The Experiment

6 days ago | jasonstanford.substack.com | Jason Stanford

Welcome to the weekend edition of The Experiment, your official hopepunk newsletter. If you’d like to support my work, become a paid subscriber or check out the options below. But even if you don’t, this bugga free. Thanks for reading!I did not expect Wes Anderson’s 2014 anti-fascist confection The Grand Budapest Hotel to be so prescient, but to be fair, how was I to expect Donald Trump to tear that dollhouse down? This was a year before he descended the golden staircase.

1 week ago | jasonstanford.substack.com | Jason Stanford

Welcome to your always free, reader-supported edition of The Experiment where we share great things to read, cook, listen to, and watch. As always, this bugga free. Let’s get right to it:“What is it called when the terrorists are agents of the state?” -Elise Hu (free link)“…would a truly history-altering incident of domestic terrorism look so … tacky?” -Monica Hesse (gift link)This song runs on an infinite loop in my head.

2 weeks ago | jasonstanford.substack.com | Jason Stanford

Welcome to the weekend edition of The Experiment, your official hopepunk newsletter. If you’d like to support my work, become a paid subscriber or check out the options below. But even if you don’t, this bugga free. Thanks for reading!I couldn’t write an essay last weekend, not because there is nothing to write about but because I felt unequal to the task.

2 weeks ago | jasonstanford.substack.com | Jason Stanford

Welcome to your always free, reader-supported edition of The Experiment where we share great things to read, cook, listen to, and watch. As always, this bugga free. Let’s get right to it:This piece by Diana Moskovitz about the WTF Podcast “is the best piece that will ever be written about our show!” says Marc Maron. It was so good I held this Experiment back so I’d have time to read it before hitting send.

3 weeks ago | jasonstanford.substack.com | Jason Stanford

Welcome to your always free, reader-supported edition of The Experiment where we share great things to read, cook, listen to, and watch. As always, this bugga free. Let’s get right to it:You will never look at ham, Slack chats, or France the same way after reading this. h/t Frank Spring (free link)“[Y]oung men haven't stopped caring about democracy.