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ICYMI | 9-to-5 Influencers and Social Media’s R...
Why a content creator known for boring “workday in the life” videos got backlash once he quit his job.
33 min
2
What Next: TBD | We Made a Memecoin
Because—how hard could it be?
27 min
3
ICYMI | Are Influencers Too Normalized To Be Mo...
How a Swiss train put its foot down against an influencer-bashing Instagram account and what this says about our troubling self-surveillance culture.
25 min
4
What Next TBD | Bezos 2.0
How the Amazon founder went from Trump critic to Trump donor.
25 min
5
ICYMI | The Manosphere That Made Adolescence
Netflix’s new hit show tackles the dark side of the internet.
32 min
6
What Next TBD | Trump's War on Scientific Research
Cutting NIH grants–even temporarily–could have repercussions for years to come.
26 min
7
ICYMI | Are New York City Influencers Boring?
Or are we just following the wrong creators?
37 min
8
What Next TBD | How Trump Is Trying to Kill Pre...
Inside the movement targeting free speech.
26 min
9
ICYMI: Hacktivism, Slacktivism, and (Cybertruck...
The digital resistance is back.
24 min
10
What Next TBD | Will Tesla Survive Elon Musk?
From “Eco-Friendly” to “Swastiscar”
23 min
11
ICYMI: What’s Going On with Alabama Barker and ...
Why a nepo baby and an internet meme have been fighting online using Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s diss track template.
37 min
12
What Next TBD | Zuckerberg and the Post-Factche...
Does Meta know what they’ve done?
26 min
13
ICYMI: Does This Makeup Make Me Look Republican?
Conservative influencers are coming out of hiding—and heading to Nashville.
26 min
14
What Next: TBD | From 4Chan to Charlottesville ...
How the far-right internet conquered American politics.
27 min
15
ICYMI: The Meghan in Montecito Rebrand
How Meghan Markle’s new Netflix show attempts to rebrand the Sussexes despite internet hate and questions about their business acumen.
37 min
16
What Next TBD | Cracking the Egg Crisis
An eggsplanation.
18 min
17
Slate Money | Trump Math & Techno-Fascism
Trump proposes a gold card, Musk resembles a techno-fascist, and black plastic spatulas are actually fine.
46 min
18
ICYMI: And The Oscar Goes To…Club Chalamet
From come-ups to cancellations, fan accounts put in the work this awards season.
32 min
19
What Next TBD | The DOGE Resistance
Lawsuits, protests and Elon Musk's Achilles Heel
24 min
20
ICYMI: Ethan Klein’s Attack on Fauxmoi
Why a YouTuber is threatening legal action against a celebrity culture subreddit and how this may affect your favorite Reddit pages.
29 min
21
What Next TBD | $Trump
Crypto poured money into the campaign, now the first family is cashing in.
21 min
22
ICYMI: Welcome to the TikTok Pharmacy
How do you separate the solutions from the scams?
47 min
23
What Next TBD | Elon's Endgame
He's slashing the federal workforce. He's gutting programs he doesn't like. But at the end of the day, what does he want?
30 min
24
ICYMI: The Wishbone Kitchen vs. Bon Appétit Foo...
Why the internet is rallying behind a former private chef in the Hamptons and taking on a big bad media institution.
30 min
25
What Next TBD | Can You Pay Attention, Please?
Chris Hayes discusses his new book that calls attention “the world’s most endangered resource.”
23 min