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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Recent Episodes
Nov. 20, 2024
Ep. 17: Dining with Ben Leventhal, founder of Blackbird
This week Daisy and Ben Leventhal, co-founder of Eater, Resy and most recently Blackbird. Blackbird: https://www.blackbird.xyz 00:00 Introducing Ben Leventhal and Blackbird 07:19 The Evolution of Restaurant Criticism 15:28 D…
Nov. 13, 2024
Ep. 16: Mushrooms in our ears ft. Lauryn Menard, CEO of Gob
This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Lauryn Menard, CEO and co-founder of Gob, a compostable, plastic-free, mycelium-based earplug company. Gob: https://www.gob.earth/ Tickets for the NWU event: https://dirrrt.fyi/paywr…
Nov. 6, 2024
Ep. 15: The FDA is the original tastemaker ft. Teddy Brown and Emily Shugerman
This week, Daisy and Francis welcome journalists Teddy Brown and Emily Shugerman. Teddy recently covered Zyn and its masculine political symbolism for the New York Times , while Emily explored direct-to-consumer women’s heal…
Oct. 30, 2024
Ep. 14: New Myths ft. David Rudnick
This week Daisy and Francis are joined by graphic designer David Rudnick to discuss the evolution of album covers, digital solipsism and the imagery behind Megalopolis. Tickets for the event: https://dirrrt.fyi/paywriters Da…
Oct. 23, 2024
Ep. 13: Cake Zine's Aliza Abarbanel
This week Daisy and Francis are joined by Aliza Abarbanel, co-founder and editor of Cake Zine, a food-centric physical publication that is described as "a hedonistic exploration of history, pop culture, literature, and art t…
Oct. 16, 2024
Ep. 12: Public radio for beginners ft. Elise Pepple
This week on Tasteland we are joined by Elise Pepple, the Executive Director of KRTS Marfa Public Radio. 00:00 Intellectual Property and Collaboration in Journalism 04:35 Music Consumption in the Digital Age 06:54 Introducin…
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