Oct 27, 2021
Laura Sogar and Mae Planert discuss the New York Times viral story of “The Bad Art Friend” an organ donor, Dawn Dorland, and a short story possibly about said organ donor (by Sonya Larson) that got an insane amount of attention. They even pulled Little Fires Everywhere author, Celeste Ng, into the fray.
Laura and...
Oct 19, 2021
In part 3 of the Wall Street Journal's Facebook Files we discuss Facebook's outrage algorithm - the way in which Facebook makes money off your uncle from Mississippi's political fight with your lesbian cousin.
We also cover how Facebook allows a TON of illegal activity in countries that it won't get in trouble in and...
Oct 6, 2021
Laura Sogar and Mae Planert discuss the media company OZY and its absolutely brutal investment pitch to Goldman Sachs. For a company with absolutely no brand recognition they hosted a festival headlining Joe Biden (?!), had an Emmy awarding winning show with Oprah (?!) and claimed some pretty eyebrow raising metrics....