We are Russian agents on this one. Billy, Joy, and new guest Nikolai discuss the Strelka Institute, an architecture and urban planning school/think tank housed in Moscow, which Joy and Nikolai both attend. We also discuss the strange dreams that Nikolai has been having, including one where he and his friends are running away from an apocalyptic event. Finally, Joy and Billy discuss the perils of going to single sex schools. And a bunch of other stuff, I don't really remember and I didn't re-listen to the whole thing honestly, so the quality might be off. Might have also talked about memes and stuff (ay Russia), and the recent Russian election. Also Nikolai and Joy discuss a trip they recently went on, and Nikolai discusses his evolving sense of some sort of Russian nationalism/identity having alternately spent time in "Siberia" and big cities. He's actually from Russia. So if the CIA is listening to this podcast/reading this, he's the Russian agent. Me and Joy are just playing along, please don't send us to the gulag. Song Credits: Open Mike Eagle: Dark Comedy Morning Show Panda Bear: Mr. Noah

Billy (@goodpureform) and Joy (@dykwyas) are joined by Rob Kozar and Jackson Frons (@fronssss). We discuss indie lit, Tao Lin, Jackson's various literary side hustles, Jacques Tati's "Playtime," WKW's "Fallen Angels," Kafka's "The Castle," Joy's recent trip to Chicago, whether or not we would welcome being sent to a penal colony, the world of NYC journals, and Don Delillo. We also discuss Nausicaa (shout out to Homer and Odysseus) Renner's piece in N+1, "Misdiagnosis," which discusses the phenomenon of diagnosing Trump, mainly by mental health professionals, and why it may be missing the point (https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/misdiagnosis/). Links to our work: 1. Joy recently translated a piece by Lee Chi-liung, which was published in Asymptote. Read it here: https://www.asymptotejournal.com/nonfiction/lee-chi-leung-when-the-migrants-amass-notes-from-the-new-territories/ 2. Jackson had his story "This" published in the Hobart Pulp last month. Check it out here: http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/this 3. Billy has been publishing film reviews for The Reserve, an online Cleveland magazine, for a bit now. Check out his reviews here: https://www.thereservenews.com/author/williamlennon/ Song Credits: 1. "Souvlaki Space Station" by Slowdive 2. "Kaputt" by Destroyer Thanks for listening!!!