2351
ICYMI: Why Does TikTok Think I’m an Ex-Mormon?
The app’s algorithm seems to know us better than we know ourselves, until it doesn’t.
24 min
2352
Working: A Reality TV Casting Director on What ...
55 min
2353
ICYMI: How the Kardashians Broke the Internet
Keeping Up with the Kardashians is ending, but that doesn’t mean they’re going anywhere.
24 min
2354
Hit Parade: Blame It on the Feign, Part 2
Chris Molanphy's analysis of the surprising impact of controversial act Milli Vanilli, continued.
44 min
2355
Spoiler Specials: Cruella
Dana Stevens and Karen Han spoil the new Disney film Cruella.
38 min
2356
ICYMI: The Backyardigans Have the Hottest Song ...
Plus: High Speed Downloads on an alleged celebrity “throuple” and a failed viral romance.
24 min
2357
Culture Gabfest: Angelina Jolie, Firefighter
56 min
2358
Working: How Dialect Coach Samara Bay Helps Act...
44 min
2359
ICYMI: How the Internet Became Shrek’s Swamp
The cartoon ogre’s long online afterlife has led to some weird, messy, and hilarious pockets of fandom.
25 min
2360
A Word: A Video Vault of Black Excellence
From Barack Obama, to Whoopi Goldberg, to Quincy Jones, The HistoryMakers collects the untold stories of Black icons and leaders.
21 min
2361
Hit Parade: Blame It on the Feign, Part 1
Deceitful as they were, Milli Vanill’s blend of rap and dance-pop topped the charts and made a lasting impression.
54 min
2362
Outward: ACT UP History and Queer Portraits
Sarah Schulman on her new book Let the Record Show.
68 min
2363
Culture Gabfest: Godot vs. the Machines
56 min
2364
ICYMI: Should You Post That Israel-Palestine Meme?
Tracing the evolution of a viral infographic—and how to avoid the 2021 equivalent of those black squares.
26 min
2365
Working: How "Bookstagrammer" Jordan Moblo Craf...
46 min
2366
ICYMI: Chrissy Teigen Was Never the Good Guy
The Twitter queen’s spat with Courtney Stodden reveals that her friendly persona has always painted over a darker past.
25 min
2367
A Word: White Here, White Now
White Fragility author Robin DiAngelo says the jury is still out on whether self-proclaimed white “allies” will fight racism, or even take it seriously.
21 min
2368
Spoiler Specials: Woman in the Window
Laura Miller and Matthew Dessem spoil the new Netflix thriller Woman in the Window.
50 min
2369
ICYMI: Sorry SNL, Gen Z Didn’t Invent That Slang
A recent sketch highlights how little people understand about the Black origins of internet language.
25 min
2370
Culture Gabfest: Always3Gether
Slate Culture Gabfest on Girls5eva, vaccine personalities, and The Disciple.
55 min
2371
Working: How Actor Blair Underwood Gets Inside ...
43 min
2372
ICYMI: So You’ve Been Banned on Twitter
A quest to recover an account. Plus, a galaxy-brain take on the word cheugy.
26 min
2373
A Word: A Black Nerd Star Rises in Hollywood
With roles in Amazon Prime’s The Underground Railroad, and the rom-com We Broke Up, actor William Jackson Harper is in a good place.
21 min
2374
ICYMI: The Price of Fan Fiction
Answering your questions about a regrettable TikTok meme (respectfully!) and the latest controversies around Archive of Our Own.
27 min
2375
Culture Gabfest: Hard Sci-Fi
58 min