Best Adam Lehrer Matthew Denicola Podcasts (2025)

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FriendFiction (w/Omar King) 1:40:33

15d ago1:40:33

1:40:33

Writer Omar King, as well as publisher Evan Papadakis, join the show to discuss his new short story collection An Odyssey of Dingbats, published on friends and former guests Dan Baltic's and Matt Pegas' new imprint New Ritual Press, to talk about his book, porn, Los Angeles, egirl writing, "friendfiction", Hubert Selby, Jr, autism and more SOUNDTRA…

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PREVIEW Trash American Style (w/ Malcolm Tent) 43:07

1M ago43:07

43:07

Malcom Tent is an under appreciated legend of underground rock n' roll. From entering into the punk fold in South Florida in the 1980s with his hardcore band Broken Talent, to forming the sub-underground noise rock collective Bunny Brains, to playing in one of the most important lineups of American black metal group Profanatica, to collaborating wi…

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PREVIEW The Codependent Benefactor (w/ Philip Van Den Hurk and Stefan Ruitenbeek) 45:19

2M ago45:19

45:19

A very special episode here, featuring none other than Dutch artist and director of the infamous KIRAC film series Stefan Ruitenbeek and his benefactor, the Dutch art collector Philip Van Den Hurk. We attempt to understand just why Philip would allow himself to become a character in the KIRAC universe, which Philip explains brings him a kind of lim…

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PREVIEW DOGEing Bullets (W/ Shay Semple) 39:54

3M ago39:54

39:54

Artist and MAGA OG Shay Semple joins once more to discuss the radical first month of the Trump presidency OST Kraftwerk "Computer Love" ESG "Shinin and Grindin" M8 "Sword Shards" Kim Fowley "Bubblegum" Peste Noire "La dernier putsch" The Bomber Jackets "Legends Never Die"

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Melrose Place (w/ Zach Brown) 1:34:24

3M ago1:34:24

1:34:24

Artist Zach Brown joins the show to discuss one of the stranger and more era specific art works of the 1990s, Darren Starr's adult nighttime soap series Melrose Place OST Dead Girl's Party "I'm a Tick Tock Bomb" Hunger! "Workshop" Diapsiquir "Aprés"

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Rockin Back Inside My Heart (w/ Jack Mason) 42:33

4M ago42:33

42:33

The life, the legacy, and the art of David Lynch, with Jack Mason of The Perfume Nationalist SOUNDTRACK Julee Cruise "Rockin' Back Inside my Heart" Brother JT "This is the Life" Felt "Primitive Painters" Roy Orbison "In Dreams" LINKS TPN The Films of David Lynch Part One and Part Two

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PREVIEW Opportunism and Moralism (w/ Kat Chamberlin) 40:22

4M ago40:22

40:22

Artist Kat Chamberlin discusses her political discontent and Dean Kissick's recent panel with Anna and Dasha SUBSCRIBE FOR FULL EPISODE Soundtrack: Mortuary Drape "Larve" Datblygu "Hollol, Hollol, Hollol" Das Kabinette "Something's On Your Mind" Mirrors "Shirley" LINKS: Kat Chamberlin website

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Goodbye 2024 1:18:03

5M ago1:18:03

1:18:03

Memorable art, music, film and memes of 2024 OST Red Lorry Yellow Lorry "Pushing On" Horsepower Electronics "Gorgon Sound" Thergothon "Elemental" NOFX "Vanilla Sex"

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Magic Man (w/ Christopher Zeischegg) 1:34:49

5M ago1:34:49

1:34:49

Author and filmmaker Christopher Zeischegg discusses his semi autofictional 2020 novel The Magician, a new film based on that text, and a little bit about his previous life in pornography OST: Cabaret Voltaire "A Touch of Evil" The Obsessed "Tombstone Highway" Metal Urbain "Ultra Violence" The Diplomats "Who I Am" Miss Kittin and the Hacker "Homme …

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PREVIEW Omertà (w/ Med Gold) 40:43

