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After a couple of weeks palate cleanser (while Kristina did more reading and research) we are once again back into the True Crime arc and today we are discussing true crime amateur sleuths.  We are going to speak to the evolution of sleuthing, how sleuthing can help, how it can harm and overarching it all is what some online scholars have identified as a late modern backlash against experts.  We’re going to be asking the question: do they sleuth because they do not trust the prevailing authority and how does solipsism fit into everything? Sources Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer 2019 3 part docuseries about an online manhunt. It is written & directed by Mark Lewis and was released on Netflix on December 18, 2019. The series chronicles events following a crowd-sourced amateur investigation into a series of animal cruelty acts committed by Canadian pornographic actor Luka Magnotta, culminating in his murder of Chinese international student Jun Lin. Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 2021 4 part American docu-series directed by Joe Berlinger that chronicles the mysterious disappearance and death of Elisa Lam, a Canadian woman who was traveling in California on her own. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark 2021 is an American true crime documentary television series directed by Liz Garbus, Elizabeth Wolff, Myles Kane and Josh Koury, revolving around Michelle McNamara as she writes a book about and investigates the Golden State Killer. True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray. 2016 a book about the strange disappearance of Maura Murray, a University of Massachusetts student who went missing after wrecking her car in rural New Hampshire in 2004.   Dean, Michelle “True Crime Addict” and the Problem with Internet Sleuths. The New Yorker. June 23, 2016 Zhang, Sarah. WHAT IT MEANS TO NAME A FORGOTTEN MURDER VICTIM. The Atlantic, November 18, 2019 Banner, Adam. Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel’ and the problem with internet sleuths. ABA Journal. March 25, 2021 Jessica Maddox Professor Digital Media studies https://jessicamaddox-28868.medium.com/we-need-to-talk-about-internet-sleuths-5c498dfa70df --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

In this episode Marc and Kristina discuss a question suggested to us by a friend of the podcast: Is there a social contract that exists between celebrities and their fans?  We look at first what the social contract is from a purely political perspective (Locke, Rousseau and Hobbes at their finest) and then we apply it to celebrity to see how or if it works.  We are talking about a number of fandoms here including YouTubers Joel and Lia, Duran Duran, and in particular the fracas that erupted around Adele cancelling her residency in Las Vegas at the eleventh hour.   Please join us on social media @seriousproduce and @marceatspeach on Twitter and @genxtemporaneous on Insta (where we go live) and genxtemporaneous for our facebook group. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

We need some more time to research internet sleuths so in this filler episode, we are talking about the ultimate in crime and punishment -- Dante Alighieri's medieval masterpiece, The Inferno.  You'll learn a little bit about Dante, Medieval Florence, The Inferno and who Marc and Kristina want to damn to perdition.  Additionally, you'll see that Marc isn't the only one who can land a joke.   Sources are Dante's Divine Comedy and years of tutelage under the great Larry Baldassaro, professor emeritus University of Wisconsin. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

In this episode, the second in their true crime arc, Marc and Kristina discuss the role of the victim in the true crime genre.  Historically, when the victim began to enter the narrative, authors and audiences tended to place the blame for their victimhood on their shoulders.  As time has gone on, authors, and especially podcasters, have tried to find ways to recenter the victim as an agent in the narrative.  In this episode, Marc and Kristina discuss this trend, the reasons why victim blaming may have happened at all, and whether or not there is a way for people to approach the victim's stories without "blaming" them at all. Please join us on social media (@seriousproduce, @marceatspeach, and @xtemporaneous2 on Twitter; genxtemporaneous on Facebook and Instagram).  Sources: Cherry, Kendra. The Just-World Phenomenon Overview and Examples:  Why we blame victims in order to rationalize why bad things happen. VeryWell Mind. May 9, 2020 Rubenhold, Hallie. The Five: The untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper.  Doubleday. 2019. Stephanie Harlowe's Victim Blaming: A letter from a former fan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTYdVQ8dhVg&t=2217s Rawls - Justice and Fairness in Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8KPozy0NII Hallie Rubenhold and Bee Rowaltt | The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giwCmU2szv4 For Jack the Ripper Inquest reports: https://www.casebook.org/official_documents/inquests/index.html --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

