Pop Culture Heretic is Here

The book I never planned to write

I launched my editing business over 15 years ago, creating content along the way to get my name out there. Even though I edit novels (and memoirs) somehow the best essays and videos I ever made were about movies or tv, and the lessons I took from them.

I never intended to write a book—I was just trying to make sense of a world that seemed determined to lie to itself. But after countless emails from readers asking "When are you putting all this together?" and watching these essays predict human behavior with disturbing accuracy, I realized I'd accidentally written a survival guide disguised as pop culture criticism. So here it is: Pop Culture Heretic, a collection of my essays that will ruin your ability to watch anything innocently ever again.

Your entertainment isn't real. But it's the only thing telling the truth.

Pop culture has replaced the pulpit. While churches preach feel-good sermons, Netflix delivers the brutal moral lessons no one wants to hear. Daredevil, The Punisher, Midnigh…