Andy Beckerman
@andybeckerman
I host the Beginnings & Couples Therapy podcasts. TV writer. Former philosophy professor. Casiopop king. Figuring out dystopia.
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings... Great talk w/Chad Matheny AKA @emperorx.bsky.social! The church observatory, moral realism vs. an ethical spectrum, faith & fear, aesthetic emergencies & recording an album in a warzone + MORE! 🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsEm...
Hold on, you’re telling me the US gestapo - made up primarily of violent domestic abusers - that in their official capacity rounding up innocent people to send to concentration camps, these otherwise unquestionable paragons used *racial slurs*?? These— Ow, fuck shit I just pulled my sarcasm muscle.
Now that Taco Bell is no longer getting diarrhea lettuce from Taylor Farms, I'm VERY excited for their new promotion!
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings... Good times with American Prestige's @dbessner.bsky.social! The decline of Hollywood and, in general, society; calm dads; ambition & death; the historical contingencies of Nirvana + MORE! 🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsBe...
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings... Good times with Matthew S., founder of Illegal Art! Fresno: carjacking capital of the US; Mormonism, community and hierarchy; having a calling; artistic sampling vs. tech thievery + MORE! 🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsMy...
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings... Great talk with @jonathanmeiburg.bsky.social of @shearwaterband.bsky.social! Aesthetic randomness, Song of Myself, the wonder of the universe, existential lessons from world travel and MORE! 🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsSh...
I was kidding with Naomi and said there are as many comedies about golf on TV as there are comedies with majority black casts, but then I looked it up and that's actually true and soon there will be more shows about golf on TV than comedies with majority black casts.
From the original cut of Back to the Future, when Marty McFly was going to be into indie rock
THANK YOU FOR NAILING PEOPLE WHO SAY “It’s a beautiful day” TO THE CROSS! It’s 100% worth allowing an unrepentant sex predator back into showbiz because *this* is a one-of-a-kind POV! Sorry to all the women in comedy but your safety means nothing when compared to unique takes from crumpled perverts!
To figure out why the toxic warehouse fire has been taking so long to get under control, I looked at the LA city budget for answers…
Hollywood over the last few years after it realized it no longer had to even pay lip service to diversity
*Louis CK’s dad as they’re taking him into the assisted living facility* “And there are *fewer* unrepentant sexual predators here, correct?”
When I contemplate Our Collective Hell™, I remember the statistic that half of America is functionally illiterate, and it acts as a kind of spiritual gabapentin to calm my weary soul
The look Mabel gave me when she figured out we were en route to the vet
Me attempting to screw with a text phisher and immediately blowing it because I wanted to get to the fun part
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings... Great talk with @jeffmueller.bsky.social of Rodan, June of 44, Shipping News: Sleep disorders, making things in middle school, jumping on trains, art and class structures + MORE! 🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsMu...
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings... Great talk with cartoonist Ron Regé Jr.! Boston punk scene, freedom & authority, seeing through mythology, the Stations of the Cross + MORE! 🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsRege CC: @fantagraphics.bsky.social + @dandq.bsky.social!
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings... Nice talk with Dusty Reske of Rocketship! Highly-sensitive people, intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation, moving to Texas, authentic emotions + MORE! 🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsRo...
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings... Great talk with investigative reporter @michaelehayden.bsky.social! Playwright origins, creative exaptations, post-9/11 Long Island, covering Charlottesville and MORE! 🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsME...