ICYMI: The Internet Has A Gambling Problem

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🗓️ 8 November 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode host Kate Lindsay is joined by Manny Fidel, culture writer and cohost of the No Such Thing podcast, to explain how gambling took over the internet. A recent betting scandal not only exposed the chokehold that gambling has on the sports industry, but opened up a larger conversation about how everything on the internet is influenced by gambling. People are betting political candidates and arbitrary fashion choices, all while putting themselves further and further into financial precarity. How did this happen and, most importantly, can anything be done to fix it? This podcast is produced by Daisy Rosario, Benjamin Frisch, and Kate Lindsay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:21.1	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.
1:27.1	And with me, I have Mani Fidel. Welcome to the podcast, Manning.
1:29.3	It's a pleasure to be here, Kate. Mani, you are a culture writer yourself.
1:32.3	You also have your own podcast, no such thing, which I have no family relation to my, what is it, brother-in-law certainly is not your co-host.
1:42.3	This is not a nepo situation here. I've never heard of
1:45.6	this guy. I don't know who you're talking about. Yeah. We'll get to why we thought you were the
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1:59.5	ask all first time, I see why my guess
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