ICYMI: Why the Internet Couldn’t Get Enough of the Missing Submarine

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4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim parse out this week in #OceanGate, when a 5-passenger underwater vessel heading for the Titanic went missing. The U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed all five passengers are presumed dead following a “catastrophic implosion,” but the internet remains obsessed and desperate for more answers. We take a look at OceanGate the company, why someone would sign up for this voyage, and how four days of unanswered questions turned into millions of tweets, memes and TikToks. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were liars.
0:07.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:09.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.2	We Will Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video. Hey, I'm Candace Lem.
0:44.3	And I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I see why am I.
0:47.6	In case you missed it.
0:49.1	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:51.6	And I'm going to be completely honest, we don't have time to do some
0:55.0	fun little banter today because we've got breaking news to report.
1:05.1	Except it's not actually breaking because after many, many, many days and hours of speculation, we know what happened.
1:13.3	And when you say what happened, you do mean the submarine that captured the attention of seemingly
1:19.4	everyone in the world.
1:21.9	Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
1:23.0	Technically, it's not a submarine.
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