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Podcast: ICYMI
Episode: Is This YouTuber Eating Himself to Death?
Description: We’re debuting our new segment, “Wormhole,” with this fascinating look into the phenomenon of the viral mukbang YouTuber and drama magnet, Nikocado Avocado. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison invite their internet obsessive colleague and senior producer of Slate’s Decoder Ring, Benjamin Frisch, to discuss who this infamous extreme eating content creator is, and why the internet is convinced Nikocado Avocado is eating himself to death.Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder, Derek John, and Samira Tazari.Support ICYMI and listen to the show with zero ads. Sign up to become a Slate Plus membe...