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Join Kate Lindsay twice a week as we gaze deep into the online abyss—and tell you what’s gazing back.Get more of ICYMI with Slate Plus! Join for exclusive bonus episodes of ICYMI and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the ICYMI show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/icymiplus for access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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43 mins; April 04, 2026

"Lip Filler Accent" Is Infecting TikTok (and Us)

32 mins; April 01, 2026

Taylor Frankie Paul's Bachelorette Cancellation Was Inevitable

38 mins; March 28, 2026

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25 mins; March 25, 2026

Why The Internet Is Arguing About Its Favorite Feminist

43 mins; March 21, 2026

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38 mins; March 18, 2026

The “My Husband Hates Me” Influencer

31 mins; March 14, 2026

Encore: Nobody Wants to Party Anymore

40 mins; March 11, 2026

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35 mins; March 07, 2026

Our Celebrity GoFundMe Dystopia

34 mins; March 04, 2026

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35 mins; February 28, 2026

The Olympic Gold In Going Viral

33 mins; February 25, 2026

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41 mins; February 21, 2026

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34 mins; February 18, 2026

The Best Dating App Profile? A Sh*tpost

33 mins; February 14, 2026

Stop Memeing the Epstein Files

37 mins; February 11, 2026

This Country Runs On Slop

39 mins; February 07, 2026

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34 mins; February 04, 2026

I Miss The Old TikTok

36 mins; January 31, 2026

Thank God For Petty Drama

36 mins; January 28, 2026

Social Media Bans Are No Match For Teens

42 mins; January 24, 2026

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31 mins; January 21, 2026

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43 mins; January 17, 2026

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51 mins; January 14, 2026

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41 mins; January 10, 2026

The Great Meme Reset of 2026

37 mins; January 07, 2026

Twitter Is Dead (Really, We Mean It)

51 mins; January 03, 2026

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48 mins; January 03, 2026

Our Year of Brain Rot and Tech Dystopia

53 mins; December 27, 2025

Encore: Jubilee Is Making Debating Worse

47 mins; December 24, 2025

Side-Eyeing at H Mart

43 mins; December 20, 2025

How "Hockey Romance" Went Viral

38 mins; December 17, 2025

How “Millennial Cringe” Became “Millennial Optimism”

35 mins; December 13, 2025

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49 mins; December 10, 2025

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55 mins; December 06, 2025

“Danish Deception” or Danish Delusion?

47 mins; December 03, 2025

Everyone Online Is Going Analog

47 mins; November 29, 2025

Why Are So Many Celebrities Joining Substack?

41 mins; November 26, 2025

AI Is Changing How We Have Sex

45 mins; November 22, 2025

The Two Internet Villains Staging a Comeback

45 mins; November 19, 2025

Yes, Having a Boyfriend Is Embarrassing

45 mins; November 15, 2025

Who TF Is Grammy-Nominated Alex Warren?

40 mins; November 12, 2025

The Internet Has A Gambling Problem

48 mins; November 08, 2025

The Alarm Clock That Woke Up #DemonTok

45 mins; November 05, 2025

Can The Internet Save Animation?

39 mins; November 01, 2025

Halloween Used to Be Fun Online

41 mins; October 29, 2025

TwitchCon’s Sexual Harassment Problem

47 mins; October 25, 2025

The Streamer and the Shock Collar

38 mins; October 22, 2025

Candice Lim Logs Off

44 mins; October 18, 2025

Stop Trying To Make A.I. Trendy

38 mins; October 15, 2025

Podcaster Theo Von Is A Manosphere Mystery

44 mins; October 11, 2025

Taylor Swift Is Rewriting Her Internet History

42 mins; October 08, 2025

Saudi Arabia Is Coming For The Sims

37 mins; October 04, 2025

RIP to MTV's Catfish: Caught, But Never Forgotten

33 mins; October 01, 2025

Jimmy Kimmel & The Death Of Free Speech Online

48 mins; September 27, 2025

Hank Green Started a War With Knitters

41 mins; September 24, 2025

Nobody Wants To Party Anymore

41 mins; September 20, 2025

The Funniest Guy on Slate's Slack

45 mins; September 17, 2025

Is #BodyPositivity Over?

47 mins; September 13, 2025

Does SNL Need Internet Comedians?

40 mins; September 10, 2025

The Gaylor Fandom Is Going Through It

48 mins; September 06, 2025

Is $55K Enough To Work At Your Favorite Podcast?

39 mins; September 03, 2025

Gavin Newsom’s Sh*tposting

42 mins; August 30, 2025

The Summer That Broke BookTok

40 mins; August 27, 2025

ChatGPT Has Ruined the Em Dash

36 mins; August 23, 2025

Ethel Cain, Lana Del Rey, and the Lorax Girl

43 mins; August 20, 2025

The Great Girlboss Comeback

48 mins; August 16, 2025

Kendra Fell In Love With Her Psychiatrist—Then She Met TikTok

41 mins; August 13, 2025

Viral Debates: Crossing the Aisle or Clickbait?

47 mins; August 09, 2025

Your Next Favorite Book Will Be Fanfiction

42 mins; August 06, 2025

Why Online Whisper Networks Never Work

40 mins; August 02, 2025

Astronomer Updates, Jessie Murph, and Dubious Cults

40 mins; July 30, 2025

Calico Critters Are Beefing Thanks To TikTok

39 mins; July 26, 2025

The Astronomer CEO Coldplay Cheating Scandal

40 mins; July 23, 2025

The Internet History of Jojo Siwa

58 mins; July 19, 2025

“Gen-Z Stare” and the Log-In Epidemic

46 mins; July 16, 2025

Love Island’s Toxic Relationship With Social Media

38 mins; July 12, 2025

Encore: Is ChatGPT Your Therapist?

36 mins; July 09, 2025

Not Even Lawsuits Can Stop AI

40 mins; July 05, 2025

The Most Famous Facelift on TikTok

29 mins; July 02, 2025

How Coming Out Videos Changed YouTube

44 mins; June 28, 2025

TikTok May Win Battles, But YouTube Will Win the War

41 mins; June 25, 2025

Is Partiful Cancelled?

33 mins; June 21, 2025

The Content Creators Crashing the Diddy Trial

43 mins; June 18, 2025

It’s International Bestselling Author Quan Millz

38 mins; June 14, 2025

When CEOs Post About Workers Who “Coast”

28 mins; June 11, 2025

TikTok’s “Relationship Experts” Must Be Stopped

31 mins; June 07, 2025

Sad Beige Lawsuits and an Influencer’s “Royal Wedding”

31 mins; June 04, 2025

Will MomTok Actually Change Mormonism?

43 mins; May 31, 2025

TikTok’s Favorite Frat and Sorority Chefs

31 mins; May 28, 2025

Did These Influencers Build a “Plantation Fitness”?

44 mins; May 24, 2025

Pope Leo XIV is the Taylor Swift of Catholicism

32 mins; May 21, 2025

This Influencer Baby Name Is a Tragedeigh

28 mins; May 17, 2025

Kayla Malec Deserves Online Justice, Too

21 mins; May 14, 2025

The Battle Over Tattle

28 mins; May 10, 2025

Kate Mackz Can’t Outrun Politics

24 mins; May 07, 2025

The Harry Potter Fandom Faces Its Biggest Test

49 mins; May 03, 2025

This Book Drama Gets Hotter in the DMs

27 mins; April 30, 2025

J.D. Vance, the Pope, and Internet Inside Jokes

21 mins; April 26, 2025

The $50M Revolve Lawsuit and Sponcon Literacy

23 mins; April 23, 2025

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