RHOA Premiere Recap and Taylor Lorenz joins to talk Digital Disarray: Parasocial Ties, Influencer Smear Campaigns & the AI Media Revolution!

TUESDAY! Jam packed! We have a recap of the season premiere of Real Housewives of Atlanta, which I LOVED, and then we have Taylor Lorenz back with us to talk about the chaos and dynamics of internet culture and parasocial relationships, the evolving influencer industry and orchestrated smear campaigns (blake/baldoni) and the impact of AI and digital trends on media and journalism. Really dug this conversation. You can subscribe to Taylor's USER MAG blog at https://www.usermag.co and follow her on IG at @taylorlorenz!

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Timestamtamps:

:03-Show Notes/Tamra Judge quits

6:20-RHOA Season 16 Episode 1 Recap

35:42-Taylor Lorenz

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