ICYMI: Kate Mackz Can’t Outrun Politics

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🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim check in with the “Caveman Skincare” method and they pour one out for Skype. Then, they dive into the internet controversy surrounding a TikTok running influencer and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Kate Mackz is the host of a TikTok series called The Running Interview Show where she jogs with celebrities. Last week, Mackz — who up until this point, did not discuss politics much on her page — interviewed Leavitt for the series and it ended up creating a huge controversy. ICYMI breaks down Kate and Karoline’s video and why this collaboration was a possible failed attempt at being apolitical. 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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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Candace Lem.
0:14.9	And I'm Kate Lindsay.
0:16.4	And you're listening to I see why am I.
0:18.5	In case you missed it.
0:20.0	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:22.4	And Kate, let's pour one out to Skype.
0:39.8	It shut down on Monday, May 5th after absolutely carrying my teenage years, only to go out of business in perhaps the most embarrassing way.
0:49.0	I know.
0:49.8	I think the vibe shifted when everyone chose to use Zoom during the pandemic instead of Skype.
0:55.5	Which made no sense to me.
0:56.6	We were all raised on Skype.
0:58.3	I blame capitalism once again, that the video chat that was made for work meetings became more important than the video chat for having fun.
1:05.4	Like, I still remember the Skype like, beep, beep, boop, boboop sound that it does when you're getting a call.
1:11.1	And now, now that's going to be something that, like, I hear in 30 years and it'll be like,
1:16.6	I used that platform once.
1:19.0	I know, I know.
1:20.1	It's our DVD.
1:21.5	Yes.
1:22.4	But speaking of having fun, what internet drama did you get into this weekend? Okay, so my entire for you
1:30.0	page is this caveman skin girl. Is this the case for you? Are you familiar? I saw literally one
1:37.2	second of this and I clicked out. I got scared. I got really, really, really scared. Yeah,
1:41.3	it's jarring to see, see all at once because the caveman method
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