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Mamdani Beyond New York

November 23, 2025


We’re currently in the midst of the first season of the Kids Popcorn Podcast, my show in which I interview interesting people about the movies they watched as kids and kids movies they find interesting as adults. If you want to listen to Zach Geballe talk about toxic parental traits in “Tangled,” Maria Bustillos talking about watching “The Sound of Music” dubbed in Spanish, or Gabe Fernandez reflecting on why he watched so much “Bruce Almighty” as a child, and more, you can hear those episodes and find subscription links at the Kids Popcorn Podcast website.

In this post, I wrote about Zohran Mamdani, bagels, Victor Wembanyama, the World Series, “Our Town”, "Wicked", and more. LFG.

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- Mamdani Beyond New York
- Such a Great World Series
- Wemby
- “Our Town”
- NYC Bagels, SF Bagels, Las Vegas Bagels
- MrBeast Sucks
- A Great Expository Movie Scene
- Wicked For… Meh
- New Nightmare App Dropped
- Through 4 Episodes of “Pluribus”…

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"Great Comedians Get Away With It"

October 20, 2025


First things first… I’ve been working on a new project I’m proud to share: the Kids Popcorn Podcast. In each episode, I interview an interesting person about movies they watched as kids and the kids movies they find interesting today. The first episode drops Oct. 27, 2025, so I hope you subscribe through the links on popcorn.29sunset.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

While I’ve happily devoted lot of my attention to the podcast in recent weeks, there’s plenty more to notice in the world. Below, I’ve written about the No Kings protests, a skillful Trevor Noah comedy set, a take on “One Battle After Another” I’m guessing you haven’t seen, a trash prestige TV show, why the New York Mets’ season was honorable, and more. LFG.

- No Kings
- “Great Comedians Get Away With It”
- Edgelord Shooters
- DEI by Other Names
- An Underappreciated Aspect of “One Battle After Another”
- Trash Prestige TV
- Finally Learned My Lesson on Stephen King
- Don’t You Dare “LOLMets”
- “The Compound Interest of Design”

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Unctuous Grievance, Not a Good Look

September 21, 2025


Let he who has not gone on television and suggested killing all unhoused people be the first to cast a stone. Wait… why do you all have stones? Before things get out of hand, take a look below, where I’ve written about right-wingers’ contempt for the rule of law, the folly of car culture, a brief examination of Taylor Swift lyrics, and more. LFG.

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- Seeing Charlie Kirk with Clear Eyes
- Bari Weiss Is Not a Serious Person
- The U.S Government Keeps Bragging About Killing People for No Reason
- MAGA Has Contempt for the First Amendment
- By the Way, a Fox News Host Said We Should Solve Homelessness by Killing Unhoused People
- Car Culture Is the Worst, Pt. 1
- Car Culture Is the Worst, Pt. 2
- Reflecting on Roberto Clemente Day
- The Clippers Are Showing Why Salary Caps Are Bad
- A Thought About Taylor Swift’s Lyrics
- I Recommend a Novel: “When We Were Real”

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