Chappell Roan and celebrity hazing; plus, MrBeast's entertainment charity

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🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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After Chappell Roan posted about how some fans have been making her feel unsafe, there's been speculation around whether the singer is really 'cut out to be a pop star.' But are the critiques fair? Brittany sits down with Kelsey McKinney, who wrote about the controversy for Defector, and Dr. Mel Stanfill, author of Fandom is Ugly. They discuss modern fandom, how Chappell Roan framed it as a conversation about gender and what people misunderstand about celebrity.

Then, Brittany looks at the how charity is changing. Traditional charitable giving is down in the US and some non-profits have declared that we're in the middle of a "generosity crisis." At the same time, a new genre of online viral videos has emerged: feel-good 'charity' content. And nobody does it bigger than MrBeast. Brittany is joined by journalist Max Read to understand the MrBeast phenomenon and break down the generational divides these videos reveal.

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0:25.0	Hello, hello, I'm Brittany Loose and you're listening to It's Been a Minute
0:31.6	from NPR. A show about what's going on
0:34.2	in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. This week we're connecting the dots between Queen Victoria, the paparazzi, and Lala Palusa.
0:51.0	I know, I know.
0:52.0	How are all these things connected? Well, we're going to find
0:55.0	out with Kelsey McKinney, Defector Staff writer, and host of the Normal Gossip Podcast, and Dr. Mel Stanfield,
1:01.7	Associate Professor of English at University of Central Florida and
1:05.5	author of the new book, Fandem is Ugly. Kelsey, Mel, welcome to it's been a minute.
1:12.0	Excited to be here.
1:13.3	Thanks for having us.
1:14.7	Oh, I guess, my pleasure, my pleasure.
1:16.8	All right, so what do you do when you see celebs in the wild?
1:21.8	Ignore.
1:22.5	I ignore them.
1:23.7	Do I look a little bit out of the side of my eye?
1:25.9	Yes, but I'm not making any moves.
1:28.7	I think that there is often some staring, but it's not because they're famous, it's because
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