"But what about me?"

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🗓️ 19 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Hiya! Coming up on today’s show: “What about me?” That is the overwhelming theme within so many comment sections these days, and we wanted to deep it. Why do we feel like absolutely everything we see on the internet has to be tailored individually to us? Is this just the natural reaction to how ultra-personalised our algorithms have become? Thankyou so much to Elite Eleven for making this episode of Shameless possible. Also, shout-out to Bumble! On today’s show, Mich recommended Ted Sarandos on the Aspire Podcast. Zara recommended Donna Langley on the Aspire Podcast (and also watching Dawson’s Creek). Littleherculette on TikTok Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Eilish Gilligan. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of Shameless Media
0:05.7	This episode of Shameless is brought to you by Elite 11, your one-stop shop for elevated activeware, loungeware and welcome. Hello and welcome to Shameless, the pop culture podcast for smart people who love dumb stuff.
0:45.5	You are joined, as always, by Melbourne writers, Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald.
0:49.4	Hello, Zara McDonald and hello, producer Elish Killigan.
0:52.0	Hello.
0:52.7	Hi, guys.
0:53.7	Coming up on today's show, what about me?
0:56.2	That is the overwhelming theme.
0:57.9	Within so many comment sections these days and honestly, we wanted to deep it.
1:02.1	Why do we feel like absolutely everything we see on the internet has to be tailored individually
1:06.2	to us?
1:07.3	Is this just the natural reaction to how ultra-personalized algorithms have become, or are
1:12.6	we becoming?
1:13.9	Annoying.
1:15.0	I was going to say assholes.
1:16.9	Who knows?
1:18.0	I thought I was being edgy.
1:19.6	No, no.
1:20.2	I just posed it as a question, and I suspect through the course of this conversation will answer
1:24.0	whether that's correct or incorrect.
1:26.1	First, Michelle.
1:28.3	What are you recommending?
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