The Chills at Will Podcast

Episode 24: An Interview with the Brilliant Camden Ostrander, Teacher, Writer, and Co-Creator of Season Seven of the Dissect Podcast-Because the Internet by Childish Gambino (Spotify-Friendly)


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Camden Ostrander teaches high school English in Maryland, and he is a writer on the Dissect Podcast, Season 7, which is about artist Childish Gambino’s 2013 album, Because the Internet. He has written about the album for years through a metamodern lens, replete with a content guide, intricate and voluminous Reddit threads, and "Internet Age" contextual analysis.

 

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On Episode 24, Pete talks with the brilliant Camden Ostrander, a metamodern scholar and keen observer and student of Childish Gambino, about whom he writes for Dissect Podcast's Season Seven, which is focused on Gambino's Because the Internet.

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You can find Camden on social media: @metamodernCam (IG and Twitter)

The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.

Thanks again for listening, and I hope that these quarantine days bring you texts by writers with MAD Skills whose work gives you    chills     at     will.

The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other cool song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental Version”) by Matt Weidauer, used through Arches Audio. Matt’s artist page can be found here.

 

 

Authors Mentioned and Allusions and Songs Referenced During the Episode:

Magic Tree House Book Series

Ender's Game-Novel

Culdesac-mixtape by Donald Glover

The Autobiography of Malcolm X, by Alex Haley

Malcolm X's Letter Written after Revelatory Hajj

"There's nothing new under the sun" and its meaning/connection to art

The Screenplay for Childish Gambino's Because the Internet

Shia LaBeouf and Metamodernism

Raisin in the Sun

Transmedia (Camden's field of study in college), its definition, and its usage in modern times

Metamodernism-its definition, usage, etc. This theory is a huge part of Camden's study of Donald Glover/Childish Gambino.

Donald Glover on Old-School Hip Hop: Hilarious

Kevin Abstract and Brockhampton

Noname

London O'Connor

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