Spencer Bailey
Editor-in-Chief
Spencer is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Slowdown, and the host of the Time Sensitive podcast. He is also the editor-at-large of the book publisher Phaidon and a contributing editor at Town & Country. He has written at length about architecture, art, culture, design, and technology, and contributed to publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Fortune, and Bloomberg Businessweek. From 2013 to 2018, he was the editor-in-chief of Surface magazine. He is the author of several books, including In Memory Of: Designing Contemporary Memorials. In 2023, he was named to the Wallpaper USA 300 list of “talents that are forging new paths through America’s design landscape.”
Instagram: @spencercbailey
Emily Jiang
Associate Editor
Emily is the associate editor of The Slowdown and has been with the company since August 2021. She manages the company’s day-to-day editorial workflow and writes our monthly “Media Diet” newsletter. A graduate of Pomona College and the Columbia Publishing Course, she was founder and editor-in-chief of the undergraduate philosophy journal Tabula Rasa.
Instagram: @emilyzingiber
Ramon Broza
Head of Production and Operations
Ramon is head of production and operations at The Slowdown and joined the company in February 2022. As a producer, he has worked on projects spanning the globe, including production at CNN and MTV, production management for Live Nation, and content creation for clients such as Nike and Cardi B. Ramon is also an accredited life coach.
Instagram: @ramonbroza
Adriana Gelves
Partnerships Director
Adriana has been leading partnerships at The Slowdown since February 2021. Since 2020, she has also consulted for a number of design- and culture-driven companies, including the online marketplace Basic.Space. Previously, she served as the vice president of brand partnerships at Surface Media, where for more than a decade she led partnerships, custom content, and experiential divisions for clients. At The Slowdown, she has developed partnerships with Cartier, Grand Seiko, Maharam, and Van Cleef & Arpels, among other companies.
Instagram: @adrigel
Johnny Simon
Audio Engineer
Johnny is The Slowdown’s audio engineer and has worked with the company since February 2022. As a producer and guitar player, he is one of the founding members of the band Wilsen and has collaborated with artists and producers such as Ben Baptie, Andrew Sarlo, and Daughter.
Instagram: @johnnysimonjr
Simon Critchley
Philosopher-at-Large
Simon is The Slowdown’s philosopher-at-large and the Hans Jonas Professor at the New School for Social Research. His books include Bald (2021), Tragedy, The Greeks and Us (2019), and The Book of Dead Philosophers (2009). He has written on subjects ranging from David Bowie to soccer to suicide to Heidegger. From 2010 to 2021, he was the series moderator of The Stone, a philosophy column in The New York Times and co-editor of three volumes connected to the series, most recently Question Everything (2022). He is a member of the board of directors of the Onassis Foundation. His next book, Mysticism, will be published by The New York Review of Books in 2024.
Instagram: @critchls