6M ago40:43

40:43

Sensitive young man and friend of the show Med Gold joins to discuss too good and decent men wildly condemned and deliberately misunderstood by the media SUBSCRIBE FOR FULL EPISODE LINKS: Read Med's essay on The Sopranos

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Monologue: 'The Apprentice' 36:03

6M ago36:03

36:03

Adam discusses Ali Abbasi's Trump biopic, Sebastian Stan's incredible performance, and portraiture in general, and finds in the film a surprisingly and perhaps accidentally positive portrait of the President Elect READ THE ESSAY HERE and HERE

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Psychogeography (W/ Chino Amobi) 40:05

7M ago40:05

40:05

Multi-hyphenate artist, musician and writer Chino Amobi calls in from Houston to talk about his masterful new album Eroica and the state of the whole goddamn world LINKS: Chino Amobi at Bandcamp Chino's Eroica Flora Chino At Instagram: @chinoamobi

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Dada Disturbed (w/ Morgan Garrett) 1:23:46

7M ago1:23:46

1:23:46

Philly based musician and artist Morgan Garrett's excellent recent album Purity has been compared to bands as unrelated as Korn and the Shadow Ring by midwit rock writers. Nevertheless, there is something interesting about the references, and Adam found himself shocked by how fascinated he was by this strange, disorienting and highly original music…

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PREVIEW Abuse of THE SUBSTANCE (w/ Jack Mason and Ryan Simón) 40:59

7M ago40:59

40:59

With Jack Mason of the Perfume Nationalist and Ryan Simón American Vulgaria Magazine OST: Raffertie "The Substance" Butthole Surfers "Dum Dum" Endor "Pump it Up" JJ Band "Live I Kungston" CLOSER Raffertie "French Cuisine" LINKS: Adam on The Substance

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Hermanos Menendez 1:37:57

7M ago1:37:57

1:37:57

Matt and Adam discuss Ryan Murphy's second season of Monsters on the Menendez Brothers, the Gary Indiana novel Resentment also about the case, and other goings on OST MIlli Vanilli "Girl You Know It's True" Batrider "Tara" Skinny Puppy "Bites" Associates "Party Fears Two" The Lox "Money Power Respect"…

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THOUGHTS on 'Wise Guy' 13:16

8M ago13:16

13:16

Inspired by Alex Gibney's recent documentary on David Chase, Adam finally tries to communicate what 'The Sopranos" means to him SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON LINKS: Adam's essay on The Sopranos

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PREVIEW Baller Blockin' (w/ Anna Khachiyan) 39:04

8M ago39:04

39:04

Convening around the topic of the culd oddity that is the 2000 Cash Money Records produced film Baller Blockin', Anna K wades into her love of hip-hop culture, the differences between the intellectualism of New York rap versus the ratchet experimentalism of Deep South rap, shared Cape Cod roots, and more SUBSCRIBE FOR FULL EPISODE LINKS: Follow Ann…

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PREVIEW SEX Pod (w/ Asher Penn) 40:31

8M ago40:31

40:31

Sex Magazine is now in its 14th issue and its 4th since it was reborn as a print journal, and it's a doozy. Sam Hyde, the man who started it all, and Million Dollar Extreme grace the cover . Sex Mag editor Asher Penn joins to discuss the new issue, as well as the differences between the art movement of the 2010s that the project was born out of and…

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Desire to Destruct (w/ Jukka Siikala) 1:11:16

8M ago1:11:16

1:11:16

Finnish multimedia artist, painter, and recent author Jukka Siikala joins SOS by SP to discuss his zine series Seksnobyl, new film work, doing album art, the differences and similarities between writing and making visual work, and the state of Finnish politics. OST Cannibal Corpse "Born in a Casket" Pharoah Overlord "Verbi" Impaled Nazarene "The Ho…

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THOUGHTS: Art Market Crash 14:17

8M ago14:17

14:17

Why is the art market tanking? Economic instability is obviously mostly responsible, but Adam thinks there might be a more spiritual quandary at the root of it OST: Omit "Restrain" "Nuit Noire "Mystery I" LINKS: Adam's text on the art market crash HERE Art Newspaper on the Crash HERE The ridiculous shit that Nina Hartmann says HERE…

