How A Brazilian Avril Lavigne Death Hoax Went Viral In America
This week BuzzFeed's Internet Explorer takes a trip to Brazil to learn about Brazilian memes! We also talk about the weird fake but not really fake but definitely sorta ironic Brazilian conspiracy the...
7 Okt 201528min
Cosplaying While Black
Ryan and Katie talk with Nikolas Draper-Ivey, who cosplays as Miles Morales (the new Spider-Man who is black and latino), and Shaquille Dent, who goes by "Black Goku" because of his hairstyle that ear...
30 Sep 201531min
ISIS Is Bae: How A Militant Group Uses Social Media
Katie and Ryan talk to Ellie Hall and Hussein Kesvani, reporters who have been following ISIS's use of social media as a tool for recruiting.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...
23 Sep 201535min
How Does A Twitter Parody Account Work And Why Are They Vanishing?
You know those Twitter accounts that are always posted stolen memes and ripped off Vines and weird advertisements? They're vanishing from Twitter and no one's totally sure why. The question is, should...
16 Sep 201533min
A Really Drunk Game Of "Would You Rather" With The Reply All Guys
This week we have a crossover episode with Alex Goldman and PJ Vogt, the fantastic dudes from Gimlet Media's Reply All Podcast. We drank a bunch of whiskey and made them play "Would You Rather" and no...
9 Sep 201548min
Is Tinder Actually Awful?
This week we went out and asked people whether Tinder actually is the end of love on earth as we know it. The answers were as mixed as you'd expect.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...
2 Sep 201525min
The Internet is Even Scarier Than You Think
Katie and Ryan talk to Jason Reich, BuzzFeed's director of global security. ***This episode was recorded and edited two weeks before the shooting of two WDBJ reporters in Virginia.***Learn more about...
26 Aug 201526min
Building a Better Internet with Femsplain
Amber Gordon, founder of Femsplain comes in to talk about her site for the personal stories of women-identified voices. She also talks about a better future for women on the net. https://femsplain.com...
19 Aug 201523min
