Panic World

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Charlie Kirk didn't matter

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Happy (?) Kirkiversary. One year ago today, Charlie Kirk was killed by someone the right-wing wasn’t able to effectively use for fearmongering. Ryan & Grant look back at

Sep 10
29 min

BONUS PREVIEW: Is social media actually "dead" now?

Will we ever get another new platform to communicate with on the internet? Today, we’re talking about the various eras of social media platforms — from Myspace to Facebo

Aug 26
21 min

The sicko who invented prediction markets

Where did prediction markets come from, and why are they more popular than ever? Charlie Warzel joins the pod once again to discuss the proliferation of these strange co

Jul 22
1 h 12 min

Bad things happen when we let robots decide what’s good

Why does culture feel so much less... human than it used to? Wyatt Cenac joins Ryan to discuss the “crisis of taste” — or how, in the past 10-15 years, tech companies hav

Jul 15
1 h 04 min

Our autopsy of the DNC autopsy

Why did the Democrats lose so badly in 2024? Rob Flaherty joins us to dissect the "DNC autopsy" — the formerly internal report about what went wrong in 2024 — about whi

Jul 8
1 h 08 min

BONUS PREVIEW: Enhanced masculinity crisis

Did you catch Peter Thiel's Enhanced Games in Las Vegas on May 24th? You know, the libertarian-minded, steroid-fueled, biohacked Olympics. No? Still nothing? After recru

Jul 1
32 min

The Onion's big plans for InfoWars

Venerable satirical Chicago-based outfit The Onion is truly on a mission to save democracy — and it starts by relaunching FKA Alex Jones’s InfoWars, which The Onion’s par

Jun 24
56 min

We went to the UFC fight at the White House lol

This past weekend, Ryan & Grant went down to see what the UFC Freedom 250 fight on the White House lawn was all about. What they found was $30 margaritas, $120 graphic te

Jun 17
39 min

This celebrity murder case feels like fan fiction

Today we’re talking about the D4vd murder case, one of the darkest stories in pop culture at the moment. D4vd — or David Burke — got his start as one of the original Fo

Jun 10
1 h 08 min

BONUS PREVIEW: This is the dot-com crash all over again [Part 2]

What would the internet look like if major tech companies like Meta and Google were no longer usable? With Google more deeply integrating AI into Search and changing how

Jun 5
10 min

BONUS: How the internet destroyed TV (and itself) [Part 1]

Why is everything online just clips now? We’ve reached a point with digital video that’s made it impossible even for a normal, non-sicko to ignore: we’re awash in slop (

Jun 5
1 h 00 min

Fauxbituaries (Hyperfixed)

We’re taking a breather to let Grant out of his cage and get some fresh air, but we didn’t want to leave you without something to panic about. So this week we’ve got an

Jun 3
42 min

New York hipsters and the antichrist

Today we’re talking about billionaire Peter Thiel and his many fascinating, varied interests. You might know him for secretly funding Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit that destroyed

May 27
55 min

Revisiting "Her" in the age of AI relationships

If you forgot to add this important event to your calendars, Spike Jonze’s 2013 sci-fi film, Her, was actually set in 2025. Ryan and Grant watched the Joaquin Phoenix and

May 20
59 min

Why AI cat videos are becoming the internet’s newest weird obsession

Why are cats so popular on the internet? It started with cat memes like I Can Haz Cheezburger and Keyboard Cat, then we became enamored with cat celebrities like Lil Bub,

May 13
1 h 15 min

How trad wives took over the internet — from 4chan to TikTok

Where did the "tradwife" trend come from — you know, aside from the 1950s — and why has it become increasingly popular online? Today, we’re talking about not just how men

May 6
59 min

You're one post away from becoming the internet's main character

Remember Chewbacca Mom, Damn Daniel, BeanDad, or most recently, Chappell Roan? These are just some examples of people who have become the “main character” on the internet

Apr 29
1 h 15 min

PREVIEW BONUS: Clavicular's crash out and the death of clipping

Are we watching the collapse of short-form video and on the cusp of yet another pivot to (a different kind of) video? Today we’re talking about the rise of livestreaming

Apr 22
34 min

When sex is "optimized"

Today we’re talking about Aella the e-girl and “rationalist," who is probably also pretty smelly — at least if her birthday gangbang breakdown is to be believed. She's kn

Apr 15
1 h 12 min

Why the internet's grossest influencer is more powerful than you think

Today we're joined again by journalist Kat Tenbarge to talk about one of the grossest guys on the internet. He’s also one of the most popular Twitch streamers there is. H

Apr 8
1 h 10 min

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What listeners say

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Entertaining, informative, and very interesting. The pacing is really good. Keeps moving, stays light, and every second is packed with New-to-me references that pique my curiosity. This is one of the most intelligent yet accessible podcasts I’ve listened to. The episodes take all this messy, niche information and create surprising insights about US culture that hit spot on. I am really glad I found this podcast. It is like having a friend to watch the end of the world with.

Musically Open · May 2025

Great, informative but also hilarious work! I feel a little less crazy, a bit more aware and better able to understand people around me with each episode. Didn’t expect quite so many gooning references and I’ll never be the same! Thank you, I think!

jimothy & co. · Apr 2025

I’m a millennial who missed the era of the fun internet and wikiholes so this pod just hits the spot in terms of great research, niche guests and pop culture. Viva La Panic World.

Gaby Pizzoli · Feb 2025

Show has been amazing so far. Good depth, solid research, and very important and topical topics. It can be funny, insightful, and thought provoking. The guest are quality and have interesting backgrounds and points of view. Last episode, they like most of the world talked about the generations and left out Gen X. Considering how fundamentally Gen X has changed work culture, shaped modern technology and big tech, and the country economically it's a massive oversight which I thought you'd all do better. Let me know when you plan to rectify this with a Gen X themed episode. With Gen X currently having the largest pot of disposable income, who knows could help your Patreon.

Ross R · Feb 2025

The latest episode about AI exhibits a fundamental misunderstanding of the technology behind the modern AI boom. Any writer who would even espouse the idea that chatGPT functions similarly to a search engine can be immediately discredited as not understanding the underlying technology behind LLMs and other generative models. Transformers are glorified autocomplete. There is no semblance of a path towards a “singularity” or “AGI” in the literature and to suggest otherwise is at best foolish and at worst deception. I question any podcast that would post such a poorly researched episode.

His the · Mar 2025

Good premise, poor execution. The reporting on this show is trivial at best and the hosts think they are the smartest people in the room. Kind of embarrassing listening to them with how wrong they are with their information. Gave it a few episodes but I’m out. Not worth my time.

Chips216 · Jan 2025

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