The Outline

Ryan Houlihan

Ryan Houlihan
Culture Nov 23

Tomorrow 181: Truck nuts

The official truck nuts of Mars.

Culture Nov 18

Tomorrow 180: Disney Minus

It's a subscription world, after all.

Culture Oct 25

Tomorrow 179: Zuck off

How does Mark still have this job?

Culture Oct 22

Tomorrow 178: Who witches the witch man?

"Never compromise (on eating M&Ms).”

Culture Sep 27

Tomorrow 177: Unsubscribing and thriving

It's time to log out.

Culture Sep 21

Tomorrow 176: Sand man at the arcade

You're going to die, clown.

Culture Sep 13

Tomorrow 175: Caroline in the city

Over the influence.

Culture Aug 30

Tomorrow 174: Succession (and failure)

Because my dad told me to.

Culture Aug 23

Tomorrow 173: Somewhere that’s Greenland

Far from Skid Row, I dream we'll go.

Culture Aug 10

Tomorrow 172: Did the lizard people kill Jeffrey Epstein?

Was it Colonel Salamander with the candlestick in the library?

Culture Aug 02

Tomorrow 171: Hollywood Ending

A twist you'll never see coming.

Culture Jul 26

Tomorrow 170: We have eyes for The Hills

"I chuckle at immaturity, I laugh at stupidity, and I just, like, disregard negligence." – Justin Bobby

Culture Jul 19

Tomorrow 169: Make like a tree

And leaf us alone, Scarlett Johansson!

Culture Jun 27

Tomorrow 168: Jony Ive Thought Different, Once

The man that took a byte out of Apple.

Culture Jun 21

Tomorrow 167: Fill the void with orange soda

Consumerism: Not nutritious, but goes down smooth.

Culture Jun 15

Tomorrow 166: Don’t cancel Keanu

He's all we have left.

Culture Jun 07

Tomorrow 165: Maybe robots can save us?

Our lord and savior, the Roomba.

Culture Jun 07

The most exciting device in indie gaming is also the most depressing

The recently announced Playdate handheld gaming system shows that indie games can be just as myopic and male-centered as the medium’s mainstream.

Culture May 31

Tomorrow 164: Death Stranded

We’ve been stranded by death, whatever that means.

Culture May 25

Tomorrow 163: Nuclear Play Date

Don’t have a meltdown.

Culture May 17

Tomorrow 162: Daenerys, interrupted

She snapped on this one.

Culture May 10

Tomorrow 161: Camping with Pennywise

Sometimes the clown comes back to bite.

Culture May 03

Tomorrow 160: The nerd wars

A week of hot geek on geek action.

Culture Apr 27

Tomorrow 159: The end of the game

Oh, snap.

Culture Apr 14

Tomorrow 158: Written in the stars

The celestial bodies say "drink Pepsi."

Culture Mar 31

Tomorrow 157: Apple is at your service

For a price.

Culture Mar 22

Tomorrow 156: The secret knowledge

It won't be found on Instagram.

Culture Mar 18

Tomorrow 155: 2020 battle royale

It's like Fortnite but we could all die.

Culture Mar 11

Tomorrow 154: A Momo like this

Some people wait a lifetime for a Momo like this.

Culture Mar 01

Tomorrow 153: The wisdom of the crowd

There is none.

Culture Feb 26

Tomorrow 152: The value of being distracted

Priceless. Also worthless.

Culture Feb 16

Tomorrow 151: The cult of AI

You will bow before the power of our deepfake overlords.

Culture Feb 10

Tomorrow 150: TikTok and the total creeps

The spirit of Vine is alive... and creepy.

Culture Jan 25

Tomorrow 149: President Evil

Government shutdown? We do it.

Culture Jan 19

Tomorrow 148: We welcome your input

So please welcome ours.

Culture Jan 11

Tomorrow 147: CES is not for alive girls

It's only for Siri or Alexa.

Culture Jan 05

Tomorrow 146: A lack of innovations or apologies

Vaporware and shamelessness in 2019.

