In this week's episode, I explore how the changing media landscape has impacted how celebrities tell us their stories alongside comedians and pop culture experts, Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton from the Celebrity Memoir Book Club podcast!

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Timestamps:

3:41 Claire & Ashley bios

4:57 Interview

5:04 Claire & Ashley’s friendship & CMBC podcast origin story

7:47 How they navigate the biases in celebrity memoirs

10:58 The shift away from traditional mediums of celebrity storytelling— from talk shows to TikTok

13:31 How social media has commodified every element of the celebrity experience

16:00 How has the celebrity memoir— a traditional from of storytelling— remained relevant?

19:11 “Chronically online” celebrities and how online fame impacts their storytelling

21:58 How online cancel culture impacts celebrity storytelling

24:14 Difference between how an online creator reports on their story vs. traditional celebrity

25:21 Future of celebrity landscape

28:08 Claire & Ashley’s favourite memoirs

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