{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695ff52ed8ac698e7e1291b4/695ff559028ac0c607487cd6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Kate Middleton’s Disappearance Redefined Monoculture","description":"<p>This week, ICYMI and the <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/never-post/id1719307150\">Never Post podcast</a> are collaborating on two episodes surrounding 2024’s biggest internet monocultural moment: Kate Middleton’s disappearance. It’s been more than a month since Kate <a href=\"https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1771235267837321694?s=20\">announced</a> she’d started preventative chemotherapy treatments following a cancer diagnosis. Which means it’s also been just over a month since <a href=\"https://slate.com/human-interest/2024/03/kate-middleton-news-cancer-video-photo-prince-william.html\">conspiracy theories</a> about the princess ran rampant across the internet. As an increasingly algorithmic internet silos us further into our own little content niches, all-consuming events like Kate Middleton’s disappearance are fewer and far between. So what does it take, in 2024, to capture the internet’s attention and create these rare monocultural moments?</p><p>This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton.</p><p>This episode was made in collaboration with the Never Post team, which includes Hans Buetow, Mike Rugnetta, Jason Oberholtzer and Wil Williams.</p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}