Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is a form of posting, and how all our lives are guided by the only dialectic that matters: good posts and bad posts.
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episode 14: Joker Jamil
On this (uncharacteristically long, but characteristically late) episode, we talk about 'chaotic energy' and the only poster worthy enough to be granted such a title : Jameela Jamil. ----more---- You might know Jamil from The Good Place, or as a host on Saturday morning T4. But online, she is an enigma; A seemingly successful celebrity who, despite not needing to post, not only has poster's brain, but has also innovated the format. Whether it's explaining structural privilege to a harmless fan on Instagram, sharing inspirational quotes by Louis Farrakhan on pastel backdrops, or (supposedly) not discovering Iraq was a country until her 20s, Jamil's posts operate at a level far beyond us. So, we ask : Is Jameela simply a celebrity whose posting addiction can get the better of her? Or, is she a time traveller, who understood, long before anyone else, the devastating effects of the Bank of England being allowed to control interest rates? ----more---- We also talk about the political economy of bathrobes, how we celebrated International Podcast Day and why men can't take photos of women, because they keep getting distracted by a mischievous gremlin. ----more---- @HKesvani @Phoebe_Rosa_Holly