'Rabbit Hole,' Episode 2: Looking Down

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🗓️ 25 April 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Note: This episode contains strong language. Today, we’re sharing Episode 2 of “Rabbit Hole,” a New York Times audio series with the tech columnist Kevin Roose. In this episode, we hear from a young man named Caleb who was pulled into a vortex on YouTube: “The truth is down there, and you’ve got to go down and dig for it.” What was he watching on the platform? And why was it so transfixing? If you're tuning in to "Rabbit Hole" for the first time, start with the prologue. You can find more information about the podcast at nytimes.com/rabbithole.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
0:07.0	Today,
0:09.0	Rabbit Hole.
0:12.0	Episode 2.
0:35.0	Hey there, it's us again.
0:36.5	This is my brother Peter, Mom and Dad, and I'm Dasha.
0:39.5	Today we're going to be showing our friends the basics of the Internet, and we thought
0:43.1	you might want to come along.
0:44.6	It'll be cool.
0:48.1	The Internet gave us a whole world of exciting new possibilities.
0:52.4	So I guess this is a story of how it changed our lives.
0:57.5	Maybe it will yours too.
1:03.5	So why don't we try to see how far we can go back in the search if we search history?
1:08.5	Like down there.
1:10.5	How does it feel to hold back the curtain and show strangers this history?
1:15.5	It's fucking embarrassing.
1:17.5	It's really fucking embarrassing, especially sitting next to you guys.
1:20.5	You guys from the New York Times, you're like, what the fuck were you watching this
1:23.5	shit for, dog?
1:24.5	I'll just be honest, I would not show you my YouTube history.
1:28.5	So I asked Caleb to download his entire YouTube viewing history, like 12,000 videos spanning
1:36.1	four years of his life, and like, you were excited.
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