On the Culture's Crest Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/on-the-cultures-crest Cut through the whitewater of modern art and entertainment with Jacob & Richard as they chat about trends, news, and craft across music, movies, fiction, and more. With any luck, we'll catch the wave that changes the game. © 2025 IronAge Media LLC d856af6b-0a4d-5dd9-b7fd-5d56ea7e57f7 no en Wed, 27 May 2026 05:35:49 -0500 Wed, 27 May 2026 05:39:55 -0500 https://img.transistorcdn.com/-MdyyzusWxvwpXcfHke82BW-hooo5SylnTwVd2krWvc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NGE5/ZmZmZDllODhmMzI1/YzRjMjM1ZDU2YTU1/ODIyNC5wbmc.jpg On the Culture's Crest episodic IronAge Media Cut through the whitewater of modern art and entertainment with Jacob & Richard as they chat about trends, news, and craft across music, movies, fiction, and more. With any luck, we'll catch the wave that changes the game. Cut through the whitewater of modern art and entertainment with Jacob & Richard as they chat about trends, news, and craft across music, movies, fiction, and more. Jake Calta & Richard Wilson No No Caught in the Net 4 4 Caught in the Net full c13754b3-ea9c-4c27-af61-83937444af97 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bbdef4cf This week, Jake and Richard dive headlong into the world of YouTube and video content creation, reminiscing about old favorites, the joys of discovery in the information age, the transition from passion-led projects to sponsored corporate backing, and how to face the seeming unending sea of content as a new creator. (Recorded 5/17/2025)

Show Notes:
"Billy Mays vs Ben Franklin" by Epic Rap Battles of History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAaE7sJahiw
"The Good Old Days" by FlyingPringle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUM3xUfvdvM
"Goodbye" by Outdoor Boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwC8jwnXfo4
"How Did We Get Here?" (2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsa90kL0xWU
"They stole $1.7 million" by The Game Theorists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACNhHTqIVqk

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]]> This week, Jake and Richard dive headlong into the world of YouTube and video content creation, reminiscing about old favorites, the joys of discovery in the information age, the transition from passion-led projects to sponsored corporate backing, and how to face the seeming unending sea of content as a new creator. (Recorded 5/17/2025)

Show Notes:
"Billy Mays vs Ben Franklin" by Epic Rap Battles of History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAaE7sJahiw
"The Good Old Days" by FlyingPringle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUM3xUfvdvM
"Goodbye" by Outdoor Boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwC8jwnXfo4
"How Did We Get Here?" (2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsa90kL0xWU
"They stole $1.7 million" by The Game Theorists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACNhHTqIVqk

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365 Infantry: Ride for 2024. LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jakecalta/365-infantry-ride-for-2025/
Jake's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JacobCalta

]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 08:00:00 -0500 IronAge Media IronAge Media 3819 This week, Jake and Richard dive headlong into the world of YouTube and video content creation, reminiscing about old favorites, the joys of discovery in the information age, the transition from passion-led projects to sponsored corporate backing, and how to face the seeming unending sea of content as a new creator. (Recorded 5/17/2025)

Show Notes:
"Billy Mays vs Ben Franklin" by Epic Rap Battles of History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAaE7sJahiw
"The Good Old Days" by FlyingPringle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUM3xUfvdvM
"Goodbye" by Outdoor Boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwC8jwnXfo4
"How Did We Get Here?" (2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsa90kL0xWU
"They stole $1.7 million" by The Game Theorists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACNhHTqIVqk

Iron.Age Media: https://ironage.media/
ANVIL Iron Age Magazine: https://anvilmagazine.com/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/ironagemedia

365 Infantry: Ride for 2024. LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jakecalta/365-infantry-ride-for-2025/
Jake's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JacobCalta

