Sep 16, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 36 segments
This week's Culture Catch-Up is a big one. We dig into the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and what it means to reflect on it depending on where you grew up, unpack the backlash over the American Eagle x…
Eli RalloHost
Stuff that I've been thinking about a lot, it's like mid-September, uh, is the 25th anniversary of 9/11 was just a few days ago, and I didn't make a video about this note specifically, like what I'm about to say, because I didn't think it was, like, my day to center my experience because, like, I have a personal connection to it, as I think most people who grew up on the East Coast did, but I don't have, like, that personal of a connection that, like, I wanted...
You know, the stories that need to be shared on that day were what I wanted to, like, uplift and interact with.
But I think it's just so interesting, like, the regional differences of how people feel about 9/11.
Like, growing up in New Jersey and in the tri-state area, like, the weight of that day was something that, like, it was very noticeable, like, in the air, the energy.
And so many people's lives were personally touched in the community that I grew up in.
You know it's that day, and, like, you feel it, and, like, everybody really does, like, pay their respects and has just a lot of, like, emotion around that day.
And once I, like, relocated to Texas and started spending time there, it's not that they don't care because absolutely everybody cares, and I think everybody remembers.
Like, regionally, it feels so different, and I don't know, like, how to describe that.
And for me, on that day, I like to make a donation, and I wanna recommend, um, where I donate, which is Tunnels to Towers.
They, they were born out of a lot of the firefighters who got stuck in the tunnel coming over from Brooklyn, I believe, and then put on all of their gear and ran through the tunnel and ran basically into the towers to save people's lives, and many of them lost their own in being, like, incredibly heroic.
And for me, when I feel, like, genuinely hopeless and I feel grief and heaviness, like, it helps me to, like, do something actionable, whether that's donating my time or donating my money.
So that's a recommendation of where I've donated almost every year, I mean, since I had money, I started donating.
And I didn't wanna center my voice with a video on the day because I don't have a truly deeply personal story, so I chose to uplift other stories instead.
But with a little bit more space here, I did just wanna say, like, it is very interesting to me regionally how people show up on that day, and, like, being in Texas, like, I woke up and, of course, like, immediately was, like, crushed by that grief, and I feel like people don't hold it in the same way because they weren't as close to it physically.
Stuff that I've been thinking about a lot, it's like mid-September, uh, is the 25th anniversary of 9/11 was just a few days ago, and I didn't make a video about this note specifically, like what I'm about to say, because I didn't think it was, like, my day to center my experience because, like, I have a personal connection to it, as I think most people who grew up on the East Coast did, but I don't have, like, that personal of a connection that, like, I wanted...
You know, the stories that need to be shared on that day were what I wanted to, like, uplift and interact with.
But I think it's just so interesting, like, the regional differences of how people feel about 9/11.
Like, growing up in New Jersey and in the tri-state area, like, the weight of that day was something that, like, it was very noticeable, like, in the air, the energy.
And so many people's lives were personally touched in the community that I grew up in.
You know it's that day, and, like, you feel it, and, like, everybody really does, like, pay their respects and has just a lot of, like, emotion around that day.
And once I, like, relocated to Texas and started spending time there, it's not that they don't care because absolutely everybody cares, and I think everybody remembers.
Like, regionally, it feels so different, and I don't know, like, how to describe that.
And for me, on that day, I like to make a donation, and I wanna recommend, um, where I donate, which is Tunnels to Towers.
They, they were born out of a lot of the firefighters who got stuck in the tunnel coming over from Brooklyn, I believe, and then put on all of their gear and ran through the tunnel and ran basically into the towers to save people's lives, and many of them lost their own in being, like, incredibly heroic.
And for me, when I feel, like, genuinely hopeless and I feel grief and heaviness, like, it helps me to, like, do something actionable, whether that's donating my time or donating my money.
So that's a recommendation of where I've donated almost every year, I mean, since I had money, I started donating.
And I didn't wanna center my voice with a video on the day because I don't have a truly deeply personal story, so I chose to uplift other stories instead.
But with a little bit more space here, I did just wanna say, like, it is very interesting to me regionally how people show up on that day, and, like, being in Texas, like, I woke up and, of course, like, immediately was, like, crushed by that grief, and I feel like people don't hold it in the same way because they weren't as close to it physically.
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