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Was this the year of "mid"?

Culture critics Niko Stratis, Kyle Chayka and Bilge Ebiri discuss this “mid” feeling dogging pop culture — and why that might be exactly where industry execs want us.

Niko Stratis, Kyle Chayka and Bilge Ebiri discuss this year's troubling pattern of pop culture highs and lows

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IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR ADOBE - Karen X. Cheng, creative director and content creator, shares her top five tips reframing algorithm anxiety for creatives at Adobe MAX 2023 on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/AP Images for Adobe)
Karen X. Cheng, creative director and content creator, shares her top five tips reframing algorithm anxiety for creatives at Adobe MAX 2023 on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/AP Images for Adobe)

Over the past year, our pop culture — from the music we listen to, to what we watch or share online — has all become a bit bland.

At a time when everyone is releasing their best-of-the-year lists, Commotion host Elamin Abdelmahmoud chats with culture critics Niko Stratis, Kyle Chayka and Bilge Ebiri about this "mid" feeling dogging pop culture — and why that might be exactly where industry execs want us.

LISTEN | Today's episode on YouTube:

You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Panel produced by Nikky Manfredi.

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