I never thought I'd make a video about Ticketmaster, but here I am.

Literally paid about $800 for two tickets for GA.

Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I-Cy-Y-M-I.

In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.

And I hope y'all lovely listeners are doing,

if not great, at least stable on this Wednesday. Stability is all we can ask for in these

trying times. Spring has finally sprung here in New York, which means that even though my body

is currently attempting to fight the air,

my serotonin levels have stabilized. And that, again, all we can ask for.

The new five-pound meal deal from McDonald's. Get a cheeseburger or mayo chicken,

medium fries, four McNuggets and a

medium soft drink for guess what? That's right, five pounds. It's not called the five

pound meal deal for nothing. From 11 a.m. Not available on delivery. Carbonated soft drink upgrade

fees apply. Participating restaurants, subjects, availability.

I'm really excited for today's episode, but before we get into that, I just wanted to give a few little housekeeping updates. We are so, so, so, so close to making the hire from

my co-host. You can tell by the amount of soes. Like, we are so close,

which means a new ICY in my era soon approaches. That means some changes are coming other than y'all

not having to listen to me ruminate on Tumblr all the time. I mean, it's still going to happen

to be clear, but not as frequently.

Or so you hope. One of those changes is the departure of our founding producer Daniel Schrader.

For those of you who have been with us since the beginning, you already know and love Daniel,

despite his, quite frankly, superhuman ability to turn everything into a pun. He has kindly stayed with us through this transition period, which as I have said many times before, went on longer than any of us could have planned.

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