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episode 160: Flamethrowers and Teens
Brianna and Christina are joined by The Daily Beast’s Taylor Lorenz to talk flame throwers, YouTube drama, buying Twitter followers, and bad award optics.
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Taylor Lorenz
Links and Show Notes Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) | Twitter Flamethrower — The Boring Company The Boring Company is really pushing the definition of “Flamethrower” | Ars Technica YouTuber Under Fire for ‘Acid Attack’ Prank Videos The Follower Factory - The New York Times Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries Into Fake Accounts - The New York Times Lies, Dumb Lies, and Richard Roeper’s Twitter Following - The Ringer Atari Founder Award Reexamined After Outcry Over History - Rolling Stone #NotNolan: why game creators are speaking out against the founder of Atari - The Verge Like and Subscribe: A podcast about YouTube culture by Julia / Taylor / Ross on Apple Podcasts Microsoft Channel 9 - YouTube