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Tamoor Hussain and Lucy James are very online. Jeff Bakalar is only sorta online.

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    • Aug 11, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Very Online Show 25 - Clone Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022


    Why is Instagram becoming more like Tiktok? Wait, why is Youtube and Facebook becoming more like TikTok? Why are all these social media services trying to be each other? Tam explains!

    The Very Online Show 24: Gentleminions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022


    It's about the over-merchandised little yellow freaks and the current state of the Irony-To-Genuine-Enjoyment Cycle we're thrashing about in! Jess has Stockholm Syndrome for the Minions now, due to editing this episode!

    The Very Online Show 23: App-etite for Destruction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022


    I love those funny little gimmick apps and face swappers! We all do! What could go wrong?

    The Very Online Show 22: Destiel is Canon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022


    This week, Lucy James and Tamoor Hussain do their best to educate Jeff Bakalar on fandom, shipping, and the Mishapocalypse. The moral? Fans can be... intense.

    The Very Online Show 21: Pineapple on Pizza and The Psychology of Online Debates

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022


    Why all the drama? Why all the dunks? Why all the fights? Why all the pineapple on pizza??? Well, there's a lot of reasons why the internet is such a tumultuous place to have a disagreement!

    The Very Online Show 20: The Internet Never Forgets?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022


    This time on the Very Online Show, Lucy goes into the history of how we preserve the internet's history! Watch out for lewd thumbnails, though.

    The Very Online Show 19: Happily Ever A.i.fter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022


    Will Tam find love in the cold, calculating arms of an A.I.? Can the A.I. love him in return? Most importantly: Can a robot send nudes? Find out on this week's Very Online Show!

    The Very Online Show 18: How To Log Off Completely

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022


    Enjoy this episode of The Very Online Show, then put your dang phone down and touch some grass!

    The Very Online Show 17: Good Advice Isn't Free

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022


    Dare we trust the internet with major decisions about our lives, relationships, and mental health? Our unprofessional advice: Maybe don't?

    The Very Online Show 16: It's Rennsday My Dudes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022


    This week, Lucy chronicles the downfall of the Jeremy Renner app. Because yes, there was an app for that.

    The Very Online Show 15: The Crapp Store

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022


    The Very Online Show crew dives deep into how app stores are drowning in plagiarized games and scam apps!!

    The Very Online Show 14: Dark Patterns

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022


    The Very Online Show 13: Daily Twitter Vibes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021


    Thursday, what a concept! Time for another "keepin' it light" episode, giving you your daily dose of absurd Twitter memes themed around your workweek (and Craig David, too.)

    The Very Online Show 12: The History of Cat Memes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021


    It's not Fake Mews, it's the historical account of why cats make the best memes!

    The Very Online Show 11: Industry Plants

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2021


    With this cornucopia of fake causes, we're thankful for critical thinking on this Turkey Day.

    The Very Online Show 10: Virtual Insanity

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021


    The Very Online Show 09: Guy on the Couch Guy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021


    Couch Guy is the latest example of the pitfalls of websleuthing, an internet phenomenon that has been plaguing social media for years. So why are we like this?

    The Very Online Show 08: Family Vlogging Biz

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021


    The Very Online Show crew this week examines the utter horror of the family vlogging biz - it's real bad folks!

    The Very Online Show 07: DIWhy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021


    This week The Very Online Show takes a look at one of the most successful -- albeit incredibly bizarre DIY channels on the internet. Here's the unnerving story behind 5-Minute Crafts.

    The Very Online Show 06: Food Crimes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021


    Tamoor and Lucy guide Jeff Bakalar through the legalities of internet food crimes and magicians.

    The Very Online Show 05: Breaking Brendan Fraser

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021


    On this week's episode we talk about the name on everyone's lips: Brendan Fraser. Why is the internet so into him? The story is much sadder that you might realize.

    The Very Online Show 04: OnlyFans Sexodus

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021


    On this week's show we're covering one of the mainstay pillars of the internet, porn, and why it's so infuriatingly difficult for legitimate sex workers to reliabily make a living through platforms like OnlyFans. And given the nature of this week's

    The Very Online Show 03: The Mobile Game Trap

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021


    Terrible mobile games usually have even worse ads that make no sense, but they exist for a very good reason. On this episode of The Very Online Show, Tamoor, Lucy and Jeff break it down.

    The Very Online Show 02: The Emoji Illuminati

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021


    Where do emojis even come from? Who designs them and how do they get included with all the others? Lucy James drives this episode of The Very Online Show and uncovers the very strange but true reality of our increasingly emoji-ridden world and its impact

    The Very Online Show 01: The old beach meme and the M. Night Shyamalan paradox

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021


    On their debut episode Tamoor and Lucy explain to Jeff Bakalar about the old beach meme -- where it came from and how it evolved out a movie trailer.

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