All Hail the Liver King

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3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Brian Johnson, aka the Liver King, has amassed millions of followers with his bizarre yet addictive workout and raw-meat-diet videos. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison comb through the king’s core tenets, his obsession with explosives, and of course his taste for liver with a side of maple syrup. Later in the show, science communicator Johnathan Jarry joins for a discussion of why we look to people like the Liver King, and why we can’t look away. If you’ve listened to the episode, here’s the Google Form that Rachelle and Madison mention. Send them your internet faves and nightmares. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder, Derek John, Jasmine Ellis, and Kevin Bendis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We recycle our cafe cups and turn them into birthday cards.
0:04.5	That's a lot of celebrations and millions of happy birthdays.
0:09.6	That's just one way at McDonald's.
0:11.9	We change a little, change a lot.
0:15.6	Excludes cup need.
0:16.6	Recycling units available in UK restaurants.
0:18.5	Search National Cup recycling scheme.
0:21.9	We just finished lecturing the cow.
0:23.9	And because I'm the liver king, and because liver is king, we're going to take a bite out of it.
0:32.5	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.
0:34.3	And I'm Madison Malone Kircher.
0:35.6	You're listening to I see YMIMI.
0:38.7	In case you missed it.
0:47.8	Slate's podcast about internet culture. Madison, I have very exciting news. You're taking me on a vacation back to Paris.
0:55.5	Not to Paris, but we are going to South by Southwest. I'm not paying for that, but we're going together,
1:01.8	so that counts, right? Uh, yes, Austin, Texas, the Paris of America. Well, while we're on the topic of South by Southwest, we do actually have a favor for y'all. Yes, this is for a secret product.
1:05.6	That's definitely not at all, probably for our live show in Austin. We need to hear from you about any pieces of internet ephemera that are wedged into your brain.
1:16.5	So a meme, a viral video, a Twitter main character, something you saw on Tumblr one time when you were 13 that has kept you up at night ever since.
1:24.0	Sky is the limit.
1:24.9	Shoot us an email.
1:26.0	DM us.
1:26.6	Or we're also going to put a link to a
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