In this episode, Marc and Kristina start a multi-episode arc looking at True Crime.  They lay groundwork here, discussing how genre theoretically works as a social construct that serves a symbolic function and then we turn more practical and examine the way that True Crime, as a genre, has evolved over time in three parts: method of presentation, authority, and focus.  This episode will serve as a foundation for the next several episodes, so stick with us for more. Sources Roughead, William. "The Bloody History of the True Crime Genre". JSTOR Daily. Ithaka Harbors. 2016-08-24. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved 2018-11-14. Cruz, Lenika (2015-06-11). "The New True Crime: Telling Stories About Murder for the 21st Century". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-11-14. Frost, Rebecca. IDENTITY AND RITUAL: THE AMERICAN CONSUMPTION OF TRUE CRIME. 2015 https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/etdr/17/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

Get in Losers, we're going to the mall.  Not really.  In this episode, Marc and Kristina discuss meangirls and whether women are just catty, nasty people at heart who hate other women and do whatever they can to destroy perceived enemies, or are they conditioned to be that way?  We use the rumored beef between Kim Catrall and those other three ladies on Sex and the City as an example of the way women hit at other women. Sources: Sex and the City Conflict https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPz6pPXM-hg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-cO8UYOwcw&t=2469s Froelich, Paula. Inside the mean-girls culture that destroyed ‘Sex and the City’ New York Post.  10/7/2017 Roundtree, Cheyenne. It Became Mean Girls’: Inside Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall’s Ugly ‘Sex and the City’ Feud. Daily Beast. 11/24/2021 Lang, Cady: A Timeline of the Sex and the City Fallout Between Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall Relational Aggression Jessica K. Padgett and Paul F. Tremblay University of Western Ontario, Gender Differences in Aggression See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346488585 Barbara L. Brock The Barrier Within: Relational Aggression Among Women. University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Journal of Women in Educational Leadership Ringrose, Jessica. A New Universal Mean Girl: Examining the Discursive Construction and Social Regulation of a New Feminine Pathology. Feminism Psychology 2006 Brock, Barbara L., "When Sisterly Support Changes to Sabotage" (2008). Journal of Women in Educational Leadership. 51. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/jwel/51 Talbot, Margaret.  Girls Just Want to Be Mean.  New York Times Magazine. Feb 24, 2002 Kiner, Mikayla “It’s Time to Break the Cycle of Female Rivalry”. Harvard Business Review. April 14, 2020 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

In this episode Marc and Kristina discuss Sex Positivity, its roots in the clash between second and third-wave feminists, whether boundaries still apply, and we discuss sex positivity vis-a-vis an "Untold Story" episode called Sex for Sale that explores the wild and wonderful world of sex work. We will be posting an extension of this discussion on our Patreon.  Patreon will be launching The week of 2/28/22.  Please join us on social media @seriousproduce or @marceatspeach or @xtemporaneous2.  We also have a facebook group genxtemporaneous.  Email us at xtemporaneouspod@gmail.com. Sources Sex For Sale (The Untold Story). Doug Glover Clint Lealos Directors. A&E. Apr 18, 2019. Wilson, Margo and Martin Daly. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Chattel. In, J.H. Barkow, L. Cosmides, J. Tooby, Eds. The Adapted Mind. Evolutionary psychology and the generation of culture. 1992. Oxford University Press. New York Hills, Rachel. “What Every Generation Gets Wrong About Sex” TIME Magazine. December 2, 2014. https://time.com/3611781/sexual-revolution-revisited/ Sexual Revolution post world war I: https://ehistory.osu.edu/sites/ehistory.osu.edu/files/mmh/clash/NewWoman/Subnarratives/sexualrevolution.htm#:~:text=Sexual%20Revolution,growing%20public%20expression%20of%20sexuality.&text=Part%20of%20what%20made%20the,and%20where%20people%20consumed%20alcohol. Shaitly, Shahesta. Is China's Mosuo tribe the world's last matriarchy? The Guardian. December 2010. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/dec/19/china-mosuo-tribe-matriarchy Copeland, Simon. Equality and polyamory: why early humans weren't The Flintstones. The Guardian. May 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2015/may/19/equality-and-polyamory-why-early-humans-werent-the-flintstones Sex, scandals and betrayals: Charles II and his court https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/sex-scandals-and-betrayals-charles-ii-and-his-court/ Uncredited Essay: Morals: The Second Sexual Revolution. Time. Friday, Jan. 24, 1964. http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,875692,00.html Ahlin, Maria. Let’s Talk Porn: Ted Talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBTb71UzPmY ~3 minute time mark The Puritans Really Loved Having Sex.  Associated Press for the New York Post. October 21, 2016 https://nypost.com/2016/10/21/the-puritans-really-loved-having-sex/ The Truth About Pleasure & Love in a Victorian Marriage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4Kh5XEA1XA Reagan Williams. Rape Culture: Ted Talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_2DU7VTOmk @ 10:19 mark Alexis Jones.  Locker Room Talk Says Who?: Ted Talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCA6EF3y23k @7 minute mark @8:14 mark 11:00 minutes --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

