Tasteland

Tasteland

Creative takes on media, marketing and technology from Daisy Alioto and Francis Zierer.

Daisy is the CEO of Dirt Media, a next-generation entertainment brand using emerging technology to tell the coolest stories about culture and collecting. Francis is the editor of Creator Spotlight, a weekly newsletter about creators across the world of newsletters.

New episodes every Wednesday.

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Ep. 64: Radical legibility ft. Claire Landsbaum

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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...