Christina McBride & Joanna Schroeder

How We Live Online

Society EN ↓ 41 episodes

We're stuck in this sphere, get us out of here!!! Lifelong friends and resident geniuses Christina and Joanna discuss tech, pop culture, where we're going, and where we've been. Stick around; we promise you'll learn something.

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Christina McBride & Joanna Schroeder

Episodes

Spookisode: Surveillance Capitalism 31.10.2023 55:33

Surveillance capitalism drives the online marketplace and we are the raw materials.

Atlanta's Cop City to Be Completed By December 2024 09.10.2023 52:42

Atlanta's City Council voted to build a "public safety training facility" for American police to train in a fake city built on Atlanta's precious green space. The project will raise the average temperature for nearby neighborhoods and bring throngs of police to the city. Atlanta constituents are fighting hard to move the project to a referendum vote, but the construction already...

Bloodletting, Carpooling: America's Parking Problem 02.10.2023 1:00:09

Joanna explains why there's NO PARKING even though there's EIGHT SPOTS PER CAR in the U.S. -- Please rate our show on Spotify & Apple Music! Follow the podcast on ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠Twitter⁠ @howweliveonline. Subscribe to our new ⁠YouTube channel⁠ . Follow Christina on ⁠Instagram⁠ , ⁠Twitter⁠ , & ⁠TikTok⁠ .

Young Adult Dystopian Fiction: Ceremonious Selections 25.09.2023 1:03:47

Joanna, Christina, and guest Alexis talk about YA dystopias ( The Hunger Games, Uglies , and City of Ember ) and their obsession with assigning, sorting, and ranking. -- Please rate our show on Spotify & Apple Music! Follow the podcast on ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠Twitter⁠ @howweliveonline. Subscribe to our new ⁠YouTube channel⁠ . Follow Christina on ⁠Instagram⁠ , ⁠Twitter⁠ , & ⁠TikTok⁠ .

The TRUE Story About National Parks 22.09.2023 42:24

At least 500 families were displaced to create the Shenandoah National Park. -- Please rate our show on Spotify & Apple Music! Follow the podcast on ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠Twitter⁠ @howweliveonline. Subscribe to our new ⁠YouTube channel⁠ . Follow Christina on ⁠Instagram⁠ , ⁠Twitter⁠ , & ⁠TikTok⁠ . -- Sources: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/history-federal-use-eminent-domain https://www.washing...

On my way! To Mars. 11.09.2023 49:24

NASA's Artemis II mission set for November 2024 will turn the moon into a glorified gas station. -- Please rate our show on Spotify & Apple Music! Follow the podcast on ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠Twitter⁠ @howweliveonline. Subscribe to our new ⁠YouTube channel⁠ . Follow Christina on ⁠Instagram⁠ , ⁠Twitter⁠ , & ⁠TikTok⁠ . -- Sources:

Love Bombing the Aliens 04.09.2023 47:31

We've been launching human paraphernalia into space since the 1960s. Aliens: COME TO BRAZIL! -- Please rate our show on Spotify & Apple Music! Follow the podcast on ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠Twitter⁠ @howweliveonline. Subscribe to our new ⁠YouTube channel⁠ . Follow Christina on ⁠Instagram⁠ , ⁠Twitter⁠ , & ⁠TikTok⁠ .

What's at the Bottom of the Ocean Is None of My Business 28.08.2023 47:24

The Titan submersible implosion carries on the legacy of ultra rich white men taking dangerous voyages for attention. -- Please rate our show on Spotify & Apple Music! Follow the podcast on Instagram & Twitter @howweliveonline. Subscribe to our new YouTube channel . Follow Christina on Instagram , Twitter , & TikTok . -- Sources: https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/6/21/23768771/titani...

313: Season 3 Finale: The Right to Be Forgotten 26.06.2023 1:00:33

The right to be forgotten allows users to request information to be delisted from Google or erased from the internet. Joanna and Christina wonder: is that really a bad thing?

312: Live from New York: What Freaks Leave Reviews, Anyway? 19.06.2023 51:39

Christina and Joanna discuss crowdsourced tastemaking, the educated upper middle class, and share the podcast origin story with a room full of strangers.

311: Interview with Rachel Monroe: Meta True Crime Expert & New Yorker Writer 12.06.2023 53:05

WHY are we obsessed with true crime? We talk to New Yorker contributor Rachel Monroe about crime junkies, scammers, and amateur sleuths.

310: Scammer Time: The 20th Cent. Anna Delvey & Manti T'eo's Catfish Story 05.06.2023 1:00:36

Christina tells the story of Elizabeth Bigley, the early 20th century Anna Delvey. Christina and Joanna discuss Manti Te'o's catfish and the heavy press that followed. Follow us on IG: @howweliveonline

309: Rabbit Holes: Avril Goes Raw 29.05.2023 1:15:22

Going down the internet rabbit hole: Avril is dead and raw vegans are literally the scariest people online! *** Send in listener questions to howweliveonline@gmail.com Follow HWLO on Instagram and Twitter @howweliveonline Follow Christina on Instagram @xtinammm and Twitter @xtina_mcbride Follow Joanna on Instagram @datatutorials Special thanks to Preston for the intro music! Follow him on Instagra...

