I live for people explaining how they approach analysis and critique. I desperately want to know how other people think about things so I can learn to think in new ways. I want a compelling intellectual or journalistic project, but I also want to know how it was conceived and executed.

I hope you enjoy hearing that kind of behind-the-scenes, too, because that's exactly what this episode is. It's a case study that I shared with the last cohort of Making Sense, my 8-week program for turning "Wait, what?!" moments into compelling content, explaining how an article I published last year came together. You'll hear just how messy the process (and why working through it is worth it).

Footnotes:

Read the article version of this episode.
Check out Mia Sato's article about dupes for The Verge and her TikTok video explaining how she approached the topic.
"Drafting Towards the Status Quo" on What Works
“Wait, What?!” on What Works
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