ICYMI

We’re online so you don’t have to be.

About the Show

Join Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay twice a week as we gaze deep into the online abyss—and tell you what’s gazing back.

Hosts

  • Candice Lim is the co-host of ICYMI, Slate’s podcast about internet culture. She comes to Slate from NPR, where she was an assistant producer at Pop Culture Happy Hour. Prior to that, she was an intern at NPR’s How I Built This, the Hollywood Reporter, WBUR, and the Orange County Register. She graduated from Boston University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and grew up in Orange County, California.

  • Kate Lindsay is the co-host of ICYMI, Slate’s podcast about internet culture. She also writes the newsletter Embedded, and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Bustle, and GQ.

What’s Going On with Alabama Barker and Bhad Bhabie?

Why a nepo baby and an internet meme have been fighting online using Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s diss track template.

Does This Makeup Make Me Look Republican?

Conservative influencers are coming out of hiding—and heading to Nashville.

The Meghan in Montecito Rebrand

How Meghan Markle’s new Netflix show attempts to rebrand the Sussexes despite internet hate and questions about their business acumen.

And The Oscar Goes To…Club Chalamet

From come-ups to cancellations, fan accounts put in the work this awards season.

Ethan Klein’s Attack on Fauxmoi

Why a YouTuber is threatening legal action against a celebrity culture subreddit and how this may affect your favorite Reddit pages.

Welcome to the TikTok Pharmacy

How do you separate the solutions from the scams?

The Wishbone Kitchen vs. Bon Appétit Food Fight

Why the internet is rallying behind a former private chef in the Hamptons and taking on a big bad media institution.

Thrifting in the Time of TikTok

As thrifting creators gain followers, regular shoppers pay the price.

The Brilliance of “Montoya, Por Favor”

Plus, what happened when an American went to Pakistan to get married, and instead became a controversial online star.

The TikTokification of Sports

From fancams to fan-favorite couples, TikTok is bringing new audiences to sports.

Will Memes Save 2025?

Meme historian Aidan Walker on which memes changed the internet and why Distracted Boyfriend deserves a closer look.

So You’ve Fallen For A Smear Campaign

How Justin Baldoni’s PR team has been using fandom tactics in their battle against Blake Lively.

Social Media Has Become A Minefield

Can you escape Trump-supporting tech owners? Maybe.

TikTok Is Back…Are We?

The return of TikTok brought scandalous secrets and social media conspiracies.

Rawdogging, Brainrot, and Brat

How linguists picked 2024’s extremely online words of the year.

The Last Days of Legal TikTok

Plus, what’s RedNote and why are Americans flocking to the Chinese app?

We Have Some News

It’s about our new co-host’s identity.

Scaachi Koul on Terrible Emails, Moo Deng, and Orlando Bloom Fanfiction

How Slate culture writer Scaachi Koul decides who to fight and ignore online, and what she misses about the heydays of BuzzFeed.

Should I Join Bluesky?

Nitish Pahwa and Steffi Cao share the personal internet dilemmas they’d like to resolve this year.

An Influencer Hates To See This Subreddit Coming

How r/NYCInfluencerSnark became the most popular anti-influencer (and potentially, anti-feminist) space on Reddit.