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Epictastic Live with Epictastic JoshuaTwilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 is the Most Enjoyable One since Eclipse | Epictastic JoshuaBreaking Dawn Part 2 is the fifth and final film of the Twilight saga and while it has all of the problems of the franchise, this is the most enjoyable one since Eclipse.
#BreakingDawnPart2 #TheTwilightSaga #Twilight
Sypnosis
Bella awakes -- as a vampire -- from her life-threatening labor, and her newborn daughter, Renesmee, proves to be very special indeed. While Bella adjusts to her new state of being, Renesmee experiences accelerated growth. When the Volturi learn of the baby's existence, they declare her to be an abomination and sentence the Cullens to death. Bella, Edward and the rest of the...2024-04-2925 min
Epictastic Live with Epictastic JoshuaTwilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 is Boring & Inconsequential | Epictastic JoshuaThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 is the first one a two part conclusion to the Twilight saga and besides New Moon, this is in competition for the second worst one but also the most inconsequential of the films - despite some guilty pleasure enjoyment.
#BreakingDawnPart1 #TwilightSaga
Sypnosis
At last, Bella and Edward are getting married. When Jacob finds out that Bella wants to spend her honeymoon as a human, he is horrified -- for Edward's passion could accidentally kill her. Bella does indeed survive her honeymoon, but a new complication arises when she discovers that she's pregnant...2024-04-2924 min
Epictastic Live with Epictastic JoshuaTwilight Saga: Eclipse is the Best Twilight Movie | Epictastic JoshuaThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse is the third movie in the infamous Twilight Saga and it is also the one that I remember watching the most of the series. How does it hold up years later as a guilty pleasure? Time to find out.
#TwilightSaga #EclipseMovie
Sypnosis
Danger once again surrounds Bella (Kristen Stewart), as a string of mysterious killings terrorizes Seattle and a malicious vampire continues her infernal quest for revenge. Amid the tumult, Bella must choose between her love for Edward (Robert Pattinson) and her friendship with Jacob (Taylor Lautner), knowing that her decision may ignite the long-simmering...2024-04-2922 min
Epictastic Live with Epictastic JoshuaThe Twilight Saga: New Moon is the Worst Twilight Film | Epictastic JoshuaNew Moon is the second film in the Twilight saga and it's the first of four sequels to the first movie. It is also the most boring film in the series as well as one of (despite guilty pleasure status) the worst sequels and one of my least favorite films ever. Time for a major ultra extreme epic heated rant on this one.
#NewMoon #TheTwilightSaga
SypnosisBella Swan is on the cusp of her 18th birthday and blissfully happy with her undead beau Edward Cullen. While celebrating her birthday with Edward's family of `vegetarian' va...2024-04-2925 min
Christian Faith and FictionEpisode 55: New Christian Fiction Books Releasing in June 2021Here are some of the Christian fiction books and Christian fiction audiobooks that are coming out in June 2021. I’ve separated them into genres — historical fiction, mystery and suspense, romantic fiction, contemporary fiction, Biblical fiction, Fantasy and Sci-fi.
I hope you find some new book recommendations amongst them.
You can comment on the blog post here: https://louallenwriter.wordpress.com/2021/05/21/christian-fiction-new-releases-june-2021/
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/kr-k8NI5IWk
Books mentioned:
Along a Storied Trail by Ann H Gabhart
Sustaining Faith by Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan
Come Back to Me by Jody Hedlund
The...2023-11-1214 min
Don’t Miss A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Thrilling.Riding the Nightmare [Dramatized Adaptation]: MacCallister 12 by J.A. Johnstone, William W. JohnstonePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705713to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Riding the Nightmare [Dramatized Adaptation]: MacCallister 12
Series: #12 of MacCallister (Dramatized Adaptation)
Author: J.A. Johnstone, William W. Johnstone
Narrator: Earl Fisher, Rob Mcfadyen, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Carolyn Kashner, Chris Genebach, Steven Carpenter, Andy Clemence, Nick J. Russo, Mort Shelby, Colleen Delany, Christopher Graybill
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 23 minutes
Release date: August 30, 2023
Genres: Westerns & War
Publisher's Summary:
'Duff MacCallister left Scotland to forge a new life in America, raising cattle on the western plains of the growing nation. But keeping his dream alive means facing off against the country’s mo...2023-08-306h 23
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Westerns & WarRiding the Nightmare [Dramatized Adaptation]: MacCallister 12 by J.A. Johnstone, William W. JohnstonePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705713 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Riding the Nightmare [Dramatized Adaptation]: MacCallister 12 Series: #12 of MacCallister (Dramatized Adaptation) Author: J.A. Johnstone, William W. Johnstone Narrator: Earl Fisher, Rob Mcfadyen, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Carolyn Kashner, Chris Genebach, Steven Carpenter, Andy Clemence, Nick J. Russo, Mort Shelby, Colleen Delany, Christopher Graybill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: August 30, 2023 Genres: Westerns & War Publisher's Summary: 'Duff MacCallister left Scotland to forge a new life in America, raising cattle on the western plains of the growing nation. But keeping his dream alive means facing off against the co...2023-08-3005 min
ON THE CALL with Ozzie StewartON THE CALL - CAROL LA CHAPELLEDR. CAROL LACHAPELLE: holds a PhD from UTT and Master of Arts from the University of the West Indies. She is a graduate of The London College of Dance and Drama, Dartford College of Education, University of London. Artistic Director of the La Chapelle Dance Company of Trinidad and Tobago. The first Trinidadian to gain Honours in the Royal Academy Ballet Examinations and an exhibition winner. and received her early dance training from Helen Mary Kay. Awarded an Island Scholarship she studied dance in the UK, graduating with the Progress Cup and distinctions in Dance, Drama and Education.
