{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-computer-room.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fu-mircin-brah-ft-oliver-bateman-O0EjLDrf","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"u mIRCin', brah? ft. Oliver Bateman","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/af804f6d-85eb-4789-9216-3cffd1abc7c6/b94bf4f8-6691-4fc5-aa9c-8ca20a2428ca/beige-minimalist-lifestyle-podcast-cover-1.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/ea6ca5e3-63dd-47b6-bd56-e67d110be5a6\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"u mIRCin&apos;, brah? ft. Oliver Bateman\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"This was a wide-ranging conversation. \n\nWe talked about mIRC WWE roleplays, the impossibility of creating a genealogy of bodybuilding forums, how trolling evolved from Usenet to Twitter, the implicit similarities between Aimee Terese and Zyzz, why the digital invites body modification, male-to-male transsexuals, and the lasting impact of what the New York Times’ once dubbed “the male fitness internet.”\n\nRead Oliver’s EXCELLENT reporting here:\n\nThe Unheard History of Bodybuilding Forums \n\nSteroid Solidarity \n\nMuscle, Smoke, Mirrors\n\nThe Life of a Jacked Guy in 2019 \n\nHow Selfies and Social Media Shaped Modern Bodybuilding\n\nWhat Could Have Triggered Elliot Rodger? \n\nBooks referenced:\n\nMuscle, Smoke, and Mirrors by Randy Roach\n\nMuscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder by Sam Fussell \n\nTheme: I Should Have Walked Away by KAAZE "}