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Bay Curious Presents Close All Tabs: Stan Wars, The Fandom Menace

Bay Curious Presents Close All Tabs: Stan Wars, The Fandom Menace

Update: 2024-10-29
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We're presenting an episode of Close All Tabs, a new miniseries from KQED that explores the intersection of internet culture and politics. In this episode, host Morgan Sung examines the rise of “stan culture” in politics, where passionate supporters rally around political figures with the same fervor typically reserved for pop stars.

Read the transcript here.

Want to give us feedback on the series? Shoot us an email at podcasts@KQED.org

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Bay Curious Presents Close All Tabs: Stan Wars, The Fandom Menace

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