2023-04-2435 min
Experience Your Day With A Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook.Shakespeare's Greatest Monologues - The Complete Collection by William ShakespearePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/619730to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Shakespeare's Greatest Monologues - The Complete Collection
Author: William Shakespeare
Narrator: Noelle Klyce, Belinda Bremner, Michael Mitchell, John Lister, Austyn Williamson, Ruth Kaufman, Leenya Rideout, Colleen Scallen, Jack Hickey, Mark Lancaster, Barbara Figgins, Sean Fortunato, Alan Ball, Laura Spaeth, Mickey Theis, Tom Mula, Christopher Prentice, Barbara Zahora, Angela Iannone, Karen Woditsch, Elizabeth Laidlaw, Erin Philpott, Glynis Gilio, Bob Theis, Katie Lynn, Debo Balogun, Rebekah Ward, Jan Blixt, Jean Marie Koon, Robert Koon, Ben Werling, Paul Stroili, Joseph Wycoff, Ronald Keaton, Sara Nichols, Catherine O'connor, Amir Abdullah, Jean Moran, Robert...2022-03-282h 49
That's a Thing?!Well, that was a thingHere are some of the things we mentioned:
We launched in December 2017, when Elizabeth was 15
Y2K fashion is back?
Zine culture
Lilly Singh went from relatable YouTuber to out of touch late show host
The painful “Gen Z slang” SNL skit
David Foot and Douglas Coupland contributed to a hyper-awareness of generation
StyleLikeU interview with an elder gay couple to start you off
Content notice: mentions of sex, homophobia, addiction and violence
But it’s really sweet we promise 2022-03-011h 19That's a Thing?!CensorSHIPHere are some of the things we mentioned in this episode:
Susan Sontag’s Notes On “Camp”Or a six-minute explainer if you don’t have the time
The shortcomings of CinemaSins
The even-shorter-comings of Nostalgia Critic
About KiwiFarms, one of the most unpleasant sites on the surface web
Interview with the creator of Leave Britney Alone
A case study for toxic anti-fandom behaviour: gamergate
Callback to a long-ago episode where we talked about shipping
A look at both sides of the shipping warAnd a look at the history of purity culture in fandom
Twitter thread on disinterpretation And a video...2022-02-0156 minThat's a Thing?!New ways to own and be ownedHere are some of the things we mentioned in this episode:
We are not actually an NFT
Roblox
Watch these videos from PeopleMakeGames on Roblox:
Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers
Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.
Gig economy
Callback to our MLM episode: Have I got a deal for you?
Company scrip
Roblox on the stock market
Wattpad’s deal with Paramount+
Archive of Our Own (AO3)
Callback to our fan fiction episode: Episode 5: Fanfictionary
OpenSea, an NFT marketplace
Ethereum
Twitter account dedicated to sniffing out art theft
DeviantArt
Example of th...2022-01-011h 02That's a Thing?!ConzoomerismHere are some of the things we talk about or at least gesture at in this episode:
How Bad Can I Be from The Lorax (2012) (in case you forget what a thneed is)
Shein’s about us page
Shein’s social responsibility page
Reuters article about Shein’s lack of disclosure
Vox article on Shein
Callback to our MLM episode (though Shein’s not an MLM)
Articles of Interest episode on knockoffs
A TikTok featuring the strawberry dress
Callback to our cottagecore episode
The Bangladesh garment factory collapse
The pet-pictures-for-trees fiasco
Some anti-Shein TikToks
https://www.tiktok.com/@ssiiena...2021-12-021h 03That's a Thing?!Poltergeist schmoltergeistFor more fears and jeers, consider the following:
Callback to our episode on Inside
Callback to our episode on analog horror
A needlessly thorough Wikipedia synopsis
A list of other Bechdel Test passing movies
Bathtubs Over Broadway and the consequences of comedy damage
Check out Nyx Fears if you want to be upset/fascinated by scary movies
A thread on the pitfalls of smarty pants protagonists
If you didn’t watch Contingency after last episode, go watch it now!
Pauline Kael was even harsher to this movie than Elizabeth was
The rating debate
Poltergeist was fine, but here’s some...2021-10-281h 18That's a Thing?!Bury me in analogHere are some of the things we mentioned in this episode:
Black Mirror, a crowning jewel of “phones bad” cinema
VCR versus VHS, a distinction that was lost on Elizabeth
Land of the Giants episode on the iPhone
The TV Tropes page on Analog Horror
Aidan’s analog horror video
An analysis of Lovecraft’s Eldritch HorrorAnd some more analysis
The SCP foundation
Local 58
Mothman, the best boy
Remember Professor Kitzel?
