ICYMI: One Year: The Spot

Published: Dec. 15, 2021, 10 a.m.

b'On today\\u2019s episode, Rachelle and Madison are excited to share an episode from One Year: 1995, a Slate podcast focused on telling a series of stories from 1995, ones which we may have forgotten or that merit reexamination. In \\u201cThe Spot,\\u201d producer Evan Chung tells the story of what can be best described as the first internet soap opera.\\n\\u201cThe Spot\\u201d follows a small group of creators who, through a series of interconnected blog posts, inspired one of the earliest instances of online fandom. It\\u2019s a story about online creativity, parasocial relationships, and how not everything on the internet lasts forever\\u2014the exact sort of story that we\\u2019d feature on ICYMI if we\\u2019d been making this podcast in 1995.\\nFind One Year: 1995 wherever you get you podcasts.\\nPodcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'