Ep 151: Catfish and Chat Roulette

Probably a Podcast

Dear Media

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.3 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This week the girlies sit down to investigate (and giggle at) some classic cases of the art of catfishing. Featuring stories from listeners and Shannon and Producer Courtney’s own life experiences, this episode is full of nonsense. Shania Twain, Matt Rife, Cole Sprouse, the list of victims goes on. They dive into the history of catfishing, where it started and how it’s going in 2025. Chat rooms, job offers, and comedians, this episode is full of tea, cautionary tales and even a confession. Listen for a silly throwback to your A/S/L chatroom days.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Introduction

00:08 Pregnancy and the 'I Don't Care' Energy

01:12 Catfishing: A Historical Perspective

02:29 Modern Catfishing Stories

04:44 Chat Roulette Memories

06:35 AOL and Chat Room Nostalgia

09:29 More Catfishing Stories

18:41 Tinder's Height Filter Controversy

20:18 A Personal Catfishing Experience

27:10 The Comedian Catfish Saga

33:50 College Catfishing Confessions

46:22 The Matt Rife Catfishing Saga

59:01 Final Thoughts and Farewell

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:04.3	Welcome back to another episode of probably a podcast where I'm having a panic attack about my
0:08.4	hair. I normally just am like, whatever. Like lately with pregnancy, I just like, I'll tell you
0:15.3	what, it really does give you a new level of like, I don't care. Did you feel that way when you're
0:18.9	pregnant? We have producer podcast on the Courtney. We have, I think I have a cough too, guys. I've fallen apart at the
0:27.6	seams. Producer Courtney on the pod, who is a fellow mama. Did you ever just like realize
0:34.4	that you were just like, I don't give a fuck? Oh yeah. You reach a point and it it's game over you do not care at all you just don't care and that's what's happening with
0:41.7	my hair right now and I do fear the I don't care energy right now is really not going to translate to
0:48.0	next week when I get these clips back and I'm like that's so funny I look like dick fuck though
0:53.2	so yeah you guys just like dick fuck, though.
0:58.2	So yeah, you guys just like, you know, just be my safe place.
1:01.2	Just be like, wow, those six sprigs of hair look cool.
1:02.3	Okay.
1:04.6	So we have a very fun episode for you guys.
1:14.4	This is all about the sad and hilarious life event that happens to a lot of people catfishing.
1:20.5	When do you think the first catfish happened in the age of the internet? Or do you think people were catfishing as pen pals? They had to be writing letters. Had to start with the letters.
1:25.5	Let's fact check that. First case of catfishing first documented did catfish
1:31.8	happened pre-internet era question mark while the term catfishing as it is commonly understood today
1:36.9	created a fake online persona to deceive someone in a relationship became popular with the release of the
1:41.6	documentary catfish in 2010 the practice of deceiving someone by assuming a false identity for personal gain or other
1:46.3	motives predates the internet.
1:47.6	Okay, well, we fucking know that.
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