Things that disappear: Horror in the Information Age

Elizabeth and Jon introduce their mom to the world of Lost Media, reveal their desire to keep everything forever, and unspool two of their favourite mysteries.

Show Notes

Here are links to the things we mentioned:

• Usually Jon talks about memes
• Lost Media Wiki
• r/lostmedia on Reddit
• Three reasons lost media is scary
  • Existential dread — stuff can just disappear, and not even be findable on Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine
  • Haunting nostalgia — goodbye weird games on DVD extras
  • The Zeigarnik effect 
• When the screensaver hit the corner on The Office
• Two case studies:
  • The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet
    • Sleuthing on Reddit
    • Stay tuned to the end of the episode for the whole song, if you dare....
  • Geedis
    • r/UnresolvedMysteries
    • r/Geedis
    • Geedis: An Internet Mystery For The Ages... Gets Solved! on Endless Thread 
• Elizabeth’s Inktober project on Instagram and Twitter
• Two lost media jack-o’-lanterns

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A sometimes belated, already outdated guide to your teens, tweens and everything under 20. In each episode, Elizabeth, a teenager, explains a thing to Karen, her mother. And Karen tells Elizabeth how that thing relates to something she knows. Maybe.