This past Friday I interviewed Jason Silva and Max Lugavere, two 27-year-old producers and co-hosts of Current TV, the Emmy-award-winning cable network started by Al Gore in 2005 that has since become the fastest growing network in TV history. Picked out of hundreds of applicants, Silva and Lugavere have become the faces of the network, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Pop Culture'
Evolving the YouTube Generation
July 11th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· 3 Comments · EnlightenNext, Gen Y, Pop Culture
Tags:current tv·Gen Y·jason silva·max lugavere·media·still up
Why We Need to Compare Ourselves to Others
June 19th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· 2 Comments · Culture, Gen Y, Pop Culture, Postmodernism
This past weekend, I watched Kobe Bryant win his fourth National Basketball Association title as his team, the Los Angeles Lakers, defeated their opponent, the Orlando Magic, four games to one in a best of seven series. While the victory was definitely a team effort, Bryant, who was voted MVP of the play-offs, stood out [...]
Tags:Basketball·Jean Twenge·Kobe Bryant·Los Angeles Lakers·narcissism·National Basketball Association·NBA·The Narcissism Epidemic
Mother Knows Best
March 4th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· 1 Comment · Pop Culture, Uncategorized
In our last appearance on the Howie Rose Show, we described our experience of growing up as grandchildren of the sixties (that is, children of children of the sixties) and started to call into question the values that were birthed during this cultural explosion in light of the desire for something even more (dare I [...]
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Everything’s Amazing; Nobody’s Happy
February 24th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· 1 Comment · Comedy, Culture, Gen Y, Pop Culture, Postmodernism
A friend sent me a link to this incredibly funny, insightful, and implicating video clip of stand-up comedian Louis CK appearing on Late Night with Conan O’Brien giving some examples of the extraordinary irony of our time: everything’s amazing and yet no one is happy. Check it out!!
Tags:Conan O'Brien·Gen Y·Louis CK
