The Disney Channel Star Who Mastered the YouTube Algorithm

ICYMI

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3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

As a child, Christy Carlson Romano starred in Disney Channel’s Even Stevens and voiced the character Kim Possible on the eponymous cartoon. Then she faded from the spotlight—until recently, when she reemerged as a chaotic YouTube genius. On this episode of ICYMI, Rachelle and Madison talk to Vanity Fair’s Chris Murphy about his recent profile of Romano and unpack why her candid, low-lift YouTube videos actually have quite the keen understanding of what drives clicks. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John. Support ICYMI and listen to the show with zero ads. Sign up to become a Slate Plus member for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The new £5 pound meal deal from McDonald's.
0:02.0	Get a cheeseburger or mayo chicken, medium fries,
0:05.0	four McNuggets and a medium soft drink for guess what?
0:08.0	That's right, five pounds.
0:10.0	It's not called the £5 meal deal for nothing.
0:14.0	From 11am. Not available on delivery.
0:17.0	Carbinated soft drink upgrade fees apply.
0:18.0	Participating restaurants, subjects availability.
0:31.1	I've been meeting to talk about this for a while, and I'm finally ready to talk about it, so here's what it's like, working for the Disney Channel.
0:34.8	Hi, I'm Madison Malin Kircher.
0:38.1	And I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I see why I'm I.
0:39.3	In case you missed it.
0:41.3	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:48.5	Rachel, do you ever think about a path you didn't take in life, how one decision can just change your future forever?
0:55.8	I'm sorry, is this that one poem that ends up on Instagram all the time where it's too past on a yellow wood or some shit.
1:01.0	That one poem. Do you mean Robert Frost? I was going to, I knew his first name was Robert,
1:06.5	but I couldn't get some laugh name. Yes, yes. I am thinking about two roads that have diverged in yellow wood and I took the one less traveled and that has made all the difference.
1:10.4	There we go.
1:15.8	Today I'm thinking about how different my life would have been if I had started the Princess
1:18.7	Diaries.
1:19.8	Was that an option presented to you?
1:21.7	Am I missing some deep lore?
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