{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 32: Popular Tragedy; Do Celebrities Ever Really Die?","description":"Welcome one and all to Professor Metal’s Irate Debate and Calamitous Commentary with the Philosophical Chain Gang\r\nToday’s Episode is Popular Tragedy: Do Celebrities Ever Really Die?\r\nThe Philosophers discuss what we mean when we talk about popular tragedy\r\nSean brings up a situation in which a group of people seem to revel in a tragic event\r\nRyver questions why we care about tragic events in the lives of people we have never met\r\nBruce and Sean present a possibility as to why we react to events in celebrities lives\r\nRyver explains how these ideas pertain to celebrity culture\r\nThe Philosophers talk about how our minds react to celebrities and how that affects us\r\nSean and Bruce elaborate on how this creates a slightly awkward dynamic in interactions between celebrities and their fans\r\nRyver discusses how this relates to our obsession with tragic events in celebrity’s lives\r\nSean compares the way we treat death of celebrities and the historical deaths of monarchs\r\nRyver and Sean talk about the saturation of the media when it comes to popular tragedy\r\nThe Philosophers compare the cult of personality of deceased celebrities to the idea of deification surrounding certain historical figures\r\nSean brings up the negative reputations that can be left behind by these figures\r\nThe Philosophers speak extensively about the different legacies that celebrities leave behind, as well as the legacy of figures that refuse to fit the mould, such as Kurt Cobain\r\nRyver talks about depression and suicide and how this relates to the topics discussed thus far\r\nSean and Bruce expand on how this can bring to the forefront in the popular perception things that people may otherwise not be inclined to put thought into\r\nRyver and Sean debate whether or not this has to do with what we are comfortable looking at in our day to day lives\r\nBruce explains what he refers to as concern fatigue\r\nSean talks about how some of these ideas apply to the literary concept of tragedy\r\nThe Philosophers discuss the problems and appeal of tabloid magazines\r\nBruce points out the hypocrisy in our treatment of celebrities\r\nRyver talks about appeal of the positive events in our interactions with celebrity culture\r\nSean explain the concept of exceptionalism\r\n \r\nAnd as always please give us your honest review on iTunes and Stitcher. It helps us make the show better with every one we get to read.\r\nHelp keep the show going and the moon safe by supporting us on Patreon\r\nhttps:\/\/patreon.com\/Philosophy\r\nHelp keep us from disappearing by engaging us on the social media platform of your choice:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.philosophicalchaingang.com\r\nhttp:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/professormetal\r\nhttp:\/\/www.twitter.com\/PChainGang\r\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PChainGang\r\nhttps:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/PChainGang\/\r\nhttp:\/\/pchaingang.tumblr.com\/","author_name":"Professor Metal's Irate Debate and Calamitous Commentary","author_url":"http:\/\/www.PhilosophicalChainGang.com","html":"