Our hosts reflect on their episodes of binge-ing, be it drinking, Netflix, or eating. What are the implications? What have they learnt? How has society changed? Unconsciously, they get dragged back into similar discussions about sustainability and the donut economy; previously talked about in Episode 4!

Episode Description

Our hosts reflect on their episodes of binge-ing, be it drinking, Netflix, or eating. What are the implications? What have they learnt? How has society changed? Unconsciously, they get dragged back into similar discussions about sustainability and the donut economy (previously talked about in Episode 4...

Time Stamps

4:42  - Quick Fires about Netflix

12:53 - The Culture and Nature of Bingeing

34:13 - Is Netflix truly disruptive?

Additional Links

The longest time spent watching television, https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/tv-binge-watching-world-record-set-94-hours-1201751436/

Nelson & Meyvis (2008). Interrupted consumption: Adaptation and the disruption of hedonic experience. Journal of Marketing Research, 45(6), 654-664, http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~lnelson0/Nelson and Meyvis.pdf

The Decade of Netflix; https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/12/how-netflix-changed-tv

Netflix dominated the 2010s but can it continue its stratospheric rise in the new decade?, https://www.digitaltveurope.com/comment/netflix-dominated-the-2010s-but-can-it-continue-its-stratospheric-rise-in-the-new-decade/

“The algorithm’s argument is gonna win”: Cary Fukunaga explains how data call the shots at Netflix, https://qz.com/quartzy/1372129/maniac-director-cary-fukunaga-explains-how-data-call-the-shots-at-netflix/

How Netflix’s Recommendations System Works, https://help.netflix.com/en/node/100639

How Netflix’s Recommendation Engine Works?, https://medium.com/@springboard_ind/how-netflixs-recommendation-engine-works-bd1ee381bf81

Credits

Recorded 20 June 2021

Co-hosts JT Yeung and John Raj

Intro and Outro Music by Brad Parsons at Train Sound Studio www.trainsoundstudio.com