mailbag: your 'i was the main character' stories

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Before we go on (brief! I promise!) hiatus and move to a seasonal format, Jamie takes a look at your submitted stories about being the main character -- from viral pets to grieving online to reckoning with your relationship to a changing internet, we explore the spectrum of what it means to be too online. Bonus: one of Jamie's favorite memes of all time calls in!

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0:00.0	You're listening to an IHeart podcast.
0:06.8	Quarzone Media.
0:13.0	I'm not so bad when you turn up the lights, but I can be perfect all in a time.
0:20.6	To make me a star, let's take it too a time So make me a start
0:22.2	Let's take it too far
0:24.1	Then give me one moment
0:25.9	Six minutes
0:27.5	Six minutes of fame
0:31.8	Sixteen minute of fame
0:35.6	Sixteen minute of fame
0:35.9	Sixteen minute of faith One more minute men in a fame 16 men in a face
0:39.3	One more minute in a face
0:42.3	Bye
0:43.3	Not so bad
0:51.3	When you take me on my mind I'm another character I say you so goodbye Hello, and welcome. Hello, and welcome back to see me up in the internet.
0:57.0	Hello, and welcome back to 16th minute, the podcast where we talk to the Internet's characters of the day, see how their moment affected them, and what that says about us and the Internet.
1:12.3	I'm your host, Jamie Loftus, and today we are closing a chapter of 16th minute, and I'm turning the mic over to you,
1:18.6	my listeners, to share your experiences being the main character and reflect a little bit
1:24.9	about your experiences online.
1:32.2	And normally at the top of an episode, I would go on as I do.
1:37.4	But I'm actually on the road right now, promoting the paperback version of my book,
1:40.0	Raw Dog, Ian, let's get a horn in there.
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