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ICYMI: Street Fights and Moissanite Rings: Reddit’s Favorite “Selling Sunset” Moments
Netflix’s hit reality show has spurred spinoffs, real estate celebrities and a community of more than 250,000 rabid fans -
What Next TBD: Would You Choose Your Child’s Sex?
Almost every country has banned the practice—but in the US, its growing. -
ICYMI: Never Post: Everyone is a Journalish
On today’s episode the second and final installment of our two part collaboration with Never Post. -
What Next TBD: Meet the Trump Campaign’s A.I. Guy
The artificial intelligence election is on. -
ICYMI: How Kate Middleton’s Disappearance Redefined Monoculture
We break down one of 2024’s biggest internet stories and ask: what’s the recipe for a rare monocultural event? -
What Next TBD: Can California Save Journalism?
The Sunshine State considers making Google and Meta pony up—and making news outlets spend that revenue on their staff. -
ICYMI: How Challengers Took Over the Internet
It’s Zendaya’s world and we’re all just living in it -
What Next TBD: Bird Flu—It’s in Milk?
Scientists are observing, for the first time, the virus spreading cow-to-cow—is human-to-human next? -
ICYMI: The End of Foxtrot and Outdoor Voices
How the abrupt closure of two popular venture-backed brands will affect yuppie lunch culture and cult brand-ism -
What Next: Biden’s Climate Report Card
We're doing more than ever, and still not nearly enough.
