Why Did NBC’s Internet Culture Reporter Spend So Much Time on Reddit?

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3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is is joined by NBC’s Morgan Sung to talk about how she lives online as an internet culture reporter. They talk about early internet loves like Avatar: The Last Airbender fanfiction, who Morgan thinks you need to follow on social media, and her and Rachelle’s favorite online conspiracy theories. This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario. Subscribe to Slate Plus at http://slate.com/icymiplus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is my first time seeing the eels in a week.
0:04.0	So far, I see Mealini, Neil, mentally eel over there.
0:10.0	All his bathtub.
0:12.0	Hi, I'm Rachel Hanson.
0:14.0	And I'm Morgan Song, and you're listening to I see Y.
0:17.0	In case you missed it.
0:19.0	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:21.6	And today I am joined by NBC News, internet culture reporter, and honestly one of my personal
0:27.9	favorite Twitter follows, Morgan Sung.
0:30.4	Hello.
0:31.4	Hi.
0:32.4	Hi.
0:33.4	I'm so honored because I also love your Twitter.
0:35.4	I think anyone who like tweets in all lowercase
0:37.8	is very intimidating and very fun.
0:40.6	Yes, no, it's like a spiritual thing.
0:43.0	I cannot see an uppercase letter
0:45.5	unless it's for emphasis.
0:51.7	I feel like I've followed you on Twitter for a while, and I'm just like, she seems so cool.
0:55.9	So I'm glad that we're here together.
0:58.5	I'm so glad you said that because I worry whenever someone's like, I follow you on Twitter.
1:02.0	And I'm like, I'm sorry.
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