Public/Community access TV
The Walten Files Episode 1
(NOT “The Waltons”, no matter what autocorrect says)
The deeply unsettling jumpscare face a la screamers
How the original FNAF uses sound...2021-10-011h 13That's a Thing?!POV: You're listening to a podcastHere are some of the things we mentioned in this episode:
Elizabeth’s choose-your-own-adventure flowchart
Lip-sync style
@noahjaywood
@saramariecarstens
@arxcelix
One- or two-part cliffhanger
@jezellecatherine
@baileyspinn
@joe_masini
@devincaherly
One-shot or character pieces
@ianboggz
@hannah.montoya
Longform or fully acted
@eliana_ghen
@thechrisbarnett
Callback to our fanfic episode
Night is the show we watched at a drive-in performance (the bird poop on the windshield was our fault, not theirs)
Sarah Z video on pick-me girls
Origin of Love from Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Callback to our astrology episode
ABO (don’t Google it, says Jon)
Time Princess and Pr...2021-09-011h 02
My Ex and My Future WifeMXMFW 5: Purity Culture Part 2Last week we learned about the history of purity culture, and this week Theo, Maggie, and Bridget dive in and discuss how Purity Culture effects people today. They discuss how Purity Culture leads to internalized sexual shame, how it promotes rape, rape culture, and child abuse, and they also discuss how unsuccessful abstinence-only sex education really is. CW/TW: This episode contains discussions of sexual abuse, rape, rape culture, child abuse, misogyny, sexual shame, and racism**Thank you to Tiktoker Rachel Cain (@iblamebill) for the metaphor about the vertical vs. horizontal view of sin2021-08-2354 minThat's a Thing?!Watch out! Beware! Buy this!Here are some of the things we mentioned in this episode:
Flare on TikTok and Instagram
Mom Friend on TikTok
The best slash proof bags can cost $169, and still might not meet your standards
SafetyDrip on TikTok
The Sarah Everard story
The quest to de-hair the female body continues
This episode is not brought to you by Creep-B-Gone, because we would never (and it doesn’t exist… yet).Many thanks to our actual sponsors:
Alberta Association of Optometrists
Pod Power shout-out to What’s the Tsismis?, courtesy of the Edmonton Community Founda...2021-08-011h 02That's a Thing?!(Bo)nus episode: InsideHere are some of the things that came up in our discussion:
Content warnings: Adult themes, mature language, suicide, “content”
Bo Burnham: Inside
On Netflix
On Spotify
Who is Bo Burnham:
Wikipedia entry
YouTube channel
Left Brain Right Brain animatic
Lola Sebastian
Lolita Podcast (not for kids but very good)
What Karen means by “Simon Sinek energy”
Jeffrey Bezos in almost-space
Trunk tunes
Callback to parasocial relationships episode
Look Who’s Inside Again reminds Karen of Ben Spencer’s Willow Tree (didn’t mention it but thought of it afterwards)
If you want to skip our discussion of suicide, it’s fr...2021-07-261h 41That's a Thing?!Do you read me?Here are links to some of the things we mention in the show:
Lore episode featuring Moll Pitcher (timestamp 25:15)
Couldn’t find a working version of a Buzzfeedesque Journal quiz, but it was like this
Go Out To Brunch To See Which Sex And The City Character You Are
JK Rowling, famously an unproblematic fave
Elizabeth is theoretically a Pisces, but not really
Karen is supposedly an Aquarius
(Many) gay people love astrology
Cold reading and how to seem psychic
Elizabeth sounds like a lunar Gemini, but she’s actually a lunar Taurus?
Peter Popoff debunked by James Rand...2021-06-3058 minThat's a Thing?!The cake is a lieHere are some of the things we mentioned:
Eric Carle and The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle didn’t say that
The Paris Review for Young Readers
Rage-bait cooking videos - eg no-melt nachos, spaghetti in cold sauce
Bronies
We were going to link to a problematic image about 4chan sharing things in bad faith, but then decided against it, because why spread it more?
Content-farm video channels like Blossom, So Yummy, 5-Minute Crafts
Making a purse out of a pizza box
Kimora Blac: “you didn’t say jk though”
Bad waffle-iron videos
Wrap-folding hack from TikTok
Ann Reardon’s...2021-06-0238 min
That's a Thing?!Yahoo Answers — super bad and sorely missedHere are some of the things we mentioned:
More information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown
Pregnancy questions video (NSFW)
ICYMI episode on end of Yahoo Answers
Quora
There’s a subreddit for every question you could possibly have
r/relationships
Sarah Z video about where fake stories fit into internet culture
Dear Abby/Ann Landers
Ken M
Amelia Bedelia
One of many Yahoo Answers listicles
Example of automated YouTube video reading r/askreddit
The episode of My Brother, My Brother and Me which bids YA farewell
A collection of final Yahoos
Callback to Flash games episode
r/thetipofmytongue
Cal...2021-05-0452 minThat's a Thing?!Don't play me like thatHere are some of the things we mentioned:
We got to try out at home VR thanks to Laser City
Flash games were part of the browser game genre
Here’s a snapshot from Elizabeth’s earliest gaming days
Super Mario World
Lunar Magic, a Super Mario World level editor
Find out what stuff Karen likes on Tumblr
Idle/Clicker/Tycoon games
The sunk cost fallacy
Loot boxes & the controversy around them
The work of Jim Stephanie Sterling
On loot boxes
On “live service” and subscriptions
The NFT controversy
Picrew
Cuphead
Team Fortress 2
Speed Dating for Ghosts is available...2021-03-3159 minThat's a Thing?!We love you (but not like that)Here are the things we mentioned in the episode:
Triple H: The counterculture-to-corporate pipeline
Some influencers use their power for good — e.g. Linda Hoang
Karen doesn’t fangirl about podcasts, but she does recommend them on CBC Radio Active on the first Monday of the month, or on Fridays in The Pulse
Parasocial interaction
BreadTube
Kat Blaque, Princess Weekes, and Tee Noir — left-wing YouTubers of colour, among many
Dream, Wilbur Soot, TommyInnit, Tubbo — gaming YouTubers who’ve exploded in popularity
Callback to our episode on PewDiePie, jacksepticeye, and Markiplier
CallMeCarson (and cancelled)
ARGs, and the Wiki for Wilbur Soot...2021-03-011h 30That's a Thing?!Mysteries of the modern ageHere are some of the things we mentioned in the episode:
We talked about music last time, but then drivers license by Olivia Rodrigo happened
Bizaardvark
High School Musical: The Musical - The Series
“Real life” drama among Disney kids
drivers license “fan” videos on TikTok
Pogs
Poggers
The Pogchamp meme
Unlike lots of Internet slang, pogchamp is not AAVE (African American Vernacular English)
What about “It’s free real estate” guy?
Remember Ken Bone?
How about cranberry juice skateboarder guy?
