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That's a Thing?!

By: Karen Unland and Elizabeth Spencer
  • Summary

  • A sometimes belated, already outdated guide to your teens, tweens and everything under 20. In each episode, Elizabeth, a teenager, explains a thing to Karen, her mother. And Karen tells Elizabeth how that thing relates to something she knows. Maybe.
    © 2019 Unland Media Consulting Inc.
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Episodes
  • Well, that was a thing
    Mar 1 2022

    Here are some of the things we mentioned:

    • We launched in December 2017, when Elizabeth was 15
    • Y2K fashion is back?
    • Zine culture
    • Lilly Singh went from relatable YouTuber to out of touch late show host
    • The painful “Gen Z slang” SNL skit
    • David Foot and Douglas Coupland contributed to a hyper-awareness of generation
    • StyleLikeU interview with an elder gay couple to start you off
      • Content notice: mentions of sex, homophobia, addiction and violence
      • But it’s really sweet we promise <3
    • Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan – still pretty helpful guys for understanding what’s going on
    • If you aren’t sold on wrestling, watch these videos
    • You can find Karen’s work at Taproot Edmonton and Taproot Publishing
    • Shout-out to our colleagues at the Alberta Podcast Network
    • The first pages of Elizabeth’s comic project
    • You might hear us some time on I Don’t Get It
    • We recommend Transistor for hosting and Castria for editing

    Many thanks to our sponsors:

    • BGCBigs
    • Virtual Open House Season from Edmonton Public Schools

    That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network. Locally grown. Community supported.


    We’re done now, but you can still email us at thatsathingyeg@gmail.com or tweet at us: @thatsathingyeg.


    Do you want a That’s a Thing?! button? Send us your address by Twitter DM or email and we will send you one.


    Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin, from Free Music Archive.


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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • CensorSHIP
    Feb 1 2022

    Here are some of the things we mentioned in this episode:

    • Susan Sontag’s Notes On “Camp”
      • Or a six-minute explainer if you don’t have the time
    • The shortcomings of CinemaSins
    • The even-shorter-comings of Nostalgia Critic
    • About KiwiFarms, one of the most unpleasant sites on the surface web
    • Interview with the creator of Leave Britney Alone
    • A case study for toxic anti-fandom behaviour: gamergate
    • Callback to a long-ago episode where we talked about shipping
    • A look at both sides of the shipping war
      • And a look at the history of purity culture in fandom
    • Twitter thread on disinterpretation
      • And a video on Ship of Theseus
    • The history of the “touch grass” meme
    • Tennessee school board bans Holocaust comic 'Maus' by Art Spiegelman
    • A more sympathetic analysis of Why the Curtains are Blue

    Fortunately, we have entered a boom period for criticism online. Here are five excellent videos expanding on what we discussed this episode.

    • we need to talk about Call Me By Your Name by Lola Sebastian
    • Should you let Gen Z "save us"? Youth Liberation explained by Khadija Mbowe and Saint Andrewism
    • Ignorance & Censorship by Philosophy Tube
    • Outsiders: How To Adapt H.P. Lovecraft In the 21st Century by hbomberguy
    • Who’s Afraid of Modern Art: Vandalism, Video Games, and Fascism by Jacob Geller

    Many thanks to our sponsors:

    • BGCBigs
    • Virtual Open House Season from Edmonton Public Schools

    That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network — Locally grown. Community supported.


    You can follow us in all the places, and most of them let you rate and review, too, which would be lovely.


    Questions? Comments? Email us at thatsathingyeg@gmail.com or tweet at us: @thatsathingyeg.


    Do you want a That’s a Thing?! button? Send us your address by Twitter DM or email and we will send you one.


    Many thanks to Transistor for hosting our show. Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin, from Free Music Archive.

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    57 mins
  • New ways to own and be owned
    Jan 1 2022

    Here are some of the things we mentioned in this episode:

    • We are not actually an NFT
    • Roblox
    • Watch these videos from PeopleMakeGames on Roblox:
      • Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers
      • Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.
    • Gig economy
    • Callback to our MLM episode: Have I got a deal for you?
    • Company scrip
    • Roblox on the stock market
    • Wattpad’s deal with Paramount+
    • Archive of Our Own (AO3)
    • Callback to our fan fiction episode: Episode 5: Fanfictionary
    • OpenSea, an NFT marketplace
    • Ethereum
    • Twitter account dedicated to sniffing out art theft
    • DeviantArt
    • Example of the right-click movement against NFT art
    • FUD
    • Some more anti-NFT content for you
      • The NFT Nightmare
      • NFTs Are Getting Worse. Like WAY Worse.
      • Dan Olson’s NFT scam megathread
      • laughing at crypto bros, a deceptively educational livestream

    Many thanks to our sponsors:

    • Alberta Association of Optometrists
    • Park Power

    That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network — Locally grown. Community supported.


    You can follow us in all the places, and most of them let you rate and review, too, which would be lovely.


    Questions? Comments? Email us at thatsathingyeg@gmail.com or tweet at us: @thatsathingyeg.


    Do you want a That’s a Thing?! button? Send us your address by Twitter DM or email and we will send you one.


    Many thanks to Transistor for hosting our show. Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin, from Free Music Archive.


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    1 hr and 2 mins

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