Going IRL: Recent Episodes
Going IRL Podcast
Manny & Lex discuss the Five Geek Social Fallacies, described by Michael Suileabhain-Wilson (https://plausiblydeniable.com/five-geek-social-fallacies/). How do these fallacies affect our geeky lives? Do they still ring true almost 20 years after publication?
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Manny & Lex sit down with Thyst, the current Digital Marketing Manager for Blizzard Entertainment and previous host for Lagging Balls, Convert to Raid, and Tryhard, to talk about turning content creation into a career.
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Lex & Manny discuss pride month, activism, justice, and allyship. How do we support each other and build a community where we can do the work and lift each other up?
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Manny & Lex talk coping when the world feels like it's falling apart. How do we keep ourselves moving forward even when forward is hard to find, and how do we know when we need to step back and when we need to step forward?
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Manny & Lex are joined by Sirithe of LFR and Team Divided to talk platforms! We've spent so much time talking about building communities and creating content-- how can content creators use the platforms they've built to do good?
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This month, Lex & Manny are joined by Jessica Gonzalez, a founder & organizer of A Better ABK & Game Workers Alliance. They talk toxic workplaces: how to identify them, how to support your co-workers within them, and how the game industry can move away from them.
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Lex & Manny talk about toxic positivity. What divides "good" and "bad" emotions, and how do we develop healthy, positive online communities?
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Happy New Year! Manny & Lex discuss productivity, goals, and resolutions. What divides healthy from unhealthy productivity? And how can we make our goals more realistic?
Manny & Lex discuss community-building, IRL and in games, and talk about common pitfalls and how community managers can set themselves up for success.
Lex & Manny join together for the FIRST EPISODE of Going IRL, where they discuss cancel culture. Where does it come from? What's good & bad about it? What makes some "cancellations" more effective, and how do you, say, cancel a small gaming podcast? We'll tell you!