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The biggest stories on the internet from April 24th, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:34 Chloe Madison tells her side of the Unhinged Podcast divorce
6:57 Addison Rae to drop "Rae"
9:30 Ana Wolfermann vs. Izzy Graff
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The biggest tech & social media trends on the internet from April 23rd, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:00 Meta antitrust trial breakdown
9:01 Google loses ad technology monopoly case
10:54 The rise of virtual influencers
14:41 Apple dance creator sues Roblox
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Sources:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/google-under-fire-again-on-search-as-hatch-calls-for-ftc-probe
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/technology/facebook-antitrust-monopoly.html
https://www.theverge.com/news/646809/ftc-v-meta-antitrust-monopoly-trial-instagram-whatsapp
https://www.theverge.com/policy/646828/meta-ftc-antitrust-trial-preview-instagram-whatsapp
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/mark-zuckerberg-meta-antitrust-ftc-negotiations-a53b3382
https://theconversation.com/google-loses-online-ad-monopoly-case-but-its-just-one-of-many-antitrust-battles-against-big-tech-254602
https://x.com/NewsFromGoogle/status/1912892999047971152
https://www.polygon.com/gaming/559582/charli-xcx-apple-dance-roblox-lawsuit
https://blog.youtube/culture-and-trends/youtube-culture-trends-report-virtual-creators/
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/heyer-v-roblox-2-25-cv-03236-complaint-april-2025.pdf
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The biggest stories on the internet from April 22nd, 2025.
Timestamps:
4:07 Saccone Joly family TikTok backlash & The Sweet Sisterhood Squad Gen Alpha content house
9:01 'Unhinged Podcast' divorce saga explained
19:05 Pope Francis x Trisha Paytas meme
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The biggest stories on the internet from April 21st, 2025.
Timestamps:
2:39 Artist faces backlash for re-selling painted Trader Joes tote bags for a wild amount of money
4:32 MrBeast Las Vegas event turns into a disaster
7:07 Tate McRae faces backlash for Morgan Wallen collaboration
14:46 Reformation line with Devon Lee Carlson sparks backlash from South Asian community
18:37 Revolve sued for $50 million over influencer gifting
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The biggest tech & social media trends on the internet from April 16th, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:23 Adobe gets bullied off BlueSky
6:34 OpenAI is working on a social network
7:42 YouTube doubles down on protecting creators from deepfakes
11:47 Tween boys are podcasting
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Sources:
https://www.garbageday.email/p/maybe-the-capitalists-will-get-it-right-next-time
https://futurism.com/adobe-bullied-bluesky
https://www.businessinsider.com/adobe-employees-slam-company-over-ai-controversy-2024-6
https://www.tiktok.com/@theehazeldomain/video/7491712287280024863?_t=ZS-8vXUr9QmdPe&_r=1
https://www.garbageday.email/p/maybe-the-capitalists-will-get-it-right-next-time
https://www.theverge.com/news/647186/bluesky-creatives-have-no-love-for-adobe
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/youtube-expands-its-likeness-detection-technology-which-detects-ai-fakes-to-a-handful-of-top-creators/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/13/24177686/the-general-perception-is-adobe-is-an-evil-company-that-will-do-whatever-it-takes-to-f-its-users
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/31/24210464/senators-will-introduce-the-no-fakes-act-to-keep-ai-companies-from-copying-your-voice-or-appearance
https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/creative-artists-agency-responsible-ai-tools-for-talent/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/youtube-expands-its-likeness-detection-technology-which-detects-ai-fakes-to-a-handful-of-top-creators/
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/youtube-no-fakes-act-ai-deepfakes-1236363872/
https://www.thecut.com/article/tween-podcasts.html
https://www.theverge.com/openai/648130/openai-social-network-x-competitor
https://centennialworld.com/addison-rae-deepfake-twitter-explained/
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The biggest stories on the internet from April 15th, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:48 Breaking down the Drew & Enya Emergency Intercom Podcast controversy
5:13 Netflix Piper Squad docu-series exposes dark side of kid-fluencing
8:04 James Charles opens up about how his fans parasocial relationships are impacting his experience at Coachella amid festival changes
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The biggest stories on the internet from April 17th, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:43 Clayton Echard vs. Gabby Windey continued
2:58 TikTok au pair drama
10:50 Addison Rae makes Coachella debut & Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet
12:25 TikTok flooded with Chinese manufacturers sharing how they make luxury goods to combat tariffs
14:22 Katy Perry goes to space
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This episode is an exploration of into the rise and consequences of AI slop— how and why the internet has become overrun with disturbing and bizarre mass-produced brainrot content devoid of meaning and if that means the internet actually is becoming less human– or maybe even dead.
