This is the age of the "superfad". Products, ideas and habits that surge into our collective conscience - and frequently burn out just as fast. In this new podcast from Stuff, two of our millennial reporters dive into the crazes. Laura Walters and Katie Kenny have spent a week in a waist trainer, crammed into a tiny house and vegged out on the couch for hours of binge watching to deliver Superfad. Each episode combines lively insights and revealing personal stories from well-known New Zealanders. We also explore the important social and cultural questions raised by the rapid rise and fall of 21st century fads.
All content for SUPERFAD is the property of Stuff Audio and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
This is the age of the "superfad". Products, ideas and habits that surge into our collective conscience - and frequently burn out just as fast. In this new podcast from Stuff, two of our millennial reporters dive into the crazes. Laura Walters and Katie Kenny have spent a week in a waist trainer, crammed into a tiny house and vegged out on the couch for hours of binge watching to deliver Superfad. Each episode combines lively insights and revealing personal stories from well-known New Zealanders. We also explore the important social and cultural questions raised by the rapid rise and fall of 21st century fads.
High speed internet has transformed home entertainment.
In the past two decades, Netflix has grown from a California-based mail order DVD outfit to a global streaming service with more than 100 million subscribers. In New Zealand, Lightbox has more than 300,000 subscribers. The once-dominant subscription TV service Sky TV, meanwhile, is in a seemingly terminal decline.
On-demand, streaming TV has spawned a so-called “golden age” in television. And it’s encouraged a new kind of viewing: “binge-watching”.
In this episode of Superfad, hosts Laura Walters and Katie Kenny are joined on the couch by technical producer Alex Liu to indulge in five hours of bingeing on a true crime series. (Don’t worry, you get the highlights and insights, not the full version.) TV and movie reviewer Kate Rodger reveals her binge-watching addiction - and what it’s done to her love life. And we hear some choice insights about the different types of shows consumed by Kiwis. Which are the most voraciously binged?
Read more about the binge-watching craze on Stuff: stuff.co.nz/superfad
And join the Superfad Facebook group to share your thoughts on this trend, and others: https://www.facebook.com/groups/186422305302755/
Katie and Laura are hosting Facebook live videos each Monday, where they will answer your questions, and take you behind the scenes: https://www.facebook.com/Stuff.co.nz/
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SUPERFAD
This is the age of the "superfad". Products, ideas and habits that surge into our collective conscience - and frequently burn out just as fast. In this new podcast from Stuff, two of our millennial reporters dive into the crazes. Laura Walters and Katie Kenny have spent a week in a waist trainer, crammed into a tiny house and vegged out on the couch for hours of binge watching to deliver Superfad. Each episode combines lively insights and revealing personal stories from well-known New Zealanders. We also explore the important social and cultural questions raised by the rapid rise and fall of 21st century fads.
