ICYMI: Can The Internet Save Animation?

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Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by producer Vic Whitley-Berry, whose favorite animated shows like Hazbin Hotel have been funded by the internet—not big studios. In fact, as major studios consolidate and cut resources for animation, platforms like Patreon and YouTube are keeping the genre afloat. If we don’t continue to support independent artists, then crude animated musicals about religious trauma and pegging won’t get the audience they deserve! Get more of ICYMI with Slate Plus! Join for exclusive bonus episodes of ICYMI and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the ICYMI show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/icymiplus for access wherever you listen. This podcast is produced by Daisy Rosario, Vic Whitley-Berry, and Kate Lindsay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.4	And I'm Vic Whitley-Berry, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I.
0:48.8	In case you missed it.
0:50.3	Slay's podcast about internet culture.
0:52.9	And Vic, well, one, welcome to the other side of the mic.
0:56.7	Oh, my gosh. It's an honor. I love looking at my pillow. It's great.
1:00.1	In your beautiful face.
1:01.8	Of course, of course. It goes about saying. But two, and perhaps more importantly,
1:05.6	did you see Lizzo's Halloween costume?
1:11.5	You are acting like you were telling this to me new when I was the one to discover it.
1:16.1	No, I think I found it.
1:17.8	I think I found it and I discovered it and I dropped it in the chat.
1:22.7	Oh, yeah.
1:23.5	Okay.
1:24.2	Was that emotionally true?
1:25.4	We'll give you that emotional truth today.
1:27.3	That's an emotional truth. But okay, why don't you go ahead, this you're the expert,
1:30.9	why don't you go ahead and tell us what was Lizzo's Halloween costume?
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