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Digital Catfish Weird Appalachia

Digital Catfish S2E11



We grew up during an interesting time, y’all. In a VERY NSFW episode, Erin, Jess, & Wisey are talking early 2000’s chat rooms, catfishing, dial-up modems, and really unusual or just down-right creepy folks online. Trust us, we learned the hard way! We did it all wrong so you don’t have to.

In the Episode:

  • The hot mess that was Yahoo! Chat
  • Messengers!
  • Our real life freaky chat room encounters
  • MMOs, Deep Fakes, the state of today’s society due to tech
  • CATFISHING!!!

 


Weird Appalachia Bad Internet

Bad Internet S2E4



The internet has a way of scaring us. Whether it’s news stories, freaky hoaxes, or Big Brother watching at all times, the net can be a scary place. Queue the hysteria! It’s our 30TH EPISODE and we are exploring some recent cases of internet driven paranoia. This one is NSFW at times, y’all been warned!

In the Episode:

  • Internet hysteria
  • Elsagate… WTF YouTube?
  • # SAVE MARINA JOYCE!! A YouTube conspiracy theory
  • A terrifying 4CHAN prank
  • Momo! The terror of Facebook at the moment

 


Friggin' Pinterest Weird Appalachia

Friggin’ Pinterest S1E11



Are Pinterest and viral videos ruining innovation in art? We have a lot of opinions on this! This time we are discussing originality in the information age.

in the Episode:

  • Standing out as an artist
  • Copying or inspired by?
  • Giving CREDIT
  • Why copying is a problem
  • Being original in an oversaturated art world