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1
ICYMI: Rawdogging, Brainrot, and Brat
How linguists picked 2024’s extremely online words of the year.
26 min
2
What Next TBD | As Fires Approached LA, Angelen...
A conversation with the app’s cofounder.
19 min
3
What Next TBD | Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta-Morphosis
Is this a pivot? Or was the Meta CEO always this way?
23 min
4
ICYMI: We Have Some News
It’s about our new co-host’s identity.
44 min
5
What Next TBD | Why Tech Is Bending the Knee
Meet the man running Trump's FCC.
22 min
6
Amicus | TikTok Is Cooked, Trump Is Sentenced
The Supreme Court had a very busy end of week, what comes next is anyone's guess
56 min
7
ICYMI: Scaachi Koul on Terrible Emails, Moo Den...
How Slate culture writer Scaachi Koul decides who to fight and ignore online, and what she misses about the heydays of BuzzFeed.
42 min
8
What Next TBD | Will the Supreme Court Save Tik...
The ban has now reached the highest court in the land.
25 min
9
ICYMI: Should I Join Bluesky?
Nitish Pahwa and Steffi Cao share the personal internet dilemmas we'd like to resolve this year.
43 min
10
What Next TBD | Bitcoin Takes the White House
Cryptocurrency folks see the future, and with Trump returning to office, it looks like a giant pool of money.
20 min
11
ICYMI: An Influencer Hates To See This Subreddi...
How r/NYCInfluencerSnark became the most popular anti-influencer (and potentially, anti-feminist) space on Reddit.
43 min
12
What Next TBD | Musk vs. MAGA
Elon Musk and the base discovered their opinions on immigration are actually pretty far apart.
22 min
13
What Next TBD | The Cost of Suicide Prevention ...
Is this the best way to address an urgent mental health crisis? The data isn’t there yet.
24 min
14
ICYMI: Goodbye to All That 2024 Internet
A roundtable on everything we don’t want to see online next year.
47 min
15
ICYMI Encore: Who TF Did Reesa Teesa Marry?
We break down the 52-part TikTok series starring an Atlanta woman who was trapped, bamboozled and chronically scammed by her ex-husband
50 min
16
Slate Money | From Behind the Money: Why Northv...
The story behind the Swedish start-up’s ambitious rise and massive downfall
29 min
17
What Next TBD | Influencer vs. Influencer
When everyone’s aiming for the same target, some convergence seems inevitable.
27 min
18
ICYMI: Our Top Internet Moments of 2024
It’s time to crown this year’s funniest, floppiest, and most unforgettable moments online.
49 min
19
What Next TBD | Drones!??!!!?!!!
Everyone please calm down.
19 min
20
ICYMI: The 2024 ICYMI Fancam Awards
We’re celebrating our favorite fancams of the year with special guest, EmmaB_Videos.
48 min
21
What Next TBD | The Surveillance State Trump Is...
Expanding surveillance under the guise of security is a bipartisan issue. Who will defend our rights?
21 min
22
Slate Money: Why Netflix is Reducing Parental L...
Cryptobros are convinced they’re being targeted, Netflix walks back its generous parental leave, and Spotify is profitable and acting like it.
43 min
23
ICYMI: 3 Internet Stories We Missed In 2024
Slate writers Luke Winkie and Nitish Pahwa run through the big tech and internet culture headlines we didn’t get to this year.
27 min
24
What Next TBD | Elon Musk and Trump’s Shadow Tr...
Rich tech guys are finally having a say in how the world works.
23 min
25
ICYMI: Our Favorite TikTok Songs and Sounds of ...
We’re recapping the year of Tommy Richman, Tate McRae, and more with former Pitchfork editor Jill Mapes.
38 min