The cons and cons of YouTube
Elizabeth explains the drama-soaked world of YouTube and the false promise of the American dream through the lens of the debacle known as Tanacon. Part 1 of 2, with a special guest appearance by Kyle Marshall.
Here are links to things we referred to:
- VidCon, the YouTube conference
- Our guest Kyle Marshall’s YouTube channel
- Kyle also owns Media Lab YYC, and has three podcasts in the Alberta Podcast Network: Assumptions, Putting It Together and Creative Block
- Hank Green’s vlogbrothers, Crash Course and SciShow
- Tana Mongeau’s YouTube channel
- “Why I Won’t Be Attending VidCon 2018: A Rant”
- The only thing you see if you visit tanacon.com
- Shane Dawson’s The Truth about Tanacon
- Tana’s apology video: Tanacon: The good, the bad, and the ugly
- New York Magazine: A Mouth to Hell Opened This Weekend at Tanacon, a Fyre Festival for the YouTube Set
- In case you forgot about Fyre Festival
- PodCon, a much better convention that we were lucky enough to attend last year.
Stick around beyond the end for more baritone goodness from Kyle.
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