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The Michael Clayton of it all. 

on corporate thrillers and why we love them. 

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"The guy you buy"

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Prestige Silicon Valley television. 

on Halt and Catch Fire as a techno-optimist time capsule. This piece was published in collaboration with Boys Club. 

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“Dude, the Internet.”

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Selected reviews. 

is a writer and editor in Chicago. Their poetry chapbook [Natural Wine](https://dirt.fyi/article/2025/12/natural-wine) is out now from Spiral Editions. 

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Jo Barchi’s Letterboxd

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“I am far smarter and would never relinquish my good sense or peace of mind in favor of a fantasy.”

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21st century true believer

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...and cringe as affective charge

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Mediated cringe...

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"I like Roger Federer because he makes no wrong moves."

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Playing the game

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Consider the monkish collector. 

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Life after Pierpoint. 

and Daisy Alioto in conversation with Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the co-creators of Industry. 

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