Dream
Minecraft speed running
Mod team declares cheating
Dream tweets about being blamed for fans’ misbehaviour
Parasocial relationships
Many...2021-01-3049 minThat's a Thing?!TikTok bops and the transformation of popHere are links to the things we mentioned:
It’s been a long time since we talked about pop music
RIP CJYR, radio station of Karen’s youth
Also RIP Video Hits and Good Rockin’ Tonite
Billboard Hot 100
Hit Parade on one-hit wonders
One Hit Wonderland by Todd in the Shadows
Mothica
Mothica’s duck kettle
Laxed [SIREN BEAT] by Jawsh 685
Jason Derulo’s Savage Love, which made Todd in the Shadows’s worst hit songs of 2020
Eyes Blue Like The Atlantic
Eyes Blue Like The Atlantic, Pt. 2
The Powfu hit with the beabadobee hook
Lil Nas X, who is not a o...2020-12-3156 minThat's a Thing?!New life for Clone High, fake life for VTubersHere are links to the things we mentioned:
Clone High on YouTube’s Retro Rerun (it’s a cartoon, but not for little kids)
JFK compilation
Nothing bad ever happens to the Kennedys
Episode 9: Raisin the Stakes: A Rock Opera in 3 Acts
Vincent Van Gogh TikToks
Definitions: Bitmoji and Memoji
VTuber, or Virtual YouTuber
Hatsune Miku
Kizuna AI
Barbie has a vlog
Shout-out to Podcast Brunch Club
Remember Max Headroom
Seraphine from League of Legends
Seraphine’s marketing campaign
Many thanks to our sponsors:
Edmonton Community Foundation and The Well-Endowed Podcast
The Shared Mic
That's a Thing...2020-12-0149 minThat's a Thing?!Who's the impostor here?Here are links to the things we mentioned:
Defining creepypasta
The costumes we saw will be on Karen’s Instagram
Jeff the Killer
Zalgo
What’s a screamer?
What’s an Eboy?
Laughing Jack
Callback to when Elizabeth said stealing was OK
Elizabeth’s Drawtober project
Slender Man
Slender Man’s copyright
Channel Zero
LOCAL58TV
Among Us
An Among Us joke that Karen got thanks to this episode
Corpse Husband on YouTube and Instagram
@britl plays Among Us
On The Media segment
MrBeast
Among Us gameplay clip, fan art, and cosplay
AOC’s Among Us stream highlights
Call of Duty...2020-10-2848 minThat's a Thing?!Nostalgia, for kids!Here are links to things we mentioned:
DashCon
Call back to our Quibi episode
Chan boards
Rage Comics
Wojak Comics
Call back to our cottagecore episode
NPC and its politicization
Reply All episode on the origins of QAnon
Call back to our Karens episode
Call back to our memes episode with Steamed Hams
Tumblr heritage posts
Bohemian Rhapsody in rage comics from 2011
Tumblr vs Facebook from 2012
Map of Tumblr from 2012
Call back to our episode mentioning the Onceler fandom
Cringetober
Inktober creator controversy
Oppa Homeless Style
If you’re wondering what Jon is shouting at the end, it’s this...2020-10-1252 minThat's a Thing?!Is stealing wrong? (Or, The internet, Part 2)This episode will sort of make sense on its own, but it will be even more satisfying if you first listen to Part 1.Here are links to the things we mentioned:
Steal Like an Artist
For a refresher on praxis, listen to Episode 20
Examples of meme accounts and bots bringing one platform to another:
@luigi_atthedisco — pretty personality-heavy and advertises infrequently or never
@textpostgiant — a very commercial-seeming meme account on Instagram
Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens — a Twitter meme account run by a person
Am I the A**hole? — a Twitter Reddit-post account run by a mod
m...2020-09-0841 minThat's a Thing?!Why is the internet like this?Here are links to the things we mentioned:
Tom Eastman’s tweet that perfectly encapsulates what this episode is about
How the blogosphere used to work
This new rating thing YouTube seems to be trying out
Video on Worlds Online, an early chat room with avatars
What we mean by walled garden
Anil Dash: The Web We Lost and Rebuilding the Web We Lost
That Jurassic Park quote
Harold Innis on the “bias of communications”
GeoCities
If you like hearing us talk about lost media, there’s more in Episode 21
Episode 46 of Let’s Find Out: Marriage and Murder at...2020-09-0149 minThat's a Thing?!But make it fashionHere are links to the things we mentioned, plus some extras that were in our heart:
Article about the moon incident
Wikipedia, a reliable resource for research
The Twitter thread in question
Urban dictionary entries for speedcore, nightcore and hardcore
Don’t forget mumblecore (Karen didn’t)
The kidcore aesthetic
The cottagecore aesthetic
The witchcore aesthetic
Urban dictionary discusses goth, punk, scene, emo and hipster
The Articles of Interest episode on punk style
Jana Pruden’s obit for Mr. Chi Pig
Mal Blum
On Nostalgia by David Berry
Goths by the Mountain Goats
Worst Year Ever podcast on furries...2020-07-281h 16That's a Thing?!An exit interview with the gradsHere are links to the things we mentioned:
The kids were not into celebrity grad ceremonies.
Elizabeth got Jon to read American Gods.
We read Frankenstein out loud after reading Welcome to Night Vale.
Alberta Ballet’s Frankenstein was really good.
There is a movement afoot to rename the Oliver neighbourhood due to Frank Oliver’s racist harm. Find more at #UncoverOliver.
Let’s Find Out did an episode on the KKK in Edmonton and an update.
