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I host the Beginnings & Couples Therapy (@NaomiandAndy) podcasts. TV writer. Former philosophy prof. Casiopop king. Chair @DSA_LosAngeles' IJC '22-'23

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Andy Beckerman
6 months
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. It's the 15th anniversary of the show! Great talk with @davidcrosss - Punk rock & political awareness, speaking your mind, Roswell, GA in the 1970s, the pull of NYC + MORE!. 🎧
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5 days
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Good times w/ Daniel Littleton of Ida & The Hated! Reacting to your parents’ music, racism in Reagan’s America, Annapolis in the ‘80s, Buddhism & empathy for your enemies + MORE!. 🎧
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19 days
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Delightful talk with Kelly Sue DeConnick! Air Force dads, confidence, terrible jobs, majoring in theater, Alan Alda and MORE!. 🎧
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Andy Beckerman
26 days
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Great times with @michael_deforge! Can art affect politics?, being introverted, a scene vs. a community, body horror & horror at being embodied + MORE!. 🎧
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26 days
RT @ChrisLynnHedges: Ultimately, protests such as the #NoKings ones are useless, despite their intentions. To be effective, protests must d….
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1 month
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Great talk! @davidbazan of Pedro the Lion & Headphones on therapy & autobiographical songwriting, forgiveness & resentment, '80s Evangelical Movement, empathy & authority + MORE!. 🎧
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Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. An absolute delight with Merrill and Nate of @tuneyards! Escaping our brains, Professor Longhair, control & chaos, being embodied and MORE!. 🎧
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2 months
RT @cshfiles: Car Seat Headrest at Kilby Block Party © Jim Bennett, 2025
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2 months
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Rad times with Connie, Jamie & Sean of @mhaolmusic! American dystopia, Cultural Catholicism and cultural Protestantism, gendered instruments, existentially-lax parents and MORE!. 🎧
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RT @The_Acumen: Democrats know exactly what their voters want. They have the data. The problem is what their voters want, goes directly aga….
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2 months
My latest essay about our shared existential hell: . -Life in Lynch, Nietzsche and Gramsci's America.-How parapolitics, PR & the absolute emptiness of the ruling class created mass delulu. Plus Temple of Doom + That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime?. 👁️�️
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Andy Beckerman
2 months
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Great talk with @maiafffff of Coco & @DirtyProjectors! Needing to mourn the person you were before you become a parent, the wilds of CA, Jungian moms, following whims + MORE!. 🎧
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Andy Beckerman
2 months
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Great talk with political cartoonist Dwayne Booth AKA Mr. Fish! Testing god, paternal question marks, humor and authority, living an authentic life and MORE!. 🎧
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Andy Beckerman
2 months
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Good times with @DavidLongstreth of @DirtyProjectors! Parental mythologies, vulnerability & risk-taking, the lemurs of Madagascar, authority figures + MORE!. 🎧
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RT @The_Acumen: I know it sounds conspiracy theorist to say this, but you really should assume the absolute worst about the people in power….
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2 months
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Great talk with @kristinhersh! Making art vs. making art for the music industry, shyness & performance, snakes, car accidents & creativity + MORE!. 🎧
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Andy Beckerman
3 months
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Good times with Tina Halladay of Sheer Mag! The world the Boomers left us, family mysteries (and maybe an Iran-Contra connection???), bullshit detectors, Long Island + MORE! . 🎧
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Andy Beckerman
3 months
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Great talk with @JDsoundbite of The Folk Implosion and more! Sports & class politics, moral origins, the 1970s divorce epidemic, the 1990s music industry and MORE!. 🎧
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Andy Beckerman
3 months
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Wide-ranging chat with cartoonist Anders Nilsen! Coming from New York lefty stock, homesteading in rural New Hampshire, making art & existential choices + MORE!. 🎧
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Andy Beckerman
3 months
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Great talk with @danielwarrenart! Making comics in a collapsing capitalist economy, homeschooling, empathy, 1990s evangelical vibes, BPRD: The Long Death + SO MUCH MORE!. 🎧
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Andy Beckerman
4 months
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings. Great chat with @jeffreylewisand! Socialist summer camp and an anti-capitalist upbringing, resonating with 1960s art, Lower East Side nostalgia, original issues of TMNT + MORE!. 🎧
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