David provides a brief update on the state of the podcast. Plus: Some Office Hours Q&A for your enlightenment and enjoyment. Stay tuned to this feed for more soon! Join DecodingTV.com to get premium access to Decoding TV and A Cast of Kings! Links: Listen to the entire uncut Office Hours on Twitter This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for the podcast by emailing culturallyrelev...
Aug 15, 2022•43 min
David chats with reporter Elizabeth Williamson about her new book, Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Search for Truth. Support me on Patreon! Links: Buy Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Search for Truth Read an excerpt from Elizabeth's book Follow Elizabeth on Twitter This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for the podcast by emailing culturallyrelevantshow(AT)gmail(DOT)c...
Jun 24, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 78
David chats with Walter Chaw about 'Everything Everywhere All At Once,' which is now available on VOD. Support me on Patreon! Links: Listen to my conversation with the Daniels Watch this conversation on YouTube Follow Walter on Twitter Read Walter's review of Everything Everywhere All At Once This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for the podcast by emailing culturallyrelevantshow(AT...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 77
David chats with writer/producer Andrew Law about finding his voice as a comedy writer and working on the HBO Max original series 'Hacks.' Support me on Patreon! Links: Watch Hacks on HBO Max Weekly Recommendations The bleak spectacle of the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp Trial Everything Everywhere All At Once This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for the podcast by emailing culturallyrel...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 76
David talks with entertainment journalist Elaine Low about the layoffs at Netflix this past week and what they might foretell for the future of entertainment media. Support me on Patreon! Links: Follow Elaine Low on Twitter Business Insider's story about the creation of Tudum Business Insider's story about the layoffs at Tudum This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for the podcast by...
May 01, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 75
David chats with Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (AKA Daniels) about their newest film, 'Everything Everywhere All At Once.' Support me on Patreon! Links: Learn more about Everything Everywhere All At Once Learn more about The Daniels Weekly Recommendations Power On documentary This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for the podcast by emailing culturallyrelevantshow(AT)gmail(DOT)com...
Apr 08, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 74
David chats with Jen Yamato about the controversy over the scenes of anti-Asian racism in Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza. Support me on Patreon! Links: Read Jen's article about Licorice Pizza at the LA Times . The Hollywood Reporter covers the controversy PTA's comments in the New York Times in November 2021 PTA's comments in Indiewire in February 2022 Culturally Relevant episode about the slap This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast man...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 73
David chats with Tirhakah Love about "The Slap Heard Around The World." Support me on Patreon! Links: Read Tirhakah Love's piece on The Slap David Dennis Jr.'s piece about Chris Rock Follow Tirhakah on Twitter YouGov's survey about the slap This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for the podcast by emailing culturallyrelevantshow(AT)gmail(DOT)com. Follow the show on Twitter. Find ever...
Mar 30, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 72
David chats with Heather Havrilesky about her new book, 'Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage.' Support me on Patreon! Links: Follow Heather Havrilesky on Twitter Buy Foreverland Read a book excerpt in the New York Times Read the book review in The New York Times Kate Harding's article about reading critically Heather's Twitter thread about the reaction to her book Weekly Recommendations All of Us Are Dead (Netflix) Torres and Hopalong This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them o...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 71
David chats with writer Kendra James about her new book Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School. Support me on Patreon! Links: Follow Kendra James on Twitter Buy Admissions Weekly Recommendations The Gilded Age (HBO Max) Severance (Apple TV+) This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for the podcast by emailing culturallyrelevantshow(AT)gmail(DOT)com. Follow the show on Twitte...
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 70
David talks with Piya Sinha-Roy about the legacy of Entertainment Weekly as DotDash Meredith halts the print publication of magazines such as Entertainment Weekly , InStyle, Health, EatingWell and Parents . Support me on Patreon! Links: Follow Piya Sinha-roy on Twitter Entertainment Weekly to halt print publication Netflix is hiring top Conde Nast editors An appreciation of Entertainment Weekly This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management...
