Hosted by Joshua Citarella and Yancey Strickler · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 27 episodes
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Joshua Citarella and Yancey Strickler hosts New Creative Era, a arts show with 27 episodes published.
We are back. Not yet in our usual weekly cadence (that resumes after the summer), but back for an episode and an overdue catchup after the longest gap we've had in over a year. Josh, ever the jetsetter, talks about being
In the finale of season 02 of New Creative Era, Josh and Yancey take stock of everything we've learned across 12 episodes exploring dark forests, private online communities, and the forces shaping culture online and beyo
Back with part two of our special AMA episodes fielding questions from our NCE DFOS space. This episode covers everything from nationalism to Section 230 to open source software and everything in between. How far will th
This week Josh and Yancey sit down in the same room for the first time to answer questions from 250+ people who found their way down the rabbit hole into the New Creative Era DFOS (link here 🤫) after last week’s audio e
This season of New Creative Era, we’ve been exploring the idea of dark forests. This week we’re exploring one in reality. Together. Listen in as Josh and Yancey give the first-ever tour of Dark Forest OS, a new Metalabel
In this episode, Josh takes listeners through the concept of teleology: the idea that tools inevitably drift toward outcomes embedded in their design, regardless of intent. What does this say about platform technology, p
Are dark forests just retreat? Adam Curtis documented how 1970s communes and EST taught people to pursue happiness within themselves rather than pursuing a better society. Are dark forests the same trap? James C. Scott’s
Is curation actually about exclusion? In this episode, Josh and Yancey explore one of the most uncomfortable questions in creative communities: what it means to draw boundaries around who belongs and who doesn’t. Web2’s
A key fact of dark forests: they don’t want to be seen. Dark forests are spaces hidden from public view where outside eyes are not welcome. Why is this the case? And what can we observe about spaces like this? In this we
This week on New Creative Era, Josh and Yancey explore the lifecycles of Dark Forest spaces. How do they start? How do they mature? How do they die? Do they die? Listen in to hear how our micro personal experiences and m
This week on New Creative Era we dive deeper into the world of dark forests and the underlying philosophies and belief systems behind their existence. How should we feel about dark forests? Are they places of threat or r
This week in New Creative Era we dive into how exactly Dark Forest spaces support themselves, what it costs to run one, and all the implications of online-native proto-institutions that can create their own economics, cu
This season on New Creative Era, we’re diving into the world of Dark Forests. But what exactly is a Dark Forest? What’s the origin of the term, and what does it describe? In this episode, Josh and Yancey walk through wha
You thought it was over. But we’re so back. Welcome to a new season and focus for New Creative Era. This year we’re diving deep into the world of dark forests: private online spaces hidden from outside view. Why do Dark
And we're back, with Season 2 of New Creative Era. In these episodes we're diving deep into the world of Dark Forests, online communities, and the economics, politics, and philosophies of the private internets. But first
Last week our TED Talk introduced Artist Corporations (A-Corps) — a legal and economic structure for creative work. So far there have been: * 200k+ views of the TED video * 600+ artists and creators joining the waitlist
This week marks the final episode of the first season of New Creative Era, as well as the release of a new book that collects all our conversations into printed form: On the Creative Life: Conversations Towards a New Cre
In the penultimate episode of the first season of New Creative Era, Josh and Yancey each come to the table with their list of seven things they most want in a new status quo. These are our answers. What about yours? What
What lessons do we keep with us from our creative journeys so far? This week Josh and Yancey turn back the clock and take turns sharing seven things they know now but wish they knew then. This is a public episode. If you
What does it mean to build a creative life — especially when the rules keep changing? In this episode, Josh and Yancey reflect on the nonlinear paths of creative careers, from publishing forgotten essays that suddenly go
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New Creative Era is hosted by Joshua Citarella and Yancey Strickler. The show is categorised under arts (society) and has published 27 episodes.
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