Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Invasion of the Fidget Spinners We got merch! http://bit.ly/1U8fS1B Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook Talk about this episode on reddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Fidget spinners, and other fidgety devices, have been around for a bit but only since the end of last year have they been a bona fide craze: Forbes described these things as the “must have office toy” in December, but by this month The New York Times described them as “the Hula Hoop of Generation Z”: referencing the worldwide adolescent craze from the 1950s. And, I mean, yeah. Fair. There are 5 spinners here in an office of, like, ten people; there’s an ENTIRE YouTube ecosystem around them. In my neighborhood, which has three middle-and-high schools, the sidewalks are LITTERED with fidget spinner packaging. Global sales estimates are in the TENS OF MILLIONS. The assumed purpose of the fidget spinner is to help people, particularly students, concentrate … to give an outlet to excess energy caused by stress, or anxiety… But many teachers have been saying, actually, tool-assisted fidgeting is not an aid to concentration, but a hindrance. What I want to figure out is, how we got here – how the constellation of meanings around fidgeting, and who does it, launched a tool reportedly suited for promoting calm concentration to SENSATION status, and how THAT may feed back into how we think of fidgeting. -COMMENT RESPONSES TO LAST WEEK’S EPISODE- Coming on Friday! -TWEET OF THE WEEK- https://twitter.com/dblplusgoodful/status/866215792471298048 -FURTHER READING & EXTRA LINKS- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity https://www.forbes.com/sites/jplafke/2016/12/23/fidget-spinners-are-the-must-have-office-toy-for-2017/#4b87942c18a4 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/style/fidget-spinners.html?_r=0 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/03/fidget-spinner-inventor-patent-catherine-hettinger https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelwmiller/bad-news-teachers-cannot-stand-those-little-fidge?utm_term=.thzG3lXJj#.kyyG47bo3 https://books.google.com/books?id=AdAiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=noah+webster+fidget&source=bl&ots=ZFDhMU2uJQ&sig=ifFAVKkr5HNqvGYMGIdNMrvPcgY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2zvmuiObTAhUL64MKHWIWBaUQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=noah%20webster%20fidget&f=false http://nymag.com/news/features/xanax-2012-3/index1.html http://nymag.com/news/features/xanax-2012-3/index1.html https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/antsylabs/fidget-cube-a-vinyl-desk-toy https://www.forbes.com/sites/jplafke/2016/12/23/the-199-torqbar-is-the-iphone-of-desk-toys/#394b30217134 https://laurakbuzz.com/2017/02/06/fidget-cubes-awkward-relationship-to-autistic-stimming/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-benefits-of-fidgeting-for-students-with-adhd-1434994365 http://vbn.aau.dk/en/publications/adhd-and-temporality-a-desynchronized-way-of-being-in-the-world(90ab5afe-7ed1-428c-8da3-6060bcf33bb9).html https://www.cnet.com/news/fidget-spinner-fidget-cube-influence-on-electronics-and-gadgets/ -ASSET LINKS- 00:31 MATT OX - Overwhelming (Prod. OogieMane) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cZ8-RgtrP0 1:03 5 EASY FIDGET SPINNER TRICKS FOR BEGINNERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH1fRza6SOU 1:24 How To Make a HAND SPINNER, FIDGET TOY FOR FREE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INnNFVFtO5g 1:29 Fidget Spinners- The Newest Toy To Twirl Into Americans’ Lives - NBC Nightly News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPjyjuvuooI 1:46 MATT OX - Overwhelming (Prod. OogieMane) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cZ8-RgtrP0 4:29 Fidget Spinner Tricks With a Professional Fidgeter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67AzghKb8QU 4:36 ASMR TRIGGER TOYS - Unique. Intense. Tingly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjLGB4R3-LQ 4:41 Cartier Ad - SNL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN6df0twmJQ 4:49 Hank's Take- Fidget Spinners and Cubes taking over the school yard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_rkFlSbLs4 8:27 FIDGET SPINNER SURPRISE CHALLENGE!!! 25 Rare Spinners Showdown! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bcStcaKZvQ 8:35 Binaural ASMR. Popping Bubble Wrap & Crinkling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u4NlkGEfcU 9:39 FIDGET SPINNER SURPRISE CHALLENGE!!! 25 Rare Spinners Showdown! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bcStcaKZvQ -MERCH- https://store.dftba.com/collections/idea-channel T-Shirts Designed by: http://artsparrow.com/ ---------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------­-­-­-­ Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) (who also has a podcast! Reasonably Sound: http://bit.ly/1sCn0BF) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com/)