How We Live Online

Christina McBride & Joanna Schroeder
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  • SOCIETY & CULTURE
  • UPDATED WEEKLY

We're stuck in this sphere, get us out of here!!! Lifelong friends and resident geniuses Christina and Joanna discuss tech, pop culture, where we're going, and where we've been. Stick around; we promise you'll learn something.

  1. 10/31/2023

    Spookisode: Surveillance Capitalism

    Surveillance capitalism drives the online marketplace and we are the raw materials.

    56 min

  2. 10/09/2023

    Atlanta's Cop City to Be Completed By December 2024

    Atlanta's City Council voted to build a "public safety training facility" for American police to train in a fake city built on Atlanta's precious green space. The project will raise the average temperature for nearby neighborhoods and bring throngs of police to the city. Atlanta constituents are fighting hard to move the project to a referendum vote, but the construction already broke ground and is set to be done by December 2024. -- -Sources soon-

    53 min

  3. 10/02/2023

    Bloodletting, Carpooling: America's Parking Problem

    Joanna explains why there's NO PARKING even though there's EIGHT SPOTS PER CAR in the U.S. -- Please rate our show on Spotify & Apple Music! Follow the podcast on ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠Twitter⁠ @howweliveonline. Subscribe to our new ⁠YouTube channel⁠. Follow Christina on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠, & ⁠TikTok⁠.

    1 hr

  4. 09/25/2023

    Young Adult Dystopian Fiction: Ceremonious Selections

    Joanna, Christina, and guest Alexis talk about YA dystopias (The Hunger Games, Uglies, and City of Ember) and their obsession with assigning, sorting, and ranking. -- Please rate our show on Spotify & Apple Music! Follow the podcast on ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠Twitter⁠ @howweliveonline. Subscribe to our new ⁠YouTube channel⁠. Follow Christina on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠, & ⁠TikTok⁠.

    1h 4m

  5. 09/22/2023

    The TRUE Story About National Parks

    At least 500 families were displaced to create the Shenandoah National Park. -- Please rate our show on Spotify & Apple Music! Follow the podcast on ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠Twitter⁠ @howweliveonline. Subscribe to our new ⁠YouTube channel⁠. Follow Christina on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠, & ⁠TikTok⁠. -- Sources: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/history-federal-use-eminent-domain  https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1993/10/17/the-dark-side-of-skyline-drive/d72e6151-6b96-483c-ab68-dea952288b6a/ https://www.nps.gov/shen/learn/historyculture/displaced.htm  Consuming Places by John Urry

    42 min

  6. 09/11/2023

    On my way! To Mars.

    NASA's Artemis II mission set for November 2024 will turn the moon into a glorified gas station. -- Please rate our show on Spotify & Apple Music! Follow the podcast on ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠Twitter⁠ @howweliveonline. Subscribe to our new ⁠YouTube channel⁠. Follow Christina on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠, & ⁠TikTok⁠. -- Sources:

    49 min

  7. 09/04/2023

    Love Bombing the Aliens

    We've been launching human paraphernalia into space since the 1960s. Aliens: COME TO BRAZIL! -- Please rate our show on Spotify & Apple Music! Follow the podcast on ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠Twitter⁠ @howweliveonline. Subscribe to our new ⁠YouTube channel⁠. Follow Christina on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠, & ⁠TikTok⁠.

    48 min
  8. What's at the Bottom of the Ocean Is None of My Business

    08/28/2023

    What's at the Bottom of the Ocean Is None of My Business

    The Titan submersible implosion carries on the legacy of ultra rich white men taking dangerous voyages for attention. -- Please rate our show on Spotify & Apple Music! Follow the podcast on Instagram & Twitter @howweliveonline. Subscribe to our new YouTube channel. Follow Christina on Instagram, Twitter, & TikTok. -- Sources: https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/6/21/23768771/titanic-submarine-missing-oceangate-titan-submersible-search-passengers-dead https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184581187/migrant-deaths-mediterranean-crossing https://www.npr.org/2022/12/13/1142418932/tunisians-risking-their-lives-trying-to-cross-the-mediterranean-to-europe https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/manifest-destiny

    47 min
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We're stuck in this sphere, get us out of here!!! Lifelong friends and resident geniuses Christina and Joanna discuss tech, pop culture, where we're going, and where we've been. Stick around; we promise you'll learn something.

Information

  • Creator
    Christina McBride & Joanna Schroeder
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    41
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Christina McBride & Joanna Schroeder
  • Show Website
    How We Live Online