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Latest Issues

The slow cancellation of the future: A Mark Fisher primer

CUJO is a podcast about culture in the age of platforms. Episodes drop every other week, but if you want the full experience, we recommend signing up for a paid subscription. Paid subscribers also get access to our CUJOPLEX Discord and The...

11 days ago
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Coachella trend report 2026: Let's watch YouTube together

CUJO is a podcast about culture in the age of platforms. Episodes drop every other week, but if you want the full experience, we recommend signing up for a paid subscription. Paid subscribers also get access to our CUJOPLEX Discord and The...

25 days ago
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The experience economy arms race and the end of the recording artist

CUJO is a podcast about culture in the age of platforms. Episodes drop every other week, but if you want the full experience, we recommend signing up for a paid subscription. Paid subscribers also get access to our CUJOPLEX Discord and The...

a month ago
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The return of the outsider stance

Noise music makes a comeback, the AI journalism debates go mainstream, and new Gang of Four music on our March cultural weather report.

As the weather warms up and Live Nation avoids a forced breakup with Ticketmaster, we connect the growi...

2 months ago
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Opinionated software: AI and the arts, revisited

Training performance for Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst’s “Starmirror” exhibition at KW Berlin, 2025. Image courtesy of the artists.

CUJO is a podcast about culture in the age of platforms. Episodes drop every other week, but if you want t...

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  • Emilie Friedlander

    Media critic, editor, reporter, and co-host of The Culture Journalist. Past: VICE, The FADER, Pitchfork, blogs.

  • Ruby Justice Thelot

    Cyberethnographer

  • jaime brooks

    writer, musician, proprietor of the seat of loss newsletter

  • Us v. Them by Ronen Givony

    Updates, excerpts, and playlists from the Abrams book "Us v. Them: The Age of Indie Music and a Decade in New York (2004-2014)," out on March 3, 2026. Order here: https://shorturl.at/yoz7t.

  • Sam Venis

    Writer based in Brooklyn

  • Mat Dryhurst

    Creator

  • Andrew Unterberger

    Andrew Unterberger, deputy editor at Billboard.com.

  • Andrea Domanick

    Andrea Domanick co-hosts The Culture Journalist, producing engaging deep dives examining culture and media in the platform age. Her work as a reporter and editor has appeared in the LA Times, Billboard, Playboy, Rolling Stone, The Fader, and more.

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