What's Contemporary Now?
by What's Contemporary
Latest episode
Adam Baidawi on Who Gets to Define Modern Masculinity
Adam Baidawi on Who Gets to Define Modern Masculinity
About this podcast
Designed for curious minds, "What's Contemporary Now?" engages various thought leaders across cultural industries taking in their broad, compelling perspectives and unveiling their common threads.
Hosted by Christopher Michael
Produced by Sasha Grinblat
Episodes
The newest 20 of 109 episodes
- Adam Baidawi on Who Gets to Define Modern Masculinity · 46 min · Season 7 Episode 5Adam Baidawi may be in the early days of his role as GQ’s global editorial director, but he’s already making headlines with some controversial, if not questionable, choices in…
- Selena Forrest on When Life Goes From Wrong to Right · 37 min · Season 7 Episode 4Selena Forrest's journey from “wrong” to “right” has been marked by a series of peaks and valleys. Her beginnings weren't easy, and success wasn't a cure-all, but somewhere…
- Alastair McKimm On Gratitude & an Addictive Personality · 49 min · Season 7 Episode 3Alastair McKimm returns to What’s Contemporary Now?, this time on camera, to discuss life after 23 years at i-D and the launch of Prototype, a new creative venture bringing…
- Becoming A Cultural Phenomenon with Willy Chavarria · 1 h 5 min · Season 7 Episode 2It’s all about the Big Willy energy these days. What was once an independent, primarily menswear label showing at New York Fashion Week has become a full-blown fashion brand…
- How H&M Democratized Luxury Fashion · 48 min · Season 7 Episode 1As one of the first brands to democratize luxury fashion, H&M helped reshape the relationship between designer creativity and the wider public. From its landmark collaboration…
- The Fifth Fashion Week, How Copenhagen Rewrote the Rules · 40 minCopenhagen Fashion Week marks its 20th anniversary at a moment when the fashion system is being asked to account for itself. In conversation with CEO Cecilie Thorsmark and COO…
- On the Road in Copenhagen · 1 minWith a quick trip to Copenhagen for the city's 20th anniversary fashion week, we will be attending the shows, interviewing the organizers, and participating on a panel with Vogue…
- Yoon Ahn on AMBUSH, Subculture, and One Foot In, One Foot Out · 50 min · Season 6 Episode 14The episode follows AMBUSH’s evolution from jewelry made for friends to a brand that Yoon describes as a platform, shaped by experimentation rather than a rigid business plan…
- Asad Syrkett on Interiors, Identity, and the Human Touch · 48 min · Season 6 Episode 13Asad Syrkett joins What’s Contemporary Now? for a wide-ranging conversation about design as a cultural language and the quiet ways environments shape identity, memory, and…
- Kyle Hagler and Emil Wilbekin on Native Son, Visibility, and the Business of Culture · 59 min · Season 6 Episode 12For our first episode of 2026, we sit down with Kyle Hagler and Emil Wilbekin for a deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation at the intersection of Native Son, culture, and…
- Angelo Flaccavento on Taste, Doubt, and the Beauty of Uncertainty · 49 min · Season 6 Episode 11Angelo Flaccavento has long been one of fashion’s most distinctive critical voices — sharp yet empathetic, rigorous yet imaginative, always willing to question his own…
- Camille Miceli on Pucci, Play, and Joie de Vivre · 43 min · Season 6 Episode 10Camille Miceli brings a vivid, almost incandescent joie de vivre to Pucci, treating color, movement, and intuition as both vocabulary and philosophy. Her worldview is shaped by…
- Matthew Whitehouse and The Face of Today · 36 min · Season 6 Episode 9In this episode, Matthew Whitehouse reflects on the winding path from a rainy Lancashire childhood and a brief burst of band-life glamour to leading The Face, a title forever…
- Recho Omondi’s Candor, Curiosity, and The Cutting Room Floor · 52 min · Season 6 Episode 8Recho Omondi, host of The Cutting Room Floor, handles candor with the ease of someone who has little interest in performance and every interest in clarity. Over seven years, her…
- The World According to LDSS · 44 min · Season 6 Episode 7In his first-ever podcast interview, Ludovic de Saint Sernin traces the journey from a nomadic childhood to becoming one of fashion’s most closely watched voices. He talks about…
- The New Masculinity, According to Samuel Hine · 42 min · Season 6 Episode 6For GQ’s global fashion correspondent Samuel Hine, clothes have always been more than fabric; they were a form of identity long before they became his career. Growing up as an…
- Sarah Ball on Editing What’s Contemporary Now at WSJ. Magazine · 46 min · Season 6 Episode 1At this year’s WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards, Billie Eilish asked, “If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? Give your money away” — a line that instantly…
- Tish Weinstock Is an Amorphous and Contemporary It Girl · 47 min · Season 6 Episode 4Talking to Tish Weinstock offers the kind of unfiltered honesty — or, as she calls it, radical honesty — that every interviewer hopes to find in a guest. She has a unique ability…
- Adam Selman Tells Us Victoria’s Secret · 39 min · Season 6 Episode 3The morning after his show debut as Victoria’s Secret’s new Creative Director, Adam Selman joined me to talk through the emotions still vibrating from the night before. The…
