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ICYMI - The Revenge Of The Comment Section
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 T…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Death, Sex & Money - Stavros Halkias Worries Fame Might Kill Him
Episode 602
This year, Stavros Halkias released a stand-up special, appeared in the Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony, and continued his run on the hit Netflix show T…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
ICYMI - No Phones? No Problem
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 Mur…
3 weeks ago
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Choosin’ Dolly Edition
In the 1970s, Dolly Parton parlayed her Nashville success into megawatt pop-culture icon status—yet many of her familiar hits of the era barely scrat…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
ICYMI - The “Sickfluencer” Witch Hunt
Like clockwork, another article has created a moral panic about so-called “sickfluencers,” or people—usually women—who share online about their illne…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Decoder Ring - Bridget in the Buff
Episode 136
In the early 1970s, a jigsaw puzzle of a cheerful, young, naked, fat woman known only as “Bridget in the Buff” arrived in stores all over America. It…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Death, Sex & Money - My Homeschool Curriculum Was My Mother’s Unhappiness
Episode 600
Stefan’s mother said he was too smart for public school and took him out of 4th grade. But instead of studying, Stefan’s homeschool curriculum was or…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
ICYMI - Calm Down, There’s No “AI Apocalypse”
A former Anthropic employee claimed AI would lead to the end of humanity, and soon. In the weeks since, the “whistleblower” has done a full press tou…
4 weeks ago
ICYMI - Forbidden Alphas & Cursed Billionaires: The Rise Of Microdramas
Pregnant werewolves and surprise quadruplets are just two of the tropes you might find while watching what might be the next evolution of TV: vertica…
1 month ago
Death, Sex & Money - How I “Failed” at OnlyFans
Episode 599
Anna Blake started an OnlyFans account, not as a pleasure project, but to achieve some financial stability. When she found out she hated the work and…
1 month ago