Absolute Units: 'Origin Story (with Adam Kozary)' [the story of the 'absolute unit' meme]
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- Absolute Units: 'Origin Story (with Adam Kozary)' [the story of the 'absolute unit' meme]
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In April 2018, we shared a photo of a very large sheep on Twitter with the caption 'look at this absolute unit'. Before we knew it, this sheep had changed our museum's fortunes forever.
For our first-ever episode of Absolute Units, we're joined by – former MERL social media manager from 2012 to 2019 and father of the Absolute Unit post–to revisit the story behind our most viral moment.
What did it take for a museum to go viral on the Internet? What was its role in our history? And what did it mean for our future?
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Absolute Units is the official podcast of The Museum of English Rural Life. This series is made possible through the generous support of and Museums Partnership Reading, a partnership of The MERL with Reading Museum.
Themetune by Tai Dawson.
Co-hosts: Ollie Douglas and Joe Vaughan
Producer: Joe Vaughan - Content
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The Museum of English Rural Life
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- Podcast
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- Agricultural History
- Digital History
- Cultural History
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- 21st Century
- 20th Century
- Geographical Area
- Britain and Ireland
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