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
The Real Story of “West Elm Caleb”
The name on every TikTokker’s lips is “West Elm Caleb,” a New York City twenty-something whose dating practices and history have come under major scrutiny, after women started posting videos about th…
00:31:28 |
Sat 22 Jan 2022
How AIM Changed the Internet 4ever
AOL Instant Messenger launched 25 years ago, but at the time nobody understood exactly how important it would be in shaping the way we all interact online. On today’s show, Rachelle and Madison talk …
00:28:00 |
Wed 19 Jan 2022
Why the Internet Is Abuzz About Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets is a new series on Showtime about a team of high school girls who, while on a flight to a soccer game, crash in the Canadian wilderness. It follows their struggle for survival and how t…
00:28:57 |
Sat 15 Jan 2022
Since When Is Everyone an Empath?
Empaths and the great book exchange pyramid scheme are filling up our feeds again. On the show today, Rachelle and Madison explain why every few months, posts circulate about a book exchange that sou…
00:28:25 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
Why Everyone’s Talking About Elmo
Elmo has been filling up the TikTok and Twitter feeds these past few weeks with his unique pronunciations and feud with a pet rock. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison try to chart the arc of th…
00:28:44 |
Sat 08 Jan 2022
Vax Daddy Is Feeling 2022
Huge Ma, founder of the website TurboVax, a.k.a. “Vax Daddy,” is running for office, and Taylor Swift has claimed 2022 as her own. On the show today, Madison and Allegra talk about how branding queen…
00:24:25 |
Wed 05 Jan 2022
Encore: You’re Using “Woke” Wrong
From “woke bae” to “woke-a-cola,” the word woke has taken the internet and mainstream media by storm. But how many people who use the word actually know what it means? On today’s episode, Rachelle an…
00:29:05 |
Sat 01 Jan 2022
Goodbye to All That 2021 Internet
It’s the final episode of the year, and a chance to look back at all the ways the internet has gone wrong in 2021. On today’s show, Rachelle and Madison invite Tracy Clayton and Josh Gwynn, hosts of …
00:27:44 |
Wed 29 Dec 2021
Is Martha Stewart an Instagram Scammer?
Martha Stewart loves to tell people on Instagram about the products she likes, but these posts look suspiciously like ads. On today’s episode, Madison and Rachelle scroll through Martha’s feed to loo…
00:29:01 |
Sat 25 Dec 2021
The Fall of Neopets
Neopets, a kid-friendly site from the early 2000s that let users raise digital pets and play games with them, has fallen far from its peak popularity. The nostalgic luster of it also seems to be fadi…
00:28:54 |
Wed 22 Dec 2021
Nancy Reagan, Blow Job Queen?
This past week, Nancy Reagan trended for her alleged oral talents, and an orange cat named Jorts kept locking himself in a closet. On today’s episode, High Speed Downloads are back. Rachelle and Madi…
00:28:06 |
Sat 18 Dec 2021
One Year: The Spot
On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison are excited to share an episode from One Year: 1995, a Slate podcast focused on telling a series of stories from 1995, ones which we may have forgotten or tha…
01:02:01 |
Wed 15 Dec 2021
The Toothpaste Mystery Taking Over TikTok
The ICYMI mailbag has started to get full so it’s time for another round of Read Receipts. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison answer some listener questions about why people are emptying out tu…
00:27:29 |
Sat 11 Dec 2021
Unwrapping TikTok's Advent Calendar Drama
On today’s episode, Madison and Rachelle examine two strange new phenomena taking over TikTok. First, Madison explains why Chanel’s advent calendars have become the subject of an internet furor. Then…
00:26:20 |
Wed 08 Dec 2021
Anthony Ramos and the Curse of the Wife Guy
Actors Anthony Ramos and Jasmine Cephas Jones, who became a beloved couple online after meeting during rehearsals for Hamilton, have reportedly ended their engagement. The reports of the breakup came…
00:28:27 |
Sat 04 Dec 2021
The Subreddits That Ruined the Internet
The subreddit r/TumblrInAction started out in the early 2010s as a place to mock the sorts of oversimplified social justice posts all over Tumblr, but it quickly became a breeding ground for online h…
00:28:43 |
Wed 01 Dec 2021
The End of the Dislike Button
YouTube recently announced that it’s doing away with publicly displaying the dislike count on videos. The buttons will still be there, but the numbers will be made private for creators. On today’s ep…
00:27:55 |
Sat 27 Nov 2021
An ICYMI Friendsgiving Spectacular
So much has happened on the internet in 2021, from Bernie in his mittens to the big boat stuck in the Panama Canal. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison are joined at the Friendsgiving table by B…
00:27:00 |
Wed 24 Nov 2021
How a Harry Potter Fanfic Took Over the Internet
The realm of fan fiction is a wild, magical place to be, especially if that fan fiction is set at Hogwarts. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison talk about All the Young Dudes, an extensive Harry…
00:29:39 |
Sat 20 Nov 2021
The Yassification of the Internet
You might have seen a bot on Twitter tweeting out facetuned versions of anybody you could think of, like Robert Pattinson or Mrs. Doubtfire, and wondered where they’re all coming from. On today’s epi…
00:26:03 |
Wed 17 Nov 2021
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