Bibliographic Information:
- Title: Anything Goes
- Podcast created by: Emma Chamberlain
- Release Date: Started season 1 February 2020
- Platform: iHeart Radio, Spotify, Apple Podcasts
- Running time: varies from 40-75 minutes
Genre [Format of the Title]: Nonfiction [podcast]
Awards or Honors:
Interest Level:
Chamberlain has a very large fan base with almost 10 million subscribers in her YouTube and over 12 million on Instagram. Every teenager knows her and gauging from the never ending stream of questions and content she gets on her podcast she’s got several million teenagers hooked.
Awards or Honors:
- 12th Shorty Award for Best Podcast, 2020 (Shorty Award honors the best of social media)
Interest Level:
Chamberlain has a very large fan base with almost 10 million subscribers in her YouTube and over 12 million on Instagram. Every teenager knows her and gauging from the never ending stream of questions and content she gets on her podcast she’s got several million teenagers hooked.
Podcast Gist:
This podcast deals with anything and everything. Every Thursday, Emma talks about anything and everything you can imagine. She dispenses advice in response to her followers questions sent to @agpodcast Twitter account. Her followers often ask relationship questions (how can I stop stalking this guy? How can I stop my girlfriend from getting mad at me?) and lots of random questions ( Is it bad if I believe in horoscopes? I only want to be social when I’m drunk, help). She answers each question very thoughtfully and without any hint of mockery. When she's not answering questions, she's talking about anything and everything happening to her at that moment including her private, bodily functions and dysfunctions and her pet interruptions.
This podcast deals with anything and everything. Every Thursday, Emma talks about anything and everything you can imagine. She dispenses advice in response to her followers questions sent to @agpodcast Twitter account. Her followers often ask relationship questions (how can I stop stalking this guy? How can I stop my girlfriend from getting mad at me?) and lots of random questions ( Is it bad if I believe in horoscopes? I only want to be social when I’m drunk, help). She answers each question very thoughtfully and without any hint of mockery. When she's not answering questions, she's talking about anything and everything happening to her at that moment including her private, bodily functions and dysfunctions and her pet interruptions.
Creator’s Background:
Emma Chamberlain is a very popular social media influencer with 12.4 million followers on Instagram and 9.97 million followers on YouTube. She was born in May 2001 in San Bruno, California. Her parents divorced when she was five so she remembers having to pack up every other week and never feeling completely settled and always feeling alone, especially since she is an only child. She talks about this and her mental state in one of her podcasts.
Chamberlain never graduated from high school and instead she took the California high school equivalency exam her junior year so she could focus on her YouTube career. She used to edit her cheerleading videos and posted them on Instagram (Lorenz, 2019). At nineteen years old, she has collaborated with several YouTubers, created her own podcast originally called Stupid Genius and now renamed Anything Goes, and started her own business distributing coffee and other merchandise. Her career took off in 2017 when her video on the Dollar Store went viral.
Emma Chamberlain is a very popular social media influencer with 12.4 million followers on Instagram and 9.97 million followers on YouTube. She was born in May 2001 in San Bruno, California. Her parents divorced when she was five so she remembers having to pack up every other week and never feeling completely settled and always feeling alone, especially since she is an only child. She talks about this and her mental state in one of her podcasts.
Chamberlain never graduated from high school and instead she took the California high school equivalency exam her junior year so she could focus on her YouTube career. She used to edit her cheerleading videos and posted them on Instagram (Lorenz, 2019). At nineteen years old, she has collaborated with several YouTubers, created her own podcast originally called Stupid Genius and now renamed Anything Goes, and started her own business distributing coffee and other merchandise. Her career took off in 2017 when her video on the Dollar Store went viral.
Ten minutes or so of Emma Chamberlain's Dollar tree haul, the YouTube clip that catapulted her to social media stardom. (emma chamberlain, 2017).
Critical Evaluation:
Chamberlain’s podcast Anything Goes is truly anything goes. Sometimes the commercial plugs she does between advice can get annoying, maybe because it’s unexpected for me. Her advertorials sound like part of the advice or the discussion. Chamberlain talks about anything -- being a crappy friend, breaking hair from lying down in bed all day, needing to replace underwear, etc. Judging by the millions of followers, teens appreciate her “relatable” digressions.
In her most recent podcast, she talks about “how narcissistic how self-aware I am” and this is stated with absolutely no irony. She gives advice that’s actually sensible (clothing anxiety is normal, slowly build up to getting comfortable with your clothes) and practical (when an anxious thought comes up, find a mantra or a phrase you can repeat like: I’m healthy, everyone I know is healthy, and keep telling yourself this positive affirmation...it sounds stupid but it really works for me”) and realistic (“we’re still in a pandemic, I’m still paranoid and super sensitive right now, and it sucks; there’s not an easy fix for anything”). She sounds like a friend who’s very real and down to earth despite being, in reality, a multi-millionaire teenager living alone in a four-million-dollar mansion in Southern California (Jackson, 2021).
