Episode 39: You're a Meme

Conversations with People Who Hate Me

Dylan Marron & TED

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

A widely recognized actor speaks to a teenager who participated in a misogynistic meme against her.

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Conversations with People Who Hate Me is part of the TED Audio Collective. Credits: Dylan Marron (creator, producer, host), Vincent Cacchione (audio mixer), Phillip Blackowl (logo designer), Mindy Tucker (logo photographer). Theme song: "These Dark Times" by Caged Animals.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective There's no part of me that has been
0:09.2	able to detach content from being.
0:14.6	And so I think that's why it was so hard for me to get on board with you're a meme.
0:21.0	And I'm like, no, I'm not a meme.
0:23.1	I have a mom.
0:24.6	I adopted a dog.
0:26.2	I have bit.
0:27.2	I am, I am three dimensional.
0:44.2	Hey, I'm Dylan Marin and welcome to conversations with people who hate me, the show where I take
0:50.1	a negative online interaction or otherwise conflict heavy relationship and I turned it into
0:55.8	an offline phone call.
0:57.9	So brief side note, this podcast can now be consumed in book form.
1:02.9	Conversations with people who hate me, the book is both a peak behind the scenes of this
1:06.8	podcast and it is also a guide on how to navigate challenging conversations of your own.
1:13.0	This book is out March 29th, but you can actually buy it right now through the link in
1:17.2	the description of this episode and with that book promo is over, let's get on to the podcast.
1:22.5	I'm getting quicker at these.
1:24.2	Okay, here we go.
1:26.0	Chances are you know today's guest, even if you don't know, you know today's guest.
1:31.8	Melana Vine Trub is a writer, director, and actor who you might recognize as the fictional
1:37.2	AT&T employee Lily in AT&T ads everywhere.
1:41.9	Her face can be seen in commercial breaks, digital ads, and billboards.
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