Encore: Why YouTube Loves Video Essays

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🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Today, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes from this January about longform video essays. In this episode, Candice Lim is joined by Anisa Khalifa, a podcast producer and host of The Broadside from WUNC. They dissect the phenomenon surrounding video essays, which are not exactly new to YouTube, but finding a captivated audience in Gen-Z and millennial culture. From deep dives into The Hobbit to retellings of Greek mythology, the ability to analyze pop culture, cite sources and listen to spoken essays uninterrupted is creating the hunger for more longform content. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario and Candice Lim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.8	Hi, I see why, my listeners.
0:22.1	I hope you're having an incredible week.
0:24.3	Today, we are bringing you an episode we did back in January about the rise of the YouTube video essay.
0:30.6	In this episode, I'm joined by Anisa Khalifa, a podcast producer and host of the Broadside from WUNC.
0:36.5	To dissect the phenomenon, which is not exactly new to YouTube, but finding a big, captivative audience in Genzi and millennial culture.
0:44.9	Without further ado, here's the show. Hey, I'm Candice Lim, and you're listening to Icy YMIMIMI.
1:06.0	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.
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