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Panic World

A weekly podcast, hosted by Ryan Broderick, about how the internet warps our minds, our culture, and eventually reality.

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00:59:59

Was the Tide Pod Challenge ever real? (With PJ Vogt)

Panic World ·

2024/10/30

Tide Pods were the king of the forbidden candies. The items that looked delicious despite being disgusting, or poisonous, if you actually bit into one. For a few months in 2018, it seemed like the biggest threat to American teenagers was the temptation to participate in the "Tide Pod Challenge," i.e., bite into the Gushers-like laundry pod on camera before calling poison control. Local news was all over the story, police were making videos warning teens of the dangers, an NFL star made a PSA. But,

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95:31

The Blair Witch: The First Viral Hoax (with David Sims)

Panic World ·

2024/10/23

The Blair Witch Project stands alone in the kind of panic it caused. No film before or since has quite hit the same fevered pitch, where many people actually thought it was real. What made it so magical? How did it come to be, and why did it freak us out like it did?David Sims joins us to talk urban legends, predecessors to The Blair Witch Project, and the found footage films that have since tried to recreate its culture-gripping moment since. Our guest David Sims is a culture writer at The

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01:29:31

The Blair Witch: The first viral hoax (with David Sims)

Panic World ·

2024/10/23

The Blair Witch Project stands alone in the kind of panic it caused. No film before or since has quite hit the same fevered pitch, where many people actually thought it was real. What made it so magical? How did it come to be, and why did it freak us out like it did? David Sims joins us to talk urban legends, predecessors to The Blair Witch Project, and the found footage films that have since tried to recreate its culture-gripping moment since. Our guest David Sims is a culture writer at The

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01:18:32

The women the internet loves to hate (with Caroline...

Panic World ·

2024/10/16

Caroline Calloway became internet famous for living a fantasy, at least that's how it appeared on Instagram. Then, she became infamous when the public turned on her. We talk with Caroline about the long history of the women and teenage girls this has happened to before, and what it's like for this generation's version of E Girls, the Simp Queen. Our guest Caroline Calloway is an author. You can buy her new book Elizabeth Wurtzel and Caroline Calloway's Guide to Life online at

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84:32

The Women the Internet Loves to Hate (with Caroline...

Panic World ·

2024/10/16

Caroline Calloway became internet famous for living a fantasy, at least that's how it appeared on Instagram. Then, she became infamous when the public turned on her. We talk with Caroline about the long history of the women and teenage girls this has happened to before, and what it's like for this generation's version of E Girls, the Simp Queen.Our guest Caroline Calloway is an author. You can buy her new book Elizabeth Wurtzel and Caroline Calloway's Guide to Life online at

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72:46

Chappell Roan and the Pop Crave Election (with Akilah...

Panic World ·

2024/10/09

Why does it feel like this election isn’t really happening? Why does Chappell Roan feel like the biggest story? Our theory? We live in a Pop Crave world. The tabloid X account is pretty much the modern day AP. Ryan is joined by Akilah Hughes to figure out how this happened and the ramifications for all of us, and especially for the Midwest Princess. Our guest Akilah Hughes is a writer, comedian, and reporter. You can find her work at https://itsakilahobviously.com, and follow her

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00:50:37

Whatever Happened to Kate Middleton? (With Ellie Hall)

Panic World ·

2024/10/02

Remember earlier this year, when people thought Kate Middleton was dead and or replaced by AI? What was up with that? We’re joined by Ellie Hall, a journalist with a focus on the British Royal Family, to trace the whole story behind #WhereIsKate—including a look at the interesting way that the Royal Family handles its press, the origins of all the conspiracy theories surrounding Kate, and who is/why did we ever need to care about the Marchioness of Cholmondeley?Our guest Ellie Hall is a reporter

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01:02:17

Are Kids’ Brains Being Rotted by Screens? (With...

Panic World ·

2024/09/25

Since the advent of smartphones, a simmering and increasingly boiling panic has been about whether too much “screentime” is ruining the nation’s youth. Michael Hobbes joins us to help trace past moral panics surrounding kids, from such terrifying inventions as the jukebox, to television (okay maybe kinda bad), and texting, up to where we are now: the “Great Rewiring.” That’s the theory as younger generations are exposed to technology at earlier and earlier ages, it fundamentally changes how they

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01:07:51

Cats, Dogs, and Geese, Oh My! (With Kat Abughazaleh)

Panic World ·

2024/09/18

With the second and maybe probably last 2024 presidential debate now in our rearview, we’re taking a look back at Americans’ relationship with misinformation. Ryan is joined by reporter Kat Abughazaleh to talk about the surprising origin of “fake news” and how it has only gotten more deranged since 2016. All of that brings us to where we are now, where a presidential candidate claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio are stealing and then eating cats, dogs, geese, and ducks. How did we

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01:08:40

NyQuil Chicken with Katie Notopoulos

Panic World ·

2024/09/11

Welcome to Panic World. For our premiere, we're going back a few years to explore the panic that grew around "Sleepytime Chicken" aka NyQuil Chicken. Along with friend of the pod Katie Notopoulos, Ryan will explore the origins of the recipe on 4chan back in 2017 and chart its start as a joke to ultimately causing everyone from CNN to the FDA to issue warnings against it. But were the nation's youth really cooking — and eating — this cough syrup-soaked fowl? And what does the spread

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00:02:39

Panic World, A New Podcast by Garbage Day (Trailer)

Panic World ·

2024/09/04

Remember NyQuil Chicken? Or when Kate Middleton mysteriously “disappeared”? How about when teens were eating Tide Pods? These sorts of internet phenomena lead to news segments, investigations, and lots of hysteria. But how do they start and what actually comes of them? Panic World is a new podcast from journalist and creator of the Garbage Day newsletter, Ryan Broderick. Each week, he’ll be joined by a guest to tackle a different online witch hunt or moral panic, old and new. They’ll delve into the

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00:11:27

Some diatribe about wokeness

Panic World ·

2024/07/03

This is an audio version of the Garbage Day newsletter. Listen to the end for a funny little man enjoying a snack.

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00:12:00

The Online candidate (derogatory)

Panic World ·

2024/07/01

This is an audio version of the Garbage Day newsletter. Listen to the end for a truly mortifying Glastonbury clip.

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00:10:45

Hypebeasts without the hype

Panic World ·

2024/06/26

This is an audio version of the Garbage Day newsletter. Listen to the end for Mr. Lagoon.

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00:10:55

Apple is a country club

Panic World ·

2024/06/12

This is an audio version of the Garbage Day newsletter. Listen to the end for a good Dril post.

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00:12:35

Cargo cults for autocorrect

Panic World ·

2024/06/10

This is an audio version of the Garbage Day newsletter. Listen to the end for a good Spotify playlist.

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00:10:34

The CEO Passive Content Obsession

Panic World ·

2024/06/05

This is an audio version of the Garbage Day newsletter. Listen to the end for a tranq’d out bear falling from a tree into a waiting tarp.

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00:10:46

In the belly of the MrBeast

Panic World ·

2024/06/03

This is an audio version of the Garbage Day newsletter. Listen to the end for a good gamer vid.

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00:11:15

The power of an Instagram Story

Panic World ·

2024/05/29

This is an audio version of the Garbage Day newsletter. Listen to the end for an important reminder about that weird pro-natalist couple.

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00:13:16

Suno just raised a lot of money

Panic World ·

2024/05/22

This is an audio version of the Garbage Day newsletter. Listen to the end for he walking on the keybort.

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