The internet's fight over dinosaur emoji
Emoji might not be 66 million years old, but they are pretty much everywhere. Join Ben and Amory as they explore the history of dinosaur emoji in LGBTQ+ communities and their more recent use as an onl...
14 Jan 202227min
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, Redditors have played an integral role in getting to...
6 Jan 202237min
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 to give up, something happened that changed Justin ...
21 Dec 202123min
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.
21 Dec 202142min
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 Cheese (Know Your Meme), "meme librarian" Amanda Br...
16 Dec 202127min
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 farther back in history –- all the way to the very beginn...
9 Dec 202133min
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 Bieber fan contest turned into the epic meme Overly Att...
7 Dec 202116min
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 country where one of the only feasible forms of politi...
2 Dec 202136min
