Magdalene Taylor, a senior editor at Playboy Magazine who writes about sexuality and culture, talks about whether we are finally sick of dating apps, whether AI will change social interactions, the forces encouraging men and women to hate each other, the decline of the manosphere, and Trump's strange performance of masculinity.

Recorded January 20, 2026

LINKS

Magdalene's newsletter, "Many Such Cases"

https://www.sexual-culture.com/

Aryeh and Magdalene's 2021 conversation

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/juggalos-simps-and-cat-guys-with-magdalene-taylor/id981282353?i=1000517814150

NYT on a woman who fell in love with a chatbot

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/technology/ai-boyfriend-chatgpt.html

Magdalene's piece, "Do Men Even Like Women Anymore?"

https://www.sexual-culture.com/p/do-men-even-like-women-anymore

Magdalene's piece, "Do Women Even Like Men Anymore?"

https://www.sexual-culture.com/p/do-women-even-like-men-anymore

Puck on young men and Trump

https://puck.news/why-young-men-are-souring-on-trump/

Follow @magdajtaylor

Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social

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Adam Gurri, editor-in-chief and cofounder of the website Liberal Currents, discusses his recent piece about the fight against Trump titled "We Are Going to Win."

Recorded January 6, 2025

LINKS

Liberal Currents

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/

Adam's piece, "We Are Going to Win"

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/we-are-going-to-win/

Adam's piece, "Impeach and Remove the Bastards"

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/impeach-and-remove-the-bastards/

Reporting on Stephen Miller ordering more ICE arrests

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3425297/stephen-miller-eviscerated-ice-officials-deportation-numbers/

Adam on "The Reconstruction Papers"

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/a-preview-of-a-project-well-pursue-if-fully-funded/

Follow Adam on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com

Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social

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Bob Wright reflects on the legacy of the Bloggingheads.tv, the pioneering website he co-founded in 2005. Aryeh and Bob discuss how the site and the technology that powered it anticipated modern trends in online media. They also consider whether Twitter still has any use for journalists, the pros and cons of Substack, and whether Culturally Determined should pivot back to video.

Recorded October 28, 2025

LINKS

Robert Wright's Nonzero podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/robert-wrights-nonzero/id505824847

The Nonzero Newsletter

https://www.nonzero.org/

Max Read on his Substack stats

https://maxread.substack.com/p/four-years-of-read-max-on-substack

Andrew Thompson on the economics of Substack and money vs. attention

https://components.news/the-desire-distribution/

MeaningOfLife.tv

https://meaningoflife.tv/

Follow Bob on Twitter: https://x.com/robertwrighter

Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social

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