Robert George: Mixtapes, New York Accents, and Comedy
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Robert George joins the show
0:38 – When can you stop saying happy new year?
2:26 – Argentine and Irish roots, and Spanish surnames
4:06 – From Trinidad to England to New York
5:13 – How immigrants pick up and lose accents
8:52 – The fading New York accent
11:51 – Walkmans, Discmans, and the lost art of the mixtape
16:46 – Burned CDs and a younger brother's typos
18:39 – Robert on Trackstar, the music trivia street show
22:09 – Acing 80s new wave and post-punk trivia
27:23 – Old millennials and the nostalgia algorithm
30:59 – Deftones' cover model, Tawny Kitaen, and the Nirvana baby
36:46 – A party speech against St. Augustine
39:47 – Catholic schools, lapsed Catholics, and saints
43:36 – New York's first days under Mayor Zohran Mamdani
44:54 – Cea Weaver, homeownership, and rent control
50:21 – Hypocrisy, gentrification, and generational wealth
52:35 – Jason Riley, doppelgangers, and Please Stop Helping Us
55:16 – Mamdani, Jessica Tisch, and keeping crime down
57:14 – The Jeff Buckley documentary and Tim Buckley
59:59 – Is Imagine the Woodrow Wilson of pop music?
1:04:32 – Where to find Robert George and wrap-up
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Writer, comedian, and Track Star crusher Robert George joins his friend Lou to talk about mixtapes, New York accents (without New York accents), and the warmth of collectivism.
We also get into going from Trinidad to England to New York, the fading New York accent, Walkmans and Discmans, Robert on the music trivia street show, a party speech against St. Augustine, New York's first days under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Cea Weaver and rent control, the Jeff Buckley documentary, whether Imagine is the Woodrow Wilson of pop music, how Lou's mother published him during Black History Month, and Robert's claim that he is not fellow black conservative Jason L. Riley.