That's a Thing?!

That's a Thing?!

By Karen Unland and Elizabeth SpencerArtsKids & Family
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That's a Thing?! episodes

  • The cake is a lie

    Here are some of the things we mentioned:

    • Eric Carle and The Very Hungry Caterpillar 
    • Eric Carle didn’t say that
    • The Paris Review for Young Readers
    • Rage-bait cooking videos - eg no-melt nachos, spaghetti in cold sauce
    • Bronies 
    • We were going to link to a problematic image about 4chan sharing things in bad faith, but then decided against it, because why spread it more?
    • Content-farm video channels like Blossom, So Yummy, 5-Minute Crafts
    • Making a purse out of a pizza box
    • Kimora Blac: “you didn’t say jk though”
    • Bad waffle-iron videos
    • Wrap-folding hack from TikTok
    • Ann Reardon’s How To Cook That
    • You Suck at Cooking
    • The quote about lies on the internet was from Arthur! (We would never quote Bizaardvark.)

    Many thanks to our sponsors: 

    • Natural Light Edmonton
    • The Edmonton Community Foundation and The Well Endowed Podcast

    That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network — Locally grown. Community-supported.


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    Many thanks to Transistor for hosting our show. Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin, from Free Music Archive.

    39 min
  • Yahoo Answers — super bad and sorely missed

    Here are some of the things we mentioned:

    • More information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown
    • Pregnancy questions video (NSFW)
    • ICYMI episode on end of Yahoo Answers
    • Quora
    • There’s a subreddit for every question you could possibly have
    • r/relationships
    • Sarah Z video about where fake stories fit into internet culture
    • Dear Abby/Ann Landers
    • Ken M
    • Amelia Bedelia
    • One of many Yahoo Answers listicles
    • Example of automated YouTube video reading r/askreddit
    • The episode of My Brother, My Brother and Me which bids YA farewell
    • A collection of final Yahoos 
    • Callback to Flash games episode
    • r/thetipofmytongue
    • Callback to walled gardens episode
    • The Soul of a Library - Jacob Geller
    • Jason Scott and Archive Team

    Many thanks to our sponsors: 

    • Rümi
    • Pod Power shout-out for Overdue Finds, courtesy of Edmonton Community Foundation

    That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network — Locally grown. Community supported.


    We’ve been on some APN shows recently — check them out!

    • The Breakfast Dish
    • Bollywood is For Lovers
    • Speaking Municipally

    You can subscribe to us in all the places, and most of them let you rate and review, too, which would be lovely.


    Questions? Comments? Email us at [email protected] or tweet at us: @thatsathingyeg.


    Do you want a That’s a Thing?! button? Send us your address by Twitter DM or email and we will send you one. 


    Many thanks to Transistor for hosting our show. Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin, from Free Music Archive.


    53 min

About That's a Thing?!

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A sometimes belated, already outdated guide to your teens, tweens and everything under 20. In each episode, Elizabeth, a teenager, explains a thing to Karen, her mother. And Karen tells Elizabeth how…