]]> No Sailing The Electric Seas 3 3 Sailing The Electric Seas full 875b00a7-cf99-4341-8b02-4b4d1f6843fe https://share.transistor.fm/s/4a037879 This week, Jake and Richard turn their eye to one of the great keystone mediums in modern entertainment: video games. Lucrative, widespread, and often controversial, there's never a dull moment in the world of interactive media. Topics include the many surprises brought by the Nintendo Switch 2, the dynamic between game-makers and game-players, and the question eternal: are video games art? (Recorded 4/17/2025)

Show Notes:
"Naughty Dog has completely lost the plot" by Legendary Drops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADYFW7vWvVg
"Why 'Diverse' Games Fail - The Myth of Needing to See Yourself" by Aydin Paladin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_10img_Gfw
"What Is Xbox Even Doing?" by KnowledgeHusk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0bDHwF2NdU

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365 Infantry: Ride for 2024. LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jakecalta/365-infantry-ride-for-2025/
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]]> This week, Jake and Richard turn their eye to one of the great keystone mediums in modern entertainment: video games. Lucrative, widespread, and often controversial, there's never a dull moment in the world of interactive media. Topics include the many surprises brought by the Nintendo Switch 2, the dynamic between game-makers and game-players, and the question eternal: are video games art? (Recorded 4/17/2025)

Show Notes:
"Naughty Dog has completely lost the plot" by Legendary Drops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADYFW7vWvVg
"Why 'Diverse' Games Fail - The Myth of Needing to See Yourself" by Aydin Paladin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_10img_Gfw
"What Is Xbox Even Doing?" by KnowledgeHusk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0bDHwF2NdU

Iron.Age Media: https://ironage.media/
ANVIL Iron Age Magazine: https://anvilmagazine.com/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/ironagemedia

365 Infantry: Ride for 2024. LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jakecalta/365-infantry-ride-for-2025/
Jake's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JacobCalta

]]> Thu, 08 May 2025 08:00:00 -0500 IronAge Media IronAge Media 5296 This week, Jake and Richard turn their eye to one of the great keystone mediums in modern entertainment: video games. Lucrative, widespread, and often controversial, there's never a dull moment in the world of interactive media. Topics include the many surprises brought by the Nintendo Switch 2, the dynamic between game-makers and game-players, and the question eternal: are video games art? (Recorded 4/17/2025)

Show Notes:
"Naughty Dog has completely lost the plot" by Legendary Drops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADYFW7vWvVg
"Why 'Diverse' Games Fail - The Myth of Needing to See Yourself" by Aydin Paladin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_10img_Gfw
"What Is Xbox Even Doing?" by KnowledgeHusk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0bDHwF2NdU

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ANVIL Iron Age Magazine: https://anvilmagazine.com/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/ironagemedia

365 Infantry: Ride for 2024. LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jakecalta/365-infantry-ride-for-2025/
Jake's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JacobCalta

]]> No Sound Waves 2 2 Sound Waves full dabb2a08-6de7-42f5-8a4f-a47191b954ed https://share.transistor.fm/s/2ededeb9 Music has often found itself on the bleeding edge of trends in media distribution and popular culture. Jacob and Richard explore some of the many changes this time-honored medium has endured, from the proliferation of "lo-fi study beats" to the fractured pop landscape to issues of the future of music streaming and more. (Recorded 3/2/2025)

Show Notes:
"Jon, Take Me With You" by Jacadamia (Music By JW Francis): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOielb7YW5o
"Pop Is Dead. Long Live Pop." by Jacob Calta: https://astounding.substack.com/p/pop-is-dead-long-live-pop
"Music Will COST MORE in 2025...Here's Why" by hadji: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hF1nD1QEXo
"I am BEGGING you to Stop Caring" by DJ Peach Cobbler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnFQd-8ULgM

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ANVIL Iron Age Magazine: https://anvilmagazine.com/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/ironagemedia

Jake's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JacobCalta
365 Infantry: Ride for 2024. LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jakecalta/365-infantry-ride-for-2025/

]]> Music has often found itself on the bleeding edge of trends in media distribution and popular culture. Jacob and Richard explore some of the many changes this time-honored medium has endured, from the proliferation of "lo-fi study beats" to the fractured pop landscape to issues of the future of music streaming and more. (Recorded 3/2/2025)

