Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Try two months of CuriosityStream at http://curiositystream.com/ideachannel Content And Its Discontents 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 If you’ve been watching Idea Channel for a bit you’ve maybe caught me intoning the popular, all purpose media label “content” as YARRR, ~CONTENT~ … like some sort of internet pirate. With a peg leg. Not a torrent client. The Pirate Voice isn’t a random choice, believe it or not, but before we talk about why pirate voice, I wanna clear up why I’m not a fan of using “content” to describe broad selections of media or culture. For me, saying “content” is like putting milk in coffee–I avoid it where possible because it makes me a little queasy, though I can appreciate that for some people it’s a WAY OF LIFE. For whatever reason - when someone describes themselves as a fan of someone else’s “content”, or when YouTube provides guidance on how to get “subscribers” to interact with your “content”. I bristle. So that’s what we’re going to talk about today. Let us know what you think in the comments below! -COMMENT RESPONSES TO LAST WEEK’S EPISODE- Coming on Friday! -TWEET OF THE WEEK- https://twitter.com/LaScaldaferri/status/869611267509506048 -ASSET LINKS- 1:36 The Oatmeal http://theoatmeal.com/comics/making_things 2:16 HOW TO MAKE A CASTLE CAKE - NERDY NUMMIES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN7ayEHQsHU 5:33 Internet Subway by Ryan Seslow http://ryanseslow.com/ 7:57 Salt Bae by Julie Winegard http://juliewinegard.com/ -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/)