Podcast Episodes

BONUS PREVIEW: This is the dot-com crash all over again [Part 2]

What would the internet look like if major tech companies like Meta and Google were no longer usable?

With Google more deeply integrating AI into Sea…

10 hours ago

BONUS: How the internet destroyed TV (and itself) [Part 1]

Why is everything online just clips now?

We’ve reached a point with digital video that’s made it impossible even for a normal, non-sicko to ignore: …

22 hours ago

Fauxbituaries (Hyperfixed)

We’re taking a breather to let Grant out of his cage and get some fresh air, but we didn’t want to leave you without something to panic about. So t…

2 days, 22 hours ago

New York hipsters and the antichrist

Today we’re talking about billionaire Peter Thiel and his many fascinating, varied interests. You might know him for secretly funding Hulk Hogan’s la…

1 week, 2 days ago

Revisiting "Her" in the age of AI relationships

If you forgot to add this important event to your calendars, Spike Jonze’s 2013 sci-fi film, Her, was actually set in 2025. Ryan and Grant watched th…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

Why are cats so popular on the internet? It started with cat memes like I Can Haz Cheezburger and Keyboard Cat, then we became enamored with cat cele…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

How trad wives took over the internet — from 4chan to TikTok

Where did the "tradwife" trend come from — you know, aside from the 1950s — and why has it become increasingly popular online? Today, we’re talking a…

4 weeks, 2 days ago

You're one post away from becoming the internet's main character

Remember Chewbacca Mom, Damn Daniel, BeanDad, or most recently, Chappell Roan? These are just some examples of people who have become the “main chara…

1 month, 1 week ago

PREVIEW BONUS: Clavicular's crash out and the death of clipping

Are we watching the collapse of short-form video and on the cusp of yet another pivot to (a different kind of) video? Today we’re talking about the r…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

When sex is "optimized"

Today we’re talking about Aella the e-girl and “rationalist," who is probably also pretty smelly — at least if her birthday gangbang breakdown is to …

1 month, 3 weeks ago