#6 Attention, Gilligan's Island and The White Album
From Amerisplaining With Walter by Blaine Selkirk
July 3, 2025 · 23 min · Season 1 · Episode 6
About this episode
Walter Brohahahaha discusses attention and its challenges in the age of social media, inspired by a chance encounter with a Canada goose.
In Episode 6 of Amerisplaining with Walter, broadcast legend Walter Brohahahaha tells of a chance encounter with a Canada goose on a lonely country road outside Chagrin Falls, North Dakota. How it inspired him to decide that the episode should be about "attention" and the battles we all face to avoid having ours captured and squeezed silly by the big social media platforms. Walter also shares a 1919 record from vaudeville team Millie and Martin that he bought at a flea market that turned out to have maybe influenced The Beatles' 1968 White Album.
People in this episode
Host: Walter Brohahahaha
Topics covered
- attention
- social media
- influence
- music history
- vaudeville
- cultural commentary
Keywords
- attention
- social media
- Canada goose
- The Beatles
- vaudeville
- Millie and Martin
- Chagrin Falls
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Beatles' 1968 White Album, 1919 record from vaudeville team Millie and Martin
Places: Chagrin Falls, North Dakota
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