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The Veneer of Respectability (W/ Nina Power) 41:12

9M ago41:12

41:12

With some months separating now between her exit from Compact Magazine, Nina Power discusses the chaos of post-cancellation cultural life, RFK, Jr's Trump endorsement, the extinction of education, and the battle between good and evil FULL EPISODE LINKS: Nina on her court case

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Algerian Boxing (w/ JJ) 1:22:27

9M ago1:22:27

1:22:27

Combat sports expert JJ discusses the peculiar psyop that was the Algerian "intersex" boxer competing in the women's division of the 2024 Olympics OST Chrome "Wranglers" Manson Family "Bar None" Manowar "Hatred" Red Cross "White Trash" LINKS On the Imane Khelif controversy

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PREVIEW Tastefully Tasteless (w/ Ryan Simón) 42:16

9M ago42:16

42:16

Montana's own avant-garde good ol' boy and sturdy lad Ryan Simón joins SOS by SP once more to discuss his magazine's upcoming 4th issue, The Girl Issue... FULL EPISODE LINK LINKS: Buy the American Vulgaria "Girl Issue" Follow Ryan on X

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Journal Entries, Aug 2024 54:01

9M ago54:01

54:01

Adam documents observations, thoughts and dreams he had from July to August, 2024 OST Jandek "Blue Blister" Non "Fire in the Organism" The Vaselines "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" Van Morisson "Streets of Arklow" Read Adam's text at Substack

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Cheap Shocks, Part 2: On P**N 22:02

9M ago22:02

22:02

In the second part of a two-part series, Adam laments a culture where eroticism has collapsed and content is all porn... OST: Meatshits "Forced to have Sex" Coil "Paint me as a Dead Soul" The Cure "The Holy Hour" READ THE ESSAY AT SUBSTACK

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PREVIEW The Gen-X Problem (W/ Jack Mason) 41:07

9M ago41:07

41:07

Jack Mason, the iconic creator of the Perfume Nationalist podcast, joins the show to definitively define what we call "The Gen-X Problem", with numerous digressions into topics like Huysmans, Nan Goldin being a junkie hag, Gavin McInnes, Satanic Panic, Howard Stern, Steve Albini, Brat, Kamala and more... SOUNDTRACK Douglas Coupland on Gen-X Madonna…

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Paved w/ Good Intentions (W/ Ron Morelli) 1:28:37

10M ago1:28:37

1:28:37

DJ, producer and founder of iconic NY techno label L.I.E.S., Ron Morelli, makes the honorable decision to redeem his entire generation and join in the effort to save America LINKS: L.I.E.S. at Bandcamp L.I.E.S at Instagram

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Deserted (W/ Gary Beauvais aka Mammal) 1:22:55

10M ago1:22:55

1:22:55

Gary Beauvais is a Michigan based artist and musician who has been recording beneath the name Mammal since the beginning of the '00s. This year, however, he released a new album called Deserted. I shit you not, this is one of the best records of the year. Haunting and emotive. Gary discusses the record with the boys, as well as the transition of hi…

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The Teflon Don 27:30

10M ago27:30

27:30

Self-medicated on benzos and weed, Adam hits up Matt to discuss the assassination attempt on Donald Trump's life LINKS: Adam on Trump

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PREVIEW Bending the Knee to Luke Turner in 2024 3:42

10M ago3:42

3:42

Adam explains his experiences as a contributor of Compact Magazine, how it was pitched to him versus what the magazine has become, based around the recent resigning of friend of the show Nina Power as an editor of the project after Luke Turner leaked private communications between her and former guest Daniel Miller that were presented as evidence d…

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Harm Reduction Mantra (W/ Shay Semple) 2:14:25

10M ago2:14:25

2:14:25

People have been telling me for years that the artist Shay Semple and I would get along. Finally, we started bonding on Instagram over a shared contempt for the Tumblr art of Nina Hartman. Shay, who hails from the Fentanyl cesspool of Vancouver, is the OG MAGA art world figure, known equally for his irreverent paintings, his provocative zines, and …

