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1
ICYMI | “Danish Deception” or Danish Delusion?
A former Bachelor contestant came forward with a scammer story. TikTok turned on her instead.
47 min
2
What Next: TBD | If You Give A.I. a Nuke
Don’t worry. Computers can’t decide to drop a bomb. Yet.
24 min
3
ICYMI | Everyone Online Is Going Analog
From physical media to “analog bags,” being offline is now trendy…online.
47 min
4
What Next: TBD | Rebroadcast: Dupes!
Is your skincare/skirt/vacation island as good as the real thing?
30 min
5
ICYMI | Why Are So Many Celebrities Joining Sub...
Charli xcx is the latest to spill her guts on the buzzy newsletter platform.
41 min
6
Hang Up | Apple’s Soccer Shakeup
Why the tech giant tore down its MLS streaming paywall.
79 min
7
What Next: TBD | The Surveillance Interstate
ICE is watching how and where you drive.
27 min
8
ICYMI | AI Is Changing How We Have Sex
Technology and porn are becoming disturbingly intertwined.
45 min
9
What Next: TBD | Crypto Keeps Criming
Even with a crypto president, these guys can’t stop doing shady stuff.
21 min
10
ICYMI | The Two Internet Villains Staging a Com...
Why won’t Ned Fulmer and Colleen Ballinger get the hint?
45 min
11
What Next: TBD | How Meta Profits Off Fraud
There’s a big financial incentive for Facebook and Instagram to tolerate scammers.
28 min
12
ICYMI | Yes, Having a Boyfriend Is Embarrassing
A viral Vogue essay has sparked an online debate.
45 min
13
What Next: TBD | Data Centers on the Ballot
A.I. companies are leading the data-center boom. Voters seem less enthused.
21 min
14
What Next | Wikipedia Enters the Culture Wars
A user base with a commitment to the truth is what makes Wikipedia work—and what makes it a target.
22 min
15
ICYMI | Who TF Is Grammy-Nominated Alex Warren?
Alex Warren was an OG TikTokker. Now he’s nominated for a Grammy.
40 min
16
What Next: TBD | Why Tesla Is Paying Elon a Tri...
Post-DOGE, Musk’s empire is looking a little shaky, if still extremely lucrative for the man himself.
27 min
17
ICYMI: The Internet Has A Gambling Problem
A recent sports betting scandal exposes just how sinister online gambling has become.
48 min
18
What Next: TBD | The Nick Fuentes Problem
What’s the difference between being a party with Nazis and being in a Nazi party?
21 min
19
ICYMI | The Alarm Clock That Woke Up #DemonTok
A Halloween ad gone wrong has religious users throwing out their Hatch alarm clocks.
45 min
20
ICYMI: Can The Internet Save Animation?
As traditional studios struggle, the internet is giving shows like “Hazbin Hotel” a place to thrive.
39 min
21
What Next: TBD | Inside the Goonerverse
A very specific (NSFW) online world.
26 min
22
ICYMI | Halloween Used to Be Fun Online
The spooky internet traditions of yore, and the new ways we’re scaring ourselves online.
41 min
23
What Next: TBD | Did The Trump Administration C...
Anti-ICE posts and apps flourished online. The Trump administration had them taken down.
28 min
24
ICYMI | TwitchCon’s Sexual Harassment Problem
An incident at the 2025 convention has added new urgency to streamer safety.
47 min
25
What Next: TBD | The AWS Outage is Only the Beg...
Why a mesh of cloud services and undersea cables make for a very delicate web.
28 min