ICYMI: Will Memes Save 2025?

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🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Episode notes: Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by meme historian and researcher Aidan Walker, whose Substack travels into the depths of meme lore. 2025 is off to a rocky start for several reasons, but the panel wonders if memes may provide a solution for getting through the year. Memes are a coping mechanism, especially for those who like dark humor in difficult times. And some memes help us make sense of the world at its most chaotic. From Distracted Boyfriend to Math Lady to Doge, ICYMI is walking through the history, layers, and positives of meme culture in our daily lives. 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	I made you think you was real.
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0:06.0	We were liars.
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0:09.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
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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. When you're
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1:18.0	Hey, I'm Candice Lim. And I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I see why am I. In case you missed it.
1:29.3	Slate's podcast about internet culture. And Kate, I don't know about you, but I have this feeling that 2025 is going to be BAD bad. Do you get that sense, too?
1:34.8	I don't know what about this past month would make you come to that conclusion.
1:41.0	I mean, look, sometimes it feels like we've been here before. Other times it feels even heavier this time around, but I have a theory, a possible solution for
1:44.7	getting through this year. Can I share it with you? Absolutely. Absolutely, you must. So my hot
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