Timestamps:
00:42 Intro
3:04 What is AI Slop?
9:07 The Dead Internet Theory
14:21 How platforms have responded to AI Slop
16:27 Engagement farming & capitalising on confusion
17:44 Ragebait& discriminatory AI memes
19:49 The consequences of AI slop
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Sources:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/08/trump-posts-ai-image/679540/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/style/ai-search-slop.html https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisstokelwalker/pope-puffy-jacket-ai-midjourney-image-creator-interview
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/facebook-ai-generated-slop-1235095088/
https://www.garbageday.email/p/slop-void
https://www.vox.com/culture/378855/ai-slop-fall-autumn-inspiration-vibes-pinterest
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/08/dead-internet-theory-wrong-but-feels-true/619937/
Walter, Y. (2025). Artificial influencers and the dead internet theory. AI & Society, 40(1), 239–240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-023-01857-0
Mariani, R. (2023). The Dead Internet to Come. New Atlantis (Washington, D.C.), 73, 34–42.
https://etymology.substack.com/p/slop-capitalism-and-dead-internet
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chriswestfall/2025/01/02/meta-opens-floodgates-on-ai-generated-accounts-on-facebook-instagram/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/meta-spotted-testing-ai-generated-comments-on-instagram/
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/09/kermit-ai-generated-home-screen/679757/
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/09/confusion-is-the-new-clickbait/679916/
https://substack.com/@etymologynerd/p-159915598
https://www.404media.co/brainrot-ai-on-instagram-is-monetizing-the-most-fucked-up-things-you-can-imagine-and-lots-you-cant/
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-ai-insta-shuts-character-instagram-fb-accounts-user-outcry-rcna186177
https://www.fastcompany.com/91293162/ai-slop-is-suffocating-the-web
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/is-ai-art-stealing-from-artists
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The biggest stories on the internet from April 10th, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:58 Trisha Paytas vs. Mikayla Nogueira
6:58 Gabby Windey responds to Clayton Echard's "bully" accusions
8:54 The viral swinger's party vlogger being memed across the internet
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The biggest tech & social media trends on the internet from April 9th, 2025.
Timestamps:
2:00 The release and success of A Minecraft Movie
6:18 US TikTok ban extended once again
10:17 YouTube quietly removes gender identity from hate speech policies
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Sources:https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/tiktok-ban-extension/682302/ https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114280893859636366 https://www.theverge.com/news/643964/tiktok-trump-ban-delay-warner-congress-response https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/644038/trumps-tariffs-tiktok-deal-china-bytedance https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth https://www.usermag.co/p/youtube-removes-gender-identity-from https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/minecraft-movie-box-office-record-opening-1236182874 https://variety.com/2024/film/news/skibidi-toilet-michael-bay-movie-adam-goodman-1236077245/
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The biggest stories on the internet from April 8th, 2025.
Timestamps:
2:11 Francesca Farago exposes alleged anti-Hailey Bieber campaign
9:42 Gabby Windey vs. Clayton's dancing
13:49 Dr. Esme Louise James calls out Cosmo for allegedly copying her video essay
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The biggest stories on the internet from April 7th, 2025.
Timestamps:
3:37 Mikaela Testa/Anna Paul/Atis Paul update
13:30 YouTuber arrested for attempting to infiltrate isolated tribe for content
16:44 Becca Moore addresses Shannon Beveridge split
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In this episode, I explore why the concept of virality is dead. I look at how the death of monoculture and our increased reliance on algorithmic-based content consumption has led to a significantly more fragmented internet culture experience for users. In turn, virality no longer exists in the same way it once did.
Timestamps:
00:42 Intro
3:56 Virality is dead
4:57 Viralflation & the death of monoculture
7:35 How the internet became fragmented
10:33 Why it’s so difficult to measure “virality” now
11:20 Brands manufacturing fake viral trends: Athenos Feta soup saga
12:57 The rise of vanity metrics on social media & platforms creating artificial virality
15:21 Bella Poarch
16:19 How Facebook lowered the threshold of what could be considered a “view”
18:12 Cheugy as a “viral” word & how the context was completely lost
20:08 Virality is unpredictable & fleeting
21:30 Risks of going “viral” in 202522:20 TBH Skincare vs. Andrew Tate
23:45 Conclusion
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Sources:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/09/viral-view-counts-inflation/
Maddox, J., & Gill, F. (2023). Assembling “Sides” of TikTok: Examining Community, Culture, and Interface through a BookTok Case Study. Social Media + Society, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231213565 (Original work published 2023)
https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/62285/1/salad-fingers-20-anniversary-david-firth-patron-saint-weird-youtube-came-to-life
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/30/flash-youtube-nostalgia
https://zeefeed.com.au/kate-middleton-conspiracies-monoculture/
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cheugy
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/style/cheugy.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/tiktokgossip/comments/v69nm3/it_seems_like_tiktok_is_inflating_its/
https://www.usermag.co/p/viralflation-comes-to-youtube
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/26/youtube-is-changing-how-youtube-shorts-views-are-counted/
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The biggest tech & social media trends on the internet from April 2nd, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:25 Studio Ghibli AI trend
7:17 US and Australian governments inviting podcasters/influencers to formal events
13:04 Substack launches vertical video
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Sources:
https://www.theverge.com/openai/635118/chatgpt-sora-ai-image-generation-chatgpt
https://www.theverge.com/openai/636529/images-chatgpt-openai-studio-ghibli-copyright
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/gleeful-cruelty-white-house-x-account/682234/
https://theconversation.com/chatgpts-studio-ghibli-style-images-show-its-creative-power-but-raise-new-copyright-problems-253438
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZ0K3lWKRc
https://maxread.substack.com/p/studio-ghibli-in-the-age-of-ai-reproduction
https://www.theverge.com/policy/637890/trump-white-house-podcast-row
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/lululemon-brand-ambassador-finance-advisers-13-content-creators-get-advance-budget-reading-20250325-p5lmdc.html
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/26/gen-z-social-media-creators-say-not-here-to-replace-journalists-after-criticism-labor-invited-them-to-budget-lockup
https://www.fastcompany.com/91308936/substack-rolls-out-a-new-video-feed-amid-the-looming-u-s-tiktok-ban
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A special bonus episode interviewing Victoria Montano & Martine Chippendale from Real Housewives of Sydney!
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The biggest stories on the internet from April 1st, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:33 Watcher Entertainment lays off creative & production teams
7:03 JacksGap to release a film about the reality of viral fame
9:22 TikTok user raises $319K for 81-year-old waitress to retire
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The biggest stories on the internet from March 31st, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:50 Tarot creator Alex Reads Tarot threatened with lawsuit over online impersonator
6:47 Alex Cooper personally addresses Alix Earle podcast drama for first time
9:37 Chappell Roan's comments about parenthood
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Welcome to the first Centennial World Podcast Network spinoff show, High Steaks! A podcast about famous feuds, frenemies, and falling outs.
We are featuring the first episode of High Steaks to give you a taste of what to expect for the season. Head over the High Steaks feed to subscribe for all the episodes, released weekly: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Xvmq63MHzsP5ykSIhzgHq
This episode dives into the feud between the beefing broligarchs Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
Timestamps:
2:46 Intro
2:59 Mark Zuckerberg’s origins
5:00 Facebook launch
6:03 Zuck post-Facebook
6:51 Elon Musk’s origins
8:47 Musk’s entrepreneurial endeavours: PayPal & Tesla
9:24 Musk post-Tesla
9:53 Zuck vs. Musk
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The biggest tech & social media trends on the internet from March 26th, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:23 Ashton Hall’s viral morning routine
7:15 TikTok Global Observatory
10:56 Netflix refines its gaming strategy
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Sources:
https://x.com/tipsformenx/status/1902608673022595531
https://tkgo.aiforensics.org/
https://x.com/mattxiv/status/1903540201563025872
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-users-discrimination/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/22/24276700/netflix-gaming-studio-closure-blue
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-21/netflix-bets-big-on-video-games-with-broad-new-strategy
https://www.fastcompany.com/91298065/what-happened-to-netflixs-big-bet-on-gaming
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The biggest stories on the internet from March 25, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:00 Tana Mongeau opens up about fan behaviour at music festivals & what she would have to spend to go to Coachella safely
6:32 Sydney Sweeney to turn a Reddit story into a movie
9:21 Alix Earle & Braxton Berrios livestream drama10:55 Jake Paul engaged
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