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Stream on Spotify above or get on Apple Podcasts here, I just did an incredibly fun episode bout Second Life’s 20th anniversary and its role in the Metaverse’s evolution for the 2 Girls 1 Podcast show devoted Internet culture. Content warning: We get into some weird and/or sexy areas, including a long discourse on TTP, i.e. Time to Penis.

Here’s some blog links to stories we discuss:

• SL’s user community making about as much as the company
• A look at Second Life weddings
• Trans communities of Second Life
• The giant fireworks-spewing Trump statue and gargoyle attack on Bernie Sanders HQ 
• Preview to Second Life coming to mobile

Even better, longtime SL content creator Sparkle Skye joins the show, sharing her experiences:

Above: Sparkle at the entrance to her in-world island store — click here to teleport

As she discusses, Ms. Skye gave up her well-paying but stressful real life job in financial planning to create clothing in Second Life, then found her niche creating custom SL wedding dresses — and one year, earned $75,o0o in USD from her SL matrimonial wear.  

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