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EP 473: Unpacking Attention Fetishism with Jess Shane
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Our podcast feeds and streaming services are full of real stories of real people. And not all of those stories feel... true. I mean, even if the facts are accurate, the way something is edited, packaged, and marketed can dramatically alter a story's impact.
Artist and audio producer Jess Shane wanted to create a project that would expose some of the problematic elements of this booming (and highly profitable) industry. The result is a podcast series for Radiotopia Presents called Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative. Listening to it made me deeply uncomfortable, so I knew I needed to have her on What Works to discuss it!
In this episode, you'll get the behind-the-scenes on this project. And you'll learn what happens when attention becomes a fetish.
Footnotes:
- Listen to Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative from Radiotopia Presents
- Find out more about Jess Shane
- Curated Stories: The Uses and Misuses of Storytelling by Sujatha Fernandes
- The Crisis of Narration by Byung-Chul Han
382 episodes
Manage episode 419804471 series 2498237
Our podcast feeds and streaming services are full of real stories of real people. And not all of those stories feel... true. I mean, even if the facts are accurate, the way something is edited, packaged, and marketed can dramatically alter a story's impact.
Artist and audio producer Jess Shane wanted to create a project that would expose some of the problematic elements of this booming (and highly profitable) industry. The result is a podcast series for Radiotopia Presents called Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative. Listening to it made me deeply uncomfortable, so I knew I needed to have her on What Works to discuss it!
In this episode, you'll get the behind-the-scenes on this project. And you'll learn what happens when attention becomes a fetish.
Footnotes:
- Listen to Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative from Radiotopia Presents
- Find out more about Jess Shane
- Curated Stories: The Uses and Misuses of Storytelling by Sujatha Fernandes
- The Crisis of Narration by Byung-Chul Han
382 episodes
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