The Department: a podcast about trends.

By Amanda McCarty + Kim Christenson

A podcast about trends - and how they define the world around us with fashion industry professionals Amanda and Kim.... more

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The podcast currently has 81 episodes available.

The Department: a podcast about trends. episodes:

August 03, 2021 Episode 51: Nostalgic Food Trends...Getting Jiggly With It
Amanda + Kim explore the trendiest food of all: Jell-O/gelatin. And they take a hotline call about gender reveal parties.
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1h 15min
July 27, 2021 Episode 50: From Bubbles to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Social Science of The Baby Name Game
Your name is a pretty big deal! By listener request, Kim and Amanda break down the trends and history involved in baby names.
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1h 8min
July 20, 2021 Episode 49: The Troll Trend (pt 2): How to Feed the Trolls
“To feed the trolls or not feed the trolls?” This is something the entire internet is debating (when they aren’t debating whether or not Crocs are cute). In part two of our troll-travaganza, Amanda + Kim discuss troll feeding and how to avoid becoming trolls ourselves.
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1h 28min
July 13, 2021 Episode 48: The Troll Trend (pt 1): The who, what, where, why and how of the troll epidemic.
TREND ALERT! Beach brawls, bad behavior on airplanes, and being a jerk on the internet are more popular than ever! In this episode, Amanda + Kim break down the who/what/where/why of trolling and snarking.
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1h 38min
June 22, 2021 Episode 47: Those CraZy KidZ: The Gen Z Aesthetics (pt 2) - Rare Aesthetics, Y2K and 2014 Nostalgia, Skinny Jeans vs The Masochist Aesthetic, War of #Adulting and The Great Shunning of 😂
Amanda + Kim reflect on things that Gen Z thinks is actually cool (and not cheugy). This is part 1 of 2!
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1h 5min
June 15, 2021 Episode 46: Those CraZy KidZ: The Gen Z Aesthetics (pt 1) - Uglycore, Normcore, Authenticity and Perfection Fatigue
Amanda + Kim reflect on things that Gen Z thinks is actually cool (and not cheugy). This is part 1 of 2!
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1h 20min
June 08, 2021 CH-CH-CH-CHEUGY! (pt 2): We might never know why lasagna is cheugy.
Amanda and Kim slice and dice (and fricassee) the internet's latest thinkpiece and quiz obsession: cheugy.
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1h 2min
June 01, 2021 CH-CH-CH-CHEUGY! (pt 1): The basic origins of the latest aesthetic trend
This is part one of our ultra miniseries on "cheugy," the internet's current favorite source of think pieces and quizzes. But to understand cheugy, we have to travel back to 2014. So throw on your scarf, grab your PSL, and get ready to dissect the term "basic."
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59min
May 25, 2021 Episode 43: That Value of Our Values (part II)
In last week's episode, we talked about how our concept of value has changed. This week we'll breakdown the values we want from brands!
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1h 9min
May 18, 2021 Episode 42: The Value of Our Values (part I)
The pandemic re-centered what "value" means to us, as we also began to demand more "values" from the companies selling to us. In this episode, we break down the ways in which our feelings about the value of items are changing. Also: a wild Grub Hub dating story.
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1h 21min

FAQs about The Department: a podcast about trends.:

How many episodes does The Department: a podcast about trends. have?

The podcast currently has 81 episodes available.