579: Use Your Words
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Finding Emilie
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
Danny Brown - Y.B.P. (feat. Bruiser Wolf)
Danny Brown started his career in 2007 by handing out mixtapes in Detroit, where he’s from. In 2011, he put out his acclaimed second album, XXX. Since then, he’s collaborated with rappers like Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky and JPEGMafia, but he’s also worked with electronic bands like Purity Ring and The Avalanches, and he did a verse on a remix for Korn.
When I first heard him, around when XXX came out, I was really drawn to his voice. And I also appreciated that, given how young so many artists are now when they get really famous, Danny Brown’s career really started taking off in his 30s. He put out his sixth album, Quaranta, in 2023. And for this episode, I talked to him about one of the songs from that album, called “Y.B.P.," which features guest vocals from Bruiser Wolf.
For more, visit songexploder.net/danny-brown.
‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan are too fucking macho after rewatching the 1990 crime-thriller ‘Internal Affairs,’ starring Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, and Nancy Travis. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
🎥 Forkalyst - Gemstone (live)
On saturday, our band Forkalyst played its first live gig. It was a sold out show at a popular brewery pub here in Düsseldorf. Lots of our friends came around. It was great fun. And I placed my GoPro on the stage railing next to me to record some of it.
#419 – Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI
What keeps China’s president up at night?
A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. What keeps China’s president up at night? The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, from the BBC, with Katya Adler. For more, go to bbcworldservice.com/globalstory or search for The Global Story wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Throughline: Dare to Dissent
578: Weird Can Be Beautiful
🎬 Anatomy of a Fall

This movie is 2.5 hours long, but it easily managed to keep me engaged. I found this to be brilliantly told. You're constantly wondering what might have happened. And whether you can trust the suspect and her view of the story. The dialogues felt very authentic and all was brilliantly played by everyone involved, but I found especially Sandra Hüller's and Milo Machado-Graner's (who plays her son) performances remarkable. Extra points for authentic piano playing.
🎬 The Terminator

Woah, haven't watched this in a looong time. But this rewatch was totally worth it. Not much too complain about when it comes to action movies. The atmosphere, the action, that relentlessness, the music, the special effects (which hold up really well, I must say). I'll be back!
🎬 Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

Ok, I must say, this was a great movie to pair with The Terminator – which was the second movie that evening. Thematically very fitting, but not nearly as good. It certainly had some good ideas and scenes, but overall, I found this pretty slow-paced and too uneventful.
🎬 Blow Out

I very much enjoyed this crime story. Super well told with a great cast. I enjoyed both John Travolta's and Nancy Allen's acting as well as their characters. I like how technical this was in parts. It has great humour (the scene with the auditioning scream-dubbers: pure gold). And is suspenseful. Maybe the ending was a bit too over the top, but otherwise: thumbs up!
#418 – Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris
‘Risky Business’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan quit playing it safe and trade in their microphones to deal in human fulfillment after rewatching 1983’s ‘Risky Business,’ starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. Producer: Jessie Lopez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
#417 – Kimbal Musk: The Art of Cooking, Tesla, SpaceX, Zip2, and Family
Bonus: The Global Story
A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. Could just 100,000 people decide the US election? The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, from the BBC, with Katya Adler. For more, go to bbcworldservice.com/globalstory or search for The Global Story wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
📄 Forkalyst
I have a new band called "Forkalyst". And you can find out more in this post.
🎬 Poor Things

This is easily one of the most entertaining movies ever. A curious and naive (in a good and very funny way) female Frankenstein‘s „monster” goes on an exploration trip – in a mostly sexual sense – driving all the men crazy along the way. Lots of very funny absurdity. Fantastic cast – especially Emma Stone of course – great sets and costumes, great dialogue and on and on. Want to watch again please.