMStyles

 

49 - Twitter Still Hamstrung By Abusive Users, Class and Race on Television, and Trump Wants a N*gger Navy?

Brand Eff Up:

“Yahoo accidentally reports Trump wants a ‘n*gger navy’ — and Black Twitter hilariously pounces,” RawStory

What’s Up?

“I've left Twitter. It is unusable for anyone but trolls, robots and dictators.” The Guardian

“Twitter's abuse problem is reportedly part of the reason Disney chose not to buy it,” Business Insider

“Moral panic over fake news hides the real enemy – the digital giants,” The Guardian

“THE PROPAGANDA ABOUT RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA,” New Yorker

What’s Next?

“What TV Says About Race and Money,” NY Times
 

Diggin’ in the Crates

P: Movies, “Lords of Dogtown” (2005), “Dogtown and Z-Boys”

S: “Wall Writers” (2016)

M: “Liquid Modernity,” by Zygmunt Bauman (2013)

48 - Racial Indulgences For Guilty White People, French Workers Win Victory Over Email, and the Internet Eats Telcos

Brand Eff Up:

“Guilty White Liberals Are Purchasing Racial Indulgences,” NY Mag

What’s Up?

“French workers win legal right to avoid checking work email out-of-hours,” Guardian

What’s Next?

“How Amazon, Google, and Facebook Will Bring Down Telcos,” WIRED

Diggin’ in the Crates:

Phil: “The Power Broker,” by Robert Caro

Michael: Bojack Horseman on Netflix

Matt: “The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America,” by Ethan Michaeli

44 - NY Times’ Hardly-Diverse Newsroom, Dropbox's Hardly-Diverse Diversity Photo, and Free Cash in Finland

Brand Eff Up?

“Dropbox panned for 'diversity' tweet depicting mostly white people,” SF Gate

What’s Up?

“Preaching the Gospel of Diversity, but Not Following It,” NY Times

What’s Next?

“Free Cash in Finland. Must Be Jobless” NY Times

Diggin’ in the Crates

M: “How Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul,” The Atlantic

P: “Listen Without Prejudice Volume 1,” by George Michael

R: “Uproot,” book by Jace Clayton (DJ Rupture)

43 - Google Invades Cuba, Amazon's Jobless Grocery Stores, and Wonder Woman Out at UN

Brand Eff Up:

“WONDER WOMAN DROPPED AS UN AMBASSADOR FOLLOWING PROTESTS,” Fuse.tv

What’s Up?

“Google Signs Deal With Cuba for Faster Data Access,” Inc.com

What’s Next?

“Amazon’s new grocery store highlights a huge hole in Donald Trump’s promise on jobs” Business Insider

Diggin in the Crates:

P: “The Power Elite,” by C. Wright Mills

G: “I Lie Awake Every Night” by James Vincent McMorrow

M: “Small is Beautiful,” by EF Schumacher

42 - The Oakland Warehouse Fire Tragedy, Priced-Out Culture, and Resist the Turn Against Multiculturalism

Brand Eff Up

“A Japanese theme park thought it was a good idea to freeze 5,000 dead fish in a skating rink,” Washington Post

What's Up?

“Oakland Warehouse Fire: Death Toll Up to 36, Officials 'Absolutely Believe' Number Will Climb,” NBC News

What’s Next?

Michael and Phil take issues with anti-identity politics arguments like this one by Jonathan Haidt

“Why social media is terrible for multiethnic democracies,” Vox

Diggin’ in the Crates:

Phil: SHO

Michael: Adam Curtis, “Oh Dearism”

Matt: Chasing Shadows by Ken Hughes (2014)

41 - Snapchat Spectacles’ Successful Rollout, Delta Bans Boisterous Trump Supporter, and Barcelona’s Struggle for the Commons

Brand Eff Up

Delta Slaps Lifetime Ban on Passenger After Pro-Trump Rant,” Bloomberg

What’s Up?

“The marketing genius behind Snap’s new Spectacles,” Recode

What’s Next?

“Barcelona’s Brave Struggle to Advance the Commons,” P2P Foundation

Diggin’ in the Crates

M: “Captain Fantastic” (2016), and “The Four Futures” by Peter Frase (2016)

B: “The Wretched of the Earth,” by Frantz Fanon (1961)

P: Barricade board game (“Malefiz” in German)

On Point - 38 - Oliver Kremer: Dos Toros, Bull in the Burrito Market

Where Dos Toros saw an opening to challenge Chipotle in the burrito market. The regionality of mexican food and the burrito specifically. Risk-tolerance in entrepreneurship. How values-led companies can run into obstacles as scale increases. The perils and advantages of growing.

“Meet Dos Toros, the NYC-Based Burrito Chain That's Not Afraid of Your Chipotle Comparisons,” Entrepreneur

“Dos Toros Is Bullish on Expansion,” Wall Street Journal

40 - Cities vs. Trump, Restaurant Accidentally Hosts Neo-Nazi Meeting, and Reebok Wants the Anti-Trump New Balance Shopper

Brand Eff Up

“D.C. restaurant apologizes after hosting alt-right dinner with ‘Sieg Heil salute,’” Washington Post

What’s Up?

