An Instagram post gets an unexpected boost. A TikTok catches in the algorithm.

Sometimes that's all it takes to launch someone into internet fame.

But then what? This blew up is a new podcast documentary that reveals how social media

stardom is made. From the glow-ups, to the online drama, to all those viral content houses.

I'll show you how it all adds up to a new kind of fame. From the ringer podcast network,

I'm Alyssa Bereznek. You can listen to this blew up on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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I thought I had ruined my life. I thought I was done.

After meeting you and discovering you understood how dangerous Cassie Nandor wasn't.

Just being in your presence, I...

If realized that life was worth living, I realized that if nothing else, there was justice and

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something better fitted for me in the future was a dream worth clinging to.

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I'm Joanna Robinson, enjoying me today. Now that she's done rifling through

Cyril Karn's private box. It's my room and I'm having the hardest of passes. I'm going anywhere in

your Cyril's private box. I'll leave that to his mother. How are you doing now? How's it going?

Joe, it's great to be back with you. I've missed you the last few days. The week felt strange without

10 hours of pods with you. I'm just overjoyed to see you in my little zoom box yet again.

I feel exactly the same way. We're here today to talk to you about Andor. Another incredible

episode of said nine. Nobody's listening. Exclamation mark. Of course, Andor is not all that's

happening in the feed these days. There's us talking about Andor. There's the midnight

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