GenXtemporaneous

The second episode in a multi-episode arc about fandom. Here we are looking at the uses and gratifications model and how the four key elements play out (very superficially) in the Willverse. We also bring our firsthand experience from other fandoms to the discussion. Please follow us on social media. @kristinagenx, @marceatspeach, and @xtemporaneous2 on Twitter. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

We are beginning our arc on fandoms. This is an area of serious academic study and Kristina has steeped herself in this research. We also bring our firsthand experience of various fandoms to the discussion. What's the right way to fan? What motivates anti-fans? What are the sources of drama we do often see? All this plus, you know, jokes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

We at GenXtemporaneous live a good documentary. Truth be told, we love some terrible documentaries, too. We've discussed Anna Delvey, Tiger King, and Natalia Grace. This week, we pull the lens back a little and talk about documentaries in general and The House of Hammer, in particular. Is it a necessary conversation about a Hollywood elite with cannibalistic proclivities? Or is it a sensationalist look at a Hollywood elite with cannibalistic proclivities? Join us to find out! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

Every once in a while, we like to do a "What the fuck" episode. Themes are ripped from today's headlines, as they say, as Marc and Kristina comment on current events that cause them to shake their heads, quirk and eyebrow, or shocks them to their core. Plus, there are jokes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

We've talked about the hypothesis about living in a simulation. We've discussed some of the ways we might detect the simulation. This week, we just shrug and accept that we might live in a simulation. Now what? Marc and Kristina discuss the consequences of living in a simulation. This is useful stuff. Don't leave the Matrix without it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

Welcome back to one of our favorite topics: the possibility of us living in a simulation. This week, we want to find a way to put this theory to the test. What would reveal base reality (assuming we aren't living in it now)? What kinds of tests can we perform? Why is Marc still pixelated? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

Previously released as a patreon extended discussion about Life Lessons in 80s Movies, we're sharing this talk about Dirty Dancing here this week. We are almost done researching our next episode on the simulation hypothesis, but we wanted to give you something new to listen to in the meantime. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

Do we live in a simulation? Some people, including serious scientists, think we do. Marc and Kristina discuss this theory in a new arc of episodes about the Simulation Hypothesis. Simulation or not, this is an interesting and entertaining discussion. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

This week, we discuss Artificial Intelligence in business with tech executive Leah Fox. How will AI assist us and how might it be problematic? Leah will discuss the ways it's being used today and assures is she has not been compromised by the emerging singularity. This is a fun, informative, and freewheeling discussion about one of the most important tech developments we are experiencing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

This was a spontaneous--dare we say extemporaneous-- episode. We decided to just take on some random topics. It turned out hilarious and great. We discuss a tiktok fandom, White Gladys and other oceanic attacks on humans, and, of course, aliens from deep space. We promise you'll love this one. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

The discussion of the Strange Case of Natalia Grace winds up. This week we discuss the documentary in whole with special guests Kelly and Joann. Joann had been on this program before and is our cohost on the Vampire Insider podcast. Kelly helped us dissect the hot mess that was Inventing Anna. This story is so wild that we needed both of their help to make sense of it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

The bizarre story of Natalia Grace wraps up with episodes 5 and 6. In these episodes, the limited focus of the documentary opens up somewhat beyond just Michael's narrative. This doesn't stop the squalor, weirdness, or confusion. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

The Barnett Family continues their spiral into weirdness. Marc and Kristina dissect their parenting decisions as they have Natalia "re-aged" and move her out to her own apartment. And the mysteries surrounding her background do not become less muddied. Join us for the wild, wild ride. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

Episode 2 of "The Curious Case of Natalia Grace" is every bit as wild as the first one, if not more. Join our discussion as we speculate about both what is shown and, perhaps more importantly, what isn't being said. What is going on? Let's see if we can't sort it out together. On Psychopathy: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201610/psychopathy-clinical-diagnosis --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

Natalia Grace was adopted by the Barnett family in 2010. Right from the beginning there was drama, doubts about her age and back story and allegations of attempted murder. We take on this bizarre story through the lens of the HBO Documentary, "The Curious Case of Natalia Grace." This week, Episode 1, "Meet the Barnetts." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support