In this second part of our episode Marc and Kristina finish their discussion about Netflix's The Tinder Swindler with special guests Joann and Kelly. In this episode we learn Simon's fate and obsess over Ayleen, the one woman who was able to swindle the swindler.  We don't all share the same views on this subject, but we all agreed, the Tinder Swindler is fun watching and a great cautionary counterpoint to all the rom com programming we're seeing as we head into Valentine's Day. Morris, Felicity.  The Tinder Swindler. 2/2/22. Streaming on Netflix. Narcissist: Irresistible Charmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Mi3fJdTMw&t=83s --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

In this episode two guests, Kelly and Joann, join Marc and Kristina to discuss The Tinder Swindler.  The overarching question we are asking is do the women involved in this situation bear any responsibility for what happened to them.  Kelly and Joann offer a lot of great opinion in this episode.  We don't all share the same views on this subject, but we all agreed, the Tinder Swindler is fun watching and a great cautionary counterpoint to all the rom com programming we're seeing as we head into Valentine's Day. Morris, Felicity.  The Tinder Swindler. 2/2/22. Streaming on Netflix. Narcissist: Irresistible Charmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Mi3fJdTMw&t=83s --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

In this free sample of a genXtemporaneous after dark episode, Marc and Kristina do a mishmash of VH1's Pop up Video style trivia with an in depth discussion of Post Punk pioneers Siouxsie and the Banshees (Spellbound) and Adam Ant (Kings of the Wild Frontier). We also discuss The Cure (Let's go to Bed) and Bow Wow Wow (I Want Candy). You may not be aware of the connections between the four bands and their history as fans of punk turned punk and how they turned the corner into the Post Punk, MTV era. Going forward you will find the Video Thunderdome series exclusively on our Patreon (genXtemporaneous after dark -- which will be up and running on 2/1/2022, along with other special content for subscribers.  This podcast will remain ad free each week and we are grateful for your listen -- whether it is here or on Patreon.   Sources Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam and the Ants - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hEn_rEDzp0 I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoXVYSV4Xcs Let's Go to Bed - The Cure - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTpNJ67cXq4 Spellbound - Siouxsie and the Banshees -  Anabella Lwin Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1gAryoEhLA&t=45s The Cure Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXQiJYO2hU4&t=184s The Queens of British Pop Excerpt (Siouxsie Sioux) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jxGcQJJl7w&t=477s Adam Ant: The Madness of Prince Charming. Directed by John Moulson.  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jxGcQJJl7w&t=477s --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

In this episode Marc and Kristina talk about several of accidents that happened between 1965 and 1974 that led to the development of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.  Without those things, we argue, the face of American cinema today would look radically different.  This is the third installment in our Accidental 80s arc and after this we'll be stepping away from that subject for a bit...but it will be back!  Please see sources for this episode below: George Lucas: The Car Wreck That Changed His Life and Led Him to 'Star Wars' TIM OTT UPDATED:JUL 15, 2020ORIGINAL:JUL 31, 2019 https://www.biography.com/news/george-lucas-car-crash-star-warsx` New Hollywood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hollywood THE DREAM AND ITS MEN FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA AND GEORGE LUCAS IMMORTALIZE A LEGENDARY CAR AND ITS INVENTOR ON FILM. DONNA ROSENTHAL and Special to the News/Sun-Sentinel 1988 Donna Rosenthal South Florida Sun-Sentinel August 14, 1988 White, Dana (2000). George Lucas. Lerner Publishing Group. Pollock, Dale (June 1983). "A Man and His Empire: The Private Life of 'Star Wars' Creator George Lucas". Life: 85–86. Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ux9jn1tRU George Lucas on the impact of Star Wars with Christopher Nolan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VRYKlnEP7o --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

