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Podcast Recommendations: Internet Culture
Curator:
Eric Johnson
Why did you choose this theme?
At least two generations have been shaped by the internet, and the pandemic required almost everyone to become Very Online. Internet culture is constantly in flux, and contradictory: Depending on where you look, it can be dangerous or kind, stressful or relaxing, and reactionary or progressive.
Each of these shows captures and explains a small piece of the much larger picture.
Podcast Picks:
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Decoder Ring
Gotta Get Down on Friday
Rebecca Black's music video for "Friday" was YouTube's most-watched video of 2011, thrusting the 13-year-old Rebecca into a very harsh spotlight. Dubbed "The Worst Music Video Ever Made," "Friday" was an almost universal object of derision. This is the story of how "Friday" came to be, and how, nearly a decade after it went viral, it sounds so different than it did back then.
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Mark Chrisler (The Constant)
Mark talks about his years-long podcast feud with the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, his love/hate feelings about a prominent public intellectual, the McElroy brother he wants to be friends with, a fun Twitter account documenting the "Mandela effect," and a YouTube essayist shaping the way we talk about video games.
Underunderstood
Closing the Loop on China's Mystery Seeds
What ever happened with those mysterious seeds that were showing up in U.S. mailboxes?
ICYMI
Sorry SNL
Hosts Rachelle and Madison discuss Elon Musk’s episode of Saturday Night Live. Specifically, they break down the ”Gen Z Hospital” sketch, in which everybody seems to be speaking in internet slang, and the backlash to it.
Content Mines
Passive Income Grifters
In this episode, the hosts go over the recent Chrissy Teigen drama. They talk about hustle culture. They check out some truly evil TikToks from British landlords. And they rank The Avengers on how well they are at giving oral sex. A truly jam-packed episode.
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FEEDBACK WITH EARBUDS:
This week on Feedback...
Eric Johnson is in the hot seat. We discuss internet culture, how and why he became obsessed with the web, and how he got into podcasting.
Also, podcast extras such as how Noodle the Pug can help podcasters succeed.
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COMMUNITY:
📰Lauren Passell's 'Podcast The Newsletter,' Avery Trufleman is returning to our beloved Nice Try! with a series on the interior. The first season of Nice Try! focused on utopian places. This time Avery is asking: can a private home be some sort of utopia?
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🌀Stu at the Highly Irregular podcast shares that their podcast has been downloaded in over 40 countries! Listen.
👻Espooky Tales podcast is celebrating one year of podcasting and 20k downloads. Check it out here!
PODCAST SPOTLIGHT:
Stop Podcasting Yourself
Submitted by Meghan Grant
She writes...
I've come to believe that I actually have friends in Vancouver. I'm so attached to Dave and Graham, which is weird because I'm an Australian diplomat’s wife living in Brussels and studying counselling in between being a stay-at-home mum/serious human.
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