The Light Culture podcast focuses on culture disruption and disrupters. The podcast doesn't so much report on culture as its does takes its temperature through voices dedicated to change.
The Light Culture podcast is hosted by David Hershkovits, founder of Paper Magazine. Hershkovits is a celebrated American Writer who sold Paper Magazine in 2017 (Business of Fashion). Hershkovits believes podcasts will be integral for brands and the media alike
as we enter a new era of content consumption. Light Culture is produced
by Burb, which effectively leverages the podcast to market their lifestyle brand.
The
Light Culture podcast shares interviews with its
listeners from today's most compelling social disruptors. For example,
their new interview with Yeezy Design Director and "Godfather of the Dad show" Steven Smith,
who left Nike to work with Kanye West.
Light Culture will release
its interview with Alex Winter on August 21, who is starring in the third reprise of
"Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" with longtime friend Keanu
Reeves (New York Times). David also interviewed two star female filmmakers, Lisa Cortes and and Farah X, Directors of hit Netflix documentary "The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion." Their
film shines a light on the women who created luxury fashion looks in
hip hop, and demonstrate how those fashions were appropriated by the
white luxury fashion industry.
On episode 53, the podcast focuses on Zoo York, the east coast skateboard company in the early 90s, co-founded by the episode guest Eli Morgan Gesner. A new documentary All the Streets Are Silent, which Eli narrates, tells the story about how a reluctant businessman helped hip hop and skateboarding cross over to birth the streetwear industry.
On episode 42 activist, David talks with author, actor and now
recording artist Rose McGowan, who has an album out called Planet 9. During the episode, they talk about
astral projection, Marilyn Manson, being brave and life after Harvey Weinstein.
Episode 27 introduces Xeni Jardin, a "one-time straight edge" who discovered cannabis
after being diagnosed with cancer. A digital media commentator, tech
culture journalist and co-editor and contributor to the website Boing
Boing, she is also at the forefront of investigations into Jeffrey
Epstein, the pedophile who famously funded dubious scientific research
and died in prison under suspicious circumstances. Hershkovits talks to the former
National Public Radio, Wired magazine and Wired News contributor about
Epstein, cannabis, cancer and the New York tech scene of the 90s.
Check out The Light Culture podcast here.
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