Will You Accept This SponCon?

ICYMI

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Entertainment News, News, Tech News, Society & Culture

3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher discuss the latest development in the world of The Bachelor and how it all plays into the show’s relationship with social media. First they dig into the news that former Bachelor Colton Underwood has come out as gay on Good Morning America. Then they get into the show’s love-hate relationship with Instagram, examining how the series has become a launchpad for influencers and explaining how social media has become its public editor, leading to everything from this year’s casting of the first Black Bachelor to host Chris Harrison’s ouster. To read more about Underwood's season of the show, check out our producer Daniel Schroeder’s piece on the subject. 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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0:32.5	Maybe you're the first gay bachelor and we don't even know.
0:38.9	Put that in your promo.
0:39.9	See you later.
0:44.6	Hi, I'm Madison Malone Kircher.
0:47.9	And I'm Rachel Hampton. And you're listening to I see why am I.
0:49.1	In case you missed it.
0:51.2	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:57.0	Okay, so apparently there's a run on ketchup packets and this is how we become millionaires. I mean, people are investing in NFTs.
0:59.0	They're investing in Bitcoin. They're investing in GameStop, stock.
1:03.0	Say that three times fast.
1:05.0	Game stock, stock, game stock, stock, game stonk, shit.
1:09.0	I think A, ketchup packets is easier to say and B, easier. Stop stock, game stonk shit.
1:15.5	I think A, ketchup packets is easier to say and B, easier to acquire.
1:18.8	I think I got like five in the delivery I ordered last night.
1:29.9	Per the Wall Street Journal, there is a shortage of ketchup packets, like individually wrapped take-out ketchup packets, and people are flipping packets on eBay.
1:32.0	This is our moment.
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