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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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Listen to MediaLand here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FGulpo33WeEWvWySm0apo
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:
2:45 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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlt2Xg8qCBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-IAIvuorwo
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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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Ging, D. (2019). Alphas, Betas, and Incels: Theorizing the Masculinities of the Manosphere. Men and Masculinities, 22(4), 638–657. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X17706401
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
https://thezoepost.wordpress.com/
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
Bratich, J., & Banet-Weiser, S. (2019). From Pick-Up Artists to Incels: Con(fidence) Games, Networked Misogyny, and the Failure of Neoliberalism. International Journal of Communication, 13(0), 25
Horta, M., Blackburn, J., Bradlyn, B., De Cristofaro, E., Stringhini, G., Greenberg, S., & Zannettou, S. (n.d.). From Pick-Up Artists to Incels: A Data-Driven Sketch of the Manosphere.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/05/racism-misogyny-lies-how-did-x-become-so-full-of-hatred-and-is-it-ethical-to-keep-using-it
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
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-starhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOdyRkX4044
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-youtube-podcast-men-for-trump/
https://www.mediamatters.org/google/right-dominates-online-media-ecosystem-seeping-sports-comedy-and-other-supposedly
Solea, A. I., & Sugiura, L. (2023). Mainstreaming the Blackpill: Understanding the Incel Community on TikTok. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 29(3), 311–336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09559-5
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/05/ashton-hall-influencer-a-benign-perfectly-sculpted-picture-of-health-or-the-palatable-face-of-toxic-masculinity
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 8th, 2025.
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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
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/
https://www.tiktok.com/@zauey/video/7499612827959840043
https://openai.com/index/sycophancy-in-gpt-4o/
https://openai.com/index/expanding-on-sycophancy/
https://www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-what-chatgpt-is-actually-for
https://www.theverge.com/news/658315/openai-chatgpt-gpt-4o-roll-back-glaze-update
https://www.theverge.com/openai/661303/openai-stays-nonprofit-sam-altman-employee-memo
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/notorious-image-board-4chan-hacked-and-internal-data-leaked/
https://blog.4chan.org/post/781845918774394880/still-standing
https://www.404media.co/mr-deepfakes-the-biggest-deepfake-porn-site-on-the-internet-says-its-shutting-down-for-good/
https://www.theverge.com/news/648908/4chan-hacked-down-outage-leak
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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The biggest stories on the internet from May 2nd, 2025.
Timestamps:
2:13 Kayla Malec, Evan Johnson & James Charles breakdown
9:05 Alex Cooper documentary
11:21 The Ordinary goes viral for exposing cost of celebrity endorsement in new pop up
14:13 Piper Rockelle speaks out about mother's abuse allegations
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The biggest stories on the internet from May 1st, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:25 RecipeTin Eats accuses Brooki Bakehouse of plagiarism
6:46 JoJo Siwa addresses Kath Ebbs split
9:52 Madison Beer opens up about her leaked nudes as a teenager
13:02 CLUTCH Glue interview
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The biggest tech & social media trends on the internet from April 30th, 2025.
Timestamps:
1:33 Instagram Edits launch
3:23 TikTok's "Fantasy Pope League"
4:56 Researchers from University of Zurich reportedly used AI bots on a subreddit to examine whether these bots could change people’s minds
8:38 Interview with Henrietta Amevor
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The biggest stories on the internet from April 29th, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:55 TikTok creator Kelley Heyer accused of stealing the Apple Dance from a small creator
4:32 Wellness influencer Janelle Rohner admits to failing to disclose she was using GLP-1 medication while selling lifestyle programs to her followers
9:08 Delaney Rowe reportedly dating BJ Novak
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The biggest stories on the internet from April 28th, 2025.
Timestamps:
00:31 JoJo Siwa splits with Australian influencer Kath Ebbs amid Chris Hughes Celebrity Big Brother speculation
4:25 Veruca Salt / Anna Paul update
8:26 Luke Bateman joins BookTok (and the girlies are swooning)
11:47 Chris Olsen "exposed" by ex-boyfriend Patrick Johnson
15:06 AO3 authors remove The Pitt fanfic after The Cut writes story linking to their work
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