ICYMI

We’re online so you don’t have to be.

About the Show

Join Kate Lindsay twice a week as we gaze deep into the online abyss—and tell you what’s gazing back.

Host

  • Kate Lindsay is the host of ICYMI, Slate’s podcast about internet culture. She also writes the newsletter Embedded, and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Bustle, and GQ.

Latest Episodes

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Will Social Media Ever Be Fun Again?

All roads online lead to bean soup.

It’s Time To Talk About Lindsay Clancy

Even for true crime, the clickbait and conspiracies are out of control.

Leave The WNBA Alone, Trolls!

The rise of the WNBA has come with unintended consequences.

Bonus: Chanty Beluga & RushTok Returns

Kate missed a LOT while on vacation.

Get In Loser, We’re Friction-Maxxing

Technology has ruined our tolerance for inconvenience. Here’s how to fix it.

Are You Anti-Influencer, Or Anti-Women?

The word has become a gendered insult.

We Lost Another Creator to A.I., Boys

Hank Green’s recent controversy is about more than A.I.

The “Skinnyphobic” Myth

We’ve lost the plot when it comes to talking about bodies.

Bonus: Nantucket vs. “Influencers”

When you say “No Influencers” are allowed in your store, what do you really mean?

Don’t Fall For 90s Nostalgia Slop

The internet is nostalgic for a time before tech—but is expressing it in questionable ways.

Women’s Health Is Not Your Clickbait

It’s time to make condoms cool again.

We Need To Talk About Jimothy

The Seattle raccoon is not like any viral animal we’ve loved before.

Do Healthy Relationships to Chatbots Exist?

In Love At First Prompt, Bridget Todd speaks with the people who found deep connections and love with AI chatbots.

Bonus: American Cheating Live With Josh Lora

Josh Lora, aka TellTheBees, joins ICYMI live to present his wildly popular American Cheating series.

Coupled Up With The Internet

The internet ruined dating, but what about relationships?

Everything Is Barstool

How Dave Portnoy infected the entire internet.

Prediction Markets Are Coming for Everything We Love

Kalshi and Polymarket are turning everything from politics to TV into a gamble.

Social Media Is Better With Kids

There’s another reason to push back against social media bans.

Bonus: The Influencer And The Grocery Store

An influencer’s harrowing trip to a grocery store is raising eyebrows.

Surveillance Glasses For Girls!

Kylie Jenner’s Meta Glasses collab is a transparent attempt to rebrand.

AI Is Changing How We Have Sex

Technology and porn are becoming disturbingly intertwined.

Influencers Are Hitting Retirement

The disappearance of Zoella and departure of Glitters and Lazers has fans fearing the inevitable.

Your Favorite World Cup Moment Might Be Fake

Some of the most viral moments from the World Cup come from suspicious accounts.

Bonus: We Read Yesteryear

Caro Claire Burke’s viral novel is about a tradwife who wakes up back in time.

My Decade-Long Payment App Feud

ICYMI and No Such Thing unpack how payment apps like Venmo have changed how we think about money.