ICYMI - Nobody Wants To Party Anymore
ICYMI
Slate Podcasts
3.9 • 800 Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by sociologist and content creator Josh Lora, who goes by @tellthebeees on TikTok and Substack. In his viral piece, “The Mainstreaming of Loserdom,” Lora explores how a generation of people is becoming proudly anti-social, often in favor of staying home on their phones. While less and less people may be partying, they’re not exactly happy about it. Are we doomed to doomscroll, or can we fight for our right to party again?
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| 1:09.6 | Hey, I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I, or in case you missed it, Slate's |
| 1:15.5 | podcast about internet culture. |
| 1:17.6 | And I don't know about you, but I want people to party again. |
| 1:20.5 | Like, I am the friend who is always trying to get everyone to go out, but it is getting |
| 1:24.6 | harder and harder, and I am not the only one who is noticed. Someone who has written a lot about this is Josh Laura, who goes by Tell the Bees |
| 1:32.2 | on both SubSack and TikTok, where he takes a sociological approach to pop culture analysis, and, |
| 1:38.3 | funnily enough, who you've probably already heard when listening to our episodes, because we play |
| 1:42.2 | as TikToks all the time. Josh, |
| 1:44.3 | welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me. That is very funny. I feel like I am |
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