Episode 025: Two Memers and a Dog Guest Madi Alten wanted to hop onto last episode's conversation about memes and how important they figure in culture. Dog Moses shares some encouraging barks as well. Where is the gap between generations and understanding memes? What will the murky legality surrounding memes look like in the future? All this and more in Episode 025. Find out more on the Anyway, We're Pretentious website.

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Episode 025: Two Memers and a Dog

What movement does art exist in nowadays? It's easy to blurt "post-modernism!" but that movement was active in the 1970s! John Armour, an artist and printmaker himself, and I explore art in the age of mass reproduction and the internet. Of course, we touch on memes and hardly find a true answer. 

Episode 024: Post-post-neo-meta-modernism

What movement does art exist in nowadays? It's easy to blurt "post-modernism!" but that movement was active in the 1970s! John Armour, an artist and printmaker himself, and I explore art in the age of mass reproduction and the internet. Of course, we touch on memes and hardly find a true answer.  Find out more on the Anyway, We're Pretentious website.

This week Claire and her guest Sarah, a thespian, explore the notion of who owns a story. If your story has personal details or inflammatory portions about family, friends, lovers, and more—can you share it? Is it yours to share? Who owns the spaces where stories take space?

Episode 023: Not Actor, Storyteller

This week Claire and her guest Sarah, a thespian, explore the notion of who owns a story. If your story has personal details or inflammatory portions about family, friends, lovers, and more—can you share it? Is it yours to share? Who owns the spaces where stories take space? Find out more on the Anyway, We're Pretentious website.

It's part two of the human rights discussion, but this time Dakota takes the reins with a bit of economic theory while Claire rides along. Does it get them closer to an answer? Who knows?

Episode 022: It's a TINA world Part 2

It's part two of the human rights discussion, but this time Dakota takes the reins with a bit of economic theory while Claire rides along. Does it get them closer to an answer? Who knows? Find out more on the Anyway, We're Pretentious website.

Reoccuring guest Dakota Potts launches into the heavily contested idea of human rights. World organizations, philosophers, and idealists alike struggle to define quite what they are—will these two have any better luck? Probably not, but they will certainly attack from all sides.

Episode 021: It's a TINA world Part 1

Reoccuring guest Dakota Potts launches into the heavily contested idea of human rights. World organizations, philosophers, and idealists alike struggle to define quite what they are—will these two have any better luck? Probably not, but they will certainly attack from all sides. Find out more on the Anyway, We're Pretentious website.

Why the hell do we love the hype? Why have hypebeasts dominated men's fashion? Where do women factor in this and why is it a boy's game? Jack and Claire tackle this baffling trend with an appropriate amount of criticism, skepticism, and admittance.

Episode 020: Are We Live?

Why the hell do we love the hype? Why have hypebeasts dominated men's fashion? Where do women factor in this and why is it a boy's game? Jack and Claire tackle this baffling trend with an appropriate amount of criticism, skepticism, and admittance. Find out more on the Anyway, We're Pretentious website.

Consistent friend and guest, Dakota Potts joins Claire today to discuss what bullshit is philisophically and in reality. Are lies or bullshit more dangerous to truth? WE MAYBE FIND THE ANSWER.

Episode 019: Read Descartes, Sharon

Consistent friend and guest, Dakota Potts joins Claire today to discuss what bullshit is philisophically and in reality. Are lies or bullshit more dangerous to truth? WE MAYBE FIND THE ANSWER. Find out more on the Anyway, We're Pretentious website.

Justin and I ask another buzzy question: can you teach creativity? While we are full of yeses and nos, we are also full of personal anecdotes and assumptions and such about our own experiences as creative people. Sit down with us, have a cup of whatever you like and navigate the complexities of creativity with us. Oh and check out his videos on the YouTube at JMontage. 

Episode 018: Pardon the Train

Your resident discourse nerd and host, Claire, tackles the unspoken, bizarre, and banal features that make up our society and our lives. Each episode a new or recycled guest joins to add their own spice to the discourse stew, all in the spirit of inciting more discussion in your life and our society. The public space might be dead or dying, but public discourse certainly doesn't have to be!

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