Not My Scene

By Yarden Blausapp & Kaia Lynne

Ready to take a journey through different scenes, communities, subcultures, and corners of the internet? Hosts Yarden Blausapp and Kaia Lynne boldly dive into the deep end to immerse themselves in

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June 09, 2026 Tumblr (w/ Christina Schmidt of Movies That Raised Us)
This week we are joined by Christina Schmidt (1/2 of Movies That Raised Us) to revisit peak Tumblr era and the surrounding subculture(s). We're talking Sky Ferreira! We're talking chokers and flannels! We're talking Hamilton fanfiction drama!
Tip: check out the video version of this podcast on Spotify or YouTube to see visuals including our old blogs and the creation of the Tumblr tier list.
You can find more of Movies That Raised Us on Spotify, Apple, TikTok, Instagram and Patreon!
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1h 20min
May 26, 2026 LARPers Part 2
We're back for the much-anticipated part 2 of Kaia's weekend-long LARP adventure. Day 2 had our favorite NPC being chased off a battlefield, questioned by a squire, and in her first named role! Will she stand her ground when faced with the op (the lady knight from day 1)? Listen to find out!
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1h 14min
May 12, 2026 LARPers Part 1
Lights, Camera, (Live) Action (Roleplay)! Have you ever wondered about the people playing with foam weapons in your neighborhood park? Wonder no longer, because Kaia ventured far into the woods of Washington State for a weekend-long, immersive LARP event, and has emerged with a surprise tale for Den in two-parts. This scene has it all: thrilling (scary) combat, political intrigue, Broadway-level costume and makeup departments, and an open bar for all NPCs!
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1h 29min
April 28, 2026 Bronies
We took a trip back to the 2010's - when forums reigned supreme - for a delightfully cringey retrospective on Brony culture. Bronies AKA adult (typically male) fans of My Little Pony were a remarkably strong fandom, selling out convention centers and supporting cottage industries like suggestive MLP body pillows. What's left of Brony culture in the 2020s? The answer may scare you.
Sources:
The Last Bronycon: a fandom autopsy
My Little Pony Fans Are Ready to Admit They Have a Nazi Problem
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1h 2min
April 14, 2026 Bingo!
Grab your dauber and pour yourself a crispy rootbeer float because it's BINGO time, baby! Yarden filled in her bleached brows, marched herself to an ATM, and faced down security guards to bring us an exclusive peek into the most sceneless of all scenes: a Veterans of Foreign Wars Bingo Hall. And yet... aren't the most sceneless scenes in some ways the sceniest scenes of all? Other topics discussed include the ethics of gambling, meta-analysis of reality tv editing, and the right way to depict genitalia on a bingo card.
Warning: listening may cause vocal exclamations and/or celebratory shouts of victory.
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1h 12min
March 31, 2026 Luddites
Time limits, greyscale, and Brick not working to curb your phone addiction? Maybe you just need to toss it altogether! That's what anti-tech activist and writer August Lamm did. She dialed in to NMS via dumb phone to tell us about her experience as an artist in NYC without a smartphone or computer. Consider us inspired!! Other discussion includes the cuntiest dumb phone options, what we'd miss from the internet, and bleached eyebrows.
Sources and further reading:
August Lamm's Substack
Katie Lowe's essay about her first year without a smartphone
Luddite Teens 2022 NYT article
Luddite Teens 2025 NYT article
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1h 9min
March 17, 2026 Introducing STAN: Gossip Girl ft. @notmyscenepodcast
Not My Scene will be back for a new episode on March 31st, but in the meantime we’re excited to share this episode of STAN that we were on!
STAN is hosted by Allegra Ponti and explores obsessive celebrity worship, parasocial relationships and digital intimacy. On this episode, we go all in on Gossip Girl. We get into how media catalyses the loss of childhood innocence, unrealistic expectations of adulthood and the versatility of New York City as a background character. Tangents include…
•the completely unwarranted shame that accompanies menstruation
•the feminine urge to (unsuccessfully) experiment with ‘preppy’ clothes
•the black box of Connecticut (what actually happens there!?!?!)
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1h 5min
March 03, 2026 Cinephiles
In honor of awards season we are tapping in to the cinephile community. Filmmaker and host of the podcast Behind the Slate Aaron Strand (@behindtheslatepod) joins us for an insightful conversation (19:20) about the importance of IRL film community, Letterboxd culture, gatekeeping, KPop Demon Hunters, and what the heck the Criterion Collection is all about. Plus, we give our two cents on Olympic figure skating and, of course, the Oscars.
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1h 17min
February 17, 2026 Fan Fiction (w/ Annamarie McCorvie)
The girls are joined by fan fiction expert Annamarie who gives us a history lesson on the origins of the art form (spoiler alert - always been gay!) and catches us up on where it is now (kinky and somehow even gayer?). We also discuss fan fiction's impact on mainstream media (Twilight, 50 Shades of Grey, The Love Hypothesis) and Kaia and Yarden read some of their extremely embarrassing fan fiction based on their 8th grade classmates.
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1h 16min
February 03, 2026 Birders (w/ Allison)
We're doing our "big day" here at NMS and watching the birdwatchers! Joined by birding friend Allison, we discuss the birder archetypes, our adventures in the field, and the hit YouTube documentary Listers. Who knew birding could be so cutthroat (finch)!
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1h 10min

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