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CLARIFICATION June 5th, 2025: We have reason to believe one of the screenshots included in this episode from Charly's story was doctored. This section has been edited out of the original episode.
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This episode is a mini deep dive into the rift between the Welsh 5 and Charly Anne.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
1:19 Who are the Welsh 5?
2:54 Welsh 5 Las Vegas trip
6:35 Becki Jones leaves TikTok
9:00 Charly x Welsh 5 rift
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 29th, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:51 Catherine Paiz on Call Her Daddy x Tana Mongeau
6:40 Luke Bateman responds to BookTok backlash
13:52 Hailey Bieber sells beauty brand for $1 billion
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The biggest tech & social media trends on the internet from May 28th, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
1:02 Travel creators face cancelled partnerships from Booking.com & Expedia
7:05 Is microblogging dead?
13:30 American Music Awards viral backlash
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 27th, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
2:13 BookTok heartthrob Luke Bateman lands two-book deal one month after joining the niche
8:21 Explaining the Benson Boone hate on TikTok
14:22 Alix Earle x Hawaiian Tropic campaign backlash
17:00 $7K Dominos order x Scotiabank drama update
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 26th, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
2:27 Steve Madden interview on Patreon's The Cutting Room Flood podcast goes viral for all the right reasons
8:30 Liv Schmidt's Skinni Société gets demonetised after The Cut article exposes its toxicity
14:17 JustJazzy NYC influencer wedding content discourse
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 23, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:26 JoJo Siwa & Chris Hughes allegedly dating
3:48 Alix Earle on Dancing With The Stars
5:14 Canadian creator named Naya Sakry has taken to TikTok to share that Dominos “took $7200” from her
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 22nd, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:42 Hailey Bieber wins internet back with Vogue
7:13 Duolingo AI drama
16:10 TikTok's "chic" debate
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The biggest tech & social media trends on the internet from May 21st, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:30 YouTube launches podcast chart
4:45 Celebrity mobile game ads flood TikTok
9:27 Google goes all in on AI search
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 20th, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:29 Man goes viral for swiping 2 million times on Tinder with only 1 date
7:55 BookTok Kickstarter scandal
15:19 Charlotte Tilbury vs. Huda Kattan over influencer post
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 19th, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:25 Kayla Malec & Bee Better respond to James Charles
7:04 Celebrity MUA Mary Phillips quotes bride $100K for wedding glam
16:35 Chappell Roan's comment section helps indie perfume go viral
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Thank you to BRITA for supporting the podcast, helping us keep our deep dives going, and, of course, keeping us hydrated! Check out BRITA here: https://www.brita.com.au/turnonthetaste
This episode is an exploration into the rise and fall of the 2010s lifestyle vlogger niche — diving into the friendship groups, content styles, and downfall of this side of YouTube.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
4:32 Popular lifestyle content
5:52 Alisha Marie
7:26 LaurDIY
8:19 What made lifestyle vloggers successful
9:26 BeautyCon
10:46 StyleHaul Network
11:55 Friendship groups & Girls Night In
15:43 Savage Squad drama
19:47 Azn Girl Squad
21:23 Big Bear trips
24:30 The downfall of lifestyle content
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Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIZmjlhe_5w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYRyJXZujCE
https://www.voguebusiness.com/beauty/reinventing-beautycon-the-super-bowl-of-beauty
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-stylehaul-the-largest-fashion-network-on-youtube-youve-never-heard-of/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-269B-1989
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/stylehaul-ceo-confirms-youtube-networks-745663/
https://ew.com/article/2015/07/28/youtube-girls-night-in-tour-eva-gutowski-meredith-foster/
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/eva-gutowski-meredith-foster-explains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=gkCws_OwyoQ
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7349939/YouTube-star-eating-disorder-losing-27-pounds.html
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 15th, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:38 Bella Hadid denies facelift/fox eye surgery
5:43 PlzDontBuyThat vs. Odd Muse TikTok drama
13:05 Chat Franke opens up in longform interview about his mother and 8Passengers
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The biggest tech & social media trends on the internet from May 14th, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:20 Sam Altman's new launch Orb Mini faces mockery
7:48 Spotify releases 'plays' podcast metrics feature
12:37 Hinge launches on Substack with mini series
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 13th, 2025.
Timestamps:
2:53 Phoebe Gates called out by fashion stylist for asking for influencer promo for her new app
8:42 Austin McBroom addresses Catherine Paiz cheating allegations
13:58 Nylon launches invite-only members club for tastemakers
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 12th, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:18 Unf*ck America Tour scandal explained
12:33 Madeleine White bachelorette backlash over passport loss
16:32 Catherine Paiz book revelations
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Thank you to Bumble for supporting this episode. Bumble's new safety features aimed at improving dating culture in Australia are now available.
This episode is a deep dive into the origins and rise of the online mansophere and its impact on Gen Z dating culture alongside activist and Bumble's safety advocate Tarang Chawla.
Timestamps:
1:49 Intro
5:51 Defining the manosphere
11:45 Theorising the manosphere: Why men are drawn to this space
21:51 Subcultures within the manosphere
35:02 The mainstream-ification of the manosphere
39:50 Gamergate
41:21 The Trump effect & the rise of alpha male influencers
48:38 Manopshere, alpha male influencers & dating culture
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Barnes, M. J., & Karim, S. M. (2025). The Manosphere and Politics. Comparative Political Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140241312095
Kennedy-Kollar, D. (2024). Extremism and radicalization in the manosphere : beta uprising. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032631080
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Marwick, A. E., & Caplan, R. (2018). Drinking male tears: language, the manosphere, and networked harassment. Feminist Media Studies, 18(4), 543–559. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2018.1450568
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https://www.wired.com/story/donald-trump-far-right-supporters-violent-memes/
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/emboldened-by-a-trump-win-misogyny-is-exploding-online
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 8th, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:35 James Charles & Kayla Malec speak out on Evan Johnson situation
6:12 PopeCrave brings conclave updates to social media
8:11 AI job interviews are taking over TikTok
16:01 Mormon Madoff is latest series inspired by "who tf did I marry?"
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The biggest tech & social media trends on the internet from May 7th, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:42 SAG-AFTRA has introduced an influencer committee
6:26 OpenAI rolls back recent update
11:22 The manosphere websites going offline
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Sources:
https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-national-board-overwhelmingly-approves-commercials-contracts-deal
https://www.sagaftra.org/membership-benefits
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sag-aftra-creates-influencer-committee-creator-economy-1236202280/
https://www.sagaftra.org/contracts-industry-resources/influencer-resources/influencer-agreement-101
https://time.com/6301824/influencers-sag-strike/
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/13/the-creator-economy-is-ready-for-a-workers-movement/
https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/11/20688929/internet-creators-guild-shutting-down-hank-green-youtube-copyright-claims-monetization
https://www.fastcompany.com/91327213/sag-aftras-new-influencer-committee-aims-to-strengthen-support-for-digital-creators
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https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/27/4chan-is-back-online-says-its-been-starved-of-money/
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 6th, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:50 Met Gala 2025 recap
5:53' A Million Lives' BookTok Fyre Festival
8:26 Canadian bridal MUA drama
10:17 Hawk Tuah in Vanity Fair
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 5th, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:36 Try Guys expose Buzzfeed
6:54 Benny Blanco accused of cheating on Selena Gomez with Theresa Marie... kind of?
9:39 TikTok's caveman skin girl
14:13 100 men vs. 1 gorilla meme
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