Urban Legends in the Internet Wilderness with the Digital Folklore Podcast

American Hysteria

W!ZARD Studios

Society & Culture

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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For this episode we chat about the sensational tales of cyberspace, from Slenderman to the Momo suicide game, with the guys behind the new podcast Digital Folklore, an immersive experience that explores online culture, internet monsters, memes, and urban legends as an accessible and entertaining way to learn about academic folklore concepts. We'll get deep into what these new stories tell us about ourselves, American society, and the wilderness of the modern internet. Subscribe to Digital Folklore! Become a Patron to support our show and get early ad-free episodes and bonus content American Hysteria is produced and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith Edited by Miranda Zickler Sound design by Clear Commo Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The woods always did represent this sense of danger, but this also the sense of wildness.
0:11.0	You know, if you go into the woods, you might also become a little bit wild.
0:21.9	The brand new podcast, Digital Folklore, is an immersive experience that explores online
0:28.6	culture, internet monsters, memes, and everything in between.
0:35.3	Half-documentary, half-audio drama, hosts Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus dive deep into
0:43.5	topics ranging from the absurd to the unsettling, to create an accessible and entertaining way
0:51.2	to learn about academic, folkloric concepts and their corresponding societal truths.
0:59.7	Sound familiar?
1:00.7	It's true, our shows are kindred spirits, and I was lucky enough to have my voice be
1:07.6	part of their first season.
1:10.3	Today, we're going to have fun discussing internet urban legends from Slenderman to the
1:17.0	Momo Suicide game and chat with each other as folklor nerds turned friends in the realm
1:25.4	of the Unreal and try, as we always do, to figure out what all of it really means.
1:35.2	I'm your host, Chelsea Weber-Smith, and this is American HISTORY.
1:44.5	Hello, Perry and Mason, thank you so much for coming on the show, and I know we have
1:49.1	so much to talk about.
1:50.8	We're here with Perry Carpenter, say hello.
1:53.3	Hey there.
1:54.3	And Mason Amadeus.
1:55.3	Hey, hi, thanks for having us.
1:57.4	All right, now that you've identified their voices, let's get started.
2:01.3	Our shows are so similar, if you're not aware listeners, these are the guys from the
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