We talked about school resource officers, or SROs, who have been stationed at some Edmonton schools since 1979. Lots has happened on this f...2020-06-301h 00
Absorb Your Day With A Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook.Baptism of Rage [Dramatized Adaptation] by James AxlerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/448403to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Baptism of Rage [Dramatized Adaptation]
Series: #93 of Deathlands (Dramatized Adaptation)
Author: James Axler
Narrator: Nathanial Perry, Ren Casey, Johann Dettweiler, Karen Novak, Drew Kopas, Steven Carpenter, Margie Tompros, Yasmin Tuazon, Joe Brack, Eric Messner, Andy Clemence, Elizabeth Jernigan, Kimberly Gilbert, Ken Jackson, Dylan Lynch, David Coyne, Delores King Williams, Terence Aselford, A Full Cast, Colleen Delany, Nanette Savard, Christopher Graybill, Richard Rohan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 22 minutes
Release date: June 3, 2020
Genres: Apocalyptic & Dystopian
Publisher's Summary:
The end of the world arrived in a nuclear rush, forging the agonized r...2020-06-035h 22That's a Thing?!Four 'quick bites' on modern mediaHere are links to the things we mentioned:
Bite 1: Quibi
Jeffrey Katzenberg Blames Pandemic for Quibi’s Rough Start (NYT)
Some More News on Quibi
Peter Kafka’s interview with Katzenberg on Recode Media
Bite 2 (9:46): Some Good News
Equals 3 (we said Less Than 3), Cute Win Fail, Philip DeFranco
John Krasinski explains why he sold ‘Some Good News’ after receiving backlash (Global News)
Facebook’s Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive (WSJ)
Sarah Z’s OK Doomer
Mia Mulder’s Apathy and Democracy
Bite 3 (22:35): Social media as… media
Coverage of George Floyd’s death in police custody, the...2020-06-0153 minThat's a Thing?!What’s so funny anyway?Here are links to the things we mentioned:
Sour Grapes (the wine fraud movie Elizabeth mentions)
For a refresher on praxis, see Episode 20
John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight
David Letterman and Johnny Carson
Elizabeth’s Letterman knowledge has not grown
Some More News
Big Joel’s tweet about John Oliver minus an audience
Garfield minus Garfield
Saturday Night Live At Home
Paul Matwychuk’s tweet about telephone jokes in vaudeville
Brad Pitt as Fauci > Kate McKinnon as Hilary singing Hallelujah, says Elizabeth
The Greatest American Hero
Brooklyn Nine-Nine > Big Bang Theory
Decoder Ring episode on the laugh track
Why...2020-05-041h 09That's a Thing?!QuaranTEEN tipsHere are links to the things we mentioned:
Remember when we were going to see Hamilton in San Francisco? Yeah, about that…
Elizabeth’s intro is a homage to Sawbones.
School was not cancelled, then it was cancelled, and now it’s going to be from home.
If you’re in Edmonton Public Schools, get your SchoolZone login.
More resources for supporting learning at home:
Student learning during the COVID-19 from the Alberta government
Edmonton Public Schools resources
Calgary Board of Education resources
University of Alberta MOOCs that cover K-12 curriculum
Go for a walk if you’re not sick.
...2020-03-2957 min
Moms Without WorryMoms Without Worry (12) Maintaining Calm in the Middle of Global CrisisDr. Karen Cassiday interviews Elizabeth DuPont Spencer, LCSW. Elizabeth DuPont Spencer is a licensed clinical social worker and anxiety disorder expert who has written several best-selling books for adults, families and kids who experience anxiety. She will be discussing how you can help your family manage and prevent unnecessary anxiety caused by frightening global events, such as the coronavirus and global warming.2020-03-0758 minThat's a Thing?!Broadway babies, Act 1Here are links to the things we mentioned:
We won the 2020 Canadian Podcast Award for Outstanding Kids & Family Series
Other Alberta Podcast Network winners
Sports: Tight Ends
Technology: Press Start to Join
News and Current Affairs: The Daveberta Podcast
Television and Film: Emily Missed Out
Music: Putting It Together
Full list of winners
Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda at the White House
The fandom on Tumblr
Fan-fiction on Wattpad
Show Boat
The Color Purple at the Citadel
HeathersPlaying at J. Percy Page from March 4 to 7
SixKaren talking about Six on I Don’t Get It
High School Musical
Encore! — the show...2020-03-021h 10That's a Thing?!A musical interludeHere are links to the things we mentioned:
Putting It Together — he’s now in the middle of Company, and it’s so good!
Canadian Podcast Awards
Putting It Together is nominated in Arts and Music
That’s a Thing?! is nominated in Kids & Family
Find all of the Alberta Podcast Network nominees
Our recent appearance on I Don’t Get It
Winter Shakespeare Festival
Kyle’s show notes from our episode
Episode 23, in which we talked about this copyright mess
More info from Access Copyright
Many thanks to Matt Bowes of Bollywood is For Lovers
Many thanks to ou...2020-02-011h 12That's a Thing?!Trailer: That's a Thing?!Here's what you can expect from our sometimes belated, already outdated guide to your teens, tweens and everything under 20.2020-01-0201 minThat's a Thing?!Unraveling YouTube RewindHere are links to the things we mentioned:
YouTube usage and revenue stats
Unraveled, especially The Perfect PokéRap
Hank Green science videos
You Suck at Cooking, who was nice on Instagram
Copyright suit hits Canadian schools
Audacity tutorials are the best
KSI vs Logan Paul
December’s YouTube walkout
Jon listens to CBC, resulting in a callback to our CanCon episode
Children’s Online Protection of Privacy Act
YouTube Rewind playlist
Shoutout to Claire, giver of cookies, maker of Unbelts
Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel — not the same guy
jacksfilms lampoons the Pauls’ Rewind appearance
WatchMojo ranking of Rewind...2019-12-311h 29That's a Thing?!OK Boomer, but #NotAllKarensHere are links to the things we mentioned:
The Taylor Lorenz article that started it all
The triple meme Instagram post
You Know I Had to Do It to Em meme
Some highlights of the backlash
Definition of boomer (Thanks DankMemeOS)
Generation X, as defined by Douglas Coupland
Buzzfeed article full of Karen defamation
YouTube video tangentially related to Italian puppet theatre
Ok zoomer (not the Moses Znaimer kind)
Definition of VSCO girl
Eboys, Egirls, soft boys, soft girls
And, of course, the frickboy (definition not censored)
Video essay on NLOGs
More proof that Karen is hip with...2019-12-0251 minThat's a Thing?!Things that disappear: Horror in the Information AgeHere are links to the things we mentioned:
Usually Jon talks about memes
Lost Media Wiki
r/lostmedia on Reddit
Three reasons lost media is scary
Existential dread — stuff can just disappear, and not even be findable on Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine
Haunting nostalgia — goodbye weird games on DVD extras
The Zeigarnik effect
When the screensaver hit the corner on The Office
Two case studies:
The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet
Sleuthing on Reddit
Stay tuned to the end of the episode for the whole song, if you dare....
