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And the latest act to jump onboard the TikTok sea shanty craze is…Nickelback? Yep.

So far, 2021 is turning out to be almost as weird as 2020. Witness the craze for sea shanties on

If you’re an observer of TikTok, you’ll know that the current hot trend involves people posting sea shanties. Why? No

Yo-ho-ho and a bathtub you can play baseball in: Nickelback is one of the latest bands picking up vessels of

What kind of digital hoarder are you? I’d like to think I’m a Collector, but I fear I may be

Who would have expected that sea shanties–often centuries old sailor worksongs–would become a massive social media trend? Just go to

The thing about TikTok is that you never, ever know what’s going to bubble up. The latest example is an

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver