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​​Wow If True is your one-stop internet culture shop, hosted by meme sommeliers and real-life besties: tech journalist Amanda Silberling and terminally-online attorney Isabel J. Kim. We dig into what, where, and how something's going viral, and why what’s happening online matters in real life. New episodes every other Wednesday.

Wow If True Isabel J. Kim & Amanda Silberling

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​​Wow If True is your one-stop internet culture shop, hosted by meme sommeliers and real-life besties: tech journalist Amanda Silberling and terminally-online attorney Isabel J. Kim. We dig into what, where, and how something's going viral, and why what’s happening online matters in real life. New episodes every other Wednesday.

    89: Isabel got a book deal!

    89: Isabel got a book deal!

    Isabel got a seven figure book deal and got the book optioned, but she continues to threaten to kill people on our podcast (especially the kid in the Omelas hole). No, this is not a bit. Iz is god's favorite princess, and Amanda can run a mile without stopping.
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    Isabel's book deal announcement! 
    The story about killing the kid in the Omelas hole
    Most importantly... NEW MERCH! Get your very own shirt/mug that says "I listened to Wow If True before Isabel J. Kim got a seven figure book deal." This merch is very funny and good.
     
    Find Us Online 
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue
    Website: https://wowiftrue.com/
    Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com
    About Us 
    Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 
     
     

    • 53 min
    88: How we learned about handwashing

    88: How we learned about handwashing

    The history of handwashing? It's way wilder than you think.
    Isabel is once again out of the country and/or concussed, which means Amanda is joined by her friends Caro and Andrea to talk about everyone's favorite 19th century handwashing accelerationist, Ignac Semmelweis. What does this have to do with the internet? Well, if you're going to go outside and touch grass (preferably while listening to this podcast), you're going to need to wash your hands when you come back inside.
    TW: medical gore, death, dissection, infection, drugs
    Find Us Online 
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue
    Website: https://wowiftrue.com/
    Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com
    About Us 
    Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 

    • 35 min
    87: Do you think MrBeast is happy?

    87: Do you think MrBeast is happy?

    The most successful internet creator of all time is a guy named Jimmy who locks people in grocery stores for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Like him or not, MrBeast is such a fascinating figure in pop culture that we have become MrBeast anthropologists. Beastly scholars. Why do people like MrBeast so much? How does MrBeast (and the prizewinners in his videos) fit into the narrative of the American Dream, and how will that be exaggerated now that he has his own TV show? Is he even happy? And more urgently, is his chocolate any good?
    Links
    MrBeast's Squid Game and the price of viral stunts
    The new American Dream is to get MrBeast to pay off your debt
    Find Us Online 
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftrue

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowiftrue
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue
    Website: https://wowiftrue.com/
    Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com
    About Us 
    Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 

    • 51 min
    85: Wow if Two

    85: Wow if Two

    In this episode, we discuss the only thing congress can agree upon: yeeting Tiktok into the sun and away from the hands of America's youth. Also, the Iditarod and how to properly gut a moose, crypto perfume (question for the audience: what do YOU think crypto smells like?), and the mandatory Kate Middleton AI photograph discussion. Never say we're not on trend. 

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    84: Marianne Williamson Beef (ft. Organizer Memes)

    84: Marianne Williamson Beef (ft. Organizer Memes)

    The sequel to Organizer Memes. It's throwback....Wednesday, and Organizer Memes is here talking with Amanda about memes and political organizing, three years later. Time is a flat circle. Joe Biden is running for president again (but this time, with meme merch). Speaking of meme merch, we've got a new portable hole mug. WOTC please no suing. 

    • 50 min
    83: Communism or incompetence

    83: Communism or incompetence

    In this episode: Isabel explains why she is glad she didn't win a Hugo this year (hint: there's niche community drama), Amanda gets philosophical about the Taylor Swift deepfake debacle and pisses off tech CEOs again, and all of us collectively ooh and aah at the miracle of brumation.
    Did we mention we have merch? And a Patreon? 
     

    • 58 min

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