Ask many people what constitutes a subculture, and some will say people on the outskirts of society. But…just by listening to this episode, we’d argue that you’re part of a subculture. Despite all the talk about podcasting being mainstream, it still hasn’t broken through. It’s still its own little thing.
If you like a particular style of music, attend a specific kind of church, work at a certain kind of talent…you’re probably part of a subculture. So what is a subculture? We begin this week’s episode discussing exactly that.
From there, we move on to discussing if we consider ourselves part of a subculture — and if so, which ones? After that, we talk about what happens when a subculture becomes mainstream. Does a subculture inherently lose something when it becomes widely embraced?
We take a step back to discuss the first subculture we remember seeing and then move on to the subcultures that interest us the most. Are there any subcultures we just don’t get? Listen and find out! Also: Are the subcultures of youth today really different than they’ve been in the past?
We dedicate some time to what draws people to subcultures, before discussing if subcultures can be damaging — even dangerous — to their members. After that, we talk about subcultures that don’t exist that we’d like to see.
We close out the episode with this question: “If you had to live the rest of your life surrounded by only the members of one subculture, which one would you choose?”
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Bagelheads et al. Watch at you own risk: http://youtu.be/_1NEZaJIEic
If I had to choose a subculture to perpetually hang out with? These guys look like fun: http://youtu.be/pEaBqiLeCu0 🙂
That made me feel anxious, like when I go to Target and they’ve moved all the products around.
I have seen the bagelheads, but not this video. This is a bit more than the one I saw.
The thing that really fascinates me about things like this: who was the first to think, “Wonder if I can pack my forehead with saline solution, push my finger into the middle, and make it look like I have a bagel beneath my skin?”
In a weird way, those people are my heroes…