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• HBO MAX IS BACK

  Alex and Kevin buss it down from a design and cultural perspective. You know they had to talk about Kincks Mania, The Rizzler still making waves, Mr. Beast’s new look, The Outdoor Boys hanging it up, the new Pope, HBO Max coming back, the Utah Mmmoth brand, White Castle x Heeley’s, Jaguar firing their agency, and more!

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• Unsolicited Advice: With Talia Cotton

  Talia Cotton is a designer, coder, and educator who is recognized as a leading specialist in the intersection of design and technology. In 2023 she founded Cotton, a creative agency pursuing purposeful design work with code. Talia also teaches intro and advanced coding at Parsons School of Design. She has been recognized by The One Club, TDC, Fast Company, and It's Nice That, and has inspired audiences around the globe on The Cotton Global worldwide tour.Talia joins us today to teach us about code and how she and her studio of like-minded designers use it to make excellent work. Their work is as unique as their approach. They are a pioneer agency in this exciting and emerging way of working creatively with code. We were thrilled to sit and talk with her about everything going on in her life and unpack why she has watched Sex and the City three times through, and never the final episode. Enjoy!

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• CULTURAL CAPITAL

  THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN! Alex is back from Coachella, and Kevin is back from Tulum. The bougie boys are bringing the heat as they talk about what’s going on. Alex recaps Coachella, and the fellas talk about 100 dudes vs 1 gorilla, the kerning on Pope Francis’ tomb, Fyre Fest 2, Khloé Kardashian’s Khloud Protein Popcorn, the Amazon rebrand, the Heinz grill, Sperm Racing, and more!

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• A Series of Decisions: with Justin Thomas Kay

  Today, we are thrilled to welcome Justin Thomas Kay to the program! Justin is a YouTuber, creative director, and graphic designer based in Brooklyn. You may have seen him on GQ Rebranded, an episodic series about sports branding— how it works, the history behind it, and how he would approach it. Justin was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he cut his teeth in designing posters, album art, and other stuff for his band Sincebyman. He then entered the editorial world and worked with like every cool magazine, Complex, Fader, New York Times Magazine, Mass Appeal, and Victory Journal, to name a few. Justin then moved to the brand side, working for Nike, Google, YouTube,  Apple, and Red Bull. We are stoked to talk to him about his work on J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive and rebranding the Milwaukee Bucks. Justin is a legend. Enjoy!

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• MEAT MAN: WITH PETE FREEMAN

  We are thrilled to welcome Pete Freeman to the show! Pete, a willing 3rd, is a Center OG, the first employee. We are blessed with his presence this week as he’s in New York on business by way of sunny California! We talk about the rats of Erewhon, Alex is going to Coachella, Paul American, the Rizzler throwing out the first pitch at the Mets game, pool+, the subway footlong nachos, KFC toothpaste, Glen Powell’s Smash Kitchen, and more!

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