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Pop culture shouldn’t be homework, so let me round up what Gen Z is talking about this week

Julia Keegan

  • Aug 29, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 39m AVG DURATION
  • 9 EPISODES


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Episode Nine: Highly Debatable, Taylor Swift's Lover and Disney+

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2019 45:00


This episode I am summing all that had my attention on Twitter this past week. First, we've gone from Hot Girl Summer to Christian Girl Fall with leader, Caitlin Covington. Another viral female that happened this week was Chelsea Coleman, who had the best reaction on the internet of Normani's motivation. Then I give my full history on how I feel about Taylor Swift, and share my review of her seventh album, Lover, that was released this past week. The trending topic of the week and what overwhelmed me on Twitter this weekend was all the Disney news coming from the D23 expo. I am going through all the Disney + shows and movies that have been promoted for the streaming service, the new Disney movies still coming to theaters, and the biggest drama of the weekend: Tom Holland.

Episode Eight: The Youtuber To Watch Is David Dobrik

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2019 36:38


Sorry for the VERY late episode, but I explain a reason why we are here. But, the topics today are some good ones. I am talking about the new Little Women trailer, the Honey Boy trailer, and also regarding entertainment - Euphoria season one is done, and Twitter celebrated with star Zendaya by bringing up her old Instagram photos. Also, topics include how Harry Styles was confirmed then denied as the live action Little Mermaid's Pricne Earic, the disposable camera trend that has been blowing up on Instagram this summer, and my opinion on the Teen Choice Awards. Our trending topic of the week is YouTuber, David Dobrik. David Dobrik is a 23 year old DACA recipient from Slovakia and I give a summary of his coming of age journey to the successful and one of the most innovative youtubers today. From Timothée Chalamet in Little Women, Harry Styles, and David Dobrik, I am basically just talking about my favorite famous white boys with curly brown hair.

Episode Seven: The Instagram Numbers Of It All

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 29:38


We are changing up the outline of this episode. From reading an article by Her Campus, an interview with the host of Crime Junkie ( https://www.hercampus.com/money-career/how-she-got-there/podcast-industry-advice) , I looked into what this podcast really was. This episode we are covering: the H2O trend on Tok Tok, my thoughts on Tarantino's Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood, Hannah Meloche's Wildflower case, and Instabeach - from The Atlantic article ( https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/07/where-everyones-an-influencer/595213/ ). The trending topic of the week is discussing how the numbers of Instagram work from the news that Instagram has sent out test groups with the number of likes hidden.

Episode Six: Trying to Keep Up With Comic Con

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2019 39:39


What's Going On This Week: I give a little college advice since I am finishing my first internship, and I just reflect on what I learned and what is next. Plus I talk the terrifying Cats trailer and the Series Emmy Nominations this year The Trending Topic of the Week: Comic Con 2019

Episode Five: Tik Tok's Taking Over

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 40:23


College Advice: How to Navigate Facebook Groups. On Life and Online: My Vacation, Rocketman the movie, Jake Gyllenhaal, Halle Bailey casted as Ariel, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, Storming Area 51 memes Trending Topic of the Week: Tik Tok based on The Atlantic Article by Taylor Lorenz

Episode Four: Please Netflix, Don't Take The Office Away

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 26:50


This week we are talking about all the pop culture news this week including the new Charles Angel's trailer and Olivia Jade not posting on social media for a whole year. Then the trending topic of the week is The Office because of the announcement this week that NBC is taking Gen Z's favorite show from Netflix for their streaming service.

Episode Three: Shows that Fail and Succeed to Mirror How We Feel

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 40:58


Episode Three's trending topic is comparing HBO's Euphoria and Netflix's 13 Reasons Why. On what going on in college life, I talk about my orientation experience and give advice on how to get through it. Then, I talk abut all the good and bad music this week including Taylor Swifts new music video. I get real about mental heath this week talking about my mental burnout this past week, and how Euphoria does what 13 Reasons Why can not in being honest to teens about how they are feeling.

Episode Two: Spongebob Memes and the Jonas Brothers

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 48:17


Todays episode is the format we are going to follow. What's going on starts with advice on how to start your summer before freshman year then what my past week has consisted of. Then we get to the trending topics of our childhood on the internet in terms of Spongebob memes and the Jonas Brothers. This came up because this week I saw my favorite spongebob meme and the release of the new Jonas album.

Episode One: Me, Myself, and Stanning

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 45:26


In this introduction episode, I talk all about who I am and who I stan. The trending topic that we are talking this week is stanning. To get to know me best find out who I stan and what I love to kick off What Gen Z Wants.

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