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
What Next: TBD: The Blu-Ray-naissance Is Here. Sort of.
Today, we’re bringing you an episode from our friends and colleagues over at What Next: TBD. Guest host, Cheyna Roth is joined by Ash Nelson, journalist and author of “The Lost Art of the DVD Extra” …
00:23:25 |
Sat 20 Jul 2024
Amanda Mull on Titanic Fandoms and Frog Subreddits
Candice Lim is joined by Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Amanda Mull, whose pieces investigate your favorite big-box stores, the cult of exercise and the girlboss economy. They dive into Mull’s inter…
00:32:36 |
Wed 17 Jul 2024
The “Hawk Tuah Girl” Is the New Scott Disick
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to play a game of High Speed Downloads, where they get 60 seconds to break down an internet story they’re obsessed with. From the rapidly ri…
00:35:24 |
Sat 13 Jul 2024
Baggu’s Horse Bag Controversy
Candice Lim is joined by Slate business and tech writer Nitish Pahwa to break down two stories surrounding artificial intelligence in fashion and advertising. They explore Baggu’s recent collaboratio…
00:38:52 |
Wed 10 Jul 2024
How “Bye Sister” Changed Internet Culture Forever
Candice Lim is joined by TIME culture reporter Moises Mendez II for the five-year anniversary of Tati Westbrook’s “BYE SISTER” video, a 43-minute long confessional about her then-friend and fellow be…
00:38:50 |
Sat 06 Jul 2024
The Internet History of Ayo Edebiri
Candice Lim and Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe excavate and preserve the internet history of Ayo Edebiri, a star in the making whose Letterboxd reviews should be crystallized in amber. They break …
00:45:33 |
Wed 03 Jul 2024
Rachelle Hampton Logs Off
On today’s episode, ICYMI says so long, farewell to Rachelle as she departs for a new adventure. First, Candice allows her to update her internet diaries, then they run through fan-favorite moments a…
00:36:02 |
Sat 29 Jun 2024
Finding Queer Friendship Online
On today’s special Pride Month episode, Rachelle and Candice hear from two listeners about finding queer friendship and community online. From a group for late bloomers to an Instagram account for pe…
00:30:42 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
John Green, Tall Love and the Star Wars Hotel
On today’s episode, ICYMI is bringing back a time-honored tradition: High Speed Downloads. For Candice’s first and Rachelle’s last HSD, they’ll have exactly one minute to explain some of their favori…
00:26:52 |
Sat 22 Jun 2024
Encore: Live, Laugh, LinkedIn
Today, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes from October 2023 about LinkedIn.
In this episode, Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim dive into the decades-long transformation of LinkedIn from a w…
00:47:36 |
Wed 19 Jun 2024
The Icarian Journey of Ashley Madison
On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined once again by Slate staff writer Nadira Goffe. The two dive into Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies and Scandal, a recent Netflix docuseries that documents the rise and …
00:41:44 |
Sat 15 Jun 2024
Netflix’s TikTok Dance Cult Documentary is Missing Something
On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined by ICYMI fave and Slate staff writer Nadira Goffe. The two sit down to discuss one of Netflix’s newest docu-series Dancing for the Devil: the 7M TikTok Cult whi…
00:57:05 |
Wed 12 Jun 2024
Inside the Unsolved 2014 Attack on a Furry Convention
On today’s show, we’re joined by Nicky Woolf, the host Fur and Loathing, a new investigative podcast which attempts to solve the decade-old cold case of a chemical attack at the 2014 Midwest Furfest …
00:36:41 |
Sat 08 Jun 2024
TikTok’s Current Main Character is a Familiar Face
On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined by Slate staff writer and friend of the show, Nadira Goffe. The two revisit last year’s episode breaking down the Tarte brand trip that took over TikTok now tha…
00:53:40 |
Wed 05 Jun 2024
Anna Sale on Internet Sabbaticals, iPod Culture and WebCrawler
Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim are joined by Anna Sale, the host of Death, Sex & Money, to dive into her internet diary. After her podcast jumped to Slate, Sale took a month off and plugged into he…
00:40:04 |
Sat 01 Jun 2024
Encore: TikTok Shop Is a Dystopian Mall Kiosk
Today, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes from September 2022 about TikTok Shop.
In the episode, Rachelle and Candice are joined by sustainable stylist and fashion educator Lakyn Carlton t…
00:41:12 |
Wed 29 May 2024
The Ethics of the Therapist-Influencer
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by internet culture writer and reporter Kate Lindsay whose recent Bustle article “My Therapist is a TikTok Star” explores the complicated dynamics that emerge when…
00:38:54 |
Sat 25 May 2024
The Aftermath of a Layoff
Candice Lim is joined by Yowei Shaw (former co-host of NPR’s Invisibilia) to discuss her new podcast Proxy, which takes listeners through the psychological aftermath of a layoff, starting with Shaw’s…
00:44:20 |
Wed 22 May 2024
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show Makes Reality TV Great Again
On today’s show, Rachelle is joined by Aisha Harris, co-host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour and author of Wannabe: Reckonings With the Pop Culture That Shaped Me. The two discuss Jerrod Carmichael R…
00:48:58 |
Sat 18 May 2024
Street Fights and Moissanite Rings: Reddit’s Favorite “Selling Sunset” Moments
Rachelle and Candice dive into their mutual obsession: the Selling Sunset subreddit. Across seven seasons, the Netflix reality show has taken viewers into a glamorous and over-the-top real estate age…
00:49:01 |
Wed 15 May 2024
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