Best Alex Jaffe Podcasts (2025)

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Austin Walker Stays Flexible, And You Can Too! 1:13:04

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When you’ve already done so many different things already, how do you pick what to do next? Austin can help you with that. Austin Walker is a media critic, writer, game designer, and podcaster. In addition to hosting the critically-acclaimed actual-play podcast Friends at the Table and the Star Wars podcast A More Civilized Age, Austin was formerly…

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June 18, 2025 6:05

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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of June 11, 2025. Top stories include Superman's new power and weakness, treacherous developments for the Titans, and NIGHTWIIIIIIIIIIING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comics Featured This Week: Superman Unlimited #2 New Gods #7 Titans #24 Nightwing #127 DC Action Ne…

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Week 41 - Miracles & Wonders 50:35

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My God, have you any decency at all?! World’s Finest Gita Jackson and All-Star Alex Jaffe come to terms with issue 41, and process the Silver Wheel of Nyorlath, Starfire’s whole deal, and the exact ways you can and can’t rip off Alan Moore. Show Notes: 52 Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Greg Rucka Mark Waid Keith Giffen Superman New Superman trailer Loi…

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Carla Lalli Music Reclaimed Her Value, And You Can Too 57:05

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Platforms keeping the real profits and the real costs of creating content hidden from you? Carla can help you with that. Carla Lalli Music is the James Beard Award-winning author of Where Cooking Begins (a national bestseller) and the host of Carla’s Cooking Show. The former food director at Bon Appétit, Carla is known for anchoring the hit YouTube…

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June 11, 2025 13:21

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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of June 11, 2025. Top stories include the ersatz Supergirl revealed as Phonygirl, an interview with New Kooey Robotic Mayoral Candidate L-Ron, and an update on the ongoing Vampire War with Count Jaffula. Comics Featured This Week: Supergirl #2 Action Comi…

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Ed Zitron is Pissed Off About Big Tech, And You Should Be Too! 1:04:54

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What do you do when the world insists AI is the future of every single industry, even though they’re clearly wrong? Ed can help you with that. Ed Zitron is the CEO of national Media Relations and Public Relations company EZPR, and hosts the Better Offline Podcast, named one of the Best Podcasts of 2024 by Esquire, Vulture and The Information. His u…

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June 4, 2025 10:04

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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of May 28, 2025. Top stories include the restoration of abilities to several superheroes, an update from Jaffzilla on Monster Island, and info on the hottest Pride Month events from lesbian cyborg correspondent Alison Mechdel. Comics Featured This Week: J…

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Week 40 - Man Ain't Nothing But a Man, with Brad Gullickson 1:03:41

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Me want comic now! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe team up with Comic Counselor Brad Gullickson to punch through the many floors of issue 40, and discuss the Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding special as stealth 52 sequel, the many many many Luthor/Musk parallels, and Offspring’s whole deal. Show Notes: 52 Geoff Johns Grant Morris…

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May 28, 2025 8:53

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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of May 28, 2025. Top stories include the replacement of Earth's sun, the broadly unrelated Heliophage locking our planet in permanent eclipse, and a fashion update from Harvey Firestorm on The Riddler's new look. Comics Featured This Week: Metamorpho, the…

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May 21, 2025 12:10

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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of May 21, 2025. Top stories include the time travelers behind Inferno, the true identity of Ares murderer, and an interview with Pulitzer-winning journalist and current Daily Planet Editor-in-Chief Lois Lane. Comics Featured This Week: Superman/Batman: W…

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Week 39 - Powers & Abilities, with Will Weldon 1:37:51

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Forgot about Bates! Old Man Will Weldon of I Hate Bill Maher joins All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe for issue 39, and in the process confront DC’s Aquaman problem, fancast Oolong Island, and introduce the world to Saddam Hitler. Show Notes: 52 Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Greg Rucka Mark Waid Keith Giffen I Hate Bill Maher Will Wel…

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May 14, 2025 10:10

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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of May 14, 2025. Top stories include double doubles troubles, an update on the Vampire War from Count Jaffula, and Harvey Firestorm's review of Aquaman's new look. Comics Featured This Week: Fire and Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #2 Batman and Robin #21 Sup…

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May 7, 2025 8:40

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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of May 7, 2025. Comics Featured This Week: Absolute Green Lantern #2 Absolute Superman #7 The DC All-In/Absolute Universe 2025 Free Comic Book Day Special Justice League: The Atom Project #5 JSA #7 Two-Face #6 Poison Ivy #33 Black Canary: Best of the Best…

