ICYMI

Madison  and  Rachelle  pour one out for Yahoo Answers. To remember the site’s important place in internet history, they’re joined by J.T. Sexkik, the creator of the infamous video “ How Is Prangent Formed .” They talk to him about his earliest memories of the question-and-answer forum, its wildest moments, and what the internet is losing with its demise. Plus, we exorcise our IKEA shopping demons...

On this episode,  Madison  and  Rachelle  discuss how the phrase “body positivity” has lost all meaning. They talk about how the body-positivity movement started as a way to advocate for fat acceptance, including with respect to such tangible issues as healthcare and employment, but how the phrase has been co-opted into memeable soundbites on TikTok and Instagram that serve no real purpose beyond...

On this episode,  Madison  and  Rachelle  talk to Rolling Stone senior writer  EJ Dickson  about PissTok, a new TikTok trend in which people are making jokes about urination kinks. She  recently reported on the videos , which have attracted tens of millions of views, for her magazine. They discuss how kink has become memified, what this says about the rise of sex positivity in mainstream discourse...

In this episode, Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher discuss the latest development in the world of  The Bachelor  and how it all plays into the show’s relationship with social media .  First they dig into the news that former Bachelor Colton Underwood has  come out as gay  on  Good Morning America . Then they get into the show’s love-hate relationship with Instagram, examining how the ser...

On this episode, Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher look at the way the COVID vaccines have seemed to develop online personalities. They discuss how the memes and merch inspired by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson can actually encourage vaccine hesitancy—which is all the more disappointing since there are actually some pretty  informative TikToks  out there about COVID-19. Next,...

In this episode, Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher start with a couple of High Speed Downloads: Madison summarizes the latest online drama surrounding self-help guru Rachel Hollis (featuring Harriet Tubman), and Rachelle chronicles the Kardashian fury that was unleashed after somebody posted an untouched-up photo of Khloe. Then, an exclusive interview with  Dion Beary , a writer and onli...

On this episode, Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher report from the latest front in the battle between millennials and Gen Z. First, they trace the conflict back to its origins in skirmishes over middle parts and skinny jeans. Then they speak to culture writer Jenny G. Zhang , who recently encountered the fury of thirtysomethings when she tweeted about what using reaction GIFs says about...

On the latest episode, hosts Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher talk to Mya Johnson and Chris Cotter , two teen TikTok stars who created a dance challenge set to Cardi B’s No. 1 hit “ Up .” Fellow TikTok creator Addison Rae appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to perform their dance , along with seven other popular TikTok dances, without giving credit to any of the creators. A T...

On this episode of ICYMI, Slate’s new podcast about internet culture, hosts Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher get lewd. (Sorry, Mrs. Hampton.) First, they read some  erotica  about the  big, unstuck boat . Then, they explain why  Lil Nas X’s supposedly shocking turn —stripping for the devil in his new video for “Montero” and selling “Satan Shoes” with blood in them—is really just the log...

On the second episode of ICYMI, Slate’s new podcast about internet culture, hosts Madison Malone Kircher and Rachelle Hampton take listeners on an all-access tour of Clubhouse, the invite-only audio app that already has millions of users, including everyone from Elon Musk and Drake to Oprah and Joe Rogan. Madison somehow ends up taking a shower with hundreds of other users? The app also doesn’t al...

On the first episode of ICYMI, Slate's new podcast about internet culture , hosts Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher make sense of two recent controversies about online celebrities. First, they explain the recent drama around Kylie Jenner’s call for her followers to donate to a makeup artist’s GoFundMe—and how it connects to a whole year of influencers failing to read the room during the...

Join hosts Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher as they gaze deep into the online abyss—and tell you what’s gazing back. New episodes drop every Wednesday and Saturday starting March 24th. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no se...