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Encore: To the Max (Headroom)
On November 22nd, 1987, two TV stations in Chicago had their broadcast signals hijacked by someone wearing a Max Headroom mask. In the years since, R…
4 years, 2 months ago
Encore: Today You, Tomorrow Me
10 years ago, Justin found himself on the side of the road with a blown out tire. Hours went by and no one stopped to help. But just as he was about …
4 years, 3 months ago
Encore: Three Autistic Redditors on Autism
Three autistic Redditors talk to us about their view of the world, their view of autism, and their hopes for greater representation in society.
4 years, 3 months ago
MEMES, Bonus: The Chorus
Amory and Ben team up with NPR to take on Twitter Spaces. This bonus episode is a recording of ET's 11/30 livestream chat with meme experts Kenyatta …
4 years, 3 months ago
MEMES, Part 11: I've Heard This Before
In this episode, we cross-examine memes and their relevance, and look at a surprising hypothesis that draws a through-line from TikTok to much farthe…
4 years, 3 months ago
MEMES, Bonus: Overly Attached Girlfriend
Unlike some of the other everyday-people-turned-memes featured in this series, Laina Morris leaned in big-time when her parody entry in a Justin Bieb…
4 years, 3 months ago
MEMES, Part 10: Makmende
We know that there have been meme wars in America, and that Donald Trump has been called the “first president meme’d into office.” But in Kenya—a cou…
4 years, 4 months ago
MEMES, Bonus: The yearbook photo
For being the internet's poster boy for bad luck, Kyle Craven thinks he sure got lucky. In this bonus episode of our meme series, Ben and Amory chat …
4 years, 4 months ago
MEMES, Part 9: I'm Not Done Yet
Anybody old enough to remember life before cutting the cord has probably seen the work of TV pitchman Billy Mays. But people much younger still know …
4 years, 4 months ago
MEMES, Part 8: The Scream
If you typed “inauguration” into your web browser anytime between 2017 and 2020, you likely saw, near the top of your search results, an image of a p…
4 years, 4 months ago