There were a lot of thoughts on Sabrina Carpenter’s first time hosting on October 18, 2025. This iteration may have hit its stride, but may have underutilized Sabrina’s talents. We discuss Boys Podcast as well as Jost’s joke about Trump and Argentina. Readings include linguistic patterns among communities and trends in the visual linguistics in youth created content. We also hear from Michelle Santosuosso, Professor of Practice at Newhouse’s Bandier Program for Recording and Entertainment Industries, about Sabrina’s career trajectory and the role of SNL in the music business.
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Bonus Content
Charisse chats with Michelle Santosuosso, a pioneering voice in hip-hop radio, a music industry veteran, about Sabrina Carpenter’s recent SNL appearance and album rollout. They analyze the performance’s marketing strategy, sanitized humor, and sexuality themes, comparing Carpenter’s authenticity to Taylor Swift’s image control. The discussion also examines SNL’s evolving cultural risks, streaming-era language freedom, and music industry promotion dynamics.
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Readings/Resources
Hirsch, L. (Director). (2019). Good boys [Film]. Universal Pictures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPXqwAGmX04
Kendrat, S. J., & Corsbie-Massay, C. L. P. (2019). I want my YouTube! Trends in early youth-created music videos (2007–2013). In Mediated millennials (Vol. 19, pp. 91-106). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://www.emerald.com/books/edited-volume/14434/chapter-abstract/85396334/I-Want-My-Youtube-Trends-in-Early-Youth-Created
Morgan, M. H. (2014). Speech communities. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/speech-communities/online-speech-communities/C85466B98EF710D0F049CA31DCBD41CE
Santosuosso, M. (2025). Radio Phoenix. https://www.amazon.com/Radio-Phoenix-Michelle-Santosuosso/dp/B0FMY6FCNH
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