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  • August 11 · 39 min

    Real Review #18 - Günseli

    Our managing director Bryan Wolff interviews Günseli, as featured in Real Review #18 with her review "Reality Shifting." https://instagram.com/gunseliiiiii https://gunseli.xyz Become Real Review member to join Günseli and other members on the groupchat to continue the conversation (plus bonus episodes, 2 print issues per year and much more). Scroll down at https://real-review.org to subscribe. Shownotes: 00:00 Astral projection, rebranded for TikTok 07:39 The mask conceals the freak 14:47 Dressing to disappear 21:34 The ceiling on our fantasy 25:26 Nothing is true, everything is permitted 29:29 Grey skies, dark forests Other things mentioned: - Stella Matutina in Switzerland (site of the lost first recording) - Omsk Social Club (artist collective) - Neopets and Habbo Hotel - Günseli's podcast "Logged On", made at Dazed - Günseli's essay "Race to the Bottom" for Family Style - K-Hole's "Normcore" trend report - Günseli's "Superfakes" piece in postpostpost vol 2 - Ursula Le Guin's "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction" - Elizabeth Kolbert's "Under a White Sky" misremembered as Grey Skies, via "Systems Control" review on thespinoff.co.nz

  • July 2 · 38 min

    Real Review #18 - Maya Man

    On this episode Bryan Wolff interviews artist Maya Man for an outside perspective on the mood of issue 18, "Pretending the World." Maya Man: https://mayaontheinter.net/ Issue 18 is out now, become a Real Review member at https://real-review.org (scroll down) to receive the issue, all future podcast episodes including members-only exclusives, and access to the full digital archive of issues. Shownotes: 00:00 Meet Maya Man 01:23 Reviewing the mood 09:22 Fashion and identity 13:55 Who is the algorithm 22:28 Substack and the turn to text 35:00 What is Maya pretending right now? Other things mentioned: - Maya Man's "A Realistic Day in My Life Living in New York City" (Whitney) - Maya Man's HEART Space (artist-run space, now closed) - Ivan Self's piece "Larping an Empire" from RR18 - David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" - Vice/Spike Magazine's post-image discourse

  • June 4 · 36 min

    Real Review #18 - The Reviews

    Jack Self and Bryan Wolff give an overview of the reviews and contributions featured in the upcoming issue: Real Review 18, launching June 2026. (00:00) Topline overview of all reviews (36:28) Members-only discussion of "Retrocausality" by Jack Self The lineup of RR18 as discussed is: Petro Chekal - There Is Real Review interview with Meredith Whittaker Alvaro Fernandez-Pulpeiro - Petro Futures Günseli Yalçınkaya - Reality Shifting Jack Self - Retrocausality Ana Nicolaescu - Slopwork or the Work of Slop Ivan Self - Larping an Empire Tyler Mitchell - Untitled Ruth Schwartz Cowan - More Work for Mother Pierce Myers - Mesoeconomy of Fire Kwan Queenie Li - Weeds Jenny Barcelos - Careless Whisper, 1999 Jessica Burbank - Syndicates of Capital Sumayya Vally speaks with Shumon Basar on the spaces of other worlds James Bridle - There Is No Off Grid Guy Mackinnon-Little - A World That Is Also A Demon Elmer Blåvarg - Para Neo Realism RR Members - The Chat Also mentioned: Meredith Whittaker profiled in NYT archive.is/BtZD0 Roland Barthes on Toys

  • April 13 · 30 min

    Issues in Print - 30 min preview

    Jack Self and Bryan Wolff get into issues around RR18, moving printer, and the state of print magazines in general. (00:00) Why RR18 is delayed (08:36) The middle class of printing (13:42) Why print still matters The second half of the show is for members only. Become a member for £65 a year by scrolling down on https://real- review.org. Membership also includes digital access to all issues, and two issues delivered per year. Second half of the show includes: (31:11) Magazines we loved and lost (36:59) What we're still reading All magazines mentioned can be found via the members Signal groupchat.

  • February 12 · 11 min

    Eddington - 10 min preview

    In Review: Ari Aster's 2025 film Eddington. On this public feed preview, our Editor-in-Chief, Jack Self, and new Managing Director, Bryan Wolff, reflect on what Eddington has to say about what it means to live today. For the full episode, become a member by scrolling down on https://real-review.org. Membership also includes digital access to all issues, and two issues delivered per year. Much more to come in 2026. Mentioned in conversation are Zabriskie Point and this letterboxd review of Eddington: https://letterboxd.com/abcdent/film/eddington/

  • January 21 · 20 min

    Real Review Rebirth - Last 20 Min Preview

    Editor-in-Chief, Jack Self, and new Managing Director, Bryan Wolff, preview the rebirth of Real Review taking place this year. On this public feed only the last 20 minutes of this episode are included that cover the last two shownotes. For the full episode, become a member by scrolling down on https://real-review.org. Membership also includes digital access to all issues, and two issues delivered per year. Much more to come in 2026. Shownotes: - Intro by Jack Self and Bryan Wolff - Reflecting on RR through Carved From Capital (issue 17) - Bryan's personal journey across the Matrix - Jack's new venture "Self-Engineering" -- Public Feed -- - Jack's search for a new co-founder for RR - RR changes coming up --

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