Hey, I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I, or in case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.

And today on sort of our final, it is our final, our final show of 2025, we are welcoming back

internet culture reporter Kat Tenbarge.

Hello, Kat, welcome.

Hey, it's such an honor to be here for the end of the year roundup.

Can't wait to talk about all of the crazy stuff that happened on the internet.

Calling in live from the internet capital of the world, Ohio.

Yes, exactly.

Is everything Ohio, it always has been.

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