Andy Beckerman

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

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

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!

🎧 https://t.co/i2HCodbs6q

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CC: @mergerecords!

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Good times with Will and @RBottum3 of @Imperial_Teen! High school musicals, Los Angeles in the 1970s and ‘80s, Confessional qualms, learning to rebel and MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/WZCHgUkSxn

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@elivalley Jiminy Prick

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CC: @JoyfulNoiseRecs!

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk with @rob5d4 of Pinback & Goblin Cock and so many other bands! Turning trauma into art, the Pine Barrens, schoolyard bullies, heavy sighs, needing to be honest + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/K46TkTgpVz

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CC: @DarkHorseComics!

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

A masterclass on the emotions & business of comics by Evan Dorkin! The “dangerous” 1970s NYC, becoming fearful, feeling like a screw-up, not wanting to be perceived + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/tVKJKNSq68

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@daveanthony If there’s one person I trust, it’s the guy that aided and abetted a genocide and lied about that for years.

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk with Hutch Harris of The Thermals! Growing up in Silicon Valley, industrial musicals, the reality of making music for a living, acting camp + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/rHB57BENyL

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CC: @subpop!

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk with Lira and Caufield of @swpromises! Making art under fascism, academia, labor consciousness, existential naivete and MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/yDSnMMr14Z

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Thoughtful times with the wonderful David Rees, creator of Get Your War On! The performative self, not planning ahead existentially, sitting in silence, SST Records + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/EF2m6VFUr8

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CC: @matadorrecords!

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Wonderful talk with @SolexElisabeth! WWII-era Indonesian internment camps, art as therapy, aesthetic pessimism, a sheltered childhood and MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/KZrs6TPPDk

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

CC: @mergerecords!

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

Great talk with @elanor_moss! Navigating the UK class structures, authenticity vs. integrity, being vulnerable in public, songwriting as a character + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/bZjvy3sCKh

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@daveanthony *Hakeem Jeffries making a TikTok in 2027 while eating a giant steak* "If only Hasan Piker hadn't criticized Israel, then we wouldn't have a global famine."

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...

The delightful @dfrieldfriel stops by to talk hippie philosophies & corporate trust, the wonder of the universe, Is the political project of art a failure?, “Weird” Al + MORE!

🎧 https://t.co/6tL1RlPm0D

[Josh Olson @joshuarolson]

Andy's podcast is terrific, and it was a real honor to be asked to come on.

[Andy Beckerman @AndyBeckerman]

@joshuarolson 😁😁😁