ICYMI: The TikTok Joy of Mychal the Librarian

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🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Candice Lim talks to Mychal Threets (@mychal3ts), a Bay Area librarian by day and beloved TikTok creator by night. In December 2023, Threets was the target of a negative tweet that called his TikToks weird. But in a shocking twist, the internet ran to Threet’s defense, praising his work and platform as a librarian. Threets joins the conversation to talk about his reaction to that moment, his new rules for navigating the comment section and his surprisingly millennial-core music taste. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here we are. A couple of pints.
0:02.4	Great. Neck oil, yeah?
0:03.8	As requested. So, what did you get up to this weekend?
0:07.4	Well, funny story, actually. I befriended this panda,
0:10.4	discovered he had a beautiful singing voice, taught him how to harmonise.
0:13.3	We got a record deal, went on tour, went platinum in Basingstoke,
0:16.3	then broke up due to creative differences.
0:18.4	Right. So that's why there's a panda giving you the finger from across the street then.
0:22.3	That's right, brother.
0:23.4	Stick your neck out.
0:24.7	Beavertown. Never normal.
0:26.5	Visit drinkaware.com.ukau-Uk.
0:28.3	Enjoy Beavertown beer responsibly. Hey, I'm Candice Lib, and you're listening to I.C. Why am Icy Why Am I?
0:47.2	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture. And wow, the Oscar nominations came out this week and Charles Malton Hive. Let me talk to you.
0:57.4	Okay? The campaign unfortunately has ended. Our boy was snubbed and we will be having a Zoom meeting later today.
1:04.6	But let us find solace, okay? Because look, no acting noms for his peers, Leonardo DiCaprio and Marco Robbie.
1:12.9	Instead, Becky G's song from the movie Flamen Hot, is nominated for Best Original Song,
1:19.1	and I should have known that the Academy will always choose Diane Warren over Dua Lipa.
1:27.0	So, on today's show, I am talking to a TikTok creator who has kind of had this, like,
1:33.2	amazing hero's arc over the past few weeks.
1:36.3	And it all started on December 29th, when Michael Threats, a librarian in the Bay Area, posted this TikTok.
1:44.3	You have your library card tattooed on you, right? No? Well, you must at least have a library
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