ICYMI: The Brilliance of “Montoya, Por Favor”

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🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim dive into two internet stories they can’t stop thinking about. First, they explain how Montoya from Temptation Island became 2025’s crash-out king and created one of the first great international memes of the year. Then, they recap the journey of Onijah Andrew Robinson, an American who spent months in Pakistan after a catfish-gone-wrong, and used local media to become TikTok’s latest obsession. This podcast is produced by Alexandra Botti, 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 Candice Lim.
0:15.7	And I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I see why am I.
0:18.8	In case you missed it.
0:20.4	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:22.8	And Candice, I have to issue a correction.
0:25.4	Oh, geez.
0:26.6	So on last week's episode, I said I would not be watching the Super Bowl because we're a Bill's family.
0:32.2	Cut to 8 p.m. Sunday night, I am making the second picture of margaritas and identifying so strongly
0:39.6	with the seven years I lived in Pennsylvania. I'm just, I'm suddenly an Eagles fan. And I actually
0:45.2	think it's thanks to me and that conversion and my margaritas that the Eagles ended up waiting the
0:50.4	Super Bowl. And I did a fact check. That is true.
0:54.6	Wow.
0:58.1	I mean, I believe the word the New York Times used was crushed.
1:00.0	They crushed the chiefs.
1:02.4	Kendrick and Siza crushed the halftime show.
1:04.7	Serena Williams crushed her cameo. But all these iconic moments were interrupted by so many ads.
1:10.2	So many ads. And I know that is half the point for a lot of people
1:14.4	is seeing the ads that make it to the Super Bowl. These companies poured millions of dollars into
1:20.1	these ads and yet they're airing. And my friends and I were sitting there anytime the ads came on
1:24.8	pretty much silent. Like I was looking at my phone. Do people still care about them? I don't think so. I'm going to make the argument that the
1:32.0	internet ruined Super Bowl ads because they always post them on YouTube like a week,
1:37.3	two weeks before. I mean, I was reading this LA Times article by Saba Homody and Meg James.
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