Sideshow

A bi-weekly podcast about art and culture (and especially the stuff in between). Studio 360’s Sean Rameswaram talks to the people who make the memes.

Behind the Sideshow

#36: The Internet Is Forever

For his final episode, Sean Rameswaram traces the path of creative work he has personally posted, from blogging to sketch comedy videos to a truly ill rap posse. To close out the show, he gets the posse back together for one last song.
#36: The Internet Is Forever
Thanks, Obama

#35 - "Thanks, Obama" (with Barack Obama?!)

Political memes come and go, but "Thanks, Obama" has stuck around for seven years. Sean Rameswaram discusses all those videos, GIFs, and tweets with Nona Willis Aronowitz from Talking Points Memo and Barack Obama from the White House?!!
#35 - "Thanks, Obama" (with Barack Obama?!)
Hodor

#34 – How Hodor Became the Heart of “Game of Thrones”

Like Sailor Moon and Ron Swanson before him, Hodor belongs to a special league of TV characters who have found life far beyond their TV worlds online. Sean Rameswaram speaks with Kristian Nairn, who plays the only lovable character on "Game of Thrones."
#34 – How Hodor Became the Heart of “Game of Thrones”
That funky monkey

#33 - Hip-Hop, 40s, and the Myth of the Brass Monkey

In the mid-90s, rappers from the East Coast to the West convinced a generation to consume malt liquor in "40s." Sean Rameswaram speaks with food writer Besha Rodell and Mike D from the Beastie Boys, who says he doesn't deserve the blame.
#33 - Hip-Hop, 40s, and the Myth of the Brass Monkey
Alexander, Wolff, and Seinfeld

#32 - Jonathan Wolff Slapped the Bass for Seinfeld and the Internet Can’t Thank Him Enough

Jonathan Wolff is the Michael Jordan of TV theme songs. He’s written over 70, from "Who's the Boss?" to "The Hughleys." Sean Rameswaram speaks to Wolff about his incredible career and the internet’s endless mashups of his iconic "Seinfeld" theme.
#32 - Jonathan Wolff Slapped the Bass for Seinfeld and the Internet Can’t Thank Him Enough