This week we are joined by writer, OG “fuccmom,” and bonafide Twitter legend Naomi Fry. Naomi walks us through her younger years in Israel, her time as James Franco’s…

Editing a podcast like Public Announcement is a big responsibility and opportunity. Chris and James—and really, the entire global listenership—are asking for your help.

James and Chris trace their diverse and sometimes confusing musical roots before speaking with author Lizzy Goodman. Goodman’s new book, Meet Me in The Bathroom, chronicles the famed…

Designer Duane King joins us to celebrate the 1972 Sagan/Drake mission to create the oldest artifact of humankind: The Pioneer Plaque. We learn how Duane brought the plaque back…

This week we are very happy to present the keynote panel from the 2017 Food Book Fair, recorded live from Liberty Hall at the Ace Hotel New York. The…

This week we try something new. Instead of our usual luxury podcast, we deliver something more raw and authentic. We sat down with friend Jason Stewart aka Them…

“As of today Public Announcement is more than just a podcast. With the 
launch of our destination homepage we wanted to create a platform for our esteemed colleagues to share…

Chris pushes James to reveal the details behind his time operating in the early days of the dark web as a teenage spammer. They speak to James’ friend and accomplice…

Continuing with their Nashville series, Chris and James sit down with the city’s unofficial mayor, Libby Callaway. She was raised in rural Tennessee but made the jump to New…

A cold-open featuring Chris Black behind the kit—on his throne—leads to our hosts discussing Oasis as “the Lynyrd Skynyrd of Britain”, a proposal for upping Nashville’s edge, and thoughts…

This week Chris and James head down to Nashville (aka Music City USA, aka Nashvegas, aka The Athens of the South) to see what all the fuss is…

Navigating the world wide web in 2016 can be difficult. The oversharing, lawlessness and mob mentality can make even light Twitter work a challenge. But if you can avoid the Facetuned…

New York, NY — Chris and James go beyond their signature brand of general-interest podcasting to weigh in on American public affairs—with the help of media insider Slade Sohmer,…

James and Chris commiserate over their aging bodies and health problems. They also celebrate the 10th episode with a look back at some of the great moments in the…

Much has been said about the millennial generation (aka Generation Y, aka Digital Natives, aka Generation Rent, aka Echo Boomers, aka Generation Me).…

This week Chris and James hit the streets of Soho to buy James his first cool hat.

Men’s fashion has seen a steep rise in popularity in recent years. This week Chris and James talk to Grailed brand director Lawrence Schlossman about the speed of trends and…

Chris has spent quite a lot of time with Drake’s music; sadly, James has not. This week they go track by track, talking production, themes, sequencing, promotion and the associated lingo…

Discovery and influence often lend themselves to one another. Find something great, love it and then introduce it to someone else. Our guest this week, Millie De Chirico, is…

This week is the first episode in an ongoing series called New Theory. Chris and James lift the curtain and reveal their true feelings about a wildly popular genre of…

No matter what you are told when you are younger, careers are not always planned. Ellis Jones had worked at VICE for a long time before she became the editor-in-chief.…

In 2007 the band Cartel thought they were getting the break of their career when they signed a deal with MTV for a promising new reality show, “Band in…

In high school Chris discovered that someone had put a dead deer in his suburban driveway. The incident changed his life forever. After 17 years we chase down who did…