Bay Curious Presents Close All Tabs: Stan Wars, The Fandom Menace

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

We're presenting an episode of Close All Tabs, a new miniseries from KQED that explores the intersection of internet culture and politics. In this episode, host Morgan Sung examines the rise of “stan culture” in politics, where passionate supporters rally around political figures with the same fervor typically reserved for pop stars. Read the transcript here. Want to give us feedback on the series? Shoot us an email at [email protected]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Morgan Sung, host of Close All Tabs, a special podcast series from KQED, all about the intersection
0:07.2	of politics and internet culture. We're diving into disinformation, political influencers,
0:12.2	and of course, memes.
0:13.8	If you want to be seen by lots of people, if you want to go viral,
0:16.9	then post-bullsch.
0:18.7	There's a lot of political power to becoming a meme.
0:21.9	I think we will see it to a streamer president.
0:24.5	Find us on the political breakdown feed every Saturday from now until the election.
0:28.6	Extreme weather is threatening our idea of home and our ability to live here.
0:36.0	I'm Aaron Baldissari, host of KQEDs podcast Sold Out,
0:41.0	rethinking housing in America.
0:43.0	Last season, we brought you stories about how climate
0:45.7	is affecting the places we live,
0:47.6	and the solutions that will help us face the future.
0:50.4	We have some new episodes and some updates for you. Check out, sold out,
0:54.8	rethinking housing in America, wherever you get your podcast.
0:58.1	From KQED.Q-E-D.
1:03.0	Hello, everybody.
1:05.0	Olivia Alan Price here, and I'm popping into your podcast feed one extra time this week
1:10.0	because I want to introduce you to something new. It's a mini series from
1:15.2	KQED called Close All Tabs and it's all about how internet culture is
1:20.3	influencing this year's election. I've been loving this series and I wanted to
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