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🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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To understand the second Trump administration, you have to understand the internet culture that gave birth to it. Guest: Elle Reeve, CNN correspondent who reported on the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA for Vice News. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Evan Campbell and Patrick Fort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2	Hey there, it's Candace Lem and Kate Lindsay from ICYMI.
0:34.8	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:36.7	And if you've been bombarded with memes on the timeline surrounding some guy named Montoya,
0:43.3	we just did an episode breaking down who he is, why he's on your feed,
0:46.9	and why he is the greatest meme of the year so far.
0:50.1	To hear more about Montoya Porpovor, you can find our episode by checking out the I-CYMI podcast wherever you listen.
1:02.2	Hey, everyone, it's Lizzie.
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1:17.1	On this show and on our sister show, What Next?
1:19.5	We have been working really hard to bring you fair independent coverage of what's happening to the government right now.
1:25.4	And we know that journalism can be expensive,
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