Geedis
r/UnresolvedMysteries
r/Geedis
Geedis: An Interne...2019-10-3144 minThat's a Thing?!Memes, praxis, the raid and the strikeHere are links to the things we mentioned:
Storm Area 51 on Know Your Meme
Naruto runner video
What is a Kyle?
What is a Karen?
The Lies Behind Area 51
#ThingsIFoundInArea51
What is praxis?
Alice Isn’t Dead
Our episode on shady recruitment to MLMs and the like
Exposing Instagram Scams
Greta Thunberg
11 Young Climate Justice Activists You Need To Pay Attention To
Edmonton Global Strike for Climate Action
Young Alberta activists join global climate strikes
Should we lower the voting age?
YouTube video about “climate grief”
Bothsidesism, aka false balance
Michael Liebreich
Elizabeth’s favourite protest signs
Many tha...2019-10-0456 minThat's a Thing?!Have I got a deal for you?Here are links to some of the things we mentioned:
Defining MLM — multilevel marketing
Defining pyramid scheme
Notwithstanding Elizabeth’s joke, Girl Guides of Canada is good! Buy cookies.
Vector Marketing, seller of Cutco products
The history of Vector and Cutco
The copy-paste recruitment text message
Stephen Notley’s 1992 piece on Kirby vacuum sales
Hope! The antiMLM subreddit
Mulan gets ready to defeat the huns
Sasha Frere-Jones called Twitter “a self-cleaning oven” — he may have been a bit too optimistic
Those weirdly specific Facebook shirts
Special thanks to Jon Spencer for editing this episode.Many thanks to our...2019-09-0246 minThat's a Thing?!Me and the boy talk memesAs Jon points out in the episode, memes are a visual medium, so here are some references in case our descriptions leave something to be desired. (Also, we had some sound difficulties, which get a bit better after the seventh minute or so.)
Karen is not a Boomer (but she did get the intro wrong)
Meme 1: Me and the boys
Avengers variation
Lego variation
‘60s Spider-Man as a source of memes
Spider-Man theme song
Episode 17: Can CanCon continue?
The Can Can
Meme 2: Skyrim Skill Tree
Meme 3: Drake reaction
Luigi variation
SpongeBob variations
SpongeBob Super Bowl letdown
Meme 4: GamerGirl Ba...2019-07-3023 minThat's a Thing?!Can CanCon continue?Here’s more on what we mentioned during this Canada Day nostalgia-fest (most of these are Canadian but some are American things we mentioned in passing):
What is Canadian content?
One-hit wonders, like Snow
CJYR Radio in Edson (which appears to have died in 2005)
Anne Murray
Shania Twain
Loverboy
Burton Cummings
The Poppy Family and Terry Jacks’s Seasons in the Sun
Taproot article about the downtown market returning to 104th Street
Bryan Adams
Corey Hart
Glass Tiger
Drake
Stan Rogers
Gordon Lightfoot
Leonard Cohen
Video Hits
Good Rockin’ Tonight
Four O’Clock Rock
MuchMusic
Platinum Blonde
Honeymoon Suite
We mi...2019-06-3054 minThat's a Thing?!Marketing by meme — could it be a thing?Here are some things we mentioned or drew from:
Please fill out the Alberta Podcast Network listener survey
We missed last month because of The Drowsy Chaperone
That time when Arby’s tweeted about its waifu
Fast food Twitter accounts sassing each other over and over
Todd in the Shadows disapproves
Technically, a corporation is like a person under the law, but they don’t need to act like it
The whole Gritty thing
Did the Oilers Win?
The Starbucks influencer campaign with drag queens and beauty YouTubers
That Fyre Festival doc
We always end up talking about Jake...2019-05-2637 minThat's a Thing?!That’s a Thing?! Live: The Internet is my GSAHere’s more information on some of the things we mention:
N.B. The excerpt from Poly Queer Love Ballad (18:05 to 22:15) is amazing, but also quite explicit, so be forewarned. Special thanks to Sara Vickruck and Anais West for performing the song and letting us include it in this recording.
SkirtsAfire Festival — fill out the survey if you were there!
GSA = gay-straight alliance. QSA = queer-straight alliance.
Definition
Alberta’s law supporting gay-straight alliances in schools
The ridiculous “I identify as an attack helicopter” meme
Gender neutral third-person pronouns
Some better examples of healthy relationship and world-building that include queerness:
M...2019-03-3156 minThat's a Thing?!The Holy Trinity of YouTube GamingHere are some of the things we talk about:
Ahrefs top YouTube searches
What is a Let’s Play?
Our indie video games episode
Our Fortnite episode
How Minecraft broke YouTube
The trinity: Markiplier, Jacksepticeye and PewDiePie
Our memes episode, which mentions Markiplier E
SocialBlade’s YouTube stats
Catalyst Theatre’s Vigilante
On the Media: The Global Culture War for YouTube Supremacy
Game Theory by Matpat
Freaky Friday: the original and the remake
Riley J. Dennis
Many thanks to our sponsors:
ATB’s The Branch for Arts and Culture, where you can find Ben Spencer (listen to his new...2019-02-2841 minThat's a Thing?!TikTok: Performance art or stranger danger? Yes.Here are some of the things we talk about:(N.B. We recorded part of this in 2018, part of it in 2019, so there are a few references to “this year” that may be slightly confusing. What is time, anyway?)
