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The Cut

You and I Are in a Parasocial Relationship

The Cut

New York Magazine

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4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to our investment in celebrities and who we follow on social media, the word “parasocial” has been coming up a lot lately. But when it comes down to it, where is the line between stanning and creeping? This week, the Cut’s B.A. Parker talks to popular podcast host Sam Sanders about a fan letter he couldn’t get out of his head, and to social media star Connor Franta about what it means to have 20 million followers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.8

What if there was a better way to talk to all your friends than through a thousand

0:42.2

different messaging apps on a thousand different platforms? What if you could

0:45.2

just find the show you wanted without browsing through infinite tiles in a

0:49.7

hundred different streaming apps? What if you could have all of your stuff

0:53.1

everywhere without dealing with some crummy user interface on some unknowable

0:58.8

file sharing platform? This month on the Vergecast we're looking into

1:02.0

connectivity. How we talk to each other, how we talk to our stuff, how we find

1:06.7

things online. All this month on the Vergecast available wherever you get

1:11.1

podcast. The Cut. The Cut. The Cut. The Cut. The Cut. The Cut. The Cut. A couple

1:24.5

months ago I went to a party and stuck up a conversation with a stranger. We're

1:29.2

both milling around by a table full of drinks and as soon as I introduced

1:33.8

myself this person was like, oh did you ever find any art to go with your couch?

1:38.2

I've been thinking about that. Which is obviously really confusing. Like how does

1:43.6

this random person I literally just met and know about my living room and it

1:48.8

took me a beat to realize that the person listens to the podcast. That's how they

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