Scrolling Towards the Void

In this episode, Brent reads his October 17th, 2025 essay, “My Animal Magnetism?,’ unpacking his unlikely devotion to the popular dELiA*s direct-to-consumer catalogs from the 1990s. What begins as a sheepish admission morphs into a meditation on culture, identity, and the current crisis of masculinity.Links referenced in this episode:dELiA*s catalog Tumblr“Goodbye Cat Gentleman” - a 2024 one act play about a recent divorcé whose resurgent dating life is thwarted by his obsession with dELiA*s

In this episode, Brent reads his October 3rd essay, titled, “This Niche is Killing Me,” which recounts his harrowing foray into the world of Instagram niche content creation and analyzes how well he may perform in the event of being charged by a bear. You can read the essay — which includes images and a bear-attack survival flowchart — here.You can become a free or paid subscriber to Scrolling Towards the Void by visiting https://www.brenthenry.substack.com Get full access to Scrolling Towards the

In this episode, Brent reads his September 12th, 2025 essay “O Teacher! My (Substitute) Teacher! The Collar Bomb Mastermind,” about the unknowability of truth and the complexity of being human, framed through an absurd piece of personal history centered around the notorious Pizza Bomber bank robbery and murder plot detailed in the 2018 Netflix Docuseries “Evil Genius.” Get full access to Scrolling Towards the Void at brenthenry.substack.com/subscribe

In today’s episode, Brent reads a piece of original short fiction titled, “Just Say No (to Vampirism or Not-Enough-ness),” about the regretful aftermath of a Craigslist vampire conversion gone right.You can read the story text here.You can become a free or paid subscriber of Scrolling Towards the Void here. Get full access to Scrolling Towards the Void at brenthenry.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Brent reads his August 8th, 2025 essay, ‘Longing For a Better Broken Arrow,’ about how is search for the perfect version of the 1987 Robbie Robertson song devolved into disappointment but revealed something about the nature of longing and desire.You can access a playlist featuring the songs discussed in the essay here:Apple MusicSpotifyYoutubeYou can become a free or paid subscriber to ‘Scrolling Towards the Void’ by visiting brenthenry.substack.netYou can find Brent on Instagram

In this episode, Brent reads his July 25th, 2025 essay titled, “Is the Yungblud Army Here to Save Us From Our Collective Nightmare?: On the performative intimacy of a budding British rockstar weighed against the ongoing discourse of the Gen Z Stare,” about how a torrent of unsolicited social media content from the official Yungblud fan account, most focusing on the topic of intense eye contact, paralleling the ongoing discussion of the Gen Z Stare, causes him to consider if we are (probably not, but

In this episode, Brent reads his July 18th, 2025 essay, Our Shared Symbology of Dread: How Carrie Bradshaw helped me connect with my ancestors, process my emoji trauma, and come to accept things as they are, about how what started as an ambient watching of season 3, episode 2 of HBO’s And Just Like That… spiraled into a deep contemplation of how he compares to his ancestors and an examination of existential dread stretching from 1730s Germany to 2025 Carrie Bradshaw.Death by Dumb is a reader

In this episode, Brent reads his July 4th, 2025 essay “Brent Henry’s Sexcellent Adventure and Other Lives I Might Be Living,” a candid, funny, and deeply personal exploration of alternate lives, questionable choices, and the search for meaning in a world that rarely makes sense, all spawned by a case of mistaken identity. Get full access to Death by Dumb at brenthenry.substack.com/subscribe