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- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
ICYMI: 3 Internet Stories We Missed In 2024
Candice Lim is joined by Slate writers Luke Winkie and Nitish Pahwa to cover the biggest internet stories ICYMI missed this year: from the investigation that may affect your For You Page, to a certai…
00:30:55 |
Sat 14 Dec 2024
What Next TBD | Elon Musk and Trump’s Shadow Transition Team
Elon Musk has been down in Florida with Donald Trump, inviting his fellow rich Silicon Valley friends to stop by and weigh in on the next administration. How could policy and personnel be shaped by t…
00:27:09 |
Fri 13 Dec 2024
ICYMI: Our Favorite TikTok Songs and Sounds of 2024
Candice Lim is joined by Waste or Taste host Jill Mapes to recap TikTok's year of music and give an unranked list of their favorite songs and sounds. They’re breaking down what makes a good TikTok so…
00:41:43 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Slate Money Talks: The Synapse Scandal
In this Money Talks: The collapse of Synapse and resulting fallout highlights how regulators are failing fintech users. Felix Salmon is joined by CNBC’s Hugh Son who has been closely following the si…
00:34:25 |
Tue 10 Dec 2024
What Next TBD | Spotify Trapped
Spotify is shaping listening habits, so much so that musicians are shaping themselves for Spotify. It makes your musical world a little more prescribed, a little smaller.
If it feels like everythin…
00:26:39 |
Sun 08 Dec 2024
ICYMI: The Internet’s Favorite Moments in Women’s Sports
On today’s episode, Candice Lim is joined by Impersonal Foul writer Madeline Hill and Power Plays journalist Lindsay Gibbs to cover the biggest moments of sports that happened online this year. From …
00:46:41 |
Sat 07 Dec 2024
What Next TBD | The Influencer Administration
From Dr. Oz to RFK Jr. to Donald Trump himself—the incoming administration looks like it will be populated with pitchmen and influencers. Will anyone take steps to divest from their businesses or avo…
00:29:05 |
Fri 06 Dec 2024
ICYMI: Should I Block My Boyfriend’s Aunt on Instagram?
Candice Lim is joined by internet culture writer Steffi Cao (It’s Steffi) to answer some very special, holiday-specific internet questions from her readers, such as: should I block my boyfriend’s aun…
00:44:00 |
Wed 04 Dec 2024
What Next: TBD | When Your Flight’s GPS Gets Spoofed
Anyone stuck in a knotted snarl of interstate clovers knows that GPS is both important and imperfect. But if GPS fails while you’re bringing a 737 in for a landing it could be catastrophic.
Why is …
00:26:25 |
Sun 01 Dec 2024
ICYMI: Max Read on Gawker, “Sculder” Fanfiction, and Slack Rules
Candice Lim is joined by Read Max writer Max Read, whose Substack hit a new high this year when he coined the term “Zynternet” and its connection to “Hawk Tuah girl.” Prior to Substack, Read was the …
00:39:58 |
Sat 30 Nov 2024
What Next TBD | The Post-Election Social Media Wars
Whatever X is, it ain’t the Twitter so many users fell in love with. Since the election, Bluesky has been on the rise, but it’s still only a fraction of the number of users on Twitter—at its peak or …
00:27:40 |
Fri 29 Nov 2024
ICYMI: Our 2024 ICYMI Friendsgiving Spectacular
On today’s episode, Candice Lim is joined by Vox’s Alex Abad-Santos and The Atlantic’s Allegra Frank to celebrate ICYMI’s fourth annual Friendsgiving episode. They run down the internet moments that …
00:46:43 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
What Next: TBD | Is Sickle Cell Anemia…Cured?
Last May, a 12-year-old with sickle cell anemia was the first person to receive a new gene therapy to treat the disease. The process is painful, expensive, and still frightening and uncertain, but bi…
00:32:06 |
Sun 24 Nov 2024
Slate Money: Is Bluesky the New Old Twitter?
This week: Bluesky feels like the Twitter of old. Will that last? Emily Peck, Elizabeth Spiers, and Anna Szymanski discuss the new popularity of the social platform and whether or not it’s becoming a…
00:43:34 |
Sat 23 Nov 2024
ICYMI: Should I Buy A Purse Kindle?
Candice Lim is joined by Wall Street Journal reporter Ann-Marie Alcántara to discuss #KindleTok’s rise among millennials and Gen-Z. 17 years ago, Amazon released the Kindle as a tech device that seem…
00:38:49 |
Sat 23 Nov 2024
What Next TBD: What's Google Without Chrome?
The Department of Justice has released its recommendations for how Google’s monopoly on web search should be broken up. Top of their wishlist? Spinning off their web browser Chrome.
But with a new …
00:23:31 |
Fri 22 Nov 2024
Care & Feeding | Are Your Kids Safe on Roblox?
On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah and Zak share advice for weighing whether you want your kids on Roblox. The company just announced some impending safety enhancements to the mega-popular online mu…
00:40:56 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
ICYMI: Princess Treatment, the 4B Movement, and "Women in Male Fields"
Candice Lim is joined by Vox senior correspondent Rebecca Jennings to discuss what their timelines have looked like since the U.S. presidential election was called. From TikToks accusing men of enter…
00:42:54 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
What Next TBD: The X-odus
Since Elon Musk took over, Twitter—er, sorry “X”—has been slowly deflating. But given that soon you’ll be getting yelled at by right-wing trolls directly from White House press briefings, and your da…
00:25:31 |
Sun 17 Nov 2024
Slate Money: What the D.O.G.E?
This week: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have a lot of “plans” for the D.O.G.E. Emily Peck, Elizabeth Spiers, and Anna Szymanski discuss the suspect promises of the Trump-appointed heads of the Depar…
00:45:40 |
Sat 16 Nov 2024
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