Chamberlain’s podcast Anything Goes is truly anything goes. Sometimes the commercial plugs she does between advice can get annoying, maybe because it’s unexpected for me. Her advertorials sound like part of the advice or the discussion. Chamberlain talks about anything -- being a crappy friend, breaking hair from lying down in bed all day, needing to replace underwear, etc. Judging by the millions of followers, teens appreciate her “relatable” digressions.
In her most recent podcast, she talks about “how narcissistic how self-aware I am” and this is stated with absolutely no irony. She gives advice that’s actually sensible (clothing anxiety is normal, slowly build up to getting comfortable with your clothes) and practical (when an anxious thought comes up, find a mantra or a phrase you can repeat like: I’m healthy, everyone I know is healthy, and keep telling yourself this positive affirmation...it sounds stupid but it really works for me”) and realistic (“we’re still in a pandemic, I’m still paranoid and super sensitive right now, and it sucks; there’s not an easy fix for anything”). She sounds like a friend who’s very real and down to earth despite being, in reality, a multi-millionaire teenager living alone in a four-million-dollar mansion in Southern California (Jackson, 2021).
Creative Use for a Library Program:
Teach students how to do a podcast. I would like to use Chamberlain’s podcast as a sample for students to emulate.
Short Podcast Teaser:
Meet your new podcast friend, Emma Chamberlain. She dishes advice on anything and everything and it’s like having your own personal therapist in her podcast, Anything Goes. She is real, she is cool, and she will make you feel good about yourself. She’s the perfect companion during this pandemic.
Potential Challenge Issues and Defense Preparation:
She uses profanity every so often, just like any teenager, but that is part of her appeal. She also freely talks about her personal bodily functions (f*** I got a cramp!) in non-sequitur moments. She’s real and relatable to the listener, not some old sage dispensing advice. If you’re a parent and you want to know what teenagers are talking about, thinking, and listening to, take some time to listen to Chamberlain.
Reason for Inclusion:
Chamberlain is a larger than life social media influencer and I knew nothing about her prior to this. But the more I read about her, the more fascinating she became and her podcast is actually a fun listen. Her podcast is so appealing to teens and including this here ups the cool factor to the teen reader of this blog.
Teach students how to do a podcast. I would like to use Chamberlain’s podcast as a sample for students to emulate.
Short Podcast Teaser:
Meet your new podcast friend, Emma Chamberlain. She dishes advice on anything and everything and it’s like having your own personal therapist in her podcast, Anything Goes. She is real, she is cool, and she will make you feel good about yourself. She’s the perfect companion during this pandemic.
Potential Challenge Issues and Defense Preparation:
She uses profanity every so often, just like any teenager, but that is part of her appeal. She also freely talks about her personal bodily functions (f*** I got a cramp!) in non-sequitur moments. She’s real and relatable to the listener, not some old sage dispensing advice. If you’re a parent and you want to know what teenagers are talking about, thinking, and listening to, take some time to listen to Chamberlain.
Reason for Inclusion:
Chamberlain is a larger than life social media influencer and I knew nothing about her prior to this. But the more I read about her, the more fascinating she became and her podcast is actually a fun listen. Her podcast is so appealing to teens and including this here ups the cool factor to the teen reader of this blog.
REFERENCES
emma chamberlain. (2017, July 27). We all owe the dollar store an apology [Video file]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5-6f1T9qsc
Golden, Z. (2019, July 17). Emma Chamberlain is the next... something. What is it? ELLE. https://www.elle.com/culture/a27118338/emma-chamberlain-youtube-explain/
Jackson, B. (2021, January 19). Where does Emma Chamberlain live? Celeb Answers. https://celebanswers.com/where-does-emma-chamberlain-live/
Lorenz, T. (2019, July 14). Emma Chamberlain is the most important YouTuber today. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/07/emma-chamberlain-and-rise-relatable-influencer/593230/
Golden, Z. (2019, July 17). Emma Chamberlain is the next... something. What is it? ELLE. https://www.elle.com/culture/a27118338/emma-chamberlain-youtube-explain/
Jackson, B. (2021, January 19). Where does Emma Chamberlain live? Celeb Answers. https://celebanswers.com/where-does-emma-chamberlain-live/
Lorenz, T. (2019, July 14). Emma Chamberlain is the most important YouTuber today. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/07/emma-chamberlain-and-rise-relatable-influencer/593230/
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