Culture Dec 29

Tomorrow 145: Mary Poppins plays on god mode

Supernintendocalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Culture Dec 23

Tomorrow 144: The year of the dunk

Got 'em.

Culture Dec 17

Tomorrow 143: Pewdiepie has red-pilled Sonic the Hedgehog

Speed takes its toll.

Culture Dec 07

Tomorrow 142: Tumblr has snapped

Rest in post, Tumblr.

Culture Nov 22

Tomorrow 141: Be thankful (but also scared)

Food, family, and fear.

Culture Nov 16

Tomorrow 140: There’s a time travel scammer in the White House

And Detective Pikachu is on the case.

Culture Nov 09

Tomorrow 139: Blue Midterm Redemption 2

We’re in the wild west.

Culture Nov 02

Tomorrow 138: You better vote

Or we'll be holding you personally responsible.

Culture Oct 27

Tomorrow 137: A third way

It's Halloween and things are grim.

Culture Oct 19

Tomorrow 136: Child's play

Long ago in a far off kingdom, there once was a podcast.

Culture Oct 12

Tomorrow 135: Leah Finnegan, the mother of fear

And the owner of a dog named Baby.

Culture Oct 05

Tomorrow 134: ASMR vampire voice

The news this week is very spooky.

Culture Sep 21

Tomorrow 133: Erika Allen and the goths

Wait, is Batman a goth? Is Oscar the Grouch? Is Dr. Harold Bornstein?

Culture Sep 14

Tomorrow 132: Casey Johnston takes a bite out of Apple

Guess what? It tastes bad.

Culture Sep 07

Tomorrow 131: I’m the cyber and that’s the punk

Alter our carbon and snow crash into our Neuromancers.

Culture Aug 31

Tomorrow 130: The resistance of Eoin Higgins

And when to stop resisting.

Culture Aug 24

Tomorrow 129: Amanda Hess and the fembot army

All hail our new overlords.

Culture Aug 17

Tomorrow 128: James T. Green knows the song of the Summer

Is it Zedd, Post Malone, or... ABBA?

Culture Aug 10

Tomorrow 127: Everything’s a meme with Taylor Lorenz

Even you.

Culture Aug 03

Tomorrow 126: Paris Martineau is Not a Follower

It's time to talk about what we shouldn't be talking about.

Culture Jul 28

Tomorrow 125: Now Laura June’s Heart is Full

Movies, music, and motherhood.

Culture Jul 20

Tomorrow 124: Facing Off an Impossible Mission

Nobody Does Tom Cruise like Tom Cruise, except Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Culture Jul 13

Tomorrow 123: Full Contact With Jeremy Gordon

Can you smell what Papa John is cooking? (It’s unemployment.)

Culture Jun 29

Tomorrow 122: Full Court Press with Pema Levy

Uh, what the hell is going on?

Culture Jun 23

Tomorrow 121: T.C. Sottek is on a Quest

And you can join him.

Culture Jun 15

Tomorrow 120: You Can't Run Indefinitely

Let's talk video games, storytelling, and superpowers.

Culture Jun 08

Tomorrow 119: Naomi Fry knows John Mayer*

*well kinda

Culture May 25

Tomorrow Podcast 118: Doing Some Heavy Lifting

Saving democracy and loving Spider-Man.

Culture May 18

Tomorrow Podcast 117: The TV is Lying

The world is falling apart and it all started with MTV's The Hills.

Culture May 11

Tomorrow Podcast 116: Stepping into the Light

Between Google, Galas, Grimes, and Gina Haspel: It's been quite the week.

Culture May 04

Tomorrow Podcast 115: Getting into political positions

Ryan’s got some thoughts about Kanye, Josh gets Infinity War spoiled for him, and the two Koreas meet.

Culture Apr 27

Tomorrow Podcast 114: Relaxing

After the stress of Kanye, a serial killer, and impulse buys, we relax by discussing ambient games.

