ICYMI
Join Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay twice a week as we gaze deep into the online abyss—and tell you what’s gazing back.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 469
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
How April Fool’s Day Keeps the Internet Conspiracy Machine Alive
April Fool’s Day is every brand’s favorite holiday. Social media and PR teams get to make all the jokes their marketing department can come up with and face few repercussions. But it’s not all fun an…
00:30:02 |
Sat 02 Apr 2022
“The Slap” Is a Trap
On Sunday night, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during the Oscars live broadcast after Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith. As soon as the internet figured out the slap wasn’t a bit, Twitter was…
00:27:22 |
Wed 30 Mar 2022
The Instagram Feed We Thought We Wanted
This week, Instagram announced the return of chronological feeds to the platform, allowing users to toggle between the standard algorithmic feed and two separate chronological ones. On the show today…
00:28:45 |
Sat 26 Mar 2022
The Star Disney Didn’t Want at the Oscars
This past weekend, Rachel Zegler, known for playing Maria in the new remake of West Side Story, told a fan on Instagram that Disney wasn’t sending her to the Oscars. Her plan to watch the ceremony fr…
00:29:14 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
One Meme to Rule Them All
The internet has birthed so many wild moments of hilarity over the years. During the second half of their South by Southwest show, Rachelle and Madison play a game to find out which piece of internet…
00:30:10 |
Sat 19 Mar 2022
Live From South by Southwest
ICYMI went to Austin this week and recorded a live show at South by Southwest. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison are joined by Bridget Todd, host of the podcast There Are No Girls on the Inter…
00:30:57 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
Where Are the Womblands?
The term “womblands” blew up on TikTok this past week, and the drama surrounding its origin is dense and confusing. On today’s show, Rachelle and Madison venture deep into TikTok to explain why the s…
00:28:02 |
Sat 12 Mar 2022
All Hail the Liver King
Brian Johnson, aka the Liver King, has amassed millions of followers with his bizarre yet addictive workout and raw-meat-diet videos. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison comb through the king’s …
00:33:43 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
Who Isn’t a Nepotism Baby?
Nepotism is everywhere, and it’s always funny when a new generation realizes that. On today’s show, Madison is joined by Nichole Perkins to talk about the recent online conversation about nepotism ba…
00:27:57 |
Sat 05 Mar 2022
We Bought Weed in the Metaverse
The metaverse wants to convince us it’s the future of retail, even for buying marijuana. On the show today, Madison is joined by Slate’s Shannon Palus to talk about Shannon’s recent journey into the …
00:29:12 |
Wed 02 Mar 2022
How Are Those Gross Birthday Countdowns Still a Thing?
Millie Bobby Brown turned 18 last week, so of course those creepy “legal age” countdown clocks popped up as that day approached. On the show today, Madison is joined by Nichole Perkins to talk about …
00:26:32 |
Sat 26 Feb 2022
What Is Horse Plinko? Who Is Vanessa?
On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison open up the mailbag to answer all of the latest listener questions. They respond to inquiries about evil animatronics on TikTok, the latest food fetish conten…
00:27:59 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Kanye West Needs to Log Off
Kanye West recently got into an online feud with his daughter, North West, his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, and her new boyfriend, Pete Davidson. On the show today, Rachelle and Madison run through Kanye…
00:30:20 |
Sat 19 Feb 2022
We’re All Trapped in the Scam-Industrial Complex
On today’s show, Rachelle Hampton is joined by Allegra Frank to talk about two new pieces of scammer-tainment from Netflix: the documentary The Tinder Swindler, which chronicles a con man’s exploitat…
00:28:38 |
Wed 16 Feb 2022
TikTok Is Not Your Doctor
TikTok doesn’t know you better than you know yourself, even if you think it does. On the show today, Rachelle and Madison talk about two different ways the app leads people down dangerous paths. Firs…
00:29:29 |
Sat 12 Feb 2022
Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley’s Big Little Lies
Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers might not be the most expected pairing, until you look at their willingness to embrace conspiracy nonsense. On the show today, Rachelle and Madison and joined by Vu…
00:27:04 |
Wed 09 Feb 2022
What Barbra Streisand Has to Do With Banning 'Maus'
Last month, a Tennessee school board voted to ban Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel about the Holocaust, Maus, from their eighth grade curriculum. This caused Maus to experience the "Streisand effect." …
00:30:07 |
Sat 05 Feb 2022
Rihanna Is Releasing a New … Baby
Rihanna is having a baby, and Romance Twitter is furious. On today’s show, High Speed Downloads are back! Madison and Rachelle will zoom through all the important news about Rihanna’s baby bump revea…
00:29:17 |
Wed 02 Feb 2022
What’s Behind Britney’s Beef With Her Sister
In the past few weeks, Britney Spears has been posting all sorts of Notes App screenshots about how hurt she is by what her sister is saying on her press tour while promoting her new book Things I Sh…
00:28:59 |
Sat 29 Jan 2022
We TikTok About Bruno
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” the hit song from Disney’s Encanto, is sitting at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, and that’s all thanks to TikTok. On the show today, Madison and Rachelle talk …
00:28:34 |
Wed 26 Jan 2022
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