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ICYMI: Encore: Is BYU Virginity Club Real? An I...
Is it sincere? Is it satire? We tracked down the viral Instagram account’s mysterious creator.
34 min
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What Next TBD: A.I. Made to Fight Child Porn En...
The unintended victims of Google's A.I. used to fight child predators.
24 min
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ICYMI: Encore: Who Weekly? Explains Bennifer 3.0
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are back together. Everybody rejoice!
27 min
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How To!: Unbreak the News
David Bornstein and Nicole Lewis on fixing the news, Part 1.
32 min
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What Next TBD: The Streaming TV Bloodbath
We're seeing a course correction in the streaming market.
24 min
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ICYMI: Encore: Did TikTok Find Gabby Petito, or...
After an aspiring Instagram influencer mysteriously disappeared, she became the TikTok true crime community’s newest obsession.
33 min
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What Next TBD: The Hacker Blowing the Whistle o...
Inside the explosive whistleblower complaint against Twitter.
30 min
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One Year - 1986: The Ultimate Field Trip
They competed for a spot on the Space Shuttle Challenger. Then they watched it explode.
55 min
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ICYMI: Encore: How a Harry Potter Fanfic Took O...
This 500,000-word story has even spawned a fandom of its own.
27 min
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What Next TBD: We're Expecting the Wrong Things...
What to make of the latest COVID-19 guidelines from the CDC.
24 min
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ICYMI: Tumblr Changed How We Watch Movies
Archivist Maya Cade on the relationship between Tumblr and film, and how Tumblr inspired her to create the Black Film Archive.
31 min
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What Next TBD: What All That Money for Green Te...
The Inflation Reduction Act is fast-tracking climate technologies.
23 min
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ICYMI: What Is a Clean Girl?
And what does it have to do with the Old Money and Soft Life trends?
30 min
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What Next: Who Influences the Influencers?
Political money and messaging is flowing, unregulated, onto social media.
26 min
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What Next TBD: Big Pharma’s Bet on Psychedelics
Psychedelic drug research is increasingly being funded by pharmaceutical companies.
22 min
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ICYMI: Was Black Twitter a Mistake?
Dr. Meredith D. Clark on the history and significance of black online spaces.
32 min
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What Next TBD: Crypto Could Leave Texas in the ...
How crypto mining is taxing the Texas power grid.
22 min
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ICYMI: What Makes a Good Internet Boyfriend?
Thirst is a favorite internet pastime, but moments in the thirst spotlight don’t last long.
29 min
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What Next TBD: The Monkeypox Vaccine Monopoly
How intellectual property laws make health crises worse.
24 min
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ICYMI: Does Nicki Minaj Really Owe the IRS $173...
Plus: Beyoncé made some album changes, and why Lockheed-Martin trended recently.
29 min
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What Next TBD: The Homes We Forgot to Build a D...
Is there a way to fix the never-ending housing crisis in the US?
24 min
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ICYMI: Dipping Marcel the Shell in Pink Sauce
Plus: Beyoncé, and the Bridgerton musical lawsuit
32 min
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What Next TBD: The Dark Web of Online Spider Sales
How the pandemic and social media turbocharged the online spider trade.
18 min
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ICYMI: We Have Some Gossip For You
The internet has democratized and ruined our ability to talk about people we don’t know.
31 min
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What Next TBD: Paging Dr. Bezos
Amazon's latest push into health care raises questions about data privacy.
26 min