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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.

Anna Sale on Internet Sabbaticals, iPod Culture and WebCrawler

37 mins; June 01, 2024

Encore: TikTok Shop Is a Dystopian Mall Kiosk

38 mins; May 29, 2024

The Ethics of the Therapist-Influencer

36 mins; May 25, 2024

The Aftermath of a Layoff

41 mins; May 22, 2024

Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show Makes Reality TV Great Again

46 mins; May 18, 2024

Street Fights and Moissanite Rings: Reddit’s Favorite “Selling Sunset” Moments

49 mins; May 15, 2024

Street Fights and Moissanite Rings: Reddit’s Favorite “Selling Sunset” Moments

46 mins; May 15, 2024

Never Post: Everyone is a Journalish

60 hours 8 mins; May 11, 2024

How Kate Middleton’s Disappearance Redefined Monoculture

49 mins; May 08, 2024

How Challengers Took Over the Internet

36 mins; May 04, 2024

The End of Foxtrot and Outdoor Voices

41 mins; May 01, 2024

The “TikTok Voice” of Our Generation

41 mins; April 27, 2024

Is Roblox Coming for TikTok?

37 mins; April 24, 2024

How a Chinese Glycine Manufacturer Took Over TikTok

44 mins; April 20, 2024

Ann Maddox on Scandoval, Reddit and Grief

32 mins; April 17, 2024

What “Quiet on Set” Leaves Out

48 mins; April 13, 2024

What Next: TBD: Google’s Scam Obituary Problem

26 mins; April 10, 2024

The Rise of Vine Star Casey Frey

45 mins; April 06, 2024

Rebecca Jennings on NYT Connections and Selling Out

34 mins; April 03, 2024

To Ban or Not to Ban TikTok

46 mins; March 30, 2024

Is Nara Smith Actually a Tradwife?

39 mins; March 27, 2024

Fybrefest, Fake Deaths and Acrylic vs. Wool

35 mins; March 23, 2024

Anatomy of a Vasectomy

40 mins; March 20, 2024

Reddit is the Real Host of “Love is Blind”

40 mins; March 16, 2024

An ICYMI Birthday Spectacular

37 mins; March 13, 2024

Protecting Child Influencers From Their Parents

37 mins; March 09, 2024

An Entirely Objective Ranking of the Brit Crew

42 mins; March 06, 2024

Rachel Karten on Snark Subreddits and Ryan Sheckler

32 mins; March 02, 2024

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told…Through TikToks

40 mins; February 28, 2024

Who TF Did Reesa Teesa Marry?

50 mins; February 24, 2024

Inside the Internet’s Hottest—and Messiest—Club

45 mins; February 21, 2024

The Turbulence of Air Force Taylor

44 mins; February 17, 2024

The State of Dating Apps

37 mins; February 14, 2024

The Terminally Ill Influencers Posting Their Way Through Life—and Death

37 mins; February 10, 2024

Was TikTok Silent or Silenced?

32 mins; February 07, 2024

Paloma Diamond Is TikTok’s Favorite Oscar Loser

29 mins; February 03, 2024

Nicki Minaj’s 72-Hour Spiral

36 mins; January 31, 2024

Why YouTube Loves Video Essays

30 mins; January 27, 2024

The TikTok Joy of Mychal the Librarian

29 mins; January 24, 2024

Stanley, Josh and Tunnel Girl

33 mins; January 20, 2024

Harry Potter Fanfiction and Battling TikTok Haters

29 mins; January 17, 2024

Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s Influencer Era

36 mins; January 13, 2024

The Nine-Month Cruise Heard Round the World

43 mins; January 10, 2024

The Internet History of Tate McRae

33 mins; January 06, 2024

Should We Quit Romance Novels?

