ICYMI - 9-to-5 Influencers and Social Media’s Relatability Trap

ICYMI - 9-to-5 Influencers and Social Media’s Relatability Trap

Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Slate senior culture editor Jenny G. Zhang to discuss @Hubs.Life, an influencer who made content about his 9-5, only to become so successful, he quit. Connor Hubbard first gained traction online for his day in the life videos which were interesting to some, depressing to others. Despite their low entertainment quality, Hubbard’s TikTok videos gained him nearly 1 million followers from people fascinated by his typical life working a corporate job. Then, Hubbard announced he had quit his job to pursue content creation full-time, going as far as renting out a co-working cubicle to continue making content for his fans. Has Hubbard fallen into social media’s relatability trap, and why did Hubs Life’s unconventional attempt at rebranding fall flat for some viewers?


This podcast is produced by Olivia Briley, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim, and Kate Lindsay.



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Hang Up and Listen - The War On Tanking

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Here at DSM, we’ve been enjoying Heated Rivalry, the HBO series about two pro hockey players who begin a secret love affair. The show is steamy, but it also highlights some persistent problems in male...

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ICYMI - The Best Dating App Profile? A Sh*tpost

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On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by writer Sonia Weiser to discuss her piece, “I Made My Dating Profile Weird on Purpose. It’s Surprisingly Effective.” People have been frustrated with ...

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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Country Roads and Summer Nights Edition Part 1

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These days, country and pop acts regularly invade each other’s territory. But in Nashville during the 1970s, “crossover” was a dirty word. Then came two rising stars who offered up a new hybrid of Ame...

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ICYMI - Stop Memeing the Epstein Files

ICYMI - Stop Memeing the Epstein Files

On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Kat Tenbarge, who wrote “There's nothing funny about the Epstein Files,” to discuss how the internet has turned Jeffrey Epstein into a meme. While da...

11 Feb 37min

Decoder Ring - Making Coal Cute Again

Decoder Ring - Making Coal Cute Again

Three weeks ago, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum shared an unusual tweet: a cartoon image of himself with his arm draped around a giant, anthropomorphized lump of coal. This piece of coal h...

11 Feb 43min

Culture Gabfest - Bad Bunny Spikes the Football Edition

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The sugarcane fields! La casita! Piraguas! Lady Gaga! Ricky Martin! An actual wedding! Bad Bunny’s immense and boisterous Super Bowl Halftime show brought a whole Puerto Rican universe to Levi’s Stadi...

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Death, Sex & Money - Becoming a Parent Of Six, At 25

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