““Cities will be a powerful antidote to Donald Trump”: Social scientist Benjamin Barber on the emergence of a new urban radicalism,” QZ

What’s Next?

“Reebok Wants to Replace Those New Balances You Destroyed,” Esquire

Diggin’ in the Crates

P:  “9 Ways To Protect America In The Age of Trump” by Crew Member Rob Fields

W: “Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA” 2007 book by Tim Weiner and

“The Obama Doctrine,” in The Atlantic

M: “Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001,” By Steve Coll

39 - Facebook’s Bullshit News Problem, New Balance Apologizes for Trump Support, and GrubHub Condemns Trump's Behavior

Brand Eff Up:

“New Balance's Support for Donald Trump and Lack of Sympathy Will Cost It Dearly,” Complex

“New Balance distances itself from white supremacist site after Trump statements,” CBS News

“Did designer Tommy Hilfiger state that blacks and Asians shouldn't wear his clothes?” Snopes

What’s Up?

“Facebook employees reportedly forming secret ‘task force’ to address fake news,” The Verge

What’s Next?

“CEOs take heed of Grubhub's Trump hubbub,” Chicago Tribune

“Why GrubHub CEO Is Still in Deep You Know What,” Fox Business

Diggin’ in the Crates

P: James Corden clip

M: Century of the Self by Adam Curtis (2002 Documentary)

Matt: It Follows (Horror, 2015)

Shawn: “A Tribe Called Quest We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service,” by A Tribe Called Quest (2016)

On Point - 36 - Sarah Hartley: Imagination and Risk in Creativity

Sarah Hartley (@storygirlsarah), Creative Director, Art Director and Team Builder at NBCUniversal, Content Innovation Agency joins us in studio this week. How is “creativity” defined? How about vision? Hiring the person instead of hiring the role. Risk as part of the creative process, and how to be empowered enough to take risk. Defending the best of creative risk to clients. The importance of “spreading the wealth” as a creative director.


 

38 - Lil Wayne Apologizes For #BlackLivesMatter Comments, Hip-Hop's Punk Moment?, and Using VR For Meaningful Experiences

Brand Eff Up?

“Lil Wayne is not here for Black Lives Matter,” CNN

“Lil Wayne Apologizes for 'Black Lives Matter' Comments,” Billboard

What’s Up?

“Hip-Hop Is Having Its Punk Moment, and It’s a Quiet Revolution,” GQ

What’s Next?

Lina talks to us about virtual, augmented and “mixed” realities and the possible impact of using VR to tell stories for issues of human rights.

DitC:

P: “War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony,” by Nelson A Denis

M: The History of Rome Podcast

L: “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy,” by Heather Ann Thompson

Black Mirror (BBC TV Series)

Jane the Virgin (CW TV Series)

37 - R.I.P. Vine, Facebook Allows Racial Exclusion in Ads, and the UN Offers Women a Mascot Instead of Leadership

“10 Business Podcasts You Should Be Listening To (If You Aren't Already)” Inc.com

Brand Eff Up?

“At 75, Wonder Woman was just named an honorary U.N. ambassador. But not everyone is happy about that,” LA Times

What’s Up?

“Vine Is Closing Down, and the Internet Can’t Stand It,” NY Times

What’s Next?

“Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race,” ProPublica

Diggin’ in the Crates:

Phil: “Undercover Brother” (2002), “Robotech” (Anime) on Netflix

Wos: “Last Taboo: Why Pop Culture Just Can’t Deal With Black Male Sexuality,” NY Times

Michael: “Pumping Iron” on Netflix (1977)

Matt: Adam Curtis, “HyperNormalisation” (2016)

Shawn: Sweatshop Boys, Cashmere (2016)

On Point - 34 - Jack Hamilton: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination

Assistant professor of American Studies and Media Studies at University of Virginia joins us to discuss his new book, Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination (2016). The difficulty in choosing representative bands from the 60s. The “move” from “rock and roll” to “rock.” The racial politics of perceptions of rock as “high art.” The concept of “soul” and how it suggests the stereotype that black musicians are inherently musical, or even “magical.” Jimi Hendrix’s supernatural obsession and cultivated weirdness. How to reconcile the tensions between mash-up culture and cultural appropriation.

36 - The NFL Doesn't See the Cliff, Facebook Live: Used By Normal People?, and Drake's Creative-Industrial Complex

Brand Eff Up:

“Armour: Josh Brown admitted to beating wife, and NFL barely cares,” USA Today

“One game? NFL ban for alleged violence on wife draws renewed rage,” CNN

“Tom Brady isn’t about to let the NFL off the hook for its Josh Brown problem,” Washington Post

What’s Up?

“Facebook Live's First Ad Campaign Shines a Light on Its Users,” AdAge

What’s Next?

“Drake Announces ‘More Life’ on His Preferred Platform, Apple Music,” NY Times

DitC:

P: The Legend of Korra (Anime)

CC: Moonlight (2016)

M: The Two Escobars (Documentary)

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