Friends And Citizens

In this episode of Friends and Citizens, Arlan sits down with music journalist and culture writer, Jemayel Khawaja. Jemayel has written articles for the Guardian, Vice, Deadspin, Billboard, Mixmag, LA Weekly, LA Magazine, and is editor-at-large for Thump, Vice’s electronic music culture channel. In this conversation they discussed fringe candidates in California’s 2016 and 2018 elections, transhumanism, the state of optimism, Russia, harm reduction services at electronic music festivals, unreliable news sources, homeless culture in Downtown Los Angeles, and much more.