Parasocial Social Club

For their season finale, Jewell and Charlie review their parasocial resumes, discuss soft-launching new looks, and talk whales. Like several times we talk about whales.

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Scholarly References:

• Charlie's selfie tweet
• Jewell's birthday grid post
• Luna (the orca that got separated from his mom and acts weird now) hanging out with humans
• Style icon Lewis Hamilton
• PopCrave's insidious tweet about Ellen DeGeneres' hair color
• Amanda Seyfried's Architectural Digest home tour
• The clip we posted about House wherein Charlie exhibits being in the "interrupting women phase of transition"
• Jewell's Recommendation: The Good Whale podcast
• Charlies' Recommendation: Human vs. Hamster on HBO

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Hosted by Jewell Karinen and Charlie James.

Produced by Garrett La Bonte. Theme by Bridey Hicks.

Akilah Hughes is a writer, comedian, and podcaster. She began her career with the "Akilah, Obviously!" YouTube channel and went on to co-host the Crooked Media podcast What a Day. She has been a digital correspondent for MTV, HBO, Fusion TV, and Comedy Central. Check out her newest podcast, Rebel Spirit with Akilah Hughes, where she attempts to convince her high school, Boone County High School, to change its confederate general mascot.

Scholarly References:

• A brief history of lookalike contests
• Tiger King (2020) on Netflix
• "Meet Your First Black Girlfriend" on Akilah's YouTube
• Akilah’s dog Fauci on Instagram
• Rebel Spirit Podcast on Apple, Spotify, and more
• Akilah recommends playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Gerudo Caves mentioned.)

Follow Akilah:

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BlueSky

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Website

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Jewell and Charlie discuss which sports teams their dads are gay for, public celebrity Tumblrs, and Oscar hosts. Subscribe to our email newsletter! parasocialsocialclub.substack.com

Scholarly References:

• Gay TV show Killing Eve starring Sandra Oh
• "Untitled (You Construct Intricate Rituals)" (1981) by Barbara Kruger
• Conan O’Brien is tall and hosting the Oscars
• Jewell thinks this is Amandla Stenberg’s Tumblr (but she could be wrong)
• Covers of “Teenage Dirtbag” by Cat Burns and another one by Dorian Electra and Sega Bodega

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Hosted by Jewell Karinen and Charlie James

Produced by Garrett La Bonte. Theme by Bridey Hicks.

Garrett Palm is a super talented producer, director, and actor, known for his work as host and show-runner of the hit show Eat It or Yeet It!, which ran for 5 years on Smosh on Youtube. Garrett also ran the writer’s room as lead writer for Tabletop News, and co-hosts the Agents of Travel podcast!

Scholarly References

Rainbow Kitten Surprise band breakup Instagram post

Garrett’s show Eet It or Yeet It! on Smosh

Garrett’s friend Brad's invention: LiveJournal

Faerie romance novel series A Court of Thorns and Roses

Vegan burrito at Tierra Taco pop-up

Fun game Prey Another Day

Castle Combo Game

Garrett's podcast Agents of Travel on Spotify & Apple Podcasts

Garrett's Instagram, IMDB, and website

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Hosted by Jewell Karinen and Charlie James

Produced by Garrett La Bonte. Theme by Bridey Hicks.

Jewell & Charlie talk about appearances. Plus fandom group chats, a Bill Burr surprise, Maria from The Bachelor, Kieran Culkin, and so much more. Subscribe to our email newsletter! parasocialsocialclub.substack.com

Scholarly References:

- New song from rock musician/group-chat participant Briston Maroney

- Famous comedian John Mulaney

- Writer and former Great British Bake Off contestant Ruby Tandoh on Instagram

- We are so sorry Niamh Adkins if we pronounced your name wrong

- Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Chicken Shop Date episode with Andrew Garfield, star of America’s great fable The Social Network

- Jewell’s Instagram post that Alexa Chung liked (I un-archived this for you guys)

- Charlie’s movie recommendation A Different Man

- Garrett’s life recommendation of getting involved with your local Mutual Aid org! Mutual Aid LA on Instagram

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Hosted by Jewell Karinen and Charlie James

Produced by Garrett La Bonte. Theme by Bridey Hicks.

