Announcing XOXO Story
Reminder: This Friday, August 21, is the last day for refunds. After that, all sales are final. Can’t make it to XOXO? Email us.
All this week, we’re announcing the lineups for our evening festival events. Yesterday, we revealed the games we’re bringing to Arcade.
Next up: XOXO Story , held on Friday, September 11, from 7pm-1am at Revolution Hall.
Last year, we introduced a new event to XOXO, a night of live podcasts, interviews, and storytelling. This year, we’re happy to bring XOXO Story back with five of our all-time favorites, some old and some brand new.
You Look Nice Today
You Look Nice Today is an “audio-based Journal of Emotional Hygiene,” an extremely-sporadic podcast from three friends who met on Twitter and talk about stuff. After a two year hiatus, YLNT re-emerged in May for a new episode, making life worth living again. We’re not willing to wait another year, so we’re blackmailing Adam Lisagor, Scott Simpson, and Merlin Mann into performing at XOXO.
Hello from the Magic Tavern
Last March, Arnie Niekamp fell through a portal behind a Burger King, stumbling into the magical land of Foon. Fortunately, he had his podcasting equipment with him and a weak wi-fi signal from Burger King. So he started Hello from the Magic Tavern, a weekly podcast set at the Vermilion Minotaur, a local inn where he interviews the enchanted residents of Foon. Join Arnie, Usidore the Wizard, a shape-changing badger named Chunt, and friends for a special live performance at XOXO. (Try the spiced potatoes.)
Suck Live
20 years ago this month, two anonymous writers started posting a column online every weekday, a proto-blog that critically examined Internet culture and skewered the hype of the dot-com boom. Suck.com quickly grew to become the touchstone for a generation of writers and bloggers, paving the way for modern descendants like Gawker, The Awl, and Today In Tabs. The first new Suck collaboration since 2001, founders Carl Steadman and Joey Anuff exchange highlights from their top secret download diaries of the post-Suck years. “A timeline and walkthrough, 2001-2015.”
Reply All
While working for On the Media in 2013, Alex Goldman and PJ Vogt started a podcast called TLDR that quickly gained a reputation for finding the most fascinating stories happening online and telling them in a compelling way. Last year, PJ and Alex left to launch Reply All, a weekly show for Gimlet Media about “how people shape the internet, and the internet shapes people,” an essential listen for anyone who cares about internet culture.
Fray Cafe
While working at HotWired in 1996, Derek Powazek launched Fray, a pioneering online community devoted to personal storytelling. Raw and emotional, the website soon expanded to live storytelling events and then to a series of independently-published books. Now, for the first time in over a decade, Derek returns to the Fray to host a night of your true personal stories. Want in? Join #fraycafe in Slack.