An Instagram post gets an unexpected boost. A TikTok catches in the algorithm.

Sometimes that's all it takes to launch someone into internet fame.

But then what?

This blew up is a new podcast documentary that reveals how social media

start and is made. It's a different kind of fame.

It's not always as glamorous as it looks.

From Spotify and the Ring or Podcast Network, I'm Alyssa Bereznek.

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So I was on Twitter the other day where it seems like the only thing people

talk about anymore are Elon Musk and Twitter.

And I came across a study that really blew me away.

It was an analysis, a meta-analysis, actually, of male sperm counts.

In the last 50 years, it said,

average sperm counts have fallen by 50%.

And this isn't something that's just happening in the US or Europe or Asia.

It seems to be happening all over the world.

In fact, if the current rate of decline continued, these researchers concluded,

the average male sperm count would fall so low that the typical guy in every advanced economy

would be considered infertile by the year 2050.

That is, a child born this year would, by the age of 28,

live in a world where the average man is technically infertile.

That seemed, at the very least, pretty damn interesting, pretty damn concerning.

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