Jason Parham is a senior writer at\xa0Wired.\u201cI think of myself some days as a critic. Some days I think of myself as a journalist. But I essentially mostly think of myself as an essayist, somebody who is trying to bridge those two traditions. My approach to writing now is kind of simple\u2026I\u2019m always writing about things I like and want to hear about.\u201d\n\nThanks to\xa0Mailchimp\xa0for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow notes:\n\n\xa0\n@nonlinearnotes\njasonparham.com\n00:45\xa0"TikTok and the Evolution of Digital Blackface"\xa0(Wired \u2022 Aug 2020)\n1:00\xa0Spook\n1:45\xa0Evan (@henrylittleboots) on TikTok\n18:30\xa0\xa0"The Reality of Dating White Women When You're Black"\xa0(Ernest Baker \u2022 Gawker \u2022 Jun 2014)\n21:30\xa0"Gawker Media's Responsibility to Diversity"\xa0(Jan 2015)\n24:00\xa0Gawker Cuts Seven Staffers as It Goes All Politics\xa0(Peter Sterne \u2022 Politico \u2022\xa0Nov 2015)\n29:15\xa0Longform Podcast #335: Kiese Laymon\xa0(Peter Sterne \u2022 Politico \u2022\xa0Nov 2015)\n30:00\xa0"And Lo, With Russell Westbrook, Humanity Outpaced Science"\xa0(Wired \u2022 June 2017)\n30:00\xa0"How Oprah\u2019s Network Finally Found Its Voice"\xa0(Wired \u2022 June 2018)\n39:15\xa0Longform Podcast #157: Margo Jefferson\n39:15\xa0"Ripping Off Black Music"\xa0(Harper\u2019s \u2022 January 1973)\n43:00\xa0"Why I (Still) Love Tech: In Defense of a Difficult Industry"\xa0(Wired \u2022 May 2019)\n44:15\xa0"When Influencers Switch Platforms\u2014and Bare It All"\xa0(Wired \u2022 August 2019)\n\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices