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ICYMI: The Breakup Reddit Can’t Stop Talking About
Why the internet predicted and celebrated the messy breakup of country singer Zach Bryan and Barstool Sports personality Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia.
49 min
252
What Next TBD: Facebook for the Dead
Inside the creative, caring and controversial website that memorializes the dead.
19 min
253
ICYMI: How to Thrive as a Party of One
NPR’s Meghan Keane wrote a book about choosing yourself in a world that pressures us to partner. What happened next was the greatest twist of all.
44 min
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What Next TBD: Can TikTok Sway this Election?
Even politicians working to ban TikTok are not above using it to reach voters.
20 min
255
Victoria’s Secret Is Your Grandma’s Fashion Show
From divisive internet reactions to lackluster runway looks, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show should’ve been left in the past.
49 min
256
What Next TBD: How Secure Is Our Election?
Why you can be confident in America’s electoral integrity, even as confidence in American democracy is plummeting.
29 min
257
How a K-Pop Star’s Comeback Was Canceled
Plus, High Speed Downloads on a controversial Bath & Body Works candle and the TikTok resurgence of Broad City.
41 min
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What Next TBD | The Elon-Trump Alliance
Two main characters who finally found each other.
17 min
259
ICYMI: 24 Hours of the Strangest Online Fad Diet
A writer attempts a food fast made popular by a YouTuber, with unexpected results.
31 min
260
What Next: Gambling on Elections, What Could Go...
Polymarket has people putting their money where their political predictions are.
23 min
261
What Next: An Extremely Online Hurricane Season
After the storms came the flood of rumors, A.I. images, and straight-up B.S.
25 min
262
What Next TBD | 23andMe...And a Looming Data Di...
The company is on the ropes. How safe is your DNA?
22 min
263
ICYMI: Hoda Kotb and the Joy of No Context Soci...
A morning talk show legend is retiring, but a no context social media account will keep her funniest moments in our feeds.
40 min
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What Next TBD: Trump’s Crypto Gurus
How two shady guys with a history of lawsuits, debts and prison time ended up running the new Trump family crypto venture.
19 min
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ICYMI: The Most Famous Rug in Ohio
How a broken laptop, a haunted house, and a buried rug became TikTok’s latest true crime show.
43 min
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What Next TBD | A.I. Goes Nuclear
Why Microsoft is reopening Three Mile Island.
23 min
267
ICYMI: How Reddit Turned HBO’s Industry Into Ap...
40 min
268
What Next TBD: Helene Proves Nowhere is Safe
Why Americans keep moving into disaster zones.
21 min
269
ICYMI: Revisiting the Internet’s Hottest—and Me...
Let's remember how Katt Williams helped kick off this controversial year with a viral appearance on Club Shay Shay.
47 min
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What Next TBD: American Life is a Highway
Another lane isn’t going to unsnarl the traffic.
20 min
271
ICYMI: How ShxtsNGigs Let Their Audience Down
We explain the controversy, comments, and reactions surrounding James and Fuhad, the hosts of the British-based ShxtsNGigs podcast.
40 min
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What Next TBD: Big Tech Fears Her
A conversation with Europe's top antitrust regulator.
28 min
273
ICYMI: Moo Deng Is The New Grumpy Cat
How an adorable two-month-old pygmy hippo in Thailand became the biggest meme of the year.
36 min
274
How To!: Grow Your Podcast
Lauren Passell on finding your audience.
41 min
275
What Next: What Was The Point of Israel’s Pager...
Was this the opening salvo of open war with Hezbollah? An attack on communication in Lebanon? A terrorizing taunt?
26 min