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Week 38 - Breathless 56:44

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When the time comes, let go. World’s Finest Gita Jackson and All-Star Alex Jaffe come to terms with issue 38 of 52, and the long-coming death of Vic Sage. But along the way they’ll note the Watchmen parallels with Oolong Island, check in with Steelworks, and answer a listener question about Wonder Woman’s magic period. Show Notes: 52 Geoff Johns Gr…

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April 30, 2025 15:26

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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of April 30, 2025. Comics Featured This Week: The Question: All Along the Watchtower #6 The Power Company: Recharged Detective Comics 2025 Annual DC Action News was created by Alex Jaffe, and is produced by Alex Jaffe and Esper Quinn. Special thanks to Ja…

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April 23, 2025 9:03

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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of April 23, 2025. Comics Featured This Week: THE FLASH #20 METAMORPHO #5 SUPERMAN #25 BATMAN #159 GREEN LANTERN #22 JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #6 GREEN ARROW #23 POWER GIRL #20 ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #7 ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER #2 GREEN LANTERN DARK #4 HA…

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Week 37 - Secret Identities, with Brian Clevinger 1:33:58

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You gotta take advantage of these shiny characters! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe team up with Atomic Brian Clevinger to reflect on the surfaces of 52 #37, featuring a salute to our himbo listeners, emergency renaming of otherwise fine characters, and Jaffe’s house show with Stretchy Computer. Show Notes: 52 Geoff Johns Grant …

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April 16, 2025 9:31

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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of April 16, 2025. Comics Featured This Week: Wonder Woman #20 New Gods #5 Challengers of the Unknown #5 Detective Comics #1096 Nightwing #125 The Summer of Superman Special DC x Sonic the Hedgehog #2 Titans #22 Absolute Flash #2 Zatanna #3 DC Action News…

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April 9, 2025 10:13

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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of April 9, 2025. Comics Featured This Week: CREATURE COMMANDOS #6 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #3 BATMAN AND ROBIN #20 BATMAN: DARK PATTERNS #5 FIRE AND ICE: WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER #1 AQUAMAN #4 ABSOLUTE BATMAN #7 DC VS. VAMPIRES: WORLD WAR V #8 ACTION COMICS #10…

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Week 36 - How To Win a War In Space 1:02:16

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You can always trust me! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe cling desperately to issue 36, featuring an update on our beloved space heroes, neckless Trent Reznor, and the lovable and irascible Sobek the Talking Crocodile! Show Notes: 52 Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Greg Rucka Mark Waid Keith Giffen James Brown From Hell Alan Moore Ne…

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April 2, 2025 8:59

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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of April 2, 2025. Comics Featured This Week: SECRET SIX #2 JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE ATOM PROJECT #4 TWO-FACE #5 BATGIRL #6 BIRDS OF PREY #20 POISON IVY #32 JSA #6 ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #1 ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #6 DC Action News was created by Alex Jaffe, and is p…

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March 26, 2025 8:52

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Alex Jaffe reports bravely and boldly from the center of the multiverse on events for the week of March 26, 2025. Comics Featured This Week: WONDER WOMAN #19 JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #5 GREEN ARROW #22 BATMAN #158 GREEN LANTERN #21 SUPERMAN #24 POWER GIRL #19 METAMORPHO: THE ELEMENT MAN #4 BLACK CANARY: BEST OF THE BEST #5 THE FLASH #19 HARLEY QUIN…

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Week 35 - Rain of the Supermen 53:16

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All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe plummet into 52 #35, featuring bad puns for gruesome events, Kirkland Signature Superman, and shocking new developments for everyone’s favorite storyline, Lobo and the space heroes. Show Notes: 52 Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Greg Rucka Mark Waid Keith Giffen Shohei Ohtani The Further Adventures of …

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Week 34 - Suicidal Tendencies, with Walt Lewellyn 1:23:49

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Gaslight, gatekeep, graveboss! All-Star Gita and World’s Finest Alex are joined by The Black Casebook Podcast’s Walt Lewellyn to rise up for issue 34, taking on Barbara Gordon’s Boiler Room set, whether or not 52 counts as an event comic, and the DC Universe’s own version of WikiFeet. SHOW NOTES: 52 Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Greg Rucka Mark Waid K…

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Week 33 - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year 1:18:00

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Giddyup, Jinglehorse! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe sleighride into Week 33, the Christmas Issue! Celebrate Lex Luthor’s memecoin launch, Batman’s canonical Judaism, and lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Chapters: Let’s Talk Talent: Don’t Have Heroes (04:42) Let’s Talk About 52 #33 (19:14) The Backup (57:59) What’s your favorite par…

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We Know What’s Going to Happen in Podcasting, So You Can Too! 57:38

