Memes, praxis, the raid and the strike
from That's a Thing?! Hosted by Elizabeth Spencer and Karen Unland
Here are links to the things we mentioned: Storm Area 51 on Know Your Meme Naruto runner video What is a Kyle? What is a Karen? The Lies Behind Area 51 #ThingsIFoundInArea51 What is praxis? Alice Isn’t Dead Our episode on shady recruitment to MLMs and the like Exposing Instagram Scams Greta Thunberg 11 Young Climate Justice Activists You Need To Pay Attention To Edmonton Global Strike for Climate Action Young Alberta activists join global climate strikes Should we lower the voting age? YouTube video about “climate grief” Bothsidesism, aka false balance Michael Liebreich Elizabeth’s favourite protest signs Many thanks to our sponsors: AuthorPods and LitFest — Come see Karen interview Jana Pruden and Justin Ling on Oct. 5 at Metro Cinema at the True Crime Showdown (use APNROCKS19 to get $5 off) ATB — Learn more about ATB X and Taproot Edmonton’s participation That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. You can subscribe to us in all the places, and most of them let you rate and review, too, which would be lovely. Questions? Comments? Email us at [email protected] or tweet at us: @thatsathingyeg. Many thanks to Transistor for hosting our show, to Unit B Coworking for use of their studio, and to Jon Spencer for editing work. Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin.
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Elizabeth takes Karen on a journey from Area 51 to the climate strike, and considers the role memes and social media play in mobilization. Do a good praxis, everyone.
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