TikTok
What I’m already Tracer means
What Hit or Miss means
History of Musical.ly
History of Vine
Find some funny Tik Toks on Ironic Tik Toks Twitter account
Find some cringe-y Tik Toks on Dankius on YouTube
The Great Furry War
How TikTok makes money, sort of
What Sprite Cranberry means
Tumblr banned adult conten...2019-01-2252 min
Discover Top Full Trial Audiobooks in MemoirsaphyWhere Children Run by Karen EmilsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where Children Run Author: Karen Emilson Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 20 minutes Release date: December 18, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 143 Ratings of Narrator: 4.61 of Total 28 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Twins David and Dennis Pischke's lives change forever when their father dies, and a man damaged by the war arrives at their farm near the isolated town of Moosehorn, Manitoba. Boleslaw Domko quickly works his way into their lives and their mother's bed. Where Children Run opens with one of their earliest memories—the day Do...2018-12-1830 minThat's a Thing?!The fatal flaws of YouTubeHere are some of the things we talk about:
Part 1 - The cons and cons of YouTube
Timeline:
2002: Elizabeth is born.
2005: YouTube is born.
2006: Google buys YouTube.
Flaw 1 - Copyright confusion
YouTube copyright strikes
Somehow, Leprechaun 4: In Space is still available
Flaw 2 - Demonetization
PewDiePie and anti-Semitic stunts
Boring-to-teens but safe channels like Jimmy Kimmel
Demonetization of LGBTQ content
Flaw 3 - The algorithm
Values longer videos, which hurts animators
Elizabeth was mysteriously unsubscribed to The Bible Reloaded (now called Hugo and Jake)
She does not want to receive meme compilations on YouTube (but we did do a wh...2018-12-1248 minThat's a Thing?!Tweetable terrors and digital dreadHere are links to the things we referred to.
Elizabeth’s spooky inspiration
Karen’s spooky inspiration
Episode 1: Creepypasta
The SCP Foundation
Creepy art on Twitter: 41Strange, Toilets with Threatening Auras
The Sun Vanished on Twitter
Crypt TV
The Little Mermaid on Crypt TV
Salad Fingers
Don’t Hug Me .I’m Scared
That story about disturbing animation aimed at children
Many thanks to our sponsors this episode:
OtherWise is an affiliated podcast of the Alberta Podcast Network, created under the auspices of the Ribbon Rouge Foundation. It features the lived experiences of people of colour living on...2018-10-3019 minThat's a Thing?!The cons and cons of YouTubeHere are links to things we referred to:
VidCon, the YouTube conference
Our guest Kyle Marshall’s YouTube channel
Kyle also owns Media Lab YYC, and has three podcasts in the Alberta Podcast Network: Assumptions, Putting It Together and Creative Block
Hank Green’s vlogbrothers, Crash Course and SciShow
Tana Mongeau’s YouTube channel
“Why I Won’t Be Attending VidCon 2018: A Rant”
The only thing you see if you visit tanacon.com
Shane Dawson’s The Truth about Tanacon
Tana’s apology video: Tanacon: The good, the bad, and the ugly
New York Magazine: A Mouth to Hell Opened This...2018-10-0848 minThat's a Thing?!What do you meme by that?Here are links to things we mentioned and other things that seem relevant in hindsight:
The meaning of “meme”
The inciting tweet from Jason of The Young Gaffers
The Markiplier E meme
The Hey Beter meme
The original Hey Peter video
Suicide Mouse video
Despacito, the original
The Despacito 2 meme
The This is So Sad Alexa Play Despacito meme
The This is So Sad meme
The Slaps Roof of Car meme
The Repost Fish meme
A deep dive into the Loss meme
Know Your Meme is helpful. Urban Dictionary? Use at your own risk.
That's a Thing?! is a memb...2018-08-3147 min
Bollywood is For LoversYoung, Adult: Gippi and Secret Superstar with That's a Thing?!We welcome Elizabeth Spencer and Karen Unland of That’s A Thing?! to discuss two films about teen girls, and their moms.
Show Notes:
Thanks Sri Rao for the Nimbu Pani recipe, get his book Bollywood Kitchen (sorry for all the noise our metal straws make)
That’s A Thing?!
Erin knows nothing about teens
Do teenagers even watch movies anymore?
The Lobby
Are today’s teen movies as good as the ones from the ‘90s?
The YA genre
Why aren’t there a...2018-08-151h 29
Bollywood is For LoversHugs Not Drugs: Munna Bhai M.B.B.S and SanjuWith his biopic in theatres, we’re discussing Bollywood bad boy Sanjay Dutt’s life and work.
Show Notes:
Thank you Sidhu177!
South Indian cinema we watch
Mahanati and Aruvi, also Arjun Reddy
Split Screen Podcast
Not Just Bollywood, it actually doesn’t start till September
Sunil Dutt and Nargis
Sanjay Dutt
Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3
Episode 52: Rats in a Maze: Anurag Kashyap’s Black Friday and No Smoking
Rocky
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S
2018-07-311h 05That's a Thing?!Don't forget to floss (or do)Elizabeth made a Spotify playlist of songs we refer to, for your listening/cringing pleasure.Here are links to some of the other things we talked about:
Not this kind of flossing
This kind of flossing
We keep talking about Fortnite
Edmonton Podcasting Meetup, where Mack Male of Taproot Edmonton asked Elizabeth to explain flossing
Swish Swish
Backpack Kid
Flossing Song
Forget fidget spinners, now the craze is The Floss dance
Victory animation in Fortnite: Flossing, Electro Shuffle, Dab
We keep talking about Tide Pods
Ironic dabbing
Iconic dabbing
Dabbing at a funeral
Harlem Shake
We f...2018-07-0143 minThat's a Thing?!How K-Pop's BTS became a thingHere are the links to a bunch of things we mentioned:
K-Poparazzi on Radiolab
The Monkees
H.O.T.
