Unsupervised: Recent Episodes
Unsupervised
With almost all of human knowledge at their fingertips, what will college freshmen Cecil and Hazel discover? Some wild stuff, that’s for sure! Diving into all the corners of the internet that your parents warned you about! Join us as we research obscure topics so you don’t have to. Life is short! Google is free! Tune in! Unsupervised airs on WOBC 91.5 FM Oberlin College and Community Radio, local frequency or on WOBC.org, Tuesdays 1 AM EST!
In Unsupervised thrilling final (ish) episode our hosts investigate our favorite millennial media giant as a ploy to do some more good goofin. Discussion of breakfast food, Ted Cruz, and the conditions of modern virality ensue. Plus sneaky marketing, extended thank yous and one last reminder to always look out when crossing railway lines.
Featured Songs: Bagel Bites commercial jingle and Closing Time by Supersonic.
This week our hosts truly live up to the title of their show with an off-roads galavant through two of the internet’s most helpful encyclopedia sites. Appreciate the magic of open source and perhaps learn a thing or two about Animal Jam, Warrior Cats and WOBC lore, specifically. Plus pretend ice powers, pet rat candy and procedural Rick-Rolls
Featured Songs: Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley and The Show by Lenka
In our most PG-13 episode to date, our humble hosts begin to tackle the lawless expanse of online fanfiction- specifically those certain fics fortunate enough for big-screen adaptations. Tune in for discussions of derivatives, and where and what exactly one can find when beginning to search for modern fan-works. Plus further host incrimination, plenty of plot synopsis, impromptu reviews, and... Sonic fanart?
Featured Songs: Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding and Love Story by Taylor Swift
(Content Warning for discussion of adult fiction and subsequent sexual themes)
This week, Cecil and Hazel return from a season of technical difficulty to mourn the loss of our dearly beloved and soon-to-be-departed Q&A website Yahoo Answers. Join your hosts for a brief history of the site and a breakdown of its mechanics, as well as those of its competitors and replacements, followed by an exploration into what this chasm of limitless knowledge is due to leave behind. Plus powerful energy beams, horror movie pitches, and... sea monkey nachos.
Featured Songs: Ask by The Smiths and The Internet by Jon Bellion
Inspired by the heavily commercialized, secular celebration of Easter, this week Cecil leads the charge on a quest to find America’s least favorite sweets. Find out what the people (peeple?) have to say about less-than-appetizing Easter and year-round delicacies. Plus our hosts clear the air, share their own candy confessionals and make plenty of Peep puns.
Featured Songs: I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow and Sugar Rush by AKB048
In this exciting installment, Hazel (live from a tin can) leads us through a timeline of infamous internet challenges! Join our hosts as they reflect on twenty years of bizarre and more often than not ill-advisable viral dares, and debate the ethics of throwing cheese at babies. Plus guessing games, encouraging basic human decency, and a whole lot of pretty nasty food.
Featured Songs: Black Beatles by Rae Sremmurd and Take on Me by A-ha
This week, Cecil and Hazel begin to unpack the internet aesthetic phenomenon with the most quintessentially 2020 visual trend: Liminal Spaces. Learn exactly makes a liminal space and, of course, its inevitable relation to evils of capitalism. Plus discussion of department-store punk, a poorly-structured theory of the generational divide, and frequent and vehement hatred of minimalism.
Featured Songs: MACINTOSH PLUS - リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー (a.k.a the Vaporwave song) and I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman by Brittney Spears
In this exciting episode, Hazel talks a bit about her favorite academic subject... cryptids! Of land and sea, the United States and beyond! Featuring classic, favorite, terrifying creatures of mythos such as the Funeral Mountain Terrashot, The Bloop, and the American pageantry tradition. Plus, a new, exciting interpretation of the Mothman origin story.
Featured Songs: Bigfoot by Mt. Joy and Moth Math by Dirty Bynum
This week Cecil leads us on a very unofficial tour and review of some of the most fascinating museums around their hometown, namely the one about George W. Bush. Join us for an exchange of mutual memory and menu inspection, plus some discussion of war criminals, girlbosses, and undoubtedly the most romantic room in the DMA.
Intro Song: “Birdhouse in Your Soul” by They Might Be Giants
Outro Song: “Art Exhibit” by Young the Giant
This week we tackle a different CCM... Contemporary Children’s Music! Hazel teaches us about some nostalgic and personal favorite Children’s artists complete with samples for your listening pleasure! Tune in for discussion of cheese, poorly-sung renditions of classic children’s songs, and a completely reasonable amount of red-stringing.
Featured Tracks: “The Goldfish” by the Laurie Berkner Band, “On a Flying Guitar” and “Goodbye” by SteveSongs, and “Bees” and “I Love My Mom” by Blake Rules and Netherfriends
This week Cecil hosts a deep dive into the fascinating history and existence of Christian Rock and Christian Contemporary Music! We discuss the strengths and shortcomings of the genre, plus sample some popular tracks. Grab your guitar and say your prayers, listeners, we’re in for a “rock”-y ride!
Featured Tracks: “Sweet Sweet Song of Salvation” by Larry Norman, “I Can Only Imagine” by MercyMe, “All Around Me” by Flyleaf and “Monster” and “Rise” by Skillet.
Hazel takes the lead of our first episode with a deep dive into the Myers-Briggs and the Enneagram personality tests! Learn a little bit more about our humble hosts, while perhaps gaining some insight into elaborate circular diagrams, The Prospector from Toy Story 2, and just what it means to Press F.