Say My Meme

Matthew Shifrin is the host of the new Radiotopia Presents podcast Blind Guy Travels – and he's also somewhat of a "meme skeptic." Blind since birth, Matthew hasn't engaged much with the visual culture of memes. So in our neverending crusade to bring memes to tohe people who have the least access, we attempted to turn Matthew into a meme enthusiast by tapping into one of this favorite subjects: musical theatre.

May The Fourth Be With You! This week, Caroline and Will are joined by a special guest host – Caroline's husband, Justin – to unpack the wonderful and incredibly nerdy world of Star Wars memes. I've been waiting a long time for this, my little green friend!

Blind beauty expert and journalist Lucy Edwards recently sent in a request to Say My Meme, for beauty and makeup memes, and when we get a request we deliver! Lucy joins us as our first guest host to talk all memes skincare, makeup and more!

April is a big month for things that are green: The Earth, Weed.. not sure what else. And to stoners, memes are the lifeblood of good humor and chill times. That's why this week we're bringing you the best weed memes!

Back for her second meme, Violet describes a surprising – and perturbing – meme revival of Charlotte's Web.

Nick describes a surprising take on the classic layered bird -- the per-turducken. Just listen.

This week on Say My Meme, we're describing Classic Art memes! Show notes for this episode:

• Insta is live and full of memes! @saymymemepod
• Here are the works featured on the episode:
• 1. Walter McEwan, Woman of the Empire, 1902.
  2. Pietro Perugino, Madonna and Child, 1500.
  3. Fernand Cormon, Femme au Narguile, 1878.
  4. Nikolaus Schulmeister, Tract of the Passion Manuscript, 14th century.
  5. Raphael, Portrait of Maddalena Doni, 1506.
  6. Michiel Sweerts, Self Portrait, 1660.
• You can buy the medieval torture COVID mask on Redbubble.
• Brian Regan, You Too and Stuff joke.

Whether it's casually dropped in a text or mispronounced like the peanut butter, the GIF can be an elusive animal. This week on the podcast, Caroline and Will discuss GIF accessibility, and describe five popular GIFs ranging from The Rock to the girl who jumps like a horse.

Links:

• Giphy

• The girl who jumps like a horse

Bree Klauser typically doesn't describe herself as "blind," even though she technically is. Legally blind for most of her life but preferring "low vision" as a way for people to better understand her visual field, Bree has appeared in shows such as Apple TV's See, the new Audible series Phreaks and more. She joined us as our first guest to describe some memes, talk about meme appreciation and her new films premiering this week at the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge.

Bree's Films from the Disability Film Challenge:

• Service: A dogu-me tary
• Social fitness

Remember Jack? You may remember the infamous "urinal etiquette" meme from two whole weeks ago. Well, Jack is back – our first ever repeat submitter, and therefore now our MEME LEADER – with a timely Wonka meme that will make you feel, well.. less than lucky. Submit your meme to [email protected] and get your name on the leaderboard today! Who knows, maybe there'll be a prize.