Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Tue. 1/19 - Should Sea Shanty TikTok Take Its Leave and Go?
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Tue. 1/19 - Should Sea Shanty TikTok Take Its Leave and Go?
A synthetic cornea implant has successfully helped a legally blind man regain his sight. Team USA and Team Canada women’s hockey players can’t stop falling in love and living happily ever after together. And a deep dive into the briny waters of the sea shanty trend––how it started, some standout covers, why the trend has taken off, and if we should even care.
Sponsors:
- NordVPN, Get 68% off a two-year plan plus an additional free month––at nordvpn.com/kottke or use coupon KOTTKE
- Fundrise, Get started today at fundrise.com/kottke
Links:
Synthetic cornea helped a legally blind man regain his sight (Engadget)
Team USA and Team Canada Women's Hockey Players Keep Marrying Each Other (them.)
Why TikTok (and Everyone Else) Is Singing Sea Chanteys (Wired)
The Scottish postman behind 'Sea Shanty TikTok' (BBC)
Tiktok: The Sea shanty 'Wellerman' has gone viral (Polygon)
"All Star" shantified (Basscho, TikTok)
Original Nathan Evans "Wellerman" dueted (Johnny Stewart, TikTok)
Kermit "Wellerman" (artmonkeyworld, TikTok)
C++ Shanty (Josh Millard, Metafilter)
COVID-19 Vaccine Shanty (Tim Blais, TikTok)
Sea shanties like the Wellerman are trending on TikTok (Vox)
Why we're singing shanties in a high-stress state (Dan Olson, Twitter)
Decemberists burn (Garrett Bridger Gilmore, Twitter)
Microwave Tok (Shmangomungo, TikTok) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View all episodes
By Cool Stuff Ride Home
4.6
729729 ratings
A synthetic cornea implant has successfully helped a legally blind man regain his sight. Team USA and Team Canada women’s hockey players can’t stop falling in love and living happily ever after together. And a deep dive into the briny waters of the sea shanty trend––how it started, some standout covers, why the trend has taken off, and if we should even care.
Sponsors:
- NordVPN, Get 68% off a two-year plan plus an additional free month––at nordvpn.com/kottke or use coupon KOTTKE
- Fundrise, Get started today at fundrise.com/kottke
Links:
Synthetic cornea helped a legally blind man regain his sight (Engadget)
Team USA and Team Canada Women's Hockey Players Keep Marrying Each Other (them.)
Why TikTok (and Everyone Else) Is Singing Sea Chanteys (Wired)
The Scottish postman behind 'Sea Shanty TikTok' (BBC)
Tiktok: The Sea shanty 'Wellerman' has gone viral (Polygon)
"All Star" shantified (Basscho, TikTok)
Original Nathan Evans "Wellerman" dueted (Johnny Stewart, TikTok)
Kermit "Wellerman" (artmonkeyworld, TikTok)
C++ Shanty (Josh Millard, Metafilter)
COVID-19 Vaccine Shanty (Tim Blais, TikTok)
Sea shanties like the Wellerman are trending on TikTok (Vox)
Why we're singing shanties in a high-stress state (Dan Olson, Twitter)
Decemberists burn (Garrett Bridger Gilmore, Twitter)
Microwave Tok (Shmangomungo, TikTok) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More shows like Cool Stuff Ride Home
View all
This American Life
90,828 Listeners
Stuff You Should Know
77,685 Listeners
Planet Money
30,725 Listeners
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
5,664 Listeners
The Gist
59 Listeners
Something You Should Know
4,177 Listeners
Curiosity Weekly
932 Listeners
Darknet Diaries
7,917 Listeners
Tech Brew Ride Home
943 Listeners
The Next Big Idea
1,270 Listeners
Short Wave
6,206 Listeners
The Last Archive
1,798 Listeners
How to Be a Better Human
1,368 Listeners
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
1,675 Listeners
Understood: Who Broke the Internet?
252 Listeners