2 Girls 1 Podcast: Know Your Meme

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Know Your Meme: Cataloging 10 years of internet culture

From LOLcats to Distracted Boyfriend

 

Matt Silverman

 

chris boylan

Internet Culture

Posted on Apr 30, 2018   Updated on May 21, 2021, 5:11 pm CDT

Memes can be as trivial as a waffle falling over or as powerful as a social movement. But defining them, tracking their origins, mutations, and meanings is a tough job.

Fortunately, the brave souls at Know Your Meme have been at it for more than a decade, so we can rest easy knowing Slender Man and Ugandan Knuckles will be preserved for future generations.

“Waffle Falling Over” schnooleheletteletto

This week on 2 Girls 1 Podcast, Alli and Jen (actors who perform weird internet stuff on stage), interview Brad Kim, editor-in-chief of Know Your Meme, who began his online odyssey as an immigrant and humble intern. Ten years later, there are so many things he can never un-see.

Listen to the show:

Distracted Boyfriend meme
Distracted Boyfriend

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2 Girls 1 Podcast is hosted by Allison Goldberg and Jennifer Jamula, and is produced and edited by Matt Silverman in New York City. Production assistance is provided by The Podglomerate.

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*First Published: Apr 30, 2018, 5:30 am CDT