ICYMI - Online for the Holidays
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by one of our favorites, Slate associate culture writer Nadira Goffe, and they’re talking all about the holidays online. They discuss Christmas movies like the Lindsay Lohan vehicle Falling for Christmas, Mariah Carey’s genius business sense, and the importance of family both online and off.
This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario.
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| 0:00.0 | caution. The ultimate spicy meatball from Domino's is hot. Just not stupid hot. It won't earn you |
| 0:05.4 | mythical status or get you a nickname like Mad Dog or Dragon's Breath. It's hot. Good hot. |
| 0:10.8 | The kind of hot that boosts taste nothing else. The ultimate spicy meatball with Siracha |
| 0:15.2 | Drizzle from Domino's, it will get you fired up. Subject to availability. |
| 0:22.1 | I'm afraid, in your condition, you've got about three weeks to live. What? |
| 0:28.4 | I've got three weeks to live. Are you shit me? |
| 0:33.2 | Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and I'm Nidira Gough, and you're listening to ICYMI. |
| 0:37.8 | Okay, she missed it. Slates podcast about internet culture. Oh my god, hello Nidira! Welcome back! |
| 0:46.0 | It's been chaos. I know it's been an eternity. I missed you so much. Thanks for having me back. |
| 0:52.0 | Same, I missed you so much, I missed you dearly. And I'm especially glad that you're joining us |
| 0:57.5 | because we've had some big news since the last time you were on. Oh, you've been promoted! |
| 1:04.8 | Everyone say congratulations Nidira! Oh, thank you. Yes, I am officially associate writer of |
| 1:11.8 | culture at Slate.com. Wow, are you sure it's not like cultures are in chief? Because that's how I |
| 1:18.8 | think of you. You know, I didn't say it, you did. So you got promoted in November, correct? |
| 1:28.6 | I did, I did indeed. So it's kind of a holiday surprise, no? You could say that, yeah. So I feel like |
| 1:38.0 | your first, you know, real, your first real period of time as like a culture writer at Slate is |
| 1:45.4 | like right in the midst of all this culture content. And I admittedly have not been keeping up |
| 1:52.0 | with what's going on in the realm of holiday related content. I really only watch like, you know, |
| 1:56.6 | those rank and bass stop motion. Yes. Those movies like Santa Claus has come into town. And I do |
| 2:02.6 | love those. I love those so much. Say, I look forward to them every single year. Like, keep my sister |
| 2:08.3 | snowmiser. So, but that's very, those are very old. What, what's new? What do I need to be |
| 2:26.0 | keeping up with? What have I missed? Okay, so I don't know that there is a necessary, let me put |
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