How do you dress for success?

This week, Aaron and Joey talk about fashion plates, professionalism, drag, archetyping, navigating differences, and respect. They don’t talk about Rufio.

references

• Fashion plate
• Professionalism as a Racial Construct
• Economic Policy Institute: The CROWN Act
• Paris is Burning
• Underground ball culture
• Everyday Feminism: You Call It Professionalism; I Call It Oppression in a Three-Piece Suit

This week, Aaron, Jess and Joey revisit their 2025 prognogs from Episode 296. They talk about the micro social media surge, cynicism, platform madness, informed styling, blockbusters, weaponized compliance, non-apocalyptic runaway AI moments, and our AI overlords. They don’t talk about eggprogs.

references

• If I ruled the world ...
• People: Bob Mackie Says 'People Were Horrified' by Cher's 'Naked' 1974 Met Gala Dress, Even Ripping Her Photo off Magazine Covers
• Tasting ultra-aged eggnog
• America's Test Kitchen: How to Make the Absolute Best Eggnog
• Louis Pasteur
• Memphis Group
• Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend Podcast: Conan Blames Jason Bateman For His Dad's Death
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Split Fiction
• AAA (video game industry)
• quod erat demonstrandum
• The New York Times: Gonzo Fans Have Made ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Into a Global Blockbuster
• Michiko Kakutani's 1995 The New York Times book review of Wicked: Let's Get This Straight: Glinda Was the Bad One? (paywall)
• Bloomberg: OpenAI's Nvidia, AMD Deals Boost $1 Trillion AI Boom With Circular Deals (paywall)
• The Food Lab: How to Roast the Best Potatoes of Your Life

What does your Zero Farts Land future look like?

This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about fucks. And farts.

references

• Empire: Jamie Lee Curtis Is Done Compromising – And She’s Not Slowing Down
• George Wallace (not George Wallace)
• Kenan Thompson on We Might Be Drunk with Normand and Morril
• Janelle James on Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson