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Book · 2026 · Social Science

I Want to Be Famous

When Everybody and Nobody Is a Celebrity

by Bobby Finger, Lindsey Weber · Recommended by 1 person on 1 podcast

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I'm kind of in my, my book, my reading era. Oh, well, speaking of reading. So we're going to have, we're going to have them on next week. So this is, I want to be famous when everybody and nobody is a celebrity by Bobby Finger and Lindsay Weber.
Matt Rogers · Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang · Oct 2026

Why people recommend it

I Want to Be Famous by Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber is a cultural look at modern fame and the concept of celebrity status created by the hosts of the popular Who? Weekly podcast. On an episode of Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang titled You Can Say Anything, Matt Rogers enthusiastically introduced the publication while discussing his current reading habits. Rogers mentioned the book ahead of the authors scheduled guest appearance on the program the following week. He highlighted the title as an engaging cultural text that explores the dynamics of a world where everybody and nobody simultaneously achieves celebrity status. Rogers shared his excitement about diving into the reading material and hosting the creators, framing the book as an extension of the witty cultural commentary that their dedicated audience already knows and enjoys from their weekly audio broadcasts.

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Matt Rogers I'm kind of in my, my book, my reading era. Oh, well, speaking of reading. So we're going to have, we're go… 1
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“I'm kind of in my, my book, my reading era. Oh, well, speaking of reading. So we're going to have, we're going to have them on next week. So this is, I want to be famous when everybody and nobody is a celebrity by Bobby Finger and Lindsay Weber”

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“That's what the whole book is about. I'm going to bring this up on their episode. Should we think of a prank? We haven't done like a... Not a prank. We haven't done like a game in a while. Yeah, what should we do?”
Passing
“Honey, you've read Sense and Sensibility and I haven't. What does that have to do with anything? I'm, I'm, I'm the bottom feeder. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm unread.”