I sat down with comedian Ryan Long, who is featured in our new comedy pilot, “The Experts,” to talk about how media and culture are changing in 2026.
Watch “The Experts” pilot episode: https://youtu.be/dc1B5aKNmKw
We get into:
Moving from Toronto to NYC right before COVID
The personality differences between Americans and Canadians
Why culture is more interesting than politics
How wokeness ended up making comedy better
Why male-female dynamics matters more than anything else
How to make the most of creativity
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Ryan Long at the Bitcoin Conference: https://youtu.be/9Na1wYcED8U?is=TWYLRyQpJjtZBYje
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Outline:
[0:00] The absurdity of marketing
[3:14] Cultural satire, economics, Bitcoin
[12:44] Why are so many great comedians Canadian?
[25:12] How to navigate the culture war
[29:23] Creativity is a balance of work and play
[35:41] Making “The Experts” with Kurt Metzger
[39:27] The philosophy of video editing
[43:51] Stand-up warps your personality
[47:41] Why AI can’t write comedy
[58:15] Is the manosphere over?
[1:06:02] Pop culture has decentralized
[1:10:04] The dating market is out of wack
[1:13:08] Can a libertarian society preserve social norms?
[1:20:25] Wokeness didn’t ruin comedy
[1:28:52] Can you stay friends across politics?
[1:39:34] New York is hard unless you’re young or rich
[1:46:25] America keeps expanding what’s possible
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