How Long Gone

Olivia Nuzzi is a writer and the West Coast Editor of Vanity Fair. Her new book, American Canto, is out now. We chat with her from her home in Malibu about playing drums in Uggs, Spotify Wrapped, her love of alt weeklies, uncharitable name-calling, The Politician, being weaned off access to information, skydiving, her Instagram algorithm is babies getting glasses for the first time, and girls with eating disorders in Sweden, Britney and Lana Del Rey, Donald Trump is a blonde cyberbully, Norm Macdonald, Howard Stern, Letterman, and this year's Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue. instagram.com/olivianuzzix twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roddy Bottum is a musician most known for the bands Faith No More and Imperial Teen. His detailed new memoir, The Royal We, is out now. We chat about The Dick Dock in Provincetown, getting in early on Apple stock, Manhattan real estate, American Apparel briefs, Kim K's brain scans, the heyday of San Francisco, and early bike messenger culture, heroin, his favorite cruising spots in Los Angeles, why everyone had dreads back then, cantaloupes in the microwave, and we pry some Courtney Love stories out of him. instagram.com/roddybottum twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One-on-one pod today, Chris was in Las Vegas, and Jason was in Laguna Beach, CA. We chat about low-key hang gliding weather, motorcyclist Matty Matheson spotted in the wild, how to spend Alix's Vegas winnings, all plane food smells the same, despite the dish, pasta and bread restaurants shouldn't serve potatoes as well, it's excessive, the quarter-zip sweater gains momentum in the hood, New Yorker piece on airport lounges, performative mountain biking, lentils by the sea, and we make a slight adjustment to the Thanksgiving "cousin walk." twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Madi Diaz is a musician from Nashville. She's toured with Harry Styles, written some big tunes, and her newest record, Fatal Optimist, is out now on Anti. We chat with her about dogs drinking coffee, Thanksgiving at Nobu Las Vegas, the CMAs, bartending in Boston, tricking off at Berklee, Kacey Musgraves is a girl's girl, her time in Silverlake, Cosplay Cowboy Culture, trying to date guys with no DUIs, loving her alone time while navigating the dating scene, celebrity bars in Nashville, what makes Morgan Wallen attractive, what its like playing with Harry, and her love of onions. instagram.com/madidiaz twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hailey Benton Gates is a model, actress, director, and journalist—her debut feature, Atropia, took the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year. We spoke with her from a hotel in Puerto Rico about pulling permits, being traumatized by Rachel Sennott's I Love LA, the scene report down Venezuela way, nicotine toothpicks, taking her braces out with a fork as a child, spitting and gleeking, using fetish to your advantage, the eyebrows tell all, Callum Turner's face, filming on a mock military base, breakfast meetings are for sex pests, the film Mash, the transition from working at The Paris Review to Vice, coconut water with pulp, and smuggling oil. instagram.com/haileybentongates twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One-on-one pod today, Chris is in New York, and Jason is home in Glendale. We chat about rapper Fabolous being unable to blow out his birthday candles, Hollywood dicks, Ashton Kutcher's lunch fit, whether Wicked is just Hamilton for gay people, Sweetgreen protein maxing, Zohran linking with Donald, Marty Supreme's marketing campaign, fabricated beefs, Chris went to the Geese show, and Kimmel's wife's political ultimatums. twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Needham is CEO of The Infatuation. We chat with him from his office in New York about unhoused Kevin Spacey, Chris's newsletter about Substack, TJ saw Robyn last night, British Politics, we rank all the new markets trying to be Erewhon, the psychology of waiting in line for things, his In N Out order, Iced matcha add banana pudding, elevated small luxuries, why Ojai? Restaurants that "release 12 burgers a night," The River Cafe and Bar Pitti, should restaurants have a phone number in 2025? Chris won't buy a flight on his phone, the current bagel wars, and we go through some of The Infatuation's top restaurants of the year. theinfatuation.com twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

W. David Marx is a writer and cultural historian based in Tokyo, Japan, known for his book Status and Culture, among others. His newest book, Blank Space, is out today. We chat with him from New York City about barbecued monkfish, the San Vicente Bungalows ice cream sundae, alterna-pop music, how he dressed at nineteen, selvedge denim, the evolving Olivia Nuzzi scandal and orchestrated writer drama, Hawk Tuah, if Japan is still enamoured by Western American culture, American fast food flavor, Korean musician Psy, whats next after video takes over media, unstucking culture, recession pop part deux, and the Vice magazine "22 rule." instagram.com/wdavidmarx twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One-on-one pod recorded live from Jason's hotel room in New York. We chat about us hosting the GQ Man Of The Year, a Congressman getting caught looking at Twitter porn on the plane, Malibu gets a Chrome Hearts hotel, Carrie Coon and Chinese singer KUN appearing on the same red carpet, a recap of all the celebs we interviewed, toothbrushing and hotel tipping etiquette, full English at the airport, when the omelette is too French, and Timmy has gone too far with the Phat Farm and Timbs. twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Freston was a co-founder of MTV who later led MTV Networks’ global expansion and served as CEO of Viacom. His great new memoir, Unplugged, is out next week. We chat with him from his home in New York about travelling overland to the Middle East in the 70s, his early ad man days, how to manage a business that's heading downhill, he has no time for audiobooks, his favorite podcasts, Trump calling up for VMA tickets back in the day, how brands took over entertainment media, our favorite Unplugged