Playing With Networking (Weekly Recap 11/22/2025)
November 22, 2025·0 comments·zg
Dick Cavett Style
This week I realized I've been chasing something without fully naming it. Dick Cavett, launching his show in the late 60s during America's most fractured moment, did something radical: he chose his guests deliberately. Not for buzz or promotion, but because they represented something culturally astute. He held space for real conversation - the kind where you go awkward, where you go weird, where you let people actually think out loud.
Sunday Music: "Stainless Steel" By Glitterer
Ned Russin and Glitterer just unlocked something rare. "Stainless Steel" is the sound of someone figuring out how to be an adult in the modern era - life feels impossible, you're broken in two - but you're doing it with your people. It's got Blue Album Weezer accessibility mixed with post-hardcore intensity. The singalong chorus has that gasp-break before it hits, pure Fugazi energy.
Why Does YouTube Call Them Channels?
Here's a piece of internet history worth knowing: YouTube called creator accounts "channels" because people understood what TV channels were. The metaphor stuck. But somewhere along the way, social media flattened that vocabulary. Your account became your identity. Your handle. Your brand.
What's The (Podcast) Strategy?
I get asked about this a lot. It sounds like I have 30 podcasts, but the strategy is really clean: three channels, three distinct audiences, three different principles operating at different scales.
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