Podcast Episodes

Why the internet's grossest influencer is more powerful than you think

Today we're joined again by journalist Kat Tenbarge to talk about one of the grossest guys on the internet. He’s also one of the most popular Twitch …

1 month, 4 weeks ago

The internet sucks, and Congress might make it worse

The law Section 230 is maybe the invisible force that governs everything in our lives. With a California court ruling against Meta, what are we to do…

2 months ago

Cicada 3301: The internet puzzle that might’ve been a psyop

In 2012, a strange message appeared on 4chan: “We are looking for highly intelligent individuals….” What followed became one of the internet’s most m…

2 months, 1 week ago

Boomer brain rot started long before Facebook

Why did boomers “go crazy” — and was the internet actually to blame?

Ryan is joined by Sam Seder to trace the long history of boomer radicalization, …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

BONUS: The Oscars snubbed "The Secret Agent"

Ryan & Grant convene their movie club to discuss The Secret Agent, one of — or maybe the — best film(s) of 2025, and what it says about where we're a…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

The people who think every celebrity is secretly trans

Today we’re talking about the moral panic around “transvestigation,” an online “game” where people try to identify who is or isn’t trans. Particularl…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

How Epstein weaponized the internet

Did Jeffrey Epstein destroy the internet? Ryan posits his theory, after not going totally insane (we think) reading through hundreds of Epstein files…

3 months ago

Who killed cool?

What’s cool and what’s cringe, and which generation gets to decide? Today we’re talking about Gen Z, formerly known as “iGen,” and its relationship w…

3 months, 1 week ago

How being straight became gay

When did liking women, as a straight man, become gay? Today, we posit that the “logical” endpoint of being in the manosphere is that eventually being…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Are we all going to end up in AI relationships?

From research to vibe coding to therapy to girlfriends and boyfriends, how are we using AI these days? Let’s do a check-in on one of those topics tha…

3 months, 3 weeks ago