The Problem with Age Verification Online
Description: Age verification technology is becoming increasingly commonplace as lawmakers seek to enact deeply concerning restrictions in the name of “child safety.” Washington Post technology report...
19 Sep 202430min
Why is Instagram Reels so unhinged?
You can spend hours carefully curating your algorithms on TikTok and YouTube, But there’s one place where the algorithm doesn’t seem to care about what you want to see: Instagram Reels. Business Insid...
12 Sep 202427min
Brazil's X ban upends stan accounts + political debates take over TikTok
Elon Musk’s social media network X has been officially banned in Brazil. Taylor and internet culture reporter Ryan Broderick (Garbage Day) discuss Stan culture, the impact Brazil has on the internet a...
5 Sep 202431min
The ultimate summer trend recap + a Chick-fil-A streaming service
We've all long been familiar with the concept of a "song of the summer," but lately there's been a rush to declare "the summer" everything. Drink of the summer, drug of the summer, shoe of the summer,...
29 Aug 202426min
Inside the DNC’s influencer extravaganza, from yacht partying to meme lounge
This week, Taylor is in Chicago along with hundreds of content creators for the Democratic National Convention. YouTube star Keith Edwards gives the scoop on the Democrats’ influencer strategy, what i...
22 Aug 202424min
Can Elon and Twitter save Trump? + Kamala plays with fire online
This week, Trump returned to X/Twitter/whatever you want to call it. Editor-in-Chief at the Verge, Nilay Patel, joins Taylor to discuss the long and rambling conversation between Trump and Elon Musk o...
14 Aug 202441min
Can MrBeast be canceled? + Tim Walz mania and minions on a cross
For years now, MrBeast has been the king of the internet. The 26-year-old creator has the most subscribed to channel on YouTube, millions of young fans, and a new streaming deal with Amazon. But now, ...
8 Aug 202436min
Is Skibidi Toilet the Next Hollywood Blockbuster?
The internet lost its mind last week when Taylor broke the news that Michael Bay might be turning Skibidi Toilet -- the bizarre animated YouTube short of a singing head in a toilet -- into a theatrica...
1 Aug 202438min
