ICYMI - The Internet’s Favorite Fictional Presidents
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Candice Lim is joined by Pop Culture Debate Club host Ronald Young Jr. to reveal their favorite fictional presidents of film, television, and the internet. Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook were historically platforms rife with presidential meme content. Since the 2016 election, however, there seems to have been a shift in the way the internet talks — or doesn’t talk — about the commander-in-chief. On today’s episode, ICYMI is recollecting the best rom-com presidents, the best action hero presidents, and the TikTok presidential ship that will never, ever die down.
This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario and Candice Lim, with production assistance from Alexandra Botti.
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| 0:10.0 | Search for Adobe Express to find out more and use it for free. Hey, I'm Candace Lim, and you're listening to Icy YMIMIMI. |
| 0:33.6 | In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:37.2 | And joining me today is the host of Pop Culture Debate Club from Lemonada and the BBC. |
| 0:42.5 | And the winner of three ambies this year is Ronald Young Jr. |
| 0:47.5 | Hello, Ronald. |
| 0:48.7 | Hello, my old friend and colleague, Candice Lim. |
| 0:53.0 | How are you? |
| 0:54.4 | I'm so good, Ronald, because guess what? |
| 0:57.3 | We are speaking days before the 2024 presidential election. |
| 1:01.6 | Don't remind me. |
| 1:03.8 | I know. Vibes bad. |
| 1:05.6 | Vibes, anxious. |
| 1:06.5 | But today, what if I told you that we could go back to a time before 2016? |
| 1:13.1 | Before binders full of women. |
| 1:15.4 | Before Trump said she's at a dance party with Beyonce, which, by the way, is a sound that I cannot stop hearing on my TikTok for you page. |
| 1:22.1 | Today's episode is about the internet's favorite fictional presidents. |
| 1:29.8 | Okay, these are your Harrison Fours in Air Force Ones. |
| 1:32.8 | These are your Uma Thurman's in red, white, and royal blues. |
| 1:36.0 | And so I wanted to start by asking, Ronald, who was your first fictional president? |
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