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ICYMI | Hank Green Started a War With Knitters

Slate Technology

Slate

Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6636 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay break down the drama between Vlogbrothers star Hank Green and the online knitting community. Earlier this month, Green posted an educational SciShow episode about the knitting community’s contribution to physics. What the SciShow team didn’t expect were almost 30-minute long reaction videos and accusations of belittling and misogyny. This saga has spurred apology TikToks, vows to knit simple socks, and a bigger discussion about how an offline pastime became one of the most drama-filled communities online. 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 Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim, and Kate Lindsay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:18.5

Hey, I'm Candace Lim. And I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I see why am I.

1:25.0

In case you missed it. Slate's podcast about internet culture. And if you are listening to this, then I'm either pleased or sorry to say that you were not raptured.

1:30.8

Candace, did you see? Did you see? Were you on rapture talk?

1:34.2

Man, it sucks because I didn't have this in my calendar. I didn't get the Cal invite, but I'm not going to lie to you, would have been fine with it.

1:47.6

I know, imagine not hearing about rapture talk and then you were raptured yesterday.

1:52.3

I mean, how shocking would it have been. But essentially, what happened, I mean, what happened

1:56.8

to me as I open up TikTok and I hear the world is ending or the rapture's happening.

2:06.5

And I'm seeing videos from evangelical content creators giving like rapture tips.

2:06.8

Totally.

2:10.2

Like don't, when you're being raptured up into the air, don't look down.

2:10.6

Oh. I don't know.

2:11.1

Maybe that's scary.

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