Below and Beyond (New York After Rona (part iii)

Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything

Benjamen Walker & Radiotopia

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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We visit an empty storefront in Greenwich Village to talk with journalist and curator Alex Brook Lynn about her latest immersive multimedia exhibition: “Eulogy for New York City.” Plus a visit to New York City’s first post covid ComicCon to find out how Batman is doing.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Benjamin Walker's theory of everything.
0:05.0	At Radio Topia, we now have a select group of amazing supporters that help us make all our shows possible.
0:13.0	If you would like to have your company or product sponsor this podcast, then get in touch.
0:18.0	Drop a line to sponsor at radiotopia.fm. Thanks.
0:23.0	This installment is called Bilo and Beyond.
0:28.0	Back in August 2020, a New York hedge funder slash comedy club owner,
0:33.0	made a bold pronouncement about the future of New York after COVID.
0:37.0	Our next guest says the city is White Porridge Dead Forever.
0:42.0	James Altucha says this.
0:44.0	James Altucha's New York is dead forever.
0:47.0	LinkedIn Post went super viral.
0:50.0	For a few weeks, he was everywhere.
0:53.0	Dead forever.
0:55.0	You got to explain that.
0:57.0	So first off, what makes this different now is bandwidth is 10 times faster than it was in 2008.
1:04.0	So people really can work remotely now.
1:07.0	But what happens to the tax revenues of New York?
1:10.0	The New York Post even ran James Altucha's LinkedIn screen as an editorial.
1:16.0	I don't even know what LinkedIn is.
1:20.0	That's who that guy is for the rest of his life.
1:22.0	Oh, look who's here. The Puts from LinkedIn.
1:25.0	That's when Jerry Seinfeld signed it.
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