The Very Online Show

Why is Instagram becoming more like Tiktok? Wait, why is Youtube and Facebook becoming more like TikTok? Why are all these social media services trying to be each other? Tam explains!

It's about the over-merchandised little yellow freaks and the current state of the Irony-To-Genuine-Enjoyment Cycle we're thrashing about in! Jess has Stockholm Syndrome for the Minions now, due to editing this episode!

I love those funny little gimmick apps and face swappers! We all do! What could go wrong?

This week, Lucy James and Tamoor Hussain do their best to educate Jeff Bakalar on fandom, shipping, and the Mishapocalypse. The moral? Fans can be... intense.

Why all the drama? Why all the dunks? Why all the fights? Why all the pineapple on pizza??? Well, there's a lot of reasons why the internet is such a tumultuous place to have a disagreement!

This time on the Very Online Show, Lucy goes into the history of how we preserve the internet's history! Watch out for lewd thumbnails, though.

Will Tam find love in the cold, calculating arms of an A.I.? Can the A.I. love him in return? Most importantly: Can a robot send nudes? Find out on this week's Very Online Show!

Enjoy this episode of The Very Online Show, then put your dang phone down and touch some grass!

Dare we trust the internet with major decisions about our lives, relationships, and mental health? Our unprofessional advice: Maybe don't?

This week, Lucy chronicles the downfall of the Jeremy Renner app. Because yes, there was an app for that.

The Very Online Show crew dives deep into how app stores are drowning in plagiarized games and scam apps!!

I'm sensing a pattern... a DARK Pattern...

Thursday, what a concept! Time for another "keepin' it light" episode, giving you your daily dose of absurd Twitter memes themed around your workweek (and Craig David, too.)

It's not Fake Mews, it's the historical account of why cats make the best memes!

Fake people! Fake drama! Real engagement!

Couch Guy is the latest example of the pitfalls of websleuthing, an internet phenomenon that has been plaguing social media for years. So why are we like this?

Where do emojis even come from? Who designs them and how do they get included with all the others? Lucy James drives this episode of The Very Online Show and uncovers the very strange but true reality of our increasingly emoji-ridden world and its impact on language, culture and even law.

On their debut episode Tamoor and Lucy explain to Jeff Bakalar about the old beach meme -- where it came from and how it evolved out a movie trailer.