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PREVIEW Lust4Life (W/ Udith Dematagoda) 8:01

11M ago8:01

8:01

Udith Dematagoda, editor of Hyperidean Press and author of the stellar new novel Agonist, joins Adam and Matt to discuss his home country of Scotland's greatest cultural export: Trainspotting and Trainspotting 2 FULL EPISODE LINKS Buy Udith's novel Agonist Follow Udith on Substack The cast of Trainspotting reunites…

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Based Safety/Cringe Propaganda 2024, pt 1 44:39

11M ago44:39

44:39

Adam discusses the good, the bad and the bewildering of 2024, as of June. WRITE-UP LINK

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LARP LIFE (w/ Ben Werther) 1:46:18

11M ago1:46:18

1:46:18

Ben Werther is a conceptual artist, born in Nashville and living in New York, whose new exhibition at No Gallery, “WHEN YOU CAN NO LONGER SPEAK, SING ME A SONG.” , presents a fascinating sequence of photographs that initially look like on the ground photojournalistic documents of armed combat. Upon further inquiry, however, you learn that these ima…

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ANTIFAshionable (w/ Elena Velez) 1:37:09

12M ago1:37:09

1:37:09

Famed fashion designer and high fashion's Dimes Square rep Elena Velez discusses her last two insta-iconic shows, the mud fight of SS 2024 and the Gone with the Wind Ball of FW 2024, and her resilience in the face of high and mighty fashion editors and her refusal to play along. We accept you One of US! Soundtrack: Total "You'll Get Yours Yet" Lung…

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PREVIEW Laibach Merch Game (w/ Saul Adamczewski and another) 7:08

12M ago7:08

7:08

Musician and former member of the Fat White Family Saul Adamczewski and another lowly Brit join the show to finally settle their score with Adam and America OST Saul Adamscewski "Gulag" Syd Barrett "Rats" Insecure Men "All Women Love Me" Laibach "Brat Moj" Country Teasers "Country Fag"

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No Fun to be Had (W/ Carlos Giffoni) 1:22:49

12M ago1:22:49

1:22:49

Amongst the many legends Adam met in Osaka, experimental musician, comics writer/illustrator and creator of the now legendary and historic No Fun Festival, which captured noise and experimental music at the peak of its power in the 2000s. Carlos discusses his discovery of noise living in Miami in the '90s, creating the best noise festival of all ti…

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300 and Beyond (w/ Paul K and Kurt) 1:39:08

12M ago1:39:08

1:39:08

After months of criticism about the fight card, 300 indeed ended up being the best martial arts card in history, and launched fan favorite and fighter's fighter Max Holloway to instant superstardom after he knocked out Justin Gaethje in the final five seconds of a five round right, for the coveted BMF title, arguably the grandest and most artistic …

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REPOSTED Rapedman (W/ Damen Corrado) 1:59:41

1y ago1:59:41

1:59:41

Damen Corrado is a Chicago-based writer and actor with old school links to Adam Parfrey and the broader American underground. In 2019, the late Parfrey's Feral House publishing imprint published a book co-written by Damen and James "Jinx" O'Connor. Entitled Compliments of Chicagohoodz: "A rare, private collection of photos, calling cards, and ephem…

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PREVIEW Roll the Black Dice (w/ Bjorn Copeland) 12:40

1y ago12:40

12:40

Bjorn Copeland is a mixed media artist, sculptor, and musician perhaps best known as a founding member of the long-lived and ever shapeshifting experimental rock group Black Dice. FULL EPISODE Soundtrack: Black Dice "Seabirds" Black Dice "Re-Reading" Wolf Eyes "Black Vomit" Aaliyah "Are You that Somebody" Masonna "Untitled" Burning Spear "The Ghost…

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Safety Propaganda 101 1:17:13

1y ago1:17:13

1:17:13

At the end of 2023, Adam took to the podium to explain the Safety Propaganda ideology and the Counter-Agency of the Avant-Garde to a small but captivated audience. This event was sponsored by UNCENSORED NY

