ICYMI: Moo Deng Is The New Grumpy Cat

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🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Candice Lim is joined by WUNC’s Anisa Khalifa (The Broadside) and Dr. Jess Maddox (The Internet Is for Cats) to discuss the biggest animal phenomenon of the year: Moo Deng. For the past few months, our timelines have been flooded with memes of a pygmy hippo in Thailand whose TikTok fame has created international fame, a 24/7 livestream, and increased visitor numbers for her zoo. But what does the internet’s fascination with Moo Deng say about the fate of viral animal celebrities and the sociological consequences of animal fame? 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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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were liars.
0:07.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:09.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.2	We Will Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video. Hey, I'm Candace Lem, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I-M-I.
0:46.5	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:50.3	And joining me on the show today is a podcast producer and the host of the Broadside at WUNC.
0:56.2	It's a weekly show featuring stories from North Carolina.
0:59.1	She also makes indie podcasts, drama over flowers, and Muslim in plain sight.
1:03.5	It's Anisa Khalifa. Hello, Anisa.
1:06.5	Hey, Candace, so excited to be back.
1:08.5	Thank you for having me.
1:09.7	Of course.
1:13.1	Also joining us for the very first time is Dr. Jess Maddox, a journalism and creative media professor at the University of
1:19.2	Alabama. She's also the author of The Internet is for Cats, How Animal Images Shape Our Digital Lives.
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