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Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts 65 Episodes May 20, 2025

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) is a weekly podcast hosted by Jamie Loftus that examines the internet's main characters. Each episode mixes reported storytelling and interviews with Loftus's own reflections on living with an internet-damaged brain. It looks at people who become famous through memes or fleeting viral moments, and at the strange, often unwanted consequences of that attention. The show explores consent, judgment, and what happens when someone receives more scrutiny than they can handle.

Episodes

mailbag: your 'i was the main character' stories
mailbag: your 'i was the main character' stories May 20, 2025 4059 Before we go on (brief! I promise!) hiatus and move to a seasonal format, Jamie takes a look at your submitted stories about being the main character -- from viral pets to grieving online to reckoning with your relationship to a changing internet, we explore the spectrum of what it means to be too online. Bonus: one of Jamie's favorite memes of all time calls in! Thank you for making the firs
badger badger mushroom (with jonti picking)
badger badger mushroom (with jonti picking) May 13, 2025 4041 In my day, there were but three things middle schoolers cared about -- BADGERS, MUSHROOMS, AND SNAKES. This week, we look at the peak of Flash animation -- Jonti Picking, aka Mr. Weebl's masterpiece "Badger Badger Mushroom," and the obsessive subculture that was Newgrounds flash animation of the 2000s. How do you become an iconic animator online? Here's a tip: be an incredible musician already. Ja
why the SEC ignored the hawk tuah scam feat. john reed stark
why the SEC ignored the hawk tuah scam feat. john reed stark May 6, 2025 4637 We all know that Haliey "Hawk Tuah" Welch was the face of a memecoin crypto scandal, and most know that the SEC excused it wholesale. What we don't fully know is why it was so easy to get away with it -- in our grand Hawk Tuah finale, Jamie speaks with former SEC enforcement attorney John Reed Stark about how the state of cryptocurrency can do more than sink a fledgling influencer's career, it can
have you ever been the main character?
have you ever been the main character? May 1, 2025 317 We're switching to a seasonal format on Sixteenth Minute in a few weeks, and to close the chapter on week-to-week main characters, we want to know -- have you ever been the main character? And if not, how has your relationship to the internet changed? For our May 20th episode, we'll be airing your stories! Send your voicemail to: smalliceresurfacer@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for pri
the hawk tuah flop comeback
the hawk tuah flop comeback Apr 29, 2025 3245 Let’s catch up with Haliey ‘Hawk Tuah’ Welch since the fallout of the crypto scam that undercut her sixteenth minute. While most didn’t stick around to see what happened, a lot about the crypto world has empowered Team Tuah to keep going — getting one over on the government, a second botched pump and dump scheme, and a suspiciously timed podcast relaunch. To what end?
how tay zonday reunited with adam bahner
how tay zonday reunited with adam bahner Apr 22, 2025 2419 In our final installment of our Tay Zonday series, Jamie speaks with the one and only Adam "Tay" Bahner about how he navigated his viral fame, and how the internet has changed beyond recognition from the days of "Chocolate Rain." Follow Tay here: https://www.instagram.com/tayzonday/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
chocolate rain: a political awakening
chocolate rain: a political awakening Apr 17, 2025 1861 In part two of our Tay Zonday series, Adam Bahner gets into his political awakening, and how it affected his relationship to his family, his creative work, and himself. Wanna get radicalized? Wanna get radicalized AGAIN? This is the episode for you. Follow Tay Zonday here: https://www.instagram.com/tayzonday/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
the world according to tay zonday
the world according to tay zonday Apr 15, 2025 4936 There are few internet videos more iconic than Tay Zonday’s ‘Chocolate Rain,’ but it took over a decade for the song to be recognized for the politically charged ballad it is. How did we miss it? In part one of our Tay Zonday series, Jamie gets into the history of political music, the naïveté of the early Internet and the ‘post racial Internet,’ and Tay sh
the smell doctor who was 'too woke': dr. ally louks
the smell doctor who was 'too woke': dr. ally louks Apr 8, 2025 4727 After eight long years of research, Dr. Ally Louks posted to Twitter about completing her Ph. D : "Olfactory Ethics: The Politics of Smell in Modern and Contemporary Prose." The Elon-fueled right-wing internet freaked out. In an exclusive interview, Jamie speaks with Dr. Louks about the experience of reclaiming the narrative around a nasty online backlash to better educate anti-intellectuals on th
the horny duolingo bird lives: zaria parvez
the horny duolingo bird lives: zaria parvez Apr 1, 2025 4508 Where do you go from pivoting your brand to nihilism? Horny, my friends. WILDLY horny. In our final installment of the Sentient Horny Brand series, Jamie speaks to the mind behind Duolingo’s chaotic, wildly horny social media presence Zaria Parvez. Remember when you couldn’t get the owl giving birth to sponges off your feed? Remember when you didn’t even WANT to? That was her, an
why is my freezer steak tweeting nihilism: the steakumm saga
why is my freezer steak tweeting nihilism: the steakumm saga Mar 25, 2025 3982 Picture this: it's 2020, you're clinging to sanity, and a frozen steak your mom used to eat after school called SteakUmm is now tweeting in the hopes of turning you into a socialist. But... what? Can one be radicalized by hot dog grade meat? Is what's being sold here an idea or microwaveable meat slop? In our penultimate installment of the Sentient Brands series, Jamie gets into the weeds with the
the wendy's twitter roast master: amy brown
the wendy's twitter roast master: amy brown Mar 18, 2025 4482 In part two of our 'Sentient Brands on Social Media' series, Jamie speaks to the GOAT of online joke writing -- the great Amy Brown, who defined the Wendy's brand on Twitter, then got radicalized and left Twitter in a blaze of bullying Elon Musk. We take a look at the brief moment where getting replied to by a cheeseburger could get you on the national news, and take a look at how a girl from

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