Speaker 1: Hi Sixteenth Minute listeners, Jamie here with a formal announcement
Speaker 1: and a request from you. Okay, I'll go first. Starting
Speaker 1: in a few weeks, Sixteenth Minute is going to go
Speaker 1: on hiatus for a bit while we reconfigure the show
Speaker 1: into a more seasonal format, because I absolutely love talking
Speaker 1: with the Internet's characters of the day from week to week.
Speaker 1: But as time has gone on, I've noticed that people
Speaker 1: really seem to enjoy when I have the time and
Speaker 1: the bandwidth to get deeper into a single topic about
Speaker 1: Internet history. And if you don't feel this way, sorry
Speaker 1: for gaslighting you, but the numbers don't lie. And honestly,
Speaker 1: I am but one person, and I write and research
Speaker 1: and record this show, and I edit the interviews, and
Speaker 1: with the current format, it can be difficult to go
Speaker 1: as deep as I'd like to, or interview as many
Speaker 1: people as I would like to without never sleeping. So
Speaker 1: we're switching things up. After our hiatus, We're going to
Speaker 1: be back with seasons of episodes going deep on under
Speaker 1: explored moments or trends in Internet histories, talking about main
Speaker 1: characters where there is a much larger context to look at,
Speaker 1: and talks with those who want to make the Internet
Speaker 1: a better place, not just a closer approximation of what
Speaker 1: it was like when you were eleven years old. I'm
Speaker 1: talking about digging into how internet culture has shaped the
Speaker 1: way that court cases go as the new court of
Speaker 1: public opinion. I'm talking about looking into the role of
Speaker 1: the Internet with incarcerated people. I'm talking about really taking
Speaker 1: a closer look at the areas of the Internet that
Speaker 1: can't be tackled in a single week. I'm talking about
Speaker 1: histories of niche internet communities that are misunderstood or fully
Speaker 1: formed online. I'm talking about how the Internet has permanently
Speaker 1: changed the way that we write and and soon news.
Speaker 1: And that's just off the top of my head. But
Speaker 1: I would love to hear what figures and what topics
Speaker 1: you would want to hear about. I'm really excited to
Speaker 1: do more in depth recording, and I also want to
Speaker 1: give you, guys, what you're interested in, unless I think
Speaker 1: it's boring, in which case I will ignore your suggestion.
Speaker 1: But please, if you are a member of our reddit community,
Speaker 1: our producer Ian is going to start a thread there
Speaker 1: when this episode releases, and I would love to hear
Speaker 1: what you want to hear more about But to close
Speaker 1: out this iteration of sixteenth minute, I have a request.
Speaker 1: There is one more weekly character episode coming out, and
Speaker 1: we will continue to release occasional episodes in the interim
Speaker 1: if we get an interview that is too good to resist.
Speaker 1: But for now, I would like to hear from you
Speaker 1: my question, have you ever been a main character of
Speaker 1: the Internet on any scale, and if so, what was
Speaker 1: it like? And if you haven't been. I would also
Speaker 1: love to hear about how your relationship to the Internet
Speaker 1: in general has changed over time, whether you're an Internet
Speaker 1: native or not. I feel like for me it's been
Speaker 1: like a relationship with a bad parent that has only
Speaker 1: gotten stranger as I grow more and more dependent on it.
Speaker 1: So in short, I want to hear your stories. I
Speaker 1: want to hear about your favorite, your least favorite, your
Speaker 1: changing memories with this big monster that's got us in
Speaker 1: such a chokehold, and whether you feel if it's too
Speaker 1: late to turn things around, whatever that means to you.
Speaker 1: If you record a voice memo when you hear this
Speaker 1: and send it to the email address small Ice Resurfacer
Speaker 1: at gmail dot com, it's in the description as well.
Speaker 1: I will go through these voice memos and air my
Speaker 1: favorites in our last episode before hiatus in a couple weeks.
Speaker 1: So again, that email address is small. I see servicer
Speaker 1: at gmail dot com. And more than anything, I really
Speaker 1: wanted to thank you so much for continuing to listen
Speaker 1: to Sixteenth Minute as it has grown in its first
Speaker 1: year into what it is. I'm really proud of what
Speaker 1: we've done here so far. Thank you to my amazing
Speaker 1: producers Sophie Ian and Robert. Thank you to Grant for
Speaker 1: doing incredible voice work week in and week out. And
Speaker 1: biggest thanks of all, I cannot overstate thanks to the
Speaker 1: guests on this show who have been unbelievably generous with
Speaker 1: their time and in trusting me with their stories. It
Speaker 1: would not be a show at all without their generosity
Speaker 1: and trust. And oh also Zoe Blade and Sadie Duqui,
Speaker 1: who scores this show. I just there's so many great people. Okay,
Speaker 1: jump scare Love you small Icebreez surfacer at gmail dot com.
Speaker 1: Voice memo, Internet memories, were you the main character? Got
Speaker 1: it great? See you next Tuesday. Bye,