Hang Up and Listen - Tennis Reckons with Doping
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs discuss Iga Swiatek’s and Janik Sinner's doping allegations and the huge implications for international tennis. They also get into this past weeke...
3 Dec 20241h 10min
ICYMI - Max Read on Gawker, “Sculder” Fanfiction, and Slack Rules
Candice Lim is joined by Read Max writer Max Read, whose Substack hit a new high this year when he coined the term “Zynternet” and its connection to “Hawk Tuah girl.” Prior to Substack, Read was the e...
30 Nov 202437min
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Say a Little Prayer Edition Part 2
You know her honorific: Queen of Soul. And heavy is the head that wears the crown. In her lifetime, Aretha Franklin didn’t just want to be revered. She wanted hits. But Franklin made pop come to her, ...
29 Nov 202452min
ICYMI - Our 2024 ICYMI Friendsgiving Spectacular
On today’s episode, Candice Lim is joined by Vox’s Alex Abad-Santos and The Atlantic’s Allegra Frank to celebrate ICYMI’s fourth annual Friendsgiving episode. They run down the internet moments that m...
27 Nov 202443min
Culture Gabfest - Wicked and Gladiator II in the Box Office Arena
On this week’s show, the hosts consider ‘Glicked’ (or is it ‘Wadiator’? ‘Gladicked?’), the Wicked and Gladiator II double feature that promised to be this year’s ‘Barbenheimer.’ But did it deliver? Or...
27 Nov 202455min
Death, Sex & Money - Why I Chose Estrangement
When is it time to go no contact? In this episode, we talk to four listeners who have recently become estranged from loved ones.This episode was originally aired in 2022, and is part of a three-part s...
26 Nov 202445min
Hang Up and Listen - One Last Vamos: Rafa’s Retirement
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Lindsay Gibbs, and Ben Lindbergh chat about Rafael Nadal’s legacy as one of the all-time tennis greats. They also discuss the NWSL championship which Lindsay attended, the last da...
26 Nov 20241h 13min
ICYMI - Should I Buy A Purse Kindle?
Candice Lim is joined by Wall Street Journal reporter Ann-Marie Alcántara to discuss #KindleTok’s rise among millennials and Gen-Z. 17 years ago, Amazon released the Kindle as a tech device that seeme...
23 Nov 202435min