28 mins; January 03, 2024

Outward: PragerU’s Transphobic Twitter Takeover

28 mins; December 30, 2023

Decoder Ring: The Forgotten Video Game About Slavery

44 mins; December 27, 2023

Goodbye to All That 2023 Internet

35 mins; December 23, 2023

The Celebrity Breakups That Wrecked Us In 2023

40 mins; December 20, 2023

Our Top Internet Moments of the Year (Part 2)

43 mins; December 16, 2023

Our Top Internet Moments of the Year (Part 1)

50 mins; December 13, 2023

The Internet’s Biggest Sports Moments of 2023

38 mins; December 09, 2023

The Year of Concerts and Being Outside

40 mins; December 06, 2023

Buying A Car on YouTube

33 mins; December 02, 2023

Colleen Ballinger’s Inevitable Return

50 mins; November 29, 2023

The Waves: The Bravo Cinematic Universe

37 mins; November 25, 2023

Our 2023 ICYMI Friendsgiving Spectacular

50 mins; November 22, 2023

The Year in Celebrity Memoirs

44 mins; November 18, 2023

The Internet Used to be a Haven for People with Autism

41 mins; November 15, 2023

Restaurant Wars: Keith Lee vs. Atlanta

50 mins; November 11, 2023

Endless Thread: The expanding universe of Lofi Girl

38 mins; November 08, 2023

ICYMI on Dear Prudence: My Friend Tried to Bring Her Kids to A Winery. Help!

39 mins; November 05, 2023

Hasan Minhaj’s “Emotional Truths” Are Admitted Fabrications. Does it Matter?

48 mins; November 04, 2023

How First-Gen Kids Are Healing Online

46 mins; November 01, 2023

How DJ Envy Got Got

41 mins; October 28, 2023

A Former School Shooter is a TikTok Star. Should He Even Be Allowed Online?

46 mins; October 25, 2023

Why Bella Hadid Said This Editor “Slayed”

43 mins; October 21, 2023

Why Bella Hadid Said This Editor “Slayed”

46 mins; October 21, 2023

How a Pesto Recipe Devolved Into Delightful Chaos

37 mins; October 18, 2023

Live, Laugh, LinkedIn

44 mins; October 14, 2023

How a Substack Revived the Dracula Fandom

31 mins; October 11, 2023

Stop Snitching on Main

48 mins; October 07, 2023

Nostalgia is the Internet’s Favorite Currency

41 mins; October 04, 2023

Where Did Bobbi Althoff Come From?

43 mins; September 30, 2023

The Summer of Suits

37 mins; September 27, 2023

Is “Algospeak” D@ngerous?

37 mins; September 23, 2023

Inside the MLM to Life Coach Pipeline

38 mins; September 20, 2023

AI-Generated Books are Tarnishing Authors’ Reputations

46 mins; September 16, 2023

The Orwellian World of Vintage Fast-Food Training Videos

38 mins; September 13, 2023

Are Green Powders a Pyramid Scheme?

49 mins; September 09, 2023

The Waves: How Drake Betrayed Megan Thee Stallion

45 mins; September 06, 2023

The Waves: How Drake Betrayed Megan Thee Stallion

48 mins; September 06, 2023

TikTok Shop is a Dystopian Mall Kiosk

37 mins; September 02, 2023

BookTok’s Horny Hockey Drama and the End of Internet Thirst

34 mins; August 30, 2023

Addison Rae is the Newest Pop Princess

40 mins; August 26, 2023

How to Make Millions Playing Dungeons & Dragons

36 mins; August 23, 2023

The Child Content Creator Crash is Coming

36 mins; August 19, 2023

You Just Missed This Year’s Most Important Episode of Reality TV

43 mins; August 16, 2023

What NewJeans Tells Us About the Future of K-Pop

36 mins; August 12, 2023

Will Doja Cat Ever Be Canceled?

30 mins; August 09, 2023

Decoder Ring: What’s Really Going On Inside a Mosh Pit?

30 mins; August 05, 2023

Decoder Ring: What’s Really Going On Inside a Mosh Pit?

34 mins; August 05, 2023

And the Grammy Goes to…Artificial Intelligence?

31 mins; August 02, 2023

The Girls Are Not All Right

44 mins; July 29, 2023

The Curious Case of Carlee Russell

44 mins; July 26, 2023

The Day AO3 Went Down

35 mins; July 22, 2023

Take a Tour in the Shein Propaganda Factory

45 mins; July 19, 2023

Did Fancams Determine This Year’s Emmy Nominations?

42 mins; July 15, 2023

Has Black Twitter Found A New Home?

48 mins; July 12, 2023

How Reddit Turned On Its Creator

35 mins; July 08, 2023

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