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ICYMI

ICYMI

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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.


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Episodes
  • WTF Is Happening On Threads?

    WTF Is Happening On Threads?
    Oct 3 2026

    There are some controversies that can only happen on Threads. Discussions about mermaid trauma, for instance, or Pepsi having to apologize for their post about Wild Cherry. The platform is home to particularly unhinged users, but why? On today’s show, host Kate Lindsay is joined by creator, podcaster, and reluctant Threads lover Franchesca Ramsey to discuss why Threads got its reputation, and how it still manages to be the best alternative to Twitter.


    This podcast is produced by Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, and Kate Lindsay.

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    51 mins
  • The Revenge Of The Comment Section

    The Revenge Of The Comment Section
    Sep 30 2026

    Comment sections are dying. At least, when it comes to digital media. Platforms like Twitter have become the new place for discourse, and apps like TikTok are changing what the comment section is even for. Slate’s comments, however, are special. On today’s show, host Kate Lindsay is joined by staff writer Luke Winkie, who dove into the lore of Slate’s decades-old commenter community, and even called up his biggest hater to find out what keeps him coming back.


    This podcast is produced by Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, and Kate Lindsay.

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    36 mins
  • No Phones? No Problem

    No Phones? No Problem
    Sep 26 2026

    Dumbphones are a popular recommendation for people looking to reduce their screen time, but it’s not as simple as it looks. When writer Stephanie Murray made the switch, while she found it did solve many of her problems, it created them for pretty much everyone else around her. On today’s show, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Murray, who wrote about her experience for The New York Times, to discuss how the outside world is also too smartphone-dependent, and what people should know before taking the dumbphone plunge.


    This podcast is produced by Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, and Kate Lindsay, with help from Kevin Bendis.

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    38 mins
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this episode left me feeling annoyed. "all the words are Black/LGBT words. it's hard to trace the actual origin of words and we only know 1 for sure has a documented Black origin. but all the words are Black/LGBT words."
"it's cringe that they used cringe. I can't believe how cringe it is. isn't it so cringe?" 😒
and the solution to using the current internet vocabulary without commuting cultural appropriation: give money to black people and be Bruno Mars.

just when I was starting to like them

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