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Want to know about the podcasting industry from three working professionals who are in it? Eric, Amanda, and Brandon can help you with that. Plus, we reflect on Season 1 of AYR and what Season 2 has in store! Credits - Hosts: Eric Silver & Amanda McLoughlin - Producer: Brandon Grugle - Editor: Mischa Stanton - Graphic Designer: Shae McMullin - A Mu…

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Week 32 - Seven Days in Nanda Parbat, with Paul Chin 1:46:31

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All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe team up with Music Meister Paul Chin to leap into week 32, featuring talking crocodiles, the least disrespectful ways to pay homage to Watchmen, and Pulsar, Master of Sound. Chapters: Let’s Talk Talent (21:26) Let’s Talk About the Cover (27:34) Let’s Talk About 52 #32 (28:40) The Backup (01:21:03)…

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Alex Jaffe Should Be the DC Comics Historian, And You Should Have Your Dream Job Too! 51:00

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Alex Jaffe is a professional expert of DC Comics. He writes for DC.com and hosts the podcasts Insert Credit and 52 Pickup. “I do these things on the Internet because something inside me compels me to… There’s no time I’m not thinking about this. If there’s a reason what I do resonates with people, it’s because it comes from a place of genuine inter…

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Hank Green Wants to be a Mentor, Not a Manager 1:23:00

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Hank Green has retired from being a digital media CEO. What happens now? This is the second of our CEO interview series, where our CEO sits down with others to talk about the practicalities of running a business in the creator economy. “I'm in the process right now in my life… of trying to figure out how to not be a decider, and have everyone agree…

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Week 31 - Human Resources 1:10:47

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Oy oy, wots all this then?! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe flay the skin from issue 31 of 52, exploring Green Lantern cop discourse, DC reinventing the industry to screw Alan Moore, and why Jimmy Olsen is black now. Chapters: Let’s Talk Talent (06:26) Let’s Talk About 52 #31 (10:39) The Backup (40:55) What’s your favorite part …

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Grand Poo Bear Wants to Make His Viewers Happy, So You Can Too! 57:36

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Trying to make a career online fit with being a human in the real world? Grand Poo Bear can help you with that. “At the end of the day, what content creation is, is you're trying to get emotion out of someone. I like the emotion of love and fun. Some people like other emotions, you know. But that's what it all is.” Grand Poo Bear is a streamer, spe…

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Akoto Ofori-Atta Believes in Non-Profit News, So You Can Too! 46:58

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How do you build a newsroom by and for Black people? Akoto can help you with that. "We wanted to build a place that just embodied the idea that Black people deserve better for media. Black people need accurate information. It's important for democracy, and it's important for our communities, and it's important for our ability to critically engage i…

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Week 30 - Dark Knight Down, with Ash Parrish 1:24:44

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All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe team up with the Astonishing Ash Parrish to strike again at 52 #30, including the return of DC’s Most Toxic Yuri Couple, deciding the most fuckable Batman, and the true reason for the Dark Knight’s cape. Chapters: Let’s Talk About The Cover (12:11) Let’s Talk About …

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Dr. Claire Aubin Posts to Stand Out, So You Can Too! 1:05:24

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How do you advocate for your expertise as a historian in the world of academia? Claire can help you with that. "The problem [in academia] is that there are no jobs. There are far too many people available for the few jobs that exist... And having a social media presence has given me, thankfully, the option to sort of see my way out of that and look…

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Week 29 - Name Calling 53:30

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Dick Death Determined via Dan DiDio! The Dynamic Duo of Podcasting Gita and Alex feast on issue 29, cooking up opinions on Grant Morrison’s writing of women, the importance of Thanksgiving tables in DC history, and some unsubtle jabs at the idea of IP rights by the authors of 52. Chapters: Let’s Talk Talent (08:45) Let’s Talk About 52 #29 (11:48) W…

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We’re Hopeful for Media in 2025, So You Can Be Too! 1:32:03

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Want to think about good things coming next year? Jenna Stoeber, Lauren Shippen, Brandon Grugle, Isabel J. Kim, Paris Marx, Amanda Silberling, Mischa Stanton, Eric and Amanda can help you with that! Thank you for being a part of AYR this year, we’re so thankful for getting on the new show. Season 1 will continue starting January 9th. Read Why Don't…

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Rowan Zeoli Loves and Is Critical of Her Hobby, So You Can Be Too! 1:06:38

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How do you keep a separation between journalism and marketing when writing about a niche? Rowan can help you with that, like she did at Rascal for tabletop roleplaying games. "I graduated high school into Donald Trump's election and then I graduated college into the pandemic. Every major life milestone that I've had has been disrupted by some big u…

