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What It Feels Like to Go Viral

25 min · 24 de may de 2026
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Wils Pelton and Josh Gondelman trace the strange path from birthday party hopping to the tweets and internet posts that permanently rewired their brains. What You’ll Hear: A Very Social Evening: Wils and Josh compare notes on the oddly satisfying art of bouncing between parties, catching trains, grabbing bodega snacks, and somehow ending the night feeling more alive than exhausted. Posts That Became Philosophy: From the Babadook party tweet to “milkshake duck” and “girl dinner,” they unpack the internet jokes that quietly became shared cultural language. Top Three Lately: Fresh flowers, city biking, basketball playoffs, literary re-reads, long dog walks — a cozy inventory of the small things currently making life feel good. CHAPTERS 00:00 Ophelia audio drama intro 01:05 The night of endless birthdays 04:20 Multi-stop socializing strategy 11:08 What’s your top three lately 13:00 NBA playoffs and Widow’s Bay 15:05 The Babadook party tweet 17:35 Favorite internet posts of all time 22:10 Bean soup theory explained 25:05 Three drinks at once goes viral 31:40 Josh’s current top three 35:12 Goodnights to the Babadook For the fully immersive, phone free light + sound experience, learn more at hatch.co [https://open.acast.com/networks/6903aa8095ee8b18150a6546/shows/690506f33906f8011ad09a86/hatch.co]. Follow us on TikTok @hatchpodcasts [https://www.tiktok.com/@hatchpodcasts] and YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@hatchforsleep/shorts]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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