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Making It Up — 207 episodes · page 1 of 3
208: Who’s responsible when the majority of students fail a class?
207: How does urban planning impact the “energy” of a city?
206: What does an 857 hour movie about capitalism signify?
205: Blackbird Spyplane breaks down the foundation of fashion trends
204: Twitter, Depop, and religion
203: Instagram reels and artists
Post-hiatus episode
202: Collectability, cooperation, and capitalism
201: Over-Optimizing Creative Work & GeoGuessr
200: First Twitch livestream
199: Pierogis and buy nothing
198: Brunello Cucinelli slow growth and the Theranos trial
197: Attention and tribalism
196: 2021 Wrap Up
195: The Story Club with George Saunders and the possibly corporate web3
194: The Krause House and movie dialogue audibility
193: Peloton and soft power
192: Better sleep and supply chain issues
191: Metaverse and audio-focused dating apps
190: Future of creator economy and pricing art
189: Four dirty c-words and memes as shared language
188: Facebook whistleblower and Squid Game
187: Blockchain video games and TikTok captions
186: The Comme des Garçons strategy and the continued rise of digital fashion
185: Good critiques and overcoming Web3 bias
184: “Existence dissonance” at Nike
183: Climate crisis responsibility and Kanye West’s DONDA
182: Rational thinking and the tech/fashion relationship
181: Creative writing with language AI and sexism in women’s athletic uniforms
180: The rise of curators and “genuinfluencers”
179: Female athletes choose new sponsors and France launches the Culture Pass
178: Memories of the pandemic and “wang hong” (internet famous)
177: The MAEKAN Shop launches
176: 'It's O.K. not to be O.K.’ and the inner ring of the internet
175: NCAA athletes can start making money and Lachlan Morton’s alternative Tour de France
174: Video game writing and apparel sizing issues
173: Flaws with venture capital and curation as brand strategy
172: Cohort-based courses and the Barbell Strategy
171: The internet is flat and the cooperation economy
170: Sports journalism and selling out
169: Outlier designer Willie Norris and ongoing pandemic trauma
168: What “disgusting” means and out-of-control online fan groups
167: Museum NFTs and keeping the line alive
166: The “capitalism is broken” economy and organizational load management
165: Social media managing and the commune lifestyle
164: Everything bad about the fashion industry and deleting your life
163: Ownership of our time and communicating complex ideas
162: Chinatown Market Name Change
161: Cathie Wood’s content strategy and the first peer-reviewed rap album
160: Story-driven pricing and the Teen Vogue “cancel culture” news
159: The creator economy impact on newsrooms and free will
158: Museum gift shops and sharing authentically
157: Performative positivity and building self-worth
156: Worldbuilding and NFTs
155: Music as creator economy catalyst and the Unreal Engine MetaHuman Creator
154: Luxury resell and overhauling Twitter
153: The Dunning-Kruger Effect and the editorial/retail relationship
152: Food delivery apps and redefining masculinity
151: Perfectionism and fashion magazines pivoting
150: Subscriptions marketplace and “jootsing” as the key to creativity
149: CIA rebranding and Public Domain Day
148: 2020 Wrap Up
147: NFT art and the evolution of the web
146: AOC streams Among Us on Twitch and resilience in small businesses
145: Data is fire and Instagram shopping
144: Two Hollywood dudes buy a football club for content and the value of friendships in life
143: Airbnb makes a toolkit for freelance illustrators called Tyrus and Stephen Satterfield on building empathy through origins
142: Colors easing quarantine anxiety and stealing great ideas
140: Afew x ASICS GEL-Lyte 3 community sneaker and the pandemic content void
139: Pandemic art and bookclubs
138: Fashion consumption under capitalism and a tech-free life
137: Hong Kong food culture and chess popularity
136: New York's "death" and the luck factor
135: Fashion graduates and creative peers
134: Remote onboarding and the Telfar bag
133: What MasterClass actually sells and how Shopify arms the rebels
132: Other people’s problems and tips for community funding with Behzod Sirjani
131: Racial bias in photography tech and good media happenings
130: AI graphic design and research on the future of luxury
129: Paid communities and the Simone Biles Vogue photoshoot
128: Parenting as gardening and Silicon Valley on tech media
127: Email services and going back to the office
126: Brain Dead raises 1mil for charity and the “Virgilization” of Virgil Abloh
125: Indie music venues and the passion economy
124: Quibi and tech post-pandemic
123: Animal Crossing and The Last Dance
122: Artists interpreting science and indie mags navigate the pandemic
121: Signaling as a service and the new MAEKAN membership strategy
120: Minecraft campuses and stop being productive
119: Financial independence and the UN Open Brief
118: Culture in the time of quarantine and luxury brand restaurants
117: The nuclear family and jjapaguri (aka “ram-don”)
116: Participatory design and the launch of The Markup
115: Spotify acquires The Ringer and black music in white spaces
114: “American Dirt” and giving good waiting staff respect
113: Record number of new podcasts in 2019 and the future of fashion PR
112: Forming new habits and the decade in fashion
111: Shawn Stussy x Dior and Charis’ new podcast “To Bring Back”
110: Access instead of ownership and reseller luxury
109: Feeling no pleasure in music and the anatomy of a TikTok hit