marcus maddox talks about the nostalgia behind photography and storing photos as memory blockers in an age of documentation, how his art ended up in the whitney museum of art, and the discourse online around dimes square on episode 28 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)
we talk about the way your view of an ex shifts, breakups and feeling like yourself when you talk about the past or a person you were connected to, experiencing parasocial relationships who we've been close to in personal experience, watching people idolize friends of ours, universal jokes and memes changing the collective on episode 27 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
we talk about seeing phoebe bridgers in a bar, overhearing someone talking about alex g's housewarming party, discussing chappell roan's rise to fame in comparison to justin bieber and the discourse born from fan culture regarding whether it's weird to ask celebrities for photos and pedastol them, justin bieber as the first form of internet celebrity, the hate clairo experienced from being rude to fans a while ago, how paparazzi has evolved, and the common theme in how we attend to women with celebrity status on episode 26 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
we talk about brooke schofield's racist tweets and trying to come to a collective conclusion about it, things online being permanent and understanding what that means now, someone changing and what it means in terms of forgiveness, the attempted terror attack at a taylor swift concert and it being a misogynist crime that isn't labelled as such, the major discourse surrounding the attempted attack, humanizing huge attacks like these, relating it to the Manchester bombing, how girl pop music is pivotal to women's empowerment, and how people need to leave women alone on episode 25 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
doug dulgarian of They Are Gutting a Body of Water (TAGABOW) talks about - pov you see a girl with bangs and you wanna ask her on a date but she doesn't know who tagabow is, allowing yourself to accept praise for art, how he met his girlfriend emily, growing up in the 90s and the first time doug saw a website, how the internet has changed the music and art landscape, the spirit of the early internet, how word of mouth about games has changed, GPS and google maps in new york city changing the subway and speeding up gentrification, being motivated by friendship, how julia's war records began, and how it isn't just a shoegaze label, pre and post alex g on episode 24 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
kahlen barry talks about how we met through stan twitter, tana's stan universe of trash and bleedycon, kahlen's experience of entering trash and meeting the youtubers in person who he used to watch, trash being the american idol for youtube fans, how we can hold creators we love accountable in a productive way and making a difference through individual action, the cancelled podcast and whether it's okay for tana to make light of her cancellations when they have been based on racist actions, what growth actually looks like, stanning someone being a form of admiration and how to balance loving someone while asking for more from them on episode 23 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
we talk about narcissism taking a new form with an awareness around misogyny being more prominent online, boys tricking girls, collective awareness around certain ideas, therapist scarcity, people having trouble hearing things that they aren't ready to hear, people being able to cheat at their jobs and school through the internet, posting about social issues and pressure to educate yourself as a young person online, the future of our political system and how hard it is to decipher out misinformation in our current age, approaching disagreements with love and compassion in order to come to a better understanding of the world itself on episode 22 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
we talk about the possibilities unlocked when all you do is send someone an email, how willing people are to be your friend, people becoming famous by being friends with other famous people, the root of stan culture is wanting to be famous yourself, reflecting on starting the podcast and talking to people who are impressive to us, the barricades between starting something, believing things into existence, why women talking about spirituality has a negative connotation to it online, online personas making things feel less genuine, messaging online as a form of mental telepathy on episode 21 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
seth talks about james charles, shane dawson, stan culture on twitter, how creators interact with their fans, how online fame has warped seth's brain, greer on hiatus due to tragedy, the pressure of having a widely loved friend group and documenting relationships, how he met josiah, lucas, and corbin, having a responsibility to carry on emma greer's legacy, why good friendship is life-changing, relationships he's been in, being groomed in the homestuck community, boys and girls on episode 20 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
josh jackson talks about the origin and making of paste magazine and how it blew up into what it is today, how journalism has evolved from print, music journalism depictions in movies, eating dinner with josh ritter's parents, having the editor of the rolling stone write for paste magazine, getting beck to play their first event in new york, camila cabello's c,xoxo review causing chaos online, and taylor swift defenders on episode 19 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
bleedycon talks about the formation of our groupchat, the funny drama that happened in youtube fandoms, groupchat hierarchies, going backstage at tana's shows, favoritism, big stan accounts, looking back at how young tana was when she first started and reframing aspects of her career on episode 18 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