Show Notes:
"Jon, Take Me With You" by Jacadamia (Music By JW Francis): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOielb7YW5o
"Pop Is Dead. Long Live Pop." by Jacob Calta: https://astounding.substack.com/p/pop-is-dead-long-live-pop
"Music Will COST MORE in 2025...Here's Why" by hadji: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hF1nD1QEXo
"I am BEGGING you to Stop Caring" by DJ Peach Cobbler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnFQd-8ULgM

Iron.Age Media: https://ironage.media/
ANVIL Iron Age Magazine: https://anvilmagazine.com/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/ironagemedia

Jake's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JacobCalta
365 Infantry: Ride for 2024. LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jakecalta/365-infantry-ride-for-2025/

]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0500 IronAge Media IronAge Media 5117 Music has often found itself on the bleeding edge of trends in media distribution and popular culture. Jacob and Richard explore some of the many changes this time-honored medium has endured, from the proliferation of "lo-fi study beats" to the fractured pop landscape to issues of the future of music streaming and more. (Recorded 3/2/2025)

Show Notes:
"Jon, Take Me With You" by Jacadamia (Music By JW Francis): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOielb7YW5o
"Pop Is Dead. Long Live Pop." by Jacob Calta: https://astounding.substack.com/p/pop-is-dead-long-live-pop
"Music Will COST MORE in 2025...Here's Why" by hadji: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hF1nD1QEXo
"I am BEGGING you to Stop Caring" by DJ Peach Cobbler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnFQd-8ULgM

Iron.Age Media: https://ironage.media/
ANVIL Iron Age Magazine: https://anvilmagazine.com/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/ironagemedia

Jake's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JacobCalta
365 Infantry: Ride for 2024. LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jakecalta/365-infantry-ride-for-2025/

]]> No Wading Out 1 1 Wading Out full 994d5851-e7c1-4642-a2ae-081ee217037e https://share.transistor.fm/s/d17ade92 Jacob and Richard flow into the new show, asking whether mainstream entertainment is even built to last, chatting about how atomization has changed our engagement with finding new work, and the pitfalls of "right wing art/entertainment." (Recorded 2/2/2025)

Show Notes:
"Slop Economics" by Pillar of Garbage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl-edCJVFfA
"I Quit Music Streaming For A Month" by Mic The Snare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T45zcgkgMzs
"Why I Curate" by Jacob Calta: https://astounding.substack.com/p/why-i-curate

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ANVIL Iron Age Magazine: https://anvilmagazine.com/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/ironagemedia

Jake's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JacobCalta

]]> Jacob and Richard flow into the new show, asking whether mainstream entertainment is even built to last, chatting about how atomization has changed our engagement with finding new work, and the pitfalls of "right wing art/entertainment." (Recorded 2/2/2025)

Show Notes:
"Slop Economics" by Pillar of Garbage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl-edCJVFfA
"I Quit Music Streaming For A Month" by Mic The Snare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T45zcgkgMzs
"Why I Curate" by Jacob Calta: https://astounding.substack.com/p/why-i-curate

Iron.Age Media: https://ironage.media/
ANVIL Iron Age Magazine: https://anvilmagazine.com/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/ironagemedia

Jake's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JacobCalta

]]> Thu, 03 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0500 IronAge Media IronAge Media 4852 Jacob and Richard flow into the new show, asking whether mainstream entertainment is even built to last, chatting about how atomization has changed our engagement with finding new work, and the pitfalls of "right wing art/entertainment." (Recorded 2/2/2025)

Show Notes:
"Slop Economics" by Pillar of Garbage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl-edCJVFfA
"I Quit Music Streaming For A Month" by Mic The Snare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T45zcgkgMzs
"Why I Curate" by Jacob Calta: https://astounding.substack.com/p/why-i-curate

Iron.Age Media: https://ironage.media/
ANVIL Iron Age Magazine: https://anvilmagazine.com/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/ironagemedia

Jake's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JacobCalta

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