On the Culture's Crest

IronAge Media

Cut through the whitewater of modern art and entertainment with Jacob & Richard as they chat about trends, news, and craft across music, movies, fiction, and more. With any luck, we'll catch the wave that changes the game.

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Episodes

Caught in the Net

This week, Jake and Richard dive headlong into the world of YouTube and video content creation, reminiscing about old favorites, the joys of discovery in the information age, the transition from passion-led projects to sponsored corporate backing, and how to face the seeming unending sea of content as a new creator. (Recorded 5/17/2025) Show Notes: "Billy Mays vs Ben Franklin" by Epic Rap Battles of History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAaE7sJahiw "The Good Old Days" by FlyingPringle: https:...

May 22, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 4

Sailing The Electric Seas

This week, Jake and Richard turn their eye to one of the great keystone mediums in modern entertainment: video games. Lucrative, widespread, and often controversial, there's never a dull moment in the world of interactive media. Topics include the many surprises brought by the Nintendo Switch 2, the dynamic between game-makers and game-players, and the question eternal: are video games art? (Recorded 4/17/2025) Show Notes: "Naughty Dog has completely lost the plot" by Legendary Drops: https://ww...

May 08, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 3

Sound Waves

Music has often found itself on the bleeding edge of trends in media distribution and popular culture. Jacob and Richard explore some of the many changes this time-honored medium has endured, from the proliferation of "lo-fi study beats" to the fractured pop landscape to issues of the future of music streaming and more. (Recorded 3/2/2025) Show Notes: "Jon, Take Me With You" by Jacadamia (Music By JW Francis): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOielb7YW5o "Pop Is Dead. Long Live Pop." by Jacob Cal...

Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 2

Wading Out

Jacob and Richard flow into the new show, asking whether mainstream entertainment is even built to last, chatting about how atomization has changed our engagement with finding new work, and the pitfalls of "right wing art/entertainment." (Recorded 2/2/2025) Show Notes: "Slop Economics" by Pillar of Garbage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl-edCJVFfA "I Quit Music Streaming For A Month" by Mic The Snare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T45zcgkgMzs "Why I Curate" by Jacob Calta: https://astoundin...

Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 1

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