lots of hands talks about making friends through soundcloud and facebook as a kid, listening to twenty one pilots, inherent spirituality in music, building community in leeds and newcastle, british people as a passing trend, cool parents showing you music but not being ready for it, and creative directors and labels manufacturing music blowups on episode 17 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
bianca (bianca8198) talks about her first breakup being earth shattering, tumblr couples and how we perceived them, how there will be a documentary about family channels one day on how they traumatized their children, youtube turning into people's careers, getting excited to see people's lives on instagram, our fascination with claudia sulewski, reading fanfiction at 14 and one direction kidnapping you and hiding you in the basement, and drew & enya's humor spreading globally on episode 16 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
we talk about josh ovalle's guest podcast episode with cody ko, how it impacted us and why so many people go back to that video to this day, how we used to idolize things as young people on the internet, the bits he did a while back, playing the villian, the inspiration he created in the media landscape, and seeing the online world as more than it is on episode 15 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
we talk about recent news regarding cody ko's r*** apology and statutory r*** on tana mongeau and what it was like to watch the evolution of their dynanmic through youtube on episode 14 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
@ talks about growing up without the internet, getting facebook, and transitioning to the world we're in now, their LP Mind Palace Music and latest EP Are You There God, It's Me @?, internet theories, and the interaction between spirituality and creative forces on episode 13 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
we talk about our friendship, trauma bonding over relationship experiences, anxiety around going on dates, ex-boyfriends, how we got involved in stan culture, and the early days of one direction, ariana grande, and other fandoms that haven't been reproduced since on episode 12 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
carley thorne (uncarley) talks about how one direction fanfiction villanizes women, fans scaring celebrities in gay relationships, shawn mendes used to drive around listening to his own music in his home town, seeing him at a hotel talking about authenticity then walking through shrubs, experiencing the comedy space as a woman, and generally geeking about different fan cultures we grew up within on episode 11 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
nicole rafiee talks about bringing the guys answering questions that girls are too afraid to ask trend to youtube, blowing up after years of posting, starting the chronically online girl series, struggling with mental health in college and loneliness, and temple university on episode 10 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
summer mckeen talks about her traumatic version of the kardashians show (endless summer, the snapchat reality series), being a dote girl, public breakups and relationships, being held accountable for instances of privilege online, and her lifetime supply of free brandy melville on episode 9 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
lauren brodauf talks with us about how she started on youtube, old one direction vlogs, growing up on drew & enya and sinjin drowning, youtube as an opportunity for other creative fields, living in france, moving to new york, and how things look from a fan's perspective when they're actually pretty simple on episode 8 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
we talk with zoe mevorah about youtube stan twitter, specifically, the james charles and tana mongeau universes, the weird things we used to expect out of our idols on twitter, and if you can truly become friends with someone who you watch online. zoe tells a story about a predatory, well-known minecraft youtuber who tried to have a threesome with her and a friend on episode 7 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
we talk with maddy about internet friendship, learning from one another, playing on minecraft servers to try to befriend sims youtubers, energy shifts, psychic readings, lifesimmer, how fan-idol dynanmics are becoming more distanced, pretty privilege online, influencer culture, & conversations creating culture through tiktok on episode 6 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
we talk about how we met, if we'd let our daughters online, breakups are earth shattering, catering to men/male validation, sameera's first downvote on reddit, & the scary pipeline to easily becoming apart of incel communities online (with experiments pulled from Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates) on episode 5 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
we have our college friends reece and olivia on, and discuss how our views on celebrities and idealizing people have evolved through the years. we discuss standards, cancel culture, and getting bullied in school by ‘IRLS’ for our stan accounts while unpacking the psychology behind all of it on episode 4 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
william craver of old weston koury/sinjin drowning videos joins us to talk about our internet friendship, tiktok edits of him, watching each other grow up, communities we've grown out of, weston's old discord server, fanfiction, exes, relationships, & star signs on episode 3 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
olive of olivia o. and lowertown talks about running a famous tumblr aesthetic blog, her music career & being talked down to as a women in the industry, online communities, and content oversaturation on episode 2 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
nick rattigan talks about how one of his first viral blowups was tied to vine creator emma greer's passing, what that shift in fame felt like, and the projection that stems from stan culture on episode 1 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ)ᕗ