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The Boys Are Not All Right

The Boys Are Not All Right

What the “Zynternet” tells us about sports betting, post-grad frat culture and their internet politics.

ICYMI · Slate Podcasts

July 27, 202435m 45s

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Show Notes

Candice Lim is joined by Slate writer Luke Winkie to break down the curiously indefinable “Zynternet.” Substack writer Max Read coined and defined the term as “a broad community of fratty, horndog, boorishly provocative” (mostly) men in their 20s and 30s who obsess over college sports, light domestic beers and Zyn nicotine pouches. On today’s episode, ICYMI asks who the “Zynternet” is performing for and whether its rise is a backlash against brat summer.

This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario and Candice Lim.


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