This is the second in our Accidental 80s arc.  In this episode we dig into the accident that changed the face of 80s cable tv and countless tweens' and teens' lives.  We discuss the history of video and MTV, our favorite (and least favorite) videos, and the dollar that made it all possible. Sources Biography: I want my MTV Directed by  Patrick Waldrop, Tyler Measom. A&E 2019. Tannebaum, Rob and Craig Marks.  I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. Penguin, 2011 The Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-tXRLazs MTV Original opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvGiRElg3nQ  Beavis and Butthead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRMOOIbRq7k Simon LeBon on Video and Duran Duran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKN1T5YT_cs Van Halen: Hot For Teacher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4_Ommfvv0 Ultravox: Reap the Wild Wind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NevzImTG_U0 Men Without Hats: Safety Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nft1OVNLM7A David Bowie Mark Goodman Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGiVzIr8Qg 1983 Special Report: MTV Discriminates Against Black Artists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVGRuHIH6b8 I want my MTV promos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGZSWdh17l0 Honeydrippers: Sea of Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BoUzzFXuVU Billy Squier Rock Me Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhnEpg9VMY8 Hall and Oates Private Eyes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsntlJZ9h1U J. Geils Band: Centerfold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEf8Uj_Yc7U --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

This is the first in an arc discussing the "accidental 80s".  We want to dig into the new year with a bit of exploration of some of the defining genX moments or trends and discuss how they happened only by accident.   In this episode Marc shares his commercial real estate expertise to expose the tax accident that led to the mid-century Mall boom in America that continued to an apex during the 1980s.  We also take a trip down memory lane and describe our personal mall experiences: the clothes, the hair, the video arcade, and (for Kristina) the boys! Finally ending up with a converstion about the contributing factors that are leading to the death of malls across the US.   Sources Kinniburgh, Hugh. Mall City. Documentary. 1983 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmWTHCHHzZY&t=546s The Gap Commercial 1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCEBoOy0ne8 Why US Malls are Disappearing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_JiP-j2FwM --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

In this episode Marc and Kristina dive into the world of parasocial relationships.  We examine some history, the role of social media and the changing landscape of celebrity culture and interaction and Grape Kun. About baby dolls in medieval convents: https://www.leidenmedievalistsblog.nl/articles/dolls-for-adults About Grape Kun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Txw_HHyqPQ Articles about parasocial relationships:   “I'll buy what she's #wearing”: The roles of envy toward and parasocial interaction with influencers in Instagram celebrity-based brand endorsement and social commerce, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services: Volume 55, July 2020, 102121 Horton, D.; Wohl, R. (1956). "Mass communication and para-social interaction: Observation on intimacy at a distance". Psychiatry. 19 (3): 215–229.  Chung, S.; Cho, H. (2017). "Fostering Parasocial Relationships with Celebrities on Social Media: Implications for Celebrity Endorsement". Psychology & Marketing. 34 (4): 481–495. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support

What does The Godfather, Goodfellas, L.A. Confidential, Bridget Jones' Diary, Sleepless in Seattle, Love, Actually, Die Hard, Trading Places and Gremlins all have in common? Give this episode a listen to find out.  We are talking about best weather, best presents, best Christmas movie, the Christmas story and Linus.  There has to be Linus.   We wish you a merry Christmas (or whichever holiday or none that you may celebrate).  We hope you remember those who are lonely or alone during this season and we ask you to give yourself a break.  If you're sad, you're sad and that's okay too.  Thanks to all of our listeners and we are looking forward to a great new year with lots of fun content. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marc-snediker/support