ICYMI - One Year: The Spot
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison are excited to share an episode from One Year: 1995, a Slate podcast focused on telling a series of stories from 1995, ones which we may have forgotten or that merit reexamination. In “The Spot,” producer Evan Chung tells the story of what can be best described as the first internet soap opera.
“The Spot” follows a small group of creators who, through a series of interconnected blog posts, inspired one of the earliest instances of online fandom. It’s a story about online creativity, parasocial relationships, and how not everything on the internet lasts forever—the exact sort of story that we’d feature on ICYMI if we’d been making this podcast in 1995.
Find One Year: 1995 wherever you get you podcasts.
Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John.
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| 0:00.0 | Once upon a time, a Tony Box appeared. |
| 0:02.8 | A musical story box. A treat for my ears. |
| 0:06.0 | It was screen-free and joyful and taught them new words. |
| 0:09.2 | There's hundreds of stories lots to be heard. |
| 0:16.0 | I picked one at bedtime that was leaked super fast. |
| 0:18.7 | Then I relaxed on the sofa. |
| 0:20.6 | At last! |
| 0:21.6 | For 10% off your Tony Box, use code story10 at tonys.com. |
| 0:26.4 | T-O-N-I-E-S dot com. |
| 0:30.5 | Some random girl named Tara Harbick, who is basically posting saying, |
| 0:34.3 | hey, my friends and I thought of a really cool idea. |
| 0:38.8 | We're a group of roommates and we're going to put our lives online. |
| 0:43.4 | Hi, I'm Madison Malone Kircher and I'm Rachel Hampton and you're listening to |
| 0:46.9 | ICYMINE. In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:52.4 | Well, today's not exactly our podcast about internet culture, is it? |
| 0:57.7 | It's not, but it's still an incredible show and it is still about internet culture |
| 1:02.8 | and we're very excited to share with you. |
| 1:05.7 | Think of it as a little Christmas gift we picked out special for you, ICYMINE guys. |
| 1:15.9 | In case you missed it, Slate's got this incredible show called One Year. |
| 1:20.8 | It's a podcast that focuses on telling stories from one year in our recent past |
| 1:26.0 | that we may have missed or completely forgotten. |
| 1:29.0 | Their current season is exploring the year 1995, which was a time when the internet was still |
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