This week, the Los Angeles City Council made national headlines for all the wrong reasons. In a closed-door meeting, City Council President Nury Martinez made racist and disparaging remarks about colleagues to fellow council members, Kevin de León, Gil Cedillo and a well known labor leader.
The subsequent fallout has upended L.A. politics just before a crucial mayoral election. So now what? Read the full transcript here.
Ranjan Roy is the co-author of Margins, a Substack newsletter about the financial markets. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a conversation about the Federal Reserve's steep interest rate raises, how they've harmed tech valuations, and whether the Fed might reverse course and bring the party back. Stay tuned for the second half where we discuss the short-form video wars and the likely outcome of Elon Musk's pursuit of Twitter.
As Russia expands Ukraine attacks, President Biden says he doesn't think Vladimir Putin would use nuclear weapons. New health concerns for a PA Senate candidate. NASA says its space craft successfully an asteroid's path. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
It’s just Tammy and Jay this week, trying not to obsess over surfing and wallpaper.
We talk about the new Netflix show, “Mo,” which, despite its marketing, avoids many pitfalls of the mainstream immigrant tale. The show succeeds on account of its main character: the very flawed yet charismatic Mo, a Palestinian-American man with a pending asylum case, played by comedian and show creator Mo Amer. We also dig into what makes the city of Houston such a compelling and complex co-star. (Jay wrote about “Mo” for The New Yorker.)
Next, Tammy reveals her steadfast love of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and mini-reviews the band’s new album (tl;dr: <3). We use Karen O’s return as an occasion to talk Asian American rockers, from the Smashing Pumpkins, Linkin Park, and DJ Honda to Mitski, Japanese Breakfast, Thao Nguyen, and the Linda Lindas.
For our main segment, we discuss today’s grievance-driven identity politics, as analyzed in two recent pieces: Arielle Angel’s “Beyond Grievance” in Jewish Currents, and Brian Morton’s “Against the Privilege Walk” in Dissent. Are we stuck in an Oppression Olympics that undermines coalitional politics? How do these anxieties manifest online and in mainstream political reporting (versus IRL)? Can we combat such narcissism while taking grief seriously?
We also touch on the racist remarks from L.A. City Council members and a union leader that leaked this week.
Tune in this Thursday, 10/13, to hear Tammy talk about the U.S. military presence in Asia, along with journalist and unionist Jonathan de Santos in the Philippines, and author Akemi Johnson (on Okinawa) in California. Register here!
The latest instalment of our series asks how much difference Donald Trump’s imprimatur has made to candidates—and whether that influence will carry over to a general election. A look at South African rugby reveals positive change in the top ranks but dispiriting decline in the local game. And what the cultural intertwining of James Bond and the Beatles says about Britishness. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
Jake Vacovec started his career in sales, and eventually moved into the product world. He loves to cook, and finds it relaxing, and a good way to unwind from startup world. Primarily, he loves to cook steaks and likes to integrate chemistry into cooking, which aligns with the recipes he likes. Also, he loves to mountain ski, starting out when he was a 1 year old (he was the kid on the leash, he says).
Jake noticed that capacity for engineering resources was scarce across the board, while the demand for experimentation in product was very high. He sought to fix the problem, by creating no code edits - for your code itself.
As we reach Patreon goals, more bonus episodes will be coming! You can help us reach those goals by subscribing! Upon subscribing, you'll immediately have access to all of our bonus episodes on our Patreon-exclusive feed, plus blog posts, links to SECRET playlists, and more!
We’re jumping in TBOY style to the most important chain in the country right now: Spirit Halloween — they make $600M in 2 months (scary). Delta just invested millions in a flying airport taxi called Joby, because first impressions are worth it. And TikTok’s job website reveals that they’re about to take on… Amazon.
$TGT $HD $DAL $JOBY $AMZN
Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod
And now watch us on Youtube
Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form
Got the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that too
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Join Kamz and Rachel Price Sitman, founder and Community Builder of XCollective, a professional growth community providing career coaching, networking & negotiation tips in the Web3 space, as they discuss how to secure the Web3 job and pay of your dreams. Join them on an adventure as they pave the road from job search to acquisition. They cruise through understanding the benefits of working in Web3, especially for women, and most importantly, how to ensure you’re being compensated fairly.
Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!
This episode was produced and edited by Michele Mussowith executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is "Twennysomething" by Daniele Musto. Other music used is "Morning Star" by DeHartmann and "Undeniable" by Johanna Cranitch.
