200 w / Andrew Sullivan "Uncancellable Andrew and the Great Media Miasma"

<p>We can't believe it. Neither can you. It's our 200th episode!! (Well, not including the thirty-plus, subscriber-only Patreon episodes, which are looser, bawdier, and even <em>more</em> problematic...<a href="https://www.patreon.com/wethefifth" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">so stop freeloading and subscribe</a>!). In celebration of this momentous anniversary, we called up our old friend Andrew Sullivan, fresh from his separation with New York magazine and joining from his Provincetown whirlpool, to discuss:</p><br><p>- Daddys, bears, and pervs...oh my!</p><p>- Andrew has a conversation with some younger gays</p><p>- A generation without tragedy</p><p>- BTW: No one<em> actually</em> says LGBTQ+</p><p>- And you're not suppose to <em>like </em>being oppressed</p><p>- Why did Andrew leave <em>New York</em> magazine and what is the "mysterious miasma"?&nbsp;</p><p>- Sully starts his own thing, quickly realizes he was underpaid</p><p>- The drunk brilliance of old-school British journalism</p><p>- FWIW, Andrew didn't write<em> The Bell Curve</em></p><p>- The anti-Sullivan fatwa issued by a former employer</p><p>- Michael Kinsley's two rules of writing&nbsp;</p><p>- The future of magazines, the future of media&nbsp;</p><p>- Why you should read, listen to, and befriend people with bad ideas</p><p>- Kmele, Kamala, and the prostitutes</p><p>- Andrew convinces us to...change</p><br><p>Recorded Aug 13, 2020</p><p>Published Aug 14, 2020</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>