Feb 10, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 69
David chats with Ryan Broderick about what's happening at Spotify with Joe Rogan. Support me on Patreon! Links: Ryan's post about the end of Facebook Ryan's post about Spotify/Rogan Follow Ryan on Twitter Subscribe to Ryan's podcast The Content Mines Subscribe to Ryan's newsletter Garbage Day Open Letter to Spotify Casey Newton's "Spotify Hits a Stalemate" This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know yo...
Feb 08, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 68
David and film critic Caroline Siede discuss what it was like to "attend" the Sundance Film Festival this year. David's films: Piggy After Yang Dual God's Country Phoenix Rising My Old School Watcher Caroline's films: Tantura Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul Cha Cha Real Smooth When You Finish Saving the World 892 Call Jane Dual Tiktok Boom Fresh Emergency After Yang Speak No Evil Living Support me on Patreon! Links: Follow Caroline on Twitter Read Caroline's work at AV Club This podcast is powere...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 67
David shares five lessons he's learned from 2021. Thanks for all of your support this year! Support me on Patreon! Links: The NYTimes Coronavirus tracker America is not ready for Omicron COVID deaths in the US support 800K Omicron is the beginning of the end I'll never trust people again Where I live, no one cares about COVID 10 Lessons I've learned from the pandemic Why Ed Yong cancelled his birthday party Podcast image by Anne Nygard This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at sim...
Dec 31, 2021•47 min
David chats with Jeff Grubb about the latest console generation, the history of the 'Halo' franchise, and the ups and downs of 'Halo Infinite'. Support me on Patreon! Links: Follow Jeff Grubb on Twitter Subscribe to Gamesbeat Decides Watch GrubSnax on GiantBomb Listen to Last of the Nintendogs Bloomberg article about Halo Infinite This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for the podcas...
Dec 09, 2021•44 min
David chats with Nick Quah about creating his podcast newsletter Hot Pod, making it into a sustainable business, burning out from running it, potentially walking away, and then how/why he sold it to Vox Media. Support me on Patreon! Links: Vanity Fair: A Good Newsletter Exit Strategy is Hard to Find Follow Nick Quah on Twitter Sign up for 1.5 Speed, Nick's newsletter Read Nick Quah's work at Vulture Read/subscribe to Hot Pod This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com...
Nov 18, 2021•51 min
David chats with a listener, Jesse, who contracted COVID-19 after an IMAX screening of 'Dune.' As always, for the latest and most accurate information about COVID-19 case counts, I'd recommend sources such as: The CDC The NYTimes Coronavirus tracker Support me on Patreon! Links: Getting back to normal is only possible until you test positive This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for...
Nov 12, 2021•30 min
David talks with writer/director Edgar Wright about his new horror thriller, 'Last Night in Soho,' which is out in theaters right now. Support me on Patreon! Links: Buy tickets for Last Night in Soho Follow Edgar Wright on Twitter Weekly Recommendations Cello Unlimited album This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for the podcast by emailing culturallyrelevantshow(AT)gmail(DOT)com. Fo...
Oct 29, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 66
David talks with author Jay Caspian Kang about his new book, 'The Loneliest Americans,' a book that explores and reimagines Asian American identity. Support me on Patreon! Links: Buy The Loneliest Americans Follow Jay Caspian Kang on Twitter Weekly Recommendations Dave Chappelle The Comedy Relic Concepcion by Albert Samaha This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for the podcast by ema...
Oct 22, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 65
David chats with actress Noomi Rapace about her newest film, Lamb, which is out in theaters this weekend. Support me on Patreon! Links: Learn more about Lamb Buy tickets for Lamb Follow David on YouTube for video excerpts of this conversation Follow David on Tiktok for video excerpts of this conversation Weekly Recommendations Who is the Bad Art Friend Learn more about Dead Women Walking This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and an...
Oct 07, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 64
David chats with film critic Keith Phipps about what's happening in the world of film and film criticism, as Keith launches a new subscriber-funded newsletter about movies, "The Reveal." Support me on Patreon! Links: Follow Keith on Twitter Subscribe to The Reveal Listen to The Next Picture Show Weekly Recommendations On the Internet, We're Always Famous Decoder Ring: Selling Out Cry Macho This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and ...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 63
David chats with author Kristen Radtke about her new book Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness. Support me on Patreon! Links: Buy Kristen's book Learn more about Kristen's work Weekly Recommendations ER on Hulu What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for the podcast by emailing culturallyrelevantshow(AT)gmail(DOT)com. Follow the show on Twit...
Sep 16, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 62
David and Walter Chaw from Film Freak Central have a spoiler-filled discussion about Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and their differing perspectives on the film as Asian-Americans. Support me on Patreon! Links: Read Walter's work on Film Freak Central Follow Walter on Twitter David's YouTube review of Shang-Chi The Filmcast's review of Shang-Chi This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know yo...
Sep 10, 2021•55 min
Bonus episode: Dave on Dave is an ongoing series in which David Cho and David Chen gather together to discuss life and work. Also, usually David Cho uses this as an opportunity to critique David Chen's work and approach to it! In this episode, David Chen is on the verge of going on vacation and the two Davids contemplate the place of vacation in their lives. Also: why do we take vacation photos? Plus, David gives an update on his TikTok presence. Support me on Patreon! Links: Follow David Chen o...
Aug 19, 2021•1 hr 5 min
David talks with writer Ben Philippe about his new memoir, 'Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend: Notes from the Other Side of the Fist Bump.' Support me on Patreon! Links: Buy Ben's book Learn more about Ben Phillipe Weekly Recommendations The White Lotus Dave and Gossip Girl This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast management and analytics solution. Let me know your feedback for the podcast by emailing culturallyrelevantshow(AT)gmail(DOT)com. Follo...
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 61
David chats with filmmaker Caveh Zahedi about creating The Show About The Show. Support me on Patreon! Links: Back 'The Show About The Show' on Kickstarter Caveh's podcast: 365 Stories I Want To Tell You Before We Both Die NYTimes profile of Caveh Zahedi Watch The Show About The Show on YouTube The Filmcast episode in which we discuss The Show About The Show Weekly Recommendations Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America Noah Britton's album: I Love You This podcast is powered by Sim...
Jul 30, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 60
It's another diary episode as this week, David and @joyofnapping discuss what it's been like to kinda emerge from the pandemic in Seattle, how everyone is totally burnt out, and what it means that people are lashing out at strangers, often violently. Support me on Patreon! Links: The NYTimes' COVID tracker The danger of delta holds to 3 simple rules Companies are targeting stressed out people Retail workers are quitting for better jobs What is causing outbursts of rage Advice for artists whose p...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Dave on Dave is a Patreon-exclusive series in which David Cho chats with David Chen about his work and life. In this episode of Dave on Dave, the Davids share about what motivates them, how they set goals, accepting the nuance and complications of fellow humans, and the meaning of July 4th. This episode is being released free on Culturally Relevant for your enjoyment. Support me on Patreon! Links: The Atlantic's article about Brett Kavanaugh David Chen's interview with Bao Nguyen, director of Be...
Jul 04, 2021•1 hr 21 min
David chats with sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen about a new study she co-authored showing the prevalence of Asians and Pacific Islanders in popular movies. Support me on Patreon! Links: The LA Times article about the study Read the entire study (PDF) Follow Nancy Wang Yuen on Twitter Learn more about Nancy's work Weekly Recommendations The unreasonable expectations of American motherhood The Linda Lindas This podcast is powered by Simplecast. Check them out at simplecast.com for a great podcast man...
Jun 18, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 59
David reflects on life in Seattle right now and how we're entering a really weird and discombobulating phase of the pandemic where people's experiences seem vastly disparate. Support me on Patreon! Links: Slate: I do not trust people in the same way Seattle is the first major city to vaccinate 70% of eligible residents The pandemic in the US has vastly improved. For these families, the worst has just begun Disenfranchised grief in a year of pandemic losses Washington state's vaccine lottery Youn...
Jun 11, 2021•35 min
