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The Joe Rogan Dilemma Feb 03, 2022

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This week we're journeying into the dark heart of American masculinity... again. We're talking about Joe Rogan. Why do people like him? Should Spotify keep disturbing his show? Does it even matter? Should we smoke DMT and meet the techno elves that run our Earth simulation? These are all questions we may or may not address this week!

SHOW NOTES:

https://twitter.com/KateMerrill/status/1487406724076253188

https://twitter.com/k8tmac/status/1487537430240677889

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West Elm Caleb And The TikTok Stampede Jan 27, 2022

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We're diving deep into the philosophical issues at the core of TikTok, namely, why users on the app keep threatening to kill each other. What is it about TikTok's algorithm and user incentives that causes so many moral panics that end in networked abuse. Is it human nature or is it something the app is actively doing to us? Warning: this episode contains a lot of metaphors.

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The Weird Kinda Dark Truth About "Primitive Living" YouTube Videos Jan 20, 2022

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We went down the rabbit hole on the "primitive living" YouTube genre. We haven't solved every question we had but we did learn a few things. A Bunch of the pages seem to be run by the same person, a bunch more are sharing each other's videos, many of them are running their Facebook pages out of Thailand or Singapore, and based on some drone footage we came across it seems like they're all filming in the same section of the Cambodian wilderness. This episode is real dense this week!

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/MrHeangUpdate/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/JungleSurvival/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/PrimitiveSurvivalTool/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/TubeUniqueWilderness/videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyU144TGCUk

https://www.youtube.com/c/PrimitiveCreative/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/PrimitiveSkillsnet/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/SurvivalWilds/videos

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwG9iz7WBNaDNGrw4wZG60w/videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCyLWhPnq1M

https://www.facebook.com/primitivesurvivaltools/about_contact_and_basic_info

https://www.facebook.com/TubeUniqueWilderness777/?ref=page_internal&_rdc=1&_rdr

https://www.facebook.com/primitiveskills.net/

https://www.facebook.com/TubeUniqueWilderness777/?ref=page_internal&_rdc=1&_rdr

https://opinion.guidesify.com/cambodian-youtuber-mr-heang-update-making-jungle-survival-great-again/

https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/05/14/the-curious-youtube-genre-of-building-fantasy-pools-and-secret-temples-by-hand/

https://coconuts.co/bangkok/features/primitive-technology-youtube-pulls-plug-on-kid-vids-after-coconuts-expose-we-visit-a-shoot-in-cambodia-part-2/

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These Sketchy Sports NFT Companies Might Not Exist Jan 13, 2022

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This week we dig into the weird possibly entirely fictitious companies that sports teams around the world are partnering with to build NFT and metaverse products. Fake CEOs, weird non-office storefronts, shady international rights management services, and bizarre Chinese masterclass education platforms — this episode's got it all!

SHOW NOTES:

https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/1480990948972658689

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/jan/11/wordle-creator-overwhelmed-by-global-success-of-hit-puzzle

https://www.youtube.com/c/thisisashville/videos

https://defector.com/what-the-hell-is-this-company-the-76ers-just-partnered-with/

https://twitter.com/dhm/status/1472958413009268738?

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/color-star-technology-co-ltd-nasdaq-cscw-announces-ceo-handover-to-lead-company-into-technology-era-301445266.html

https://www.color-star.cn/

https://colorstarinternational.com/

https://www.fun88.co.uk/

https://cryptopotato.com/fc-barcelona-to-launch-iconic-historical-moments-as-nfts/

https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/barcelona-ownix-nft-partnership-cancelled-digital-collectibles-moshe-hogeg/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10372971/Manchester-City-end-partnership-mysterious-crypto-firm-3Key-Technologies.html

https://3key.com/#c401dc5d

https://www.socios.com/

https://twitter.com/uglygame/status/1453671235330707464

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/color-star-technology-announces-strategic-partnership-with-bole-information-technology-to-further-empower-the-color-world-platform-301078432.html

http://redphoenixentertainment.com/about/

https://www.thegamer.com/john-terry-chelsea-fc-monkey-nft/

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The Rise And Fall Of @PoliticsForAlI Jan 06, 2022

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This week we're talking about one of the UK's buzziest Twitter accounts, @PoliticsForALI, which was suspended by the platform this week. It was run by a 19-year-old college student and it was kind of a mess, but also totally useful, sort of. A creature born from all of Twitter's best and worst features. Also, this week, Ryan learns some shocking information about Tintin.

