HeyJaredLean Forward
Injecting a sense of wonder into a world where dogma has become king
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Jeka Allen (opens the original)
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Jeka joined my family in August of 2022–almost 4 years ago. She married my brother and brought a much-needed grounding element into the dynamic that he and I share.Jeka did me the honor of volunteering to be a part of my project. She was the first participant. The central question my series of interviews is trying to answer is this: What does it feel like to live in a time of outsized consequence? Jeka helped me identify it, refine it, and ground it.Lean Forward is a reader-supported pub
Parker Smith (opens the original)
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Parker Smith is one of the most thoughtful people I know. A self-described “vibe-coder and simple liturgist”, he speaks about technological advances with a level of nuance and consideration that I find astounding. I’ve heard him describe a correlative escalation between technology’s computing ability and our ever-growing temptation to live as machines. I wanted to know more about that temptation and what it feels like. Take a peek at what Parker stays up to here.I’m collecting interviews that ce
Andres Serrano (opens the original)
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In August 2025, I interviewed the artist Andres Serrano. After his photograph, Piss Christ, won a federally funded cash prize in the late 1980s, Serrano found himself at the center of a national conversation about the value of art in society and a government’s responsibility to it. But I believe the conversation was, more truthfully, about how to hold onto power once you have it.I’m collecting interviews that center on this question: What does it feel like to live in a time of outsized consequen
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