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Sideshow Podcast: Giving the Perfect GIF
For some, the best way to reply to a message isn’t with words (so 2003!) but with a GIF, those short animations, just a few seconds long, usually drawn from a popular movie or video footage. From that...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: Twitter’s Unfinished Scripts: Really Funny Movies That Will...
Twitter thrives on the short and sweet. So it’s a testament to Gavin Speiller that he has more than 30,000 followers for @UnfinishedS, because he cheats like crazy. Instead of 140 characters, Speiller...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: 40 Ounces of Trouble: Mike D Sets the Record Straight
In the mid-90s, rappers from the East Coast to the West convinced an entire generation to consume malt liquor in “40s”— 40-ounce glass bottles that delivered the alcohol equivalent of a six-pack in one...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: Gallery 1988: The Louvre of Fan Art
In the early 2000s, Jensen Karp almost made it as a rapper, under the name Hot Karl. Interscope gave him a huge advance, EMI gave him a publishing deal, but the debut album never materialized. “Back in...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: Gay of Thrones and the TV Recap Revolution
This episode of Sideshow features explicit language. The internet was supposed to kill TV, but the two have become BFFs. Superfans turn to entertainment sites, YouTube, and podcasts to sustain the...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: How Animation Helps Us Appreciate Good Audio
The greatest interview ever recorded won’t get as many hits on YouTube as a cat giving a high five. The people behind Blank on Blank want to make audio go viral. They take audio gems that fell on the...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: Pogo is YouTube's Favorite Musician
Pogo might be one of the most popular musicians in the world, but there’s a fair chance you’ve never heard of him. He doesn’t drop surprise albums like Beyoncé or fill stadiums like the Boss, but he...
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Sideshow Podcast: Bea Arthur and Unicorns Teach You the Heimlich Maneuver
There’s one item you can find in most restaurants from New York to California: a poster telling you how to save someone who’s choking. Though required by law in many states, those simple instructions...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: “Rude” by Magic! Is the Worst Best Song of the Summer
A few weeks ago, “Rude” by the band Magic! managed to unseat Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” as the #1 song in the United States. While most songs of the summer have a honeymoon period before they face mass...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: Howard Kremer Is a One-Joke Comedian, and Proud of It
Most comedians have just a few memorable bits; Howard Kremer has just one. Good thing he managed to build a comedy empire on it. A few years ago, Kremer had an epiphany while on the beach in Los...
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Sideshow Podcast: Christoph Niemann, Instagram Savant
If you’re an illustrator with a dozen and a half New Yorker covers in your portfolio, several popular children’s books, and your own blog at the New York Times, you’re doing something right. But...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: How to Make A Perfect Movie Before Turning 30 (with...
Before he made a movie, Damien Chazelle was a drummer studying jazz. After college, he wrote a screenplay based on his experience, but there was one big problem: it was about jazz, and no one wanted to...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: Kutiman Keeps Making Music Thru You(Tube)
If YouTube had an A&R genius, his name would be Kutiman. The Israeli musician and video editor, whose real name is Ophir Kutiel, charmed millions in 2009 with Thru You, an album of music he created...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: Issa Rae Built an Awkward Empire, But She Just Wants to Rap
WARNING: Nearly everything Issa Rae does features profanity.Issa Rae spent most of her youth feeling awkward, and she’s never gotten over it. The awkwardness started in Senegal, where her father was...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: Boots, Before and After Beyoncé
Beyoncé’s surprise self-titled album in 2013 was a giant hit, thanks to collaborations with super-producers like Timbaland, Pharrell, and Frank Ocean. But it was some guy named Boots who was credited...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: High Maintenance: The Internet's Best TV Show
Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair don’t remember how the idea for High Maintenance came to them. Considering the show’s subject matter, that’s to be expected. Though some might dismiss a web series...
View ArticleBoots, Before and After Beyoncé
Beyoncé’s surprise self-titled album in 2013 was a giant hit, thanks to collaborations with super-producers like Timbaland, Pharrell, and Frank Ocean. But it was some guy named Boots who was credited...
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Sideshow Podcast: The Best of 2014's Internet
It’s the end of the year and there are more “Best of” lists than there are people to read them, but we figured we’d add one that seems to be missing: the Best of the Internet. With the help of past...
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Sideshow Podcast: Giving The Perfect GIF
"Giving The Perfect GIF" was the very first episode back in May of 2014. But we thought we'd serve it up again considering the season. Enjoy! See all the GIFs in this episode below.For some, the best...
View ArticleSideshow Podcast: Absolutely Anything Goes at the Comedy Store’s Roast Battle
WARNING: This sideshow podcast covers stand-up comedy. As a result, it features sexual humor, racial humor, and a lot of four-letter words. Hope you will listen anyway! The roast is a sacred tradition...
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