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Our Biggest Predictions For 2022 Dec 09, 2021

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It's (probably) our last episode of the year! We're talking about what we think will be the big trends of next year. Basically, we think every company will operate like a Gamestop pump and TikTok will cause a diplomatic incident that kicks off WW3. It's all very optimistic stuff! Also, Luke and Ryan compare notes on what country is the worst to get an antigen test in (it's Portugal). See you next year (probably).

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Inside The Biggest Tumblr Trends Of 2021 Dec 02, 2021

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We're digging deep into Tumblr's 201 Year In Review. We're looking at the top trends, ships, aesthetics, memes, and communities. What does it all mean? How is Minecraft YouTube so big? Why are teens into emo again? Do people really just want to be little goblins living in a small house in some kind of bog? We have a lot of questions!

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/nov/30/squid-game-no-threat-to-traditional-british-tv-hits-finds-barb

https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/1465802215927558154

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/29/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-is-expected-to-step-down-sources-say.html

https://fandom.tumblr.com/

https://fandom.tumblr.com/post/669380176976773120/2021-top-21-of-2021

https://fandom.tumblr.com/post/669380161647591424/2021-ships

https://fandom.tumblr.com/post/669319855921676288/2021-memes

https://fandom.tumblr.com/post/669320242234867712/2021-tumblr-communities

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Masculinity Is A Pyramid Scheme Nov 25, 2021

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This week we're talking about the noxious vortex of international bodybuilders, pick up artists, and cryptocurrency evangelists. The dream of all bad internet seems to be some kind of money laundering scheme based in Dubai. Also, we go super long this week on Twitter Spaces.

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-59386855

https://twitter.com/fox13/status/1463200080282873857

https://twitter.com/SolBrah/status/1461348636663509000

https://twitter.com/Moneybaglives/status/1462817457245151234

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ3offjnJyv/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAz9rbnBEJB/

https://twitter.com/PUA_DATING_TIPS/status/1456018496257728514

https://twitter.com/jack_vening/status/1462924526207918084

https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/dubai-pushes-its-vision-of-becoming-blockchain-capital-at-wbsdubai

https://www.cobratate.com/

https://twitter.com/SolBrah/status/1461348636663509000

https://linktr.ee/solbrah

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/sep/07/disastrous-voyage-satoshi-cryptocurrency-cruise-ship-seassteading

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Inside Thinkarete Lifestyle, The Most Viral Page On Facebook Nov 18, 2021

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In Facebook's Q3 content report, they revealed that a page called Thinkarete Lifestyle was responsible for some of the most viral content on the platform last summer. But the question is... who or what is Thinkarete Lifestyle? Well, after some pretty hardcore investigating, we think we've figured it out.

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/brass-against-singer-apologizes-peeing-012740464.html

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/it-s-hard-not-to-pity-ghislaine-maxwell

https://twitter.com/danawhite/status/1459238150350405632

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/11/bari-weisss-university-hitting-speed-bumps

https://top10.netflix.com/

https://transparency.fb.com/en-gb/data/widely-viewed-content-report/

https://www.facebook.com/Thinkarete/posts/4044844008964262

https://allfood.recipes/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRj5BXBJrEH/

https://lyndaskitchen.com/

https://www.facebook.com/allfoodrecipesinc/?ref=page_internal

https://www.facebook.com/Thinkarete/posts/4162149513900377

https://twitter.com/BenNicholsonNW/status/1449068270762532865

https://tastykitchen.com/

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LIVE FROM LONDON: Play Your NFTs Right Nov 13, 2021

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This week we're live from London! Thank you all who came out for our live show this week. Live on stage we made Guardian reporter Alex Hern guess the prices of various NFTs and, wow, things did not go the way we expected... Considering I (Ryan) recorded all of this via a simple line out and we were doing powerpoint slides I'd say this doesn't sound half bad! Even if it doesn't sound good, this is our first attempt a live show and we did it all ourselves in a basement, please be nice.

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