Season 1
- 1What is a Hipster?24 Mar 2015
- 2Fix Me a Snack31 Mar 2015
- 3Here Come the Hipsterpreneurs7 Apr 2015
- 4The Future's Behind Us14 Apr 2015
- 5Tokyo Retro Fomo21 Apr 2015
- 6The Next Big Thing28 Apr 2015
How did fixed gear bikes, artisanal cheese, craft beer and long beards evolve from being niche trends to cliches and commodities? The charming but not particularly hip Samuel Johnson digs into the past to find the origins of the cultural stereotype. Acknowledging that the word has now taken on a distinctively negative connotation and that the peak of the contemporary hipster is actually behind us, the six-part series is a light-hearted look back at the cultural phenomenon that was. Johnson sets…