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Week 28 - Beyond the Black Stump, with Ted Brandt 1:18:03

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A crocodile ate my parents! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe team up with Emerald Artist Ted Brandt of Connor Hawke’s DC Pride story, tackling Australia’s place in DC, why Etrigan can’t rap, and Jason Todd’s tragic origins. Chapters: Let’s Talk Supernatural, Connor Hawke, and Rereading 52 (05:09) L…

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The CEO of Patreon Wants to Earn Artists’ Trust 57:20

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Want to make a living online without being tied to platforms? Jack Conte and Patreon are trying to help you with that. This is the first of our CEO interview series, where our CEO sits down with others to talk about the practicalities of running a business in the creator economy. The thing that's changed the most is the web has increasingly put, I …

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Taylor Lorenz Was Willing to Quit, So You Can Too! 48:42

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What do you do when you don’t feel valued by your job when you’re doing really good work? Taylor can help you with that. "Nobody respects you unless you're willing to leave. If [employers] get the sense that you're not willing to leave and you bluff it even once, they'll call your bluff. If you say, 'I'm gonna quit, give me this or I'll quit,' you …

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Week 27 - The Past Best Hope 1:09:34

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Merry Crispmus! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe find acceptance of the self in #27 of 52, as well as vengeance for Identity Crisis, good reasons to quit smoking, and why Dan DiDio may actually be Lex Luthor. Chapters: Let’s Talk Talent, Industry Machinations, and Poaching Steve Wacker (02:58) Let’…

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Lauren Shippen Is Successful and Unprofitable, So You Can Be Ok With That Too! 1:11:45

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What do you do when you break out of your small creative niche and are getting scrutinized by your fandom for that? Lauren can help you with that. “Somebody asked me on Tumblr the other day if I had any advice for how to become a successful and profitable creator. I was like, Why are you asking me?… I've worked very hard to be a person that people …

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Ryan Broderick Is Not Cool at Parties, But You Can Be! 56:49

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Do you want to know what it was like to work inside BuzzFeed at the height of its power? Ryan can help you with that. “Digital media was the problem. It wasn't the job. Like the burnout I felt as a journalist was not because I didn't like being a journalist. It was because the structure I was in sucked ass run by sickos. And now it's like, it's nic…

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The 52 Pickup Halfway There Extravaganza! 1:40:12

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Blessed Be the Hoochmaker! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe have reached the halfway point of 52, and take a moment to recap every major storyline in the series so far, as well as inventing new games to test each other based on both obscure trivia and romantic shipping possibilities. If you’d like …

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Gita Jackson Doesn’t Make Companies Happy, So You Don’t Have to Either 1:02:58

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What do you do when video game journalism is crumbling around you? Gita can help you with that. “The other thing about Aftermath specifically is I would trust those motherfuckers with my life. There's so much money that goes into that bank account and I don't see any of it. And I just trust that they're not depleting it, you know? I trust them so m…

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Yowei Shaw Isn’t Ashamed of Her Layoff, So You Won’t Be Either 1:17:27

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What do you do when you finally get your dream job and then you lose it? Yowei can help you with that. "For me personally, as a reporter with many curiosities, with many questions, many things I want to report on and share with the world, I feel like you can achieve and make really entertaining audio without doing the whole longform song and dance.…

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We’re Still Going, So You Can Too 1:47

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Making stuff online feels frivolous and also essential. Free Multitude Discord: https://discord.gg/RMuRENyhA5 Free Multitude newsletter: https://multitude.productions/community See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

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Week 26 - Halfway Home 1:19:22

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It’s a two-turkey dinner! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe reach the halfway point of 52, where they encounter Crockamurderer, draft an all-new teen superhero team, and reveal whether or not drug-sniffing dogs react to vacuum-sealed smoked turkey legs. Chapters: Is it pronounced Raahs al Ghul, or R…

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Josh Gondelman Became the Best Podcast Guest, So You Can Too 1:04:45

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What do you do when the art form you love and you do as your job is changing underneath your feet? Josh can help you with that (and give you a pep talk). Maybe I would like David Zaslev more if he was the machine's assistant instead of the CEO. Pay him and see if he can make his lifestyle work on an assistant salary. Josh Gondelman is a writer and …

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Akilah Hughes Owned Her YouTube Past, So You Can Too 55:34

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What do you do when you’re stuck between being on the Internet and finding jobs in LA? Akilah can help you with that. “Art isn’t competitive. It’s just not. As long as I’m making stuff that I’m proud of, that I do think will elicit a response, or at least elicit a response from me because I respect my own taste, then I think that it’s never really …

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