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ICYMI | Justin Bieber Crashes Out and Rachel Ze...
Plus, how two sports stars parlayed a TikTok soft launch into an Instagram hard launch.
31 min
127
How To! | Replace Your Tesla
Patrick George of InsideEVs on finding your new ride.
35 min
128
What Next: TBD | This Is Your Brain On Ketamine
And Silicon Valley's too.
22 min
129
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
130
What Next: TBD | We Made a Memecoin
Because—how hard could it be?
27 min
131
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
132
What Next TBD | Bezos 2.0
How the Amazon founder went from Trump critic to Trump donor.
25 min
133
ICYMI | The Manosphere That Made Adolescence
Netflix’s new hit show tackles the dark side of the internet.
32 min
134
What Next TBD | Trump's War on Scientific Research
Cutting NIH grants–even temporarily–could have repercussions for years to come.
26 min
135
ICYMI | Are New York City Influencers Boring?
Or are we just following the wrong creators?
37 min
136
What Next TBD | How Trump Is Trying to Kill Pre...
Inside the movement targeting free speech.
26 min
137
ICYMI: Hacktivism, Slacktivism, and (Cybertruck...
The digital resistance is back.
24 min
138
What Next TBD | Will Tesla Survive Elon Musk?
From “Eco-Friendly” to “Swastiscar”
23 min
139
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
140
What Next TBD | Zuckerberg and the Post-Factche...
Does Meta know what they’ve done?
26 min
141
ICYMI: Does This Makeup Make Me Look Republican?
Conservative influencers are coming out of hiding—and heading to Nashville.
26 min
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What Next: TBD | From 4Chan to Charlottesville ...
How the far-right internet conquered American politics.
27 min
143
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
144
What Next TBD | Cracking the Egg Crisis
An eggsplanation.
18 min
145
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
146
ICYMI: And The Oscar Goes To…Club Chalamet
From come-ups to cancellations, fan accounts put in the work this awards season.
32 min
147
What Next TBD | The DOGE Resistance
Lawsuits, protests and Elon Musk's Achilles Heel
24 min
148
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
149
What Next TBD | $Trump
Crypto poured money into the campaign, now the first family is cashing in.
21 min
150
ICYMI: Welcome to the TikTok Pharmacy
How do you separate the solutions from the scams?
47 min