Our episode on fan fiction, which mentions K-Pop a lot
Gangnam Style (as if you haven't seen it)
BTS
BTS at the Pyeongchang Olympics
BTS at Billboard Music Awards
BTS on The Ellen Show in 2017 and 2018
BTS with Taylor Swift
BTS on Twitter
Urban Dictionary definitions of ARMY, no true scotsman and bias
#mermay on Twitter
Examples of #mermay shipping BTS members from @cosmicpens and @Capramare
Rantasmo on queerbaiting in Sherlock
Moonlighting's "finally" episode
The X-Files tension
Riverdale's trailer
Supernatur...2018-06-0145 min
I Don't Get ItSeason 4 Episode 28The sound booth gets a little snug this week as we’re joined by Karen Unland and Elizabeth Spencer (from That’s a Thing?! podcast) to chat about the Citadel Young Company‘s Bat Boy: The Musical. Then Paul gives us his take on David Byrne‘s visit to the Jubilee Auditorium. Happy listening! I Don’t Get It is a […]2018-05-2700 min
I Don't Get ItSeason 4 Episode 28
The sound booth gets a little snug this week as we’re joined by Karen Unland and Elizabeth Spencer (from That’s a Thing?! podcast) to chat about the Citadel Young Company‘s Bat Boy: The Musical. Then Paul gives us his take on David Byrne‘s visit to the Jubilee Auditorium. Happy listening!
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That's a Thing?!Episode 6: I'll meet you in a FortniteThat's a Thing?! is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network (https://albertapodcastnetwork.com), powered by ATB (https://atb.com). It is sponsored this month by YESS Painting (https://yesspainting.com)Find full show notes at thatsathing.transistor.fm/6
Fortnite on Twitch
Brace for Impact, the upcoming season of Fortnite
Fortnite Battle Royale
Game Theory: WARNING - Pokemon May Cause DEATH!
What is ‘Strip Fortnite’ and Why Are Women Signing Up? (Cosmopolitan)
The Real History of Twitter (Business Insider) — another example of a happy (?) accident
‘Fortnite’ Now Asks Students to Not Play in Class (Rolling Stone)
Overklocked Gam...2018-05-0129 min
That's a Thing?!Episode 5: FanfictionarySome links to things we talked about:
Definition of fan fiction
Hamilton shipping, like Lams
Sherlock shipping
Sarah Marshall’s piece in The Baffler: The Afterlife of Newsies
Original Character Do Not Steal meme
Urban Dictionary definition of Mary Sue
Places to find fan fiction:
Tumblr: #fanfiction and #fanfic
Quotev
fanfiction.net
Wattpad
Tap by Wattpad
Business Insider on Fifty Shades of Grey and Twilight
We'd love it if you'd rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. Want to know how? The wonderful Dana Francis of Career Pod made this handy how-to guide.This episode is bro...2018-03-3056 min
That's a Thing?!Episode 4: Indie video gamesElizabeth dives into the world of indie video games, introducing some that her mother would really rather not know about (hi, FNAF), and some that she's kind of looking forward to trying. Plus, #PaulWatch and the meaning of THOT. Some links to things we talked about: Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy Hello Neighbor Cuphead Super Meat Boy
Slender (You thought we'd talk about Slenderman in the Creepypasta episode, but nope.) Undertale Why the Game Theory guy gave Undertale to the Pope (and yes, he actually met the Pope.) Five Nights at Freddy's
What Remains of E...2018-02-2850 min
Seen and Heard in EdmontonEpisode 82: Elizabeth SpencerMeet Elizabeth Spencer, creator and co-host (with me, her mother) of That's a Thing?!, "a sometimes belated, already outdated guide to your teens, tweens and everything under 20." That's a Thing?! is a podcast that grew out of various conversations around the dinner table and elsewhere. Elizabeth and her brother, Jon, would start talking about something in the media they pay attention to, and realize based on their parents' confused reaction that "Oh my god, adults don't know about this!" So we decided to make a show that explores that. In this episode, you'll hear us...2018-01-2236 min
That's a Thing?!Episode 3: Eating Tide PodsElizabeth explains how eating Tide Pods became a thing, and analyzes media coverage of the phenomenon. This leads to a discussion of challenges past and present, and the ensuing freakouts. Links to some of the things we referred to: Tide Pods official webpage
Washington Post article on eating Tide Pods Onion article from 2015 College Humor video Know your Meme, tide pods Know your Meme, drinking bleach
Tide Pod Chan and Cosplay (Safe for work, if you’re cool with your coworkers watching you stare at anime chicks) Gronk Twitter video The Tight Ends podcast episode with Gr...2018-01-2042 min
That's a Thing?!Episode 2: Team 10Welcome to Episode 2 of That’s A Thing?!, “a sometimes belated, already outdated guide to your teens, tweens and everything under 20.” Elizabeth, a real live teenager, explains things to her mom. And this time around, she tells the story of Team 10. Team 10 is a collective of YouTube channels whose hosts boost each other’s follower counts by harnessing the same techniques that made oldtime Hollywood, soap operas, wrestling and reality TV capture our attention. The tropes are familiar, but Team 10 had completely escaped Karen’s attention, until now. Here are the show notes: Official website of...2017-12-2825 min
That's a Thing?!Episode 1: CreepypastaShow notes: Where to find creepypasta stories, memes and such: Creepypasta Wiki creepypasta.com Trollpasta Wiki Creepypasta on Quotev and Wattpad
Creepypasta memes Creepypasta narrators MrCreepyPasta and CreepsMcPasta
The Creepypasta Collection Some of the characters we discuss:
Jeff the Killer (and the picture we describe)
Smile Dog (and the picture)
The Rake (and the picture)
Sonic.exe (and the picture) Old-school stuff from the mom: Flowers in the Attic Freddy Krueger Jason from Friday the 13th Michael Myers from Halloween Quora: Why do so many girls like horror movies? Have you encountered som...2017-12-2829 min