Aug 29, 2023
In this week’s episode, we dive into the career and controversies of Scooter Braun, Hollywood’s most notorious talent manager (33:03). This deep dive was inspired by reports that Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, J Balvin, Idina Menzel, and Demi Lovato are all leaving Scooter’s management stable SB Projects. We recap...
Aug 22, 2023
In this week’s episode, we explore fandom culture from an angle we haven’t looked at before – the fan-to-”famous fan” pipeline (46:56). While “famous fans” are definitely not a new phenomenon, it’s a growing one over the past few years as virality becomes easier to obtain. We look at some recent examples...
Aug 15, 2023
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In this week's episode, we discuss how social media has influenced how pre-teens perform age alongside internet culture expert and columnist for The Washington Post, Taylor Lorenz! (49:45)
As tweens, teens,...
Aug 1, 2023
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In this week's episode, we deep dive into the career of Gwen The Milkmaid, formerly known as GwenGwiz. We aim to explore how a bisexual ASMR YouTuber and OnlyFans creator...