98: MTV Base with Dean Van Nguyen

Published: April 15, 2020, 11:21 p.m.

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Music writer Dean Van Nguyen joins us to talk about the bit of pop culture that looms large in his childhood: MTV Base. In our last episode we flirted with doing a whole episode about a TV channel but this week we\'re going all in. We talked about Beats, Rhymes, and Life, The Lick, Jay Z vs Nas, Napster, Destiny\'s Child, the legacy of Jackass, and much more.  

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We\'re still self-isolating and recording remotely so please forgive any technical hiccups or sound oddities.

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Jenn is @deanvannguyen You can find his writing in Pitchfork, The Guardian, and loads of other places and his book Iron Age: The Art Of Ghostface Killah is out now.

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Alan is @alan_maguire.  Juvenalia is his main thing right now.

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Sarah is @griffski. Her many books are in all good bookshops.

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This episode was produced and edited by Cassie and Alan.

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Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.

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We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes and free lil bits of merch. It\'s patreon.com/juvenalia

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Sarah, Cassie, and a very cool group of women writers, many of whom have been Juvenalia guests, have launched a new project called Rogue. For \\u20ac4 a month you get four great, exclusive, articles in your inbox every Sunday. You should check it out.

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