How Tom Sandoval Became the Most Hated Man in America

After the wave of social-media “cancellations” that began in the 2010s, it’s unsurprising that an alternate media universe would emerge to provide safe harbor for actual, alleged or purported transgressors — of social mores or politics or misbehavior — who would have been derided but maybe not disqualified in earlier generations.

Remorse is not something “No Bullshit” guy feels, but seated at Brooklyn’s Purity Diner on a sunny afternoon during his weeklong run at the Bell House, Heidecker is rankled by guilt. In a plain black tee and sunglasses now, he’s replaying the moment he upset a fan when he was in character the previous night. He was doing a bit where “No Bullshit” g... See more

Von’s This Past Weekend is huge. It’s currently the eighth-most-popular podcast in America, sandwiched between This American Life and The Ben Shapiro Show . No. 1 is of course The Joe Rogan Experience , where the bros burble for hours on end. Where cigars are smoked and theories are floated. Von has been on Rogan’s show multiple times, and while Th... See more

I’ve been watching (and mostly enjoying) the crop of scammer shows (The Dropout, Inventing Anna, WeCrashed) released over the last few months, all of which are in conversation with the past, with each other, with us as viewers, but also with this larger idea of what it takes to succeed in a post-Great Recession, rapid growth capitalism economy. The

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