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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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19 mins; July 05, 2023

The Subreddit Teeming with Crime, Complaints and Candles

41 mins; July 01, 2023

Finding Queer Love Online

33 mins; June 28, 2023

Why the Internet Couldn’t Get Enough of the Missing Submarine

35 mins; June 24, 2023

The Super Bowl of Private Chef TikTok

36 mins; June 21, 2023

Was the MirandaSings Controversy Inevitable?

47 mins; June 17, 2023

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44 mins; June 14, 2023

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42 mins; June 10, 2023

The Short-Lived, Very Controversial Healy-Swift Affair

34 mins; June 07, 2023

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39 mins; June 03, 2023

The Only People Who Made Money From Tumblr

31 mins; May 31, 2023

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36 mins; May 27, 2023

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38 mins; May 27, 2023

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38 mins; May 24, 2023

The Internet’s Biggest Secret

33 mins; May 20, 2023

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34 mins; May 17, 2023

The Ill-fated Brand Trip That Took Over TikTok

44 mins; May 13, 2023

We’re Sorry

37 mins; May 10, 2023

Inside the Nexus of Wellness Culture

36 mins; May 06, 2023

Should Influencers Unionize?

36 mins; May 03, 2023

Should We All Be Pirating More?

37 mins; April 29, 2023

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38 mins; April 26, 2023

Has TikTok Ruined Live Music?

40 mins; April 22, 2023

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47 mins; April 19, 2023

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40 mins; April 15, 2023

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40 mins; April 12, 2023

Blac Chyna and the New Plastic Surgery Era

43 mins; April 08, 2023

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40 mins; April 05, 2023

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39 mins; April 01, 2023

ICYMI: Live from Copenhagen

43 mins; March 29, 2023

Gwyneth Paltrow and the Ozempic Craze

38 mins; March 25, 2023

Encore: Someone’s Selling Human Bones on TikTok?

30 mins; March 22, 2023

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39 mins; March 18, 2023

Dear Prudence: Sister Wants Me to Be Her Surrogate. Help!

35 mins; March 15, 2023

Vanderpump Rules’ War of the Roses

39 mins; March 11, 2023

The Internet Should Be Fun

36 mins; March 08, 2023

The Internet Should Be Fun

39 mins; March 08, 2023

The Internet Hates Hogwarts Legacy

38 mins; March 04, 2023

Selena Gomez Loves Logging Off

37 mins; March 01, 2023

North West Is TikTok’s New Queen

33 mins; February 25, 2023

Tumblr Revived the Welcome to Night Vale Fandom

36 mins; February 22, 2023

The Influencer Even Skeptics Love

36 mins; February 18, 2023

The Internet’s Black Emo Renaissance

37 mins; February 15, 2023

Is Weight Lifting a Diet Culture Escape Hatch?

39 mins; February 11, 2023

How a 9-Year-Old Took Over TikTok

35 mins; February 08, 2023

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35 mins; February 04, 2023

Has the Internet Made Parenting Easier?

36 mins; February 01, 2023

TikTok Isn’t For Creators Anymore

34 mins; January 28, 2023

American Girl’s Addy Is More Than a Slave

35 mins; January 25, 2023

The Internet Won’t Let Austin Butler Forget Vanessa Hudgens

34 mins; January 21, 2023

MrBeast Dethroned a Child to Become the Most Successful YouTuber

34 mins; January 18, 2023

RuPaul’s Drag Race Has Finally Logged On

34 mins; January 14, 2023

Who Is Alix Earle And Why Are People Mad at Her?

32 mins; January 11, 2023

The Untalented Mr. Ripley

35 mins; January 07, 2023

Fans Ran the World Last Year

36 mins; January 04, 2023

Encore: We Talked to BYU’s Black Menaces

27 mins; December 28, 2022

Encore: All Hail the Liver King

36 mins; December 24, 2022

Decoder Ring: The New Age Hit Machine

25 mins; December 21, 2022

Who Gets to Complain About Their Job Online?

37 mins; December 17, 2022

Why Did NBC’s Internet Culture Reporter Spend So Much Time on Reddit?

35 mins; December 14, 2022

Goodbye to All That 2022 Internet

35 mins; December 10, 2022

What Is a Kevsexual?

34 mins; December 07, 2022

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33 mins; December 03, 2022

Goncharov, Tumblr’s Fake Scorsese Film

35 mins; November 30, 2022

Decoder Ring: The Truth About #TheDress

34 mins; November 26, 2022

An ICYMI Friendsgiving with Normal Gossip

33 mins; November 23, 2022

What's Going to Happen to Twitter?

37 mins; November 19, 2022

Who’s Invited to the Cookout?

36 mins; November 16, 2022

The Internet Wouldn’t Exist Without Sex

41 mins; November 12, 2022

A Man Ate Rotisserie Chicken for 40 Days Straight

38 mins; November 09, 2022

How Are the Midterms Affecting Social Media?

33 mins; November 05, 2022

Did Deplatforming Andrew Tate Work?

34 mins; November 02, 2022

Inside the Online Life of a Health & Wellness Reporter

33 mins; October 29, 2022

How a Lesbian Emu Influencer Got Milkshake Ducked

34 mins; October 26, 2022

What’s It Like Being a Twitch Streamer?

35 mins; October 22, 2022

What’s the Deal With Broadway’s 1776?

33 mins; October 19, 2022

What Makes Online Advice Good?

35 mins; October 15, 2022

The Internet Is an Invisible Force

32 mins; October 12, 2022

The Bling Ring Wasn’t Possible Without the Internet

32 mins; October 08, 2022

Why an Orthodox Jewish Boys Choir Is Going Viral

31 mins; October 05, 2022

BuzzFeed Set the Try Guys Up to Fail

37 mins; October 01, 2022

Jojo Siwa Did What on TikTok?

33 mins; September 28, 2022

Serial Didn’t Free Adnan Syed

37 mins; September 24, 2022

It’s OK to Criticize the Dead

29 mins; September 21, 2022

Where AI Art Can Go Wrong

28 mins; September 17, 2022

Harry Styles Knows Exactly What He’s Doing

32 mins; September 14, 2022

Everyone Wants to Be a Food Influencer…or Do They?

25 mins; September 10, 2022

A Texas Church Did What With Hamilton?

28 mins; September 07, 2022

Encore: Is BYU Virginity Club Real? An ICYMI Investigation.

34 mins; September 03, 2022

Encore: Who Weekly? Explains Bennifer 3.0

27 mins; August 31, 2022

Encore: Did TikTok Find Gabby Petito, or Exploit Her?

33 mins; August 27, 2022

Encore: How a Harry Potter Fanfic Took Over the Internet

27 mins; August 24, 2022

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31 mins; August 20, 2022

What Is a Clean Girl?

30 mins; August 17, 2022

Was Black Twitter a Mistake?

32 mins; August 13, 2022

What Makes a Good Internet Boyfriend?

29 mins; August 10, 2022

Does Nicki Minaj Really Owe the IRS $173 Million?

29 mins; August 06, 2022

Dipping Marcel the Shell in Pink Sauce

32 mins; August 03, 2022

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31 mins; July 30, 2022

What is "Hitting the Strip"?

32 mins; July 27, 2022

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