Wendy Williams Said What Now?

ICYMI

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Entertainment News, News, Tech News, Society & Culture

3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Madison and Rachelle talk about two of the internet’s favorite subjects: cats and Wendy Williams. First, they talk about the story that made “Slate” itself trend on Twitter: the debate surrounding a Slate essay published last week in which writer Alexis Nowicki revealed that the 2017 New Yorker story “Cat Person,” which became the first work of short fiction ever to go viral, was based on her life. Then, Madison shares a listener letter that validates all of her suspicions about those TikTok missed connections. (It also happens to feature a cat.) Finally, they close out the episode with High Speed Downloads about two recent online controversies: one about a woman who faced a flood of hate for tweeting about feeding feral cats, and another about a tasteless segment from a recent episode of The Wendy Williams Show. 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	Exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:02.1	I'm Rebecca. I'm Josephine's mom.
0:03.8	I'm Elisa.
0:04.6	Can I go over to Josie's house to play?
0:06.4	She met a new friend and puff.
0:07.9	She's gone.
0:09.0	An ordinary play date.
0:10.5	The missing child is Lucia Blix.
0:12.4	Nine years old.
0:13.4	Is about to become every parent's nightmare.
0:16.3	The people who took Lucia plund it meticulously.
0:19.9	She's hiding something, I know it.
0:21.6	The Stolen Girl, a new original series, streaming April 16 exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.6	18 plus subscription required. T's and C's apply.
0:34.6	As far as TikTok, I don't use that at all.
0:38.2	Uh-uh.
0:39.0	I don't know what that is.
0:39.9	I don't want to be involved.
0:43.0	Hi, I'm Madison Malone Kircher.
0:44.8	And I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I see why I am I.
0:47.9	In case you missed it.
0:49.3	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
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