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Weebed Out 1:23:43

1y ago1:23:43

1:23:43

Adam is back from Japan: tales of shopping, noise, fem-boys, etc OST Merging Moon "Blackout before Shadow" Prurient and Linkekraft "Container of Souls" Beherit "Sadomatic Rights" LLoyd Banks "Empathy" Blancmange "Living on the calling" LINKS: Hospital NWN Fest

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PREVIEW DECA DYKE 14:55

1y ago14:55

14:55

Shortly before Adam's journey to Japan, he and Matthew discuss two trashy arthouse thrillers from the past and present: Ingmar Bergman's 1980 made for TV movie From the Life of the Marionettes and Rose Glass' 2024 bodybuilding lesbian romance thriller Love Lies Bleeding. From the Life of the Marionettes is a disturbing slow burn of a masterpiece – …

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Spiced Out (W/ Benjamin Braddock and Monica Milkers) 1:28:19

1y ago1:28:19

1:28:19

Dune: Part 2, Denis Villeneuve's second half of his adaptation of Frank Herbet's sci-fi masterpiece Dune, is out. It's huge. Everyone has an opinion. So do we. Dr. Benjamin Braddock and Mommy Milkers join the show to discuss the film. SOUNDTRACK: Herbie Hancock "Watermelon Man" Reverend Bizarre "In the Victory of" John Frusciante "God" UGK "Pocket …

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The Avatar is a Pornographer (w/ Emma Stern) 1:21:36

1y ago1:21:36

1:21:36

A week before the opening of her exhibition the Pond Society in Shanghai, artist Emma Stern discusses her work, porn, ABBA and the creation of avatars. Matthew Denicola is the new producer and co-host of SOS by SP. We thank Will Samson for his two years of work Soundtrack Y$ "Back to Me" Controlled Bleeding "Fat Bird Curd" Blue Cheer "Out of Focus"…

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PREVIEW Welcome to Helltown (W/ Edward Giles and Max Julian Eastman) 20:13

1+ y ago20:13

20:13

Conceptual artist, musician, and founding member of iconic NYC power electronics group Final Solution, Edward Giles, joins the Safety Propaganda network. The primary topic is the reissue of Edward's industrial project Helltown Inc on former guest Max Julian Eastman's label. The release not only comes with hours of music, art inserts and otherwise, …

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PREVIEW Barney Does it All (W/ Bjarne Melgaard) 1:01:14

1+ y ago1:01:14

1:01:14

Regularly referred to as "The most famous Nordic Artist since Edvard Munch," painter, sculptor, filmmaker and installation artist Bjarne Megaard joins the audiocast to dish on decades in the art world. Topics covered: Bjarne's new film Barney Does it All based on his time as a whore in Sydney, his interview with porno actress Rae Lil Black in the n…

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Poor Greek (W/Zane) 1:34:35

1+ y ago1:34:35

1:34:35

Yorgos Lanthimos has not been a preferred filmmaker of the Safety Propaganda universe. Too self-consciously "weird". Too Letterboxd. His new film Poor Things, starring Emma Stone in a virtuosic performance as a young woman with the brain of an infant, is a comic masterpiece. Based on a story by surrealist Scottish author Alsadair Gray, 'Poor Things…

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Kanye Versus the Vultures (w/ Matthew Denicola) 1:50:12

1+ y ago1:50:12

1:50:12

Kanye is trying to release a new record, Vultures, with Ty Dolla $ign, and his enemies are refusing to get its samples cleared, leaving the record unreleased. Kanye, of course, isn't staying quiet about what's happening behind the scenes, and treated the world to a 15 minute rant against his many enemies, ranging from LVMH CEO Bernard Arnaut, the R…

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PREVIEW Life Long Insomniac (W/ Stephen Tunney AKA Dogbowl) 14:01

1+ y ago14:01

14:01

At the end of November, friends of SP Newton Gallery hosted an exhibition of paintings and cartoons by American artist Stephen Tunney. Many of those in attendance likely had no idea that these disorienting, vivid, and fantastical images were made by the same Stephen Tunney behind the indie rock solo project Dogbowl. When Stephen plugged his guitar …

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