Culture Apr 20

Tomorrow Podcast 113: Stumbling Upon

Marijuana, Beyoncé at Coachella, and Conspiracy Theories

Culture Apr 13

Tomorrow Podcast 112: Tracking

Josh and the 2018 Congressional candidate discuss our dark (or bright) future.

Culture Apr 06

Tomorrow Podcast 111: Changing the narrative

Josh and Outline editor Casey Johnston explore the dark heart of reductive media conflation.

Culture Mar 31

Tomorrow Podcast 110: Pinning our hopes

Josh, Ryan, and Ann-Derrick Gaillot grapple with the sad state of popular culture, globalization, and bites of all types.

Culture Mar 23

Tomorrow Podcast 109: Hell is other people

Paris Martineau and Josh finally discover the ultimate truth

Culture Mar 16

Tomorrow Podcast 108: Tomorrow Classic

The flavor you crave

Culture Mar 13

The Tomorrow podcast returns, March 16th

The Joshua Topolsky you know and love. Absolutely no brakes at all.

Culture Dec 18

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ is/is not great

The greatest debate of our time.

The Future Dec 03

Tomorrow Podcast: Call us live in VR

A special virtual reality episode ‘Tomorrow’

Culture Nov 19

Tomorrow Podcast: There are still things to be thankful for

Let’s talk about them on the phone.

Culture Nov 06

Tomorrow Podcast: Remember the Palm Pre?

We’ve been using the sadly forgotten smartphone, and we’re taking your calls about it.

Culture Oct 23

Tomorrow Podcast: Your calls about skincare and our slow deaths

On a live episode of ‘Tomorrow’

Culture Sep 26

‘Tomorrow,’ a podcast from The Outline, is now taking your calls

We're doing it live.

The Future Sep 06

Paul Ford and the end of yesterday’s tomorrow

Episode 100 of ‘Tomorrow with Joshua Topolsky’

Culture Aug 16

The cinematic universe of Angelica Jade Bastién

Episode #99 of ‘Tomorrow with Joshua Topolsky’

Culture Aug 02

Pondering sports and ‘Westworld’ with Rose Eveleth

What's up with that tiger?

Culture Jul 18

Jesse Thorn is told he is a journalist

Episode #97 of ‘Tomorrow’

Culture Jul 04

Sources and resources with Arielle Duhaime-Ross

Episode #96 of ‘Tomorrow with Joshua Topolsky’

The Future Jun 06

William Turton wants to get Luckey

Episode 94 of ‘Tomorrow with Joshua Topolsky’

The Future May 25

Brain food with Yvette d’Entremont

Episode 93 of 'Tomorrow with Joshua Topolsky'

The Future May 09

Ivar Vong has gone off the rails

Episode 92 of 'Tomorrow'

Power Apr 21

Lewis Wallace isn’t being objective

Episode 91 of 'Tomorrow'

Culture Apr 18

Casey Newton, unedited

Episode 90 of 'Tomorrow'

The Future Apr 07

Motherboard’s Jason Koebler says what he memes

A podcast episode about chatrooms, Nazis, and Centipedes

Power Mar 28

Jeff Ihaza knows the truth

It’s all connected.

Culture Mar 15

Sweatin’ to the Richard Simmons mystery

What happened to the workout icon, and should anyone even be looking for the answer?

Culture Mar 08

Playing games with Chris Grant

Nintendo Switch, sexy Pokemon, and squids

The Future Feb 28

Joanna Stern and the problems with gendered AI

My Siri is Australian.

Power Feb 22

The Chris Geidner Clause

A conversation about legal murkiness in Trump’s America

Culture Feb 14

Total Relaxation with Welcome to Night Vale’s Jeffrey Cranor

Goodnight, Night Vale. Goodnight.

Culture Feb 08

Khloe Kardashian's ‘Revenge Body’ is about letting bullies win

The reality star's makeover show has all the unhealthy tropes of reality weight loss TV, plus a sick twist.

Culture Feb 01

Tomorrow With Joshua Topolsky

For you and your family

Culture Dec 15

The Hollywood Medium has a secret

You can probably guess what it is.