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Too Niche?

Summer 2025: Niche or Sheesh? with THNK1994

Too Niche?

Bleav + What’s Your Journey?

Personal Journals, Leisure, Society & Culture

4.7560 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

I’m joined by my favorite pop culture historians Matt Harkins and Viviana Olen of THNK1994 for a special Summer 2025: Niche or Sheesh? We get into everything from And Just Like That hot takes to Toner Wars on mature skinTok, Tracy Anderson’s baguette-gate, and the frozen yogurt renaissance.

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0:00.0

Okay, quick check-in. It's February. How are you doing with those intentions you set at the

0:06.2

beginning of the year? If things are already feeling a little fuzzy club artist's way might be

0:12.5

exactly what you need. It's my 13-week guided experience through the book The Artist's Way,

0:18.5

designed to help you reconnect with yourself, your interests,

0:22.0

build sustainable habits, and stay in conversation with your creative voice without burnout

0:28.6

or a focus on perfectionism. Club Artist Way meets weekly on Thursdays on Zoom, and this session

0:35.5

runs from February 19th through May 14th. So whether you've

0:40.0

done the Artist's Way before or you're finally ready to start, enrollment is now open. Head to

0:45.8

Clubartisway.com for all the details and use the code niche for $50 off its sign up. I'd love to see you there.

0:56.0

What's up, everybody, and welcome to To Niche. I'm your host, Elizabeth Cot. This is the

1:01.9

Lifestyle and Culture Show where every topic is a thrill and nothing is too niche. And happy

1:08.0

birthday, America. If you're listening to this on the release day, it is the

1:12.5

4th of July and I thought for today what could be more American than a fun little topical

1:18.7

niche pop culture deep dive of what's currently in the zeitgeist for the summer. Joining me

1:25.1

for said exploration is Matt Harkins and Viviana Olin from Think

1:30.5

1994. So I met them when I visited their museum in Brooklyn many, many years ago. The exhibit I went

1:38.9

to check out was called Real Housewives Pointing at Things and it was all paintings by the artist Laura Collins of

1:46.5

real housewives pointing at things. It was a dream. It was so good. And they also had a Kim

1:55.3

Kattrell exhibit that I checked out in the same space. You also might know them from their ashtray line.

2:03.2

In particular, my personal favorite, the Mary Kate and Ashtray.

2:06.8

It's all very cool.

2:08.2

It's very niche.

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