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Today, Explained

Internet bad

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Once a place of serendipity and discovery, the internet now thrives on feeding us toxic rage bait designed to piss us off. Can we get the good internet back? This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Sarah Schweppe, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill.  Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty Images.  If you have a question, give us a call on 1-800-618-8545 or send us a note here. Listen to Explain It to Me ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Support for the show comes from OnePassword.

0:03.0

A password manager should be the first security purchase you make for your team.

0:07.0

Why?

0:08.0

Because compromised passwords are the number one way bad actors attack companies,

0:12.0

and small businesses are their favorite targets.

0:14.0

But unlike a lot of security challenges,

0:16.0

passwords actually have a pretty simple solution.

0:19.0

One Password lets you manage all your business

0:21.9

credentials so you can feel confident that your data stays secure as your company grows. Find out more

0:27.6

at OnePassword.com slash podcast offer and start securing every login.

0:42.0

Support for the show comes from OnePassword. A password manager should be the first security purchase you make for your team. Why? Because compromised passwords are the number one

0:46.9

way bad actors attack companies, and small businesses are their favorite targets. But unlike a lot

0:52.2

of security challenges, passwords actually have a pretty simple solution.

0:56.6

OnePassword lets you manage all your business credentials

0:59.2

so you can feel confident that your data stays secure

1:01.8

as your company grows.

1:03.8

Find out more at OnePassword.com slash podcast offer

1:08.2

and start securing every login.

1:20.5

The website stumbleupon.com was Reddit before Reddit.

1:22.9

In this AOL chat room.

1:31.9

My face just was gone one day, and I wish I could log back in and see how I represented myself on the internet back in the day.

1:35.6

If you look over my shoulder while I'm on my phone, you'll see my feed is pretty wall-to-wall

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