ICYMI - The Summer That Broke BookTok
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🗓️ 27 August 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, host Candice Lim tells Kate Lindsay about two recent BookTok conventions that went off the rails. While the first convention become known as the “Fyre Fest” of BookTok, the other faced troubling allegations of sexual assault against an employee. Is BookTok or social media to blame for how often attempts to bring a fandom together end up shattering the community apart?
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This podcast is produced by Daisy Rosario, Vic Whitley-Berry, Candice Lim, and Kate Lindsay.
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| 0:00.0 | Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services? |
| 0:04.8 | So we started the business two years ago. |
| 0:07.2 | We had a few people who were used to PCs and this was their first foray into Macs. |
| 0:12.5 | But it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices and everyone seems really, really happy. |
| 0:18.0 | Find out how Mac can help you run and grow your business at Apple.com forward slash |
| 0:23.6 | HelloVet. |
| 0:41.0 | Hey, I'm Candace Lim. And I'm Kate Lindsay. |
| 0:42.8 | And you're listening to I see why am I. |
| 0:44.8 | In case you missed it. |
| 0:46.5 | Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:49.0 | And Kate, hey, not to call you out. |
| 0:51.4 | In fact, I'm proud of you, but I heard from a little bird that you took a bit of like a summer Friday last week, which I think is really cute. |
| 0:58.4 | I would love to know just from like a coworker perspective. |
| 1:01.5 | Like, where'd you go? |
| 1:03.2 | What'd you do? |
| 1:03.8 | Yes. |
| 1:04.5 | I went to the event of the season. |
| 1:08.3 | As we're all, we all know, the event of this summer was my sister's wedding. |
| 1:19.5 | She is my younger sister. She got married over the weekend. It was lovely. Most importantly, |
| 1:26.4 | there was a cat that was on the farm of the venue that she was lovely. Most importantly, there was a cat that was on the farm of the venue that she was |
| 1:30.9 | having the ceremony in, and the cat was so friendly and so sweet, let me pick her up. Her name is |
| 1:38.4 | Snowball, and that is the highlight of the weekend, and I think my sister would understand me |
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