As the weather gets colder, and we hit mid-September, the summer haze has officially worn off. Students around campus are starting to feel the academic pressure kick into high gear. It can be easy to ignore some of our personal anxieties, such as friendships and self-confidence. Emma Chamberlin, former YouTube vlogger and internet personality, has directed some of her talent towards a new form of media, via a podcast.
Her podcast Anything Goes is one of her many successful entrepreneurial endeavors over the past few years. Her episodes range from product recommendations to answering tough questions like how to deal with relationship anxiety and breaking bad habits. As someone who became famous overnight at such a young age, she has a lot to share with the world in terms of life advice for teenagers. Her career has been semi unconventional which makes for good storytelling and perspective on common issues that most young adults face daily.
Despite being on a crowded college campus, college life can get lonely, no matter how many friends you have. Anything Goes is an easy podcast to turn to when one is in need of comfort from someone outside of one’s immediate circle of friends and family. The goal of many of her episodes is to make listeners feel understood. Most students experience a lot of the same dilemmas, however they can sometimes be hard to discuss. A central focus for Chamberlain is relationships. Due to her quick rise to fame, she has been in the public eye since she was 16. Consequently, it was difficult for her to find genuine friends in the industry. She talks a lot about loneliness in a room full of people and trust issues with close friends. Her episodes “Relationship Anxiety, Advice Session” and “Trust Issues and Boundaries, Advice Session” go into detail about her own experiences but also give general suggestions for how to handle stressful situations.
Chamberlain also feels passionate about the effect of social media and how distracting it can be. With her entire career being based around her social media presence, it’s interesting to hear from someone so young and learn why she decided to take a step back from apps like TikTok and Instagram. She defends her opinion in episodes titled “Managing My Internet Addiction, a Talk with Emma” and “Things to Do Instead of Doom Scrolling.”
With schoolwork piling up and midterms not so far away, it can be hard to concentrate when one is anxious about relationships or struggling with time management. Whether one wants a light and funny monologue on 2010s fashion trends or advice on how to stop doom scrolling, Anything Goes has an episode for any mood and any time.