episodes, how MTV spread from middle America to LA and New York, getting fined by the American government for having lunch with Fidel Castro, when Vice was Vice, and his favorite restaurants in NY. instagram.com/tomfrestonunplugged twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shlohmo is a musician and record producer from Los Angeles. His great new record, REPULSOR, is out. We chat with Henry about the hu-manosphere, the way your body looks when you're hanging on to something, YZY boots, why he somehow has three dogs, the Slauson swapmeet, Ray J and Soulja boy, his history with music festivals, his lung collapsed two years ago and now he eats edibles, the Cedars Sinai pain team, a fentanyl miscalculation, working with Salem on his new record, the "And Always Forever" festival, which time periods have better internet archives than others, and we end on the philosophy of snare drums. instagram.com/shlohmo twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One-on-one pod today, Chris is in New York, and Jason is home in LA. We chat about a Toyota Prius class-action lawsuit check, a meal at Muse in Santa Monica, TJ threw a party at a supermarket, the troublesome SNL monologue, the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy noms, the rise of Geese continues, comparing Rosalía and Frank Ocean, the Timmy in space Vogue cover, HBO's I Love LA, the rise of box office statistics, and now that every newspaper has their own "Tiny Desk," whats next? twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ezra Marcus is an investigative reporter based in New York City. We chat about burpees, TSA hoading the hojicha, the Sentimental Value premier, DJing a Halloween party in drag, his gourmand grandma, the sync button, who Rick Owens looks good on, an update on his Horses story from a few years ago, how his family feels about Zohran, political corniness at an all-time high, the day-to-day safety of crypto whales, and if he's going to dig deep on the "D4vd" scandal. ezramarcus.com twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our friend Daniel returns to the pod. He DJs under the name Physical Therapy, and his newest project, Car Culture, has a great new record out now. We chat with him from his studio in Ridgewood about the upcoming NY election, RIP Dick Cheyney, pirogis on a date, "cheating shoes," SNL cast member names, estate sales in Queens, and $800 record, Rekordbox Gate, lurking on r/aves, when being a DJ was cool, club Space in Miami, people think all his artwork is AI, and his current diet. instagram.com/fysicaltherapy twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One-on-one pod recorded live at Chris's home in New York City. We chat about Halloween in the city, practical effects, Arcade Fire splits, a trip to "Noodle Pudding" in Brooklyn Heights, the rise of the Marathon spectator, Dodgers win the World Series, two nights of Tame Impala at Barclays, the new Rosalía, celebrities and their private security, the aura of Central Cee, is having a boyfriend embarrassing? And the end of MTV's Rediculousness. twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Miller is the host of The Bulwark Podcast, an MSNBC analyst, and the author of Why We Did It. We chat with Tim from his home in New Orleans about Chris arriving home in New York sans MacBook Air, College Football, Tim can't sell Chris on Nawlins life, Trump's ballroom culture, "echo chambers, " it's hard to tell when people are gay now, safe spaces, Jake Tapper, Sombr makes his fans bark like dogs? Hottie basketball players, Pod Save America edibles, his top five prescription drugs, and his coming out story. twitter.com/Timodc twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One-on-one pod today, Chris is almost out of Florida, and Jason is home in Glendale. We chat about the decline of "today's office" posting, Bieber's World Series look, Chris somehow has a Greyhound story, Vogue World, and the rise of celebrity outsourcing, Jason is activating at Gelson's Market, ear infections, college football players wearing Chrome Hearts on the field, we do Polymarket predictions on closeted actors and Presidential pardons, and Jason has a neighborhood narc conundrum. twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One-on-one pod today, Chris is in St. Augustine, FL, and Jason is home in Glendale. We chat about banana maple bacon protein foam, Chris finally went in the ocean, long blacks vs. americanos, make fishing great again, Chris almost drove shirtless, Daft Punk & Fred Again DJ set in France, a Mamdani Mayoral meal at Omen before the debates, making stuff thats popular is cool, Jason saw One Battle After Another and Chris almost saw the Springsteen movie, football and baseball, Lily Allen's new record and the future of David Harbour, we try to talk Nelly Furtado out of retirement, and we ponder how much David Chang got paid to say the burger at the airport lounge is amazing. twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nat Wolff is an actor and singer from New York, currently living in Los Angeles. We chat about the NBA gambling scandal, the big gooning article in Harper's, all gender dressing rooms, flying home from Sydney for one night to be in a Billie vid, taking things to the brink of embarrassment, if Tame Impala got upset when Jason compared his lyricism to Drake, the power of a fedora for a 12-year-old boy, his pickleball wizardry, Marc Maron's retirement, the mandela effect of "set pranks," and what it's like opening for BIllie Eilish. instagram.com/natandalex twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shepard Fairey is an artist, activist, and founder of OBEY. We chat with him from his office in Los Angeles about World Series traffic, aesthetic appreciation in Charleston, SC, we thread the needle between Nexus, by Yuval Noah Harari, and Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning, political scapegoating, how to start a revolution in 2025, how to navigate political activism without getting too overboard, Rage With The Machine, RISD shows in the 80s, working with Space Invader and Damien Hirst, and which jail was the most chill. instagram.com/obeygiant twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices