Episodes

Ep. 72: Minimum viable meme ft. Jamie Wilkinson
Dec. 10, 2025

Ep. 72: Minimum viable meme ft. Jamie Wilkinson

This week on Tasteland we're joined by Jamie Wilkinson, co-founder of Know Your Meme, VHX, and most recently, Glif . __ Jamie Wilkinson Glif Website GitHub Twitter/X __
Ep. 71: Business with boundaries ft. Ochuko Akpovbovbo
Dec. 3, 2025

Ep. 71: Business with boundaries ft. Ochuko Akpovbovbo

This week on Tasteland we're joined by Ochuko Akpovbovbo, creator and writer of the culture and marketing newsletter as seen on . __ Ochuko Akpovbovbo as seen on LinkedIn __ Timestamps 00:00 Naturist, not nudist 05:38 Residen...
Ep. 70: Meet the Silkers ft. Zane Kind
Nov. 26, 2025

Ep. 70: Meet the Silkers ft. Zane Kind

This week on Tasteland we're joined by technologist and artist, Zane Kind . Zane is the co-founder and CEO of Silk , a blogging platform for creative research,moodboarding, and subculture. __ Zane Kind Silk Twitter/X LinkedIn...
Ep. 69: Canadian Canto ft. Ethan Sawyer
Nov. 19, 2025

Ep. 69: Canadian Canto ft. Ethan Sawyer

This week on Tasteland we're joined by Ethan Sawyer, a field producer at CBC and curator of the newsletter Human Pursuits , a newsletter for navigating modern existence with help from need-to-know names in media and culture. ...
Ep. 68: Pope Pluribus Polycene
Nov. 12, 2025

Ep. 68: Pope Pluribus Polycene

No guest this week on Tasteland so Daisy and Francis discuss whether Frankenstein should've shown hog, the introduction to the polycene and quote tweeting the Pope. __ Daisy Dirt Twitter/X LinkedIn Francis Creator Spotlight T...
Ep. 67: Don't forget the reader ft. Adam Voith
Nov. 5, 2025

Ep. 67: Don't forget the reader ft. Adam Voith

This week on Tasteland we’re joined by novelist Adam Voith. Adam is the editor and publisher of Little Engines magazine. __ Adam Voith Substack Instagram Little Engines __ Timestamps 00:00 Did Zohran win? 03:14 Dirt’s new pod...
Ep. 66: War of the worlds ft. Nick Susi
Oct. 29, 2025

Ep. 66: War of the worlds ft. Nick Susi

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Nick Susi, a strategy executive and entrepreneurial builder for 13+ years, exploring the technological, societal and psychological forces that shape our identity, perception and cultu...
Ep. 65: Run club ft. Cole Townsend
Oct. 22, 2025

Ep. 65: Run club ft. Cole Townsend

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by startup founder, developer, and runner, Cole Townsend. Cole has been a product designer for over a decade and is the head of tech and co-founder of Sole Retriever . __ Cole Website So...
Ep. 64: Radical legibility ft. Claire Landsbaum
Oct. 15, 2025

Ep. 64: Radical legibility ft. Claire Landsbaum

This week on Tasteland, Daisy and Francis are joined by NYC based journalist, Claire Landsbaum. Claire is the Deputy Editor at HighSnobiety and has formerly held positions at The Cut, Vanity Fair, and Business Insider. __ Cla...
Ep. 63: Load-bearing leisure ft. Jose Mejia
Oct. 8, 2025

Ep. 63: Load-bearing leisure ft. Jose Mejia

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Jose Mejia, the CEO and Co-Founder at Scene Infrastructure Company , a software company building better instruments for socialization. __ Jose Mejia SIC X/Twitter LinkedIn __ Timestam...
Ep. 62: Soy, sourdough, subscriptions
Oct. 1, 2025

Ep. 62: Soy, sourdough, subscriptions

This week on Tasteland, Francis and Daisy go guest-free and dive into everything from small farms and soybeans to the future of media and paywalls. Is media all media marketing now? Life is good. __ Timestamps 00:00 Sourdough...
Ep. 61: First day of school ft. Casey Lewis
Sept. 24, 2025

