The Internet Is Dead

we talk about how relationships and crushes have grown to be parasocial through the means of the internet and compare it to what older generations have experienced on episode 42 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ

sighswoon (gabi abrão) talks about the future of spirituality through spiritual engineering and online spaces which have become psychic in the past few years, empowerment for women and the Bathhouse Theory, her origins on the internet through social groups and neopets, jealousy, casting spells as a kid, her father's spiritual origins in Brazil, getting published as an influencer, and eventual onli...

we talk about how luigi mangione would have never been able to garner the same energy around him without the internet sleuthing that has become standard for most internet users and the insurance that his entire operation would be watched, as well as some short discussion about peter vack's new movie, rhizome's super internet day, & trying to get spongebob's ex wife on as a guest on episode 40...

savana spring (imnotsavana) talks about how her online persona felt seperate from her, the early days of vine, escaping hard times through the one direction fandom, creator social groups, being a teenage creator, and vidcon parties on episode 39 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ

we talk about forming online tethers with people online (citing gabi abrão), attending to peers in a parasocial way, as if they are celebrities, the marketing behind wicked, conspiracy theories for the wizard of oz which made the movie feel dark, ariana and cynthia crying on the press tour, and our experience with meeting the grandes in new hope, pa on episode 38 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Oval...

ky talks about what led up to ky joining emergency intercom, watching drew and enya before meeting them at a party in LA, getting sexualized by the internet, the relationship between emergency intercom and its fanbase, finding comedy that's actually funny, reflecting on the ketamine story, screenwriting, the first time ky did an edible, anxiety in gen z about on episode 37 of The Internet Is Dead...

we talk about pro ana forums on tumblr and what was normal back then, as well as how eating disorders have been perpetuated using online discourse and mediums, tumblr to now tiktok on episode 36 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ

peter sagar of HOMESHAKE talks about being associated with mac demarco, his transition from diy to professional, an audience developing around his music, wicked, and his cat talking on episode 35 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ

we talk about what a call her daddy episode with kamala harris meant about our current political climate, how our current social climate divides on women's issues, and how fake news is advancing past our education systems on episode 34 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ

madelyn layer talks about growing up in a conservative environment and finding solace in fashion and online communities, meeting her girlfriend online, teaching kids and whether social media should play a role in the job market, and having an online portfolio of past styles on episode 33 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ

we talk about everything that has followed liam payne's death online and what it means about the way we use social media, then address what is necessary for victims of abuse on episode 32 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ

maya henry talks about the recent upheaval from the tiktok she posted about zayn pushing liam up against a wall, the one direction fandom and why these dynamics exist, one direction's media training, meeting liam at a meet and greet, journalists silencing her about liam, and her new book which is based on liam payne's abuse on episode 31 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On M...

greg mendez talks about starting from diy and playing music on the streets for money to the recent traction his music has gained, playing music as a career, and his new EP First Time / Alone on episode 30 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 it was normalized online to speak like a person of color, ariana grande meet and greets, the hate that she recieves online, and kids roleplaying online on episode 29 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ

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(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ

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 O...

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...

we talk about brooke schofield's racist tweets and trying to come to a collective conclusion about it, things online being permanent and online understanding what that means now, someone changing and what it means in terms of forgiveness, 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 atta...

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 intern...

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 its...

we talks 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...

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 ex...

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-chan...

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...

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...