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Culturally Relevant with David Chen — 117 episodes · page 1 of 2

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A Brief Update on the Podcast (Plus: An Office Hours Q&A)

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Searching for the Truth in 'Sandy Hook' (with Elizabeth Williamson)

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Diving Back Into 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' (with Walter Chaw)

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Writing the (Stand-Up) Comedy of 'Hacks' (with Andrew Law)

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The Layoffs at Netflix and Tudum (with Elaine Low)

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Experiencing 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' (with Daniels)

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The Oscars: The Controversy Over 'Licorice Pizza' (with Jen Yamato)

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The Oscars: The Slap (with Tirhakah Love)

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Chronicling the Contradictions of Marriage in 'Foreverland' (with Heather Havrilesky)

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Re-Living the Trials of Boarding School in 'Admissions' (with Kendra James)

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The Death of Entertainment Weekly Magazine (with Piya Sinha-Roy)

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The Joe Rogan Situation (with Ryan Broderick)

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Breaking Down the Films of Sundance 2022 (with Caroline Siede)

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Diary: Five Lessons From 2021

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Entering the World of 'Halo Infinite' (with Jeff Grubb)

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Burning Out and Burning It Down (with Nick Quah)

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Getting COVID-19 after watching 'Dune' (with Jesse)

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The Perils of Nostalgia in 'Last Night in Soho' (with Edgar Wright)

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How We Talk About 'The Loneliest Americans' (with Jay Caspian Kang)

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Channeling Joy and Grief in 'Lamb' (with Noomi Rapace)

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Keeping the Flame of Film Criticism Alive with 'The Reveal' (with Keith Phipps)

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Taking a Journey Through American Loneliness in 'Seek You' (with Kristen Radtke)

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Weighing the Merits of 'Shang-Chi And The Legend of the Ten Rings' (with Walter Chaw)

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Dave on Dave: Going on Vacation, External Validation, TikTok Status Update (with David Cho)

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Navigating Race and Friendship in 'Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend' (with Ben Philippe)

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Practicing Radical Honesty in 'The Show About The Show' (with Caveh Zahedi)

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Diary: Pandemic status update, burnout, and random acts of violence

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Dave on Dave: Setting personal goals, the mystery of Brett Kavanaugh, the meaning of July 4th (with David Cho)

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A third of all API leads are Dwayne Johnson, and other sad statistics (with Nancy Wang Yuen)

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Diary: The Weird, Surreal Phase of the Pandemic

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The Martial Arts Comedy of 'The Paper Tigers' (with Bao Tran)

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Diary: The CDC's Updated Guidance on Mask-Wearing

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Going Viral on IKEA TikTok (with Scott Seiss)

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One Year in the Seattle Pandemic: TV and Film (with Megan Griffiths)

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One Year in the Seattle Pandemic: Live Shows (with Adam Zacks)

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One Year in the Seattle Pandemic: Restaurants (with Deming Maclise)

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One Year in the Seattle Pandemic: Firefighting (with Stephen McCauley)

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Diary: The Murders in Georgia

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Diary: Vaccine Feelings

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The Controversy at 'Reply All' (with Piya Sinha-Roy)

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What's Happening in Texas (With Scott Wampler)

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On the Rising Tide of Anti-Asian Violence (with May-lee Chai)

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Examining WallStreetBets and Other Internet Oddities in 'Garbage Day' (with Ryan Broderick)

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Exploring the World of Sound in 'Twenty Thousand Hertz' (with Dallas Taylor)

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Diary: The Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

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Diary: Assault on the Capitol, Trump's Second Impeachment, The Biden Administration

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Diary: New Year's Eve Update

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The Top 5 TV Shows of 2020 (with Willa Paskin)

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Diary: America's callousness, why the pandemic reminds me of Force Majeure, watching Tenet (finally)

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Breaking out with 'Searching' and 'Run' (with Aneesh Chaganty)

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Remembering the "Faces of COVID" (with Alex Goldstein)

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Re-Assessing The World of 'Game of Thrones' (with Myles McNutt)

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'Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales' Review (with Dan Gvozden)

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Diary: Reacting to the 2020 U.S. Election

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Helping People Remember (Pandemic) Life for 1 Second Everyday (with Cesar Kuriyama)

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The End of The Modern Hollywood Era (with Richard Rushfield)

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Diary: The President's COVID Diagnosis, The Evangelical Crisis, Inspirational COVID Bubbles, American Unexceptionalism

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Serializing The Life of an Actor in "The Tobolowsky Files" (with Stephen Tobolowsky)

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Diary: Forming a COVID Bubble, Christopher Nolan's 'Following,' Albert Brooks's 'Lost In America', The Return of The Tobolowsky Files

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The Thrills and the Tragedies of 'Class Action Park' (with Seth Porges)

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'Mulan' (2020) Review

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Diary: The decision to see 'Tenet,' what they don't tell you about COVID-19, epistemic closure

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Immersing Audiences in the World of 'Boys State' (with Jesse Moss)

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The Future of This Podcast (with me)

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Exposing Conspiracy Theories in the Era of COVID-19 (with David Farrier)

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Finding Success In Indie Games and Storytelling (with Mike Bithell)

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Diary: Reflecting on One Year of Culturally Relevant and Indie DIY Podcasting in COVID Times

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Looking back at 'Inception' 10 years later

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Living with COVID-19 for over 100 days (with Hannah Davis)

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'The Last of Us Part II' Review (feat. Dan Trachtenberg, Jeff Cannata, Christian Spicer)

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Diary: Dispatches from the CHOP; the First Wave of Coronavirus

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The Man Behind the Myth in 'Be Water' (with Bao Nguyen)

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Diary: The Police Brutality Protests

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Confronting White Privilege in 'A Map Is Only One Story' (with Cinelle Barnes)

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'The Last Dance' Review

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Grappling with 'The Skywalker Legacy'

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Coronavirus Diary (May 7, 2020)

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Capturing life in Taiwan in 'Tigertail' (with Alan Yang)

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Coronavirus Diary (April 16, 2020)

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Coronavirus Diary (April 10, 2020)

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Coronavirus Diary (April 2, 2020)

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Coronavirus Diary (March 26, 2020)

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Coronavirus Diary (March 18, 2020)

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How 'Freaks' went from indie film to Netflix sensation (with Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein)

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'The Invisible Man' Review

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Living in Shanghai under a Coronavirus Lockdown (with Frankie Huang)

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'Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey' review (with Melissa Tamminga)

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Telling Your Mom's Life Story in 'Little America' (with Tze Chun)

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'The Rhythm Section' Review (with Melissa Tamminga)

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The hopes and dreams of Generic Asian Man in 'Interior Chinatown' (with Charles Yu)

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The State of the Podcast Industry (with Nicholas Quah)

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The Top 10 TV Episodes of the Decade (with Tara Ariano)

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The Top 10 Films of the Decade (with Tasha Robinson)

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When Your Grandmother Gets Scammed (with Frankie Huang)

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Inside the Life of the "Peloton Husband" (with Sean Hunter)

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Creating the Music of 'Knives Out' (with Nathan Johnson)

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Exploring the History of Spider-Man (with Matt Singer)

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Writing About the Unthinkable in 'Once More We Saw Stars' (with Jayson Greene)

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An analysis of Martin Scorsese's New York Times Op-Ed on Marvel Films and Cinema

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Director's Commentary: ‘In the Tall Grass‘ (with Vincenzo Natali)

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