The Memeosphere

In this episode, Andrew and Lukas have a conversation about a book titled, 'The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business' by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen. Both of us enjoy reading about anything related to digital media and this book was too relevant not to discuss. In this episode, we talk about memes, deepfakes, neuralink, decentralized content creation, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, the future of marketing, and much more.

How does something go from a shitpost to a national news story? The Meme Team chats with author MJ Banias about the meme movement triggered by the Facebook event page called "Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us." Scheduled for Sept. 20th, over 3.5 million people have registered as Going or Interested... even more incredible is the mass media storm that has emerged in response.

Learn what it takes to be a social media manager for an iconic brand like Gushers. Ashley Berset breaks down her process for taking the right amount of risks and dealing with haters online. The Meme Team also adds some of our own tips on designing your media to fit the desired medium.

Over the past few years, Steak-umm has fostered a cult-like following online for creating viral moments on Twitter and shattering people’s expectations of what a brand should sound like on social media. Nathan Allebach, the mastermind behind Steak-umm’s social media presence reveals the methods behind the madness.

In under two years, Apple’s AirPods went from a critical and commercial flop to being the must-have luxury item of the moment, thanks to an outburst of internet memes. How did Apple pull this off? Was Apple even involved? Matt Schimkowitz of Know Your Meme shares his thoughts.