Jewell and Charlie discuss Great British Bake Off's Nelly Ghafar, Charlie's personal beef with Ellen Degeneres, and a place you can watch oversized vehicles slam into a low bridge.

Scholarly References:

1. Jewell's "wonderful D&D web series" The Party

2. Charlie's "comedy online"

3. Subscribe to our email newsletter on Substack!!!!!

https://parasocialsocialclub.substack.com

4. To catch up on our "bad charismatic man" lore: Episode 1 of this podcast

5. The best Dress to Impress TikToker @66viperz99

6. The girl who burned her hair off with a curling iron on the Ellen Degeneres show

7. Absolute icon Nelly Ghafar from Great British Bake Off

8. The MUNA podcast Jewell can't listen to for parasocial reasons: Gayotic

9. Caroline Calloway's comments on our Instagram post

10. YouTube channel about trucks crashing into an overpass: 11foot8+8 bridge

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Parasocial Social Club podcast is hosted by Jewell Karinen and Charlie James. Produced by Garrett La Bonte. Theme by Bridey Hicks.

Vinny Thomas is an actor, writer, and comedian who you might know as OMAR in Platonic on Apple TV. He consistently blesses our For You and Explore pages with his comedy content, thank you Vinny. True Star Wars fans will recognize Vinny as Senator Jai Kell from Ashoka on Disney Plus and true NPR fans will recognize him as a writer for Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me.

Vinny's Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.

Scholarly References:

Chappell Roan’s VMA performance of “Good Luck, Babe!”

Jewell’s rendition of Chappell Roan’s rendition of Joan of Arc

The eel pit guy on Instagram and TikTok

Vinny’s controversial tweet about Jimmy Carter

Vinny’s well-cited but sometimes inaccurate Wikipedia article

The trailer for Vinny’s new movie “You’re Cordially Invited” coming out in 2025!

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Hosted by Jewell Karinen and Charlie James

Produced by Garrett La Bonte. Theme by Bridey Hicks.

Jewell & Charlie get their ten thousand steps, spot celebrities, dive deep into the social dynamics of several random Disney adults, and fight about flour tortillas.

Scholarly references:

HomeState Tortilla Awards and Accolades

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Hosted by Jewell Karinen and Charlie James

Produced by Garrett La Bonte. Theme by Bridey Hicks.

Skye Smith is an extremely talented writer and creative, known for their work as the official Lorekeeper and Story Editor for Dimension 20 on Dropout, (the streaming network formerly known as CollegeHumor).

Skye has a REALLY interesting take on the parasocial phenomenon as they have experienced it from MANY angles—as a fan, as a neutral observer to colleagues and friends who have rabid fanbases, and as an object of parasocial love and fascination themself.

Skye's Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter

Hosted by Jewell Karinen and Charlie James

Produced by Garrett La Bonte. Theme by Bridey Hicks.

Scholarly references:

Extremely low quality video of Zac Efron singing "Good Morning" on set

Skye flips off Brennan Lee Mulligan in Dimension 20's Adventuring Party (Season 18, Episode 2, timestamp 11:20)

Movie parody creator Caroline Klidonas on TikTok and Instagram

Fake restaurant creator Drew Talbert on TikTok and Instagram

Hayley Kiyoko's "Girls Like Girls" music video (prehistoric gay media)

"Number One Fan" by MUNA

Jewell & Charlie mourn their favorite TikTok couple's relationship, fight about The Strokes, and whine about Mitski. Plus parasocial ethics and the latest installment of "Oops I Googled Myself."

Scholarly references:

TikTok icons Niamh Adkins and Joe Ando

Interview with Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos (bi icon)

Celebrity Memoir Book Club's review of Men Have Called Her Crazy

E-commerce website that stole Jewell's face for a shower curtain (visit at your own risk)

HBO docu-series Ren Faire

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Parasocial Social Club podcast is hosted by Jewell Karinen and Charlie James. Produced by Garrett La Bonte. Theme by Bridey Hicks.