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Quillette New Orleans Social - After Action Report

And thoughts on emergent media business models

Jan 9 •

Handwaving Freakoutery

HWFO on Ken LaCorte Big Pod

A light happy podcast full of low grade media bashing for a quiet Thursday

Nov 17, 2022 •

Handwaving Freakoutery

I Offer You Joe Rogan’s Head on a Pike

Let’s cut a deal

Feb 12, 2022 •

Handwaving Freakoutery

Aural Hypertext and the Memory of Man

Or, "That Time I Got Sampled on Youtube"

Jan 13, 2022 •

Handwaving Freakoutery

A Case Study of Memetic Compression Rates

Goofy images as idea data compression

Dec 14, 2021 •

Handwaving Freakoutery

Rittenhouse as a Litmus for Adult Disagreement

Wherein we analyze a meme, a lie, a reaction, a riot, and a couple dead people, and discern the true enemy.

Nov 12, 2021 •

Handwaving Freakoutery

Can Fortnite Rescue Humanity from the Attention Economy War?

…by winning it?

Sep 17, 2021 •

Handwaving Freakoutery

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