Ep. 61: First day of school ft. Casey Lewis

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Casey Lewis, founder of the After School newsletter and Gen Z consumer trends expert. Casey has been an editor at Teen Vogue, MTV, and New York Magazine, and in 2016, she started a me...
Ep. 60: Class and collection ft. Dani Loftus
Sept. 17, 2025

Ep. 60: Class and collection ft. Dani Loftus

This week on Tasteland we're joined by Dani Loftus. Dani is a founder, writer and investor focused on the digital evolution of culture. After founding content platform This Outfit Does Not Exist in 2021, she became a leading ...
Ep. 59: The business of books ft. Andy Hunter of Bookshop.org
Sept. 10, 2025

Ep. 59: The business of books ft. Andy Hunter of Bookshop.org

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Andy Hunter, the founder and CEO of bookshop.org , an online bookshop with a mission to financially support local, independent bookshops. __ Bookshop Website Instagram Bluesky Andy's ...
Ep. 58: Generational luxury ft. Ben Dietz
Sept. 3, 2025

Ep. 58: Generational luxury ft. Ben Dietz

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Ben Dietz, a long-time media/entertainment business guy. __ Ben Substack LinkedIn [SIC] Talks Podcast __ Timstamps 00:00 Do not disturb 05:12 No new luxury brands 11:11 Cybertruck: a ...
Ep. 57: Fad World ft. W. David Marx
Aug. 27, 2025

Ep. 57: Fad World ft. W. David Marx

This week on Tasteland we're joined by W. David Marx, an American fashion and culture writer who works and lives in Tokyo, Japan. He is the author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style and Status and Culture: How Our Des...
Ep. 56: Literary hot takes ft. Greta Rainbow
Aug. 20, 2025

Ep. 56: Literary hot takes ft. Greta Rainbow

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Greta Rainbow . Greta is an editor at the Creative Independent , arts columnist for the New York Review of Architecture , and she's the anchor contributor for Dirt's books newsletter,...
Ep. 55: Herb Wednesdays ft. Sam Valenti IV
Aug. 13, 2025

Ep. 55: Herb Wednesdays ft. Sam Valenti IV

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Sam Valenti IV. Sam is the founder and leader of Ghostly International, a 25-year-old collective that has grown from a dorm room-based record label to a recognized platform for the wo...
Ep. 54: Spiritual tech and secular tech ft. Reggie James
Aug. 6, 2025

Ep. 54: Spiritual tech and secular tech ft. Reggie James

This week on Tasteland we're joined by Reggie James, a writer, product architect and investor. __ Reggie LinkedIn Twitter/X Substack Instagram __ 00:00 02:09 Best hardware of 2024 06:11 Interviewing Jasper of Teenage Engineer...
Ep. 53: Sloppy ft. Rax King
July 30, 2025

Ep. 53: Sloppy ft. Rax King

This week on Tasteland we're joined by Rax King, a James Beard Award-nominated writer and host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. Rax is the author of the 2021 book Tacky, and her new release Sloppy is out now. __ Rax Sloppy Po...
Ep. 52: Gentle-parenting your audience ft. Jeremy Kirkland
July 23, 2025

Ep. 52: Gentle-parenting your audience ft. Jeremy Kirkland

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Jeremy Kirkland, host of the podcast Blamo! — a podcast exploring the world of fashion with the personalities that shape it. __ Blamo! Podcast Instagram Jeremy Instagram LinkedIn __ T...
Ep. 51: Never Post ft. Mike Rugnetta
July 16, 2025

Ep. 51: Never Post ft. Mike Rugnetta

This week on Tasteland we're joined by writer, producer, and podcaster, Mike Rugnetta. Mike is the host of Never Post , a podcast that asks questions about why the world of the internet – and the world, because of the interne...
Ep. 50: Information Age ft. Cora Lewis
July 9, 2025

Ep. 50: Information Age ft. Cora Lewis

This week on Tasteland we are joined by writer and award winning journalist, Cora Lewis. Cora's fiction has appeared at The Yale Review , Joyland Magazine , Epiphany , and elsewhere. She currently works at the Associated Pres...
Ep. 49: Icks from the Six ft. Ariel Rubin
July 2, 2025

Ep. 49: Icks from the Six ft. Ariel Rubin

This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Webby Award-winning content creator, social strategist, and meme enthusiast, Ariel Rubin. Ariel is the the head of content at Air and one of Francis' greatest enemies. __ Follow Ari L...