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Working: Writing Trivia Questions With LearnedL...
44 min
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ICYMI: Psst! We’ve Got a Secret
The one thing we love more than sharing secrets on the internet is reading the secrets other people have shared.
29 min
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Spoiler Specials: The White Lotus
Dana Stevens, Isaac Butler and Rachel Syme spoil HBO’s The White Lotus.
56 min
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The Waves: What’s Next for TV’s White Guys?
They’ve always been TV’s default protagonists. Where do they go when someone else gets to be the hero?
32 min
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Culture Gabfest: Say Their Names
60 min
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ICYMI: Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Crates
The dangerous viral challenge has swept social media, but where did all these milk crates come from?
26 min
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Working: White Lotus' Composer on the Show’s Di...
54 min
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ICYMI: OnlyFans Is Only For Now
The platform quickly retreated from its planned explicit content ban, but that won’t last forever.
32 min
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Hit Parade: What a Fool Believes, Part 2
Chris Molanphy's deep dive on Yacht Rock, continued.
41 min
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Culture Gabfest: Flying Puppet Baby
55 min
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ICYMI: What Kony 2012 Really Taught Us
Invisible Children’s viral marketing campaign unintentionally informed a lot of digital activism to follow.
29 min
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Working: Playwright Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu'...
53 min
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ICYMI: Some Celebrities Are Too Rich to Cancel
People like Chet Hanks and Trisha Paytas don’t have to care, and might just make money off the criticism.
28 min
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Sponsored: How Can We Innovate to Put Customers...
34 min
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Spoiler Specials: The Suicide Squad
Karen Han and Sam Adams spoil James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.
48 min
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The Waves: Can We Love True Crime When We’re th...
Sifting through the trash to find the good in true crime
39 min
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Culture Gabfest: One Year in the Dungeon
57 min
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ICYMI: Someone’s Selling Human Bones on TikTok?
A look into the legalities of the human skeleton market.
29 min
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Outward: Hot Queer Summer, Hot Queer Strippers
63 min
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Working: Charlie Jane Anders on Her New Book of...
48 min
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ICYMI: How #BamaRush Took Over TikTok
Why is the University of Alabama’s sorority recruitment week the only thing on your FYP?
29 min
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Hit Parade: What a Fool Believes, Part 1
This is the story of Yacht Rock.
55 min
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One Year: Roots: The Saga of Alex Haley
The author who changed America—and ignited a controversy about fact and fiction.
51 min
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ICYMI: Inside Tumblr’s Latest Meltdown
Why are users striking over the platform’s new premium-content option? And are they right?
30 min
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Culture Gabfest: Summer Strut 2021
77 min