308: Buccal Fat Removal and the Wealth of Youth 22.05.2023 1:07:23

Joanna walks Christina through aging online: from AIM to cosmetic surgery.

307: Listen To Your Body Bitch 18.05.2023 51:52

Generally: food. Viral recipes, MyFitnessPal, and mukbang.

306: What is the Moral Responsibility of Fitness Influencers? Interview with Mikala Jamison 08.05.2023 59:42

We chat with Mikala Jamison about all things Fitstagram, personal responsibility in content creation, and the constant quest for nuanced discussions in the health space online. *** ⁠Follow Mikala on Twitter⁠ @notjameson ⁠Subscribe to Body Type on Substack⁠ https://bodytype.substack.com/⁠ Send in listener questions to howweliveonline@gmail.com Follow HWLO on Instagram and Twitter @howweliveonline F...

305: Beauty Math: Proportions, Ratios, Fractions of Self 03.05.2023 1:02:01

Christina is brave and vulnerable. Bella Hadid is still beautiful even when we ask math. Thanks for listening we are so in love with you we really mean it *** Send in listener questions to howweliveonline@gmail.com Follow HWLO on Instagram and Twitter @howweliveonline Follow Christina on Instagram @xtinammm and Twitter @xtina_mcbride Follow Joanna on Instagram @datatutorials Special thanks to Pre...

304: Ferris Bueller's Day Off Ass Bitch 24.04.2023 45:31

Life is a movie fr.

303: Rich Kitchen, Poor Kitchen: Interior Design Trends & Fast Furniture 17.04.2023 53:09

Joanna walks Christina through kitchen trends from the early aughts to Emma Chamberlain's AD profile. They talk fast furniture, contact paper, and celebrate their first ever sponsor! *** Send in listener questions to howweliveonline@gmail.com Follow HWLO on Instagram and Twitter @howweliveonline Follow Christina on Instagram @xtinammm and Twitter @xtina_mcbride Follow Joanna on Instagram @data...

Are You There God? It's Me, Your Morning Skincare Routine. 10.04.2023 56:29

Skincare routines are spiritual rituals. Christina dives deep into the cult of routine content. What are the historical purposes of rituals? And how has modern ritual been coopted by TikTok and online creators to get their Benjamins? *** Send in listener questions to howweliveonline@gmail.com Follow HWLO on Instagram and Twitter @howweliveonline Follow Christina on Instagram @xtinammm and Twitter...

The Quantified Self Movement: How Can We Benefit from Our Personal Health Data? 03.04.2023 1:09:55

Apple Watch wearers, bullet journalers, and Virgos: this one's for you. Thanks for listening we are so in love with you we really mean it *** Send in listener questions to howweliveonline@gmail.com Follow HWLO on Instagram and Twitter @howweliveonline Follow Christina on Instagram @xtinammm and Twitter @xtina_mcbride Follow Joanna on Instagram @datatutorials Special thanks to Preston for the...

Are We Heading to a Second Civil War? Interview with Civil War Historian Meredith Barber 13.02.2023 1:12:38

Are We Heading to a Second Civil War? Civil War historian Meredith Barber breaks down what that would really mean. Season 2 Finale *** Send in listener questions to howweliveonline@gmail.com Follow HWLO on Instagram and Twitter @howweliveonline Follow Christina on Instagram @xtinammm and Twitter @xtina_mcbride Follow Joanna on Instagram @datatutorials Special thanks to Preston for the intro music!...

Our Season Reflections and Sex Dolls Revisited 06.02.2023 41:18

In this episode we review martinis and Christina's creepy mind is exposed. Google engineers Timnit Gebru, Margaret Mitchell, and Blake Lemoine were fired for their pushback against LaMDA. Joanna and Christina discuss the biases *** Send in listener questions to howweliveonline@gmail.com Follow HWLO on Instagram and Twitter @howweliveonline Follow Christina on Instagram @xtinammm and Twitter @x...

What Is ChatGPT? Ex Google Engineers, The Exploited Workers Behind Large Language Models, and Ethical AI 30.01.2023 1:21:17

Google engineers Timnit Gebru, Margaret Mitchell, and Blake Lemoine were fired for their pushback against LaMDA. Joanna and Christina discuss the biases of large language models and the silent exploited workers behind them. *** Send in listener questions to howweliveonline@gmail.com Follow HWLO on Instagram and Twitter @howweliveonline Follow Christina on Instagram @xtinammm and Twitter @xtina_mcb...

A Class Action Lawsuit against Wordy Internet Recipes!? 23.01.2023 41:11

No more essays before recipes. The latest in a class action lawsuit against Thinx, and Google's Local Year in Search. Read more about wordy internet recipes on Mashable and Chatelaine Try out Google's Local Year in Search *** Send in listener questions to howweliveonline@gmail.com Follow HWLO on Instagram and Twitter @howweliveonline Follow Christina on Instagram @xtinammm and Twitter @xti...