Elon Musk bought Twitter. This made many people very upset, including him. We break down the first 16 days of Elon's Twitter and the unending cascade of legal issues, drama, and absurdity.Av David Andersson & Evan Andersson

About one month ago Russia invaded Ukraine.This inadvertently started a chain reaction reshaping international relations and online spaces almost overnight. We cover the history of the conflict and how it might impact our future.Av David Andersson & Evan Andersson

David's much more intelligent wife, Cady Andersson joins us to talk about her area of expertise: Child Development. How is the Internet changing the way children develop, and changing how adults need to interact with them?Av David Andersson & Evan Andersson

What if you could email yourself a car? What if you could download a house? What if you could print a gun, military grade and completely untraceable? It turns out you can. From militias in Myanmar to weapons dealers in Finland, the Brothers go into the massive world of 3D Printed Weapons.Av David Andersson & Evan Andersson

Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, NFTs: goofy words that are apparently worth millions of dollars. The Brothers have made an easy primer to explain what the heck these things are and how they'll change the future forever. Contains no financial advice.Av David Andersson & Evan Andersson

Part 2 of our election coverage.Supporters of Donald Trump came far and wide to raid the Capitol last week, believing that if Trump couldn't declare victory on his own, they would do it for him. And violently if needed. We cover the lead up and fallout of this planned "revolution".Av David Andersson & Evan Andersson

Donald Trump lost the election. Unfortunately, his most ardent supporters won't admit it. In just weeks the Internet birthed a new tangled ecosystem of election conspiracy theories. Join us as we dissect where they come from, and what they mean for the future of US politics.Guest: Mike RothschildAv David Andersson & Evan Andersson

The Boys are back, joined by renowned QAnon expert Travis View of the QAnon Anonymous Podcast. Together we discuss the rapidly growing QAnon conspiracy theory, political movement, and...cult (?) that has moved offline into the real world.Special Guest: Travis ViewAv David Andersson & Evan Andersson

It's Season 2, and the Brothers are revisiting an old topic:WHERE DID ALL THESE NAZIS COME FROM?Join us as we investigate the origins of The Alt-Right, how they spread, and how they use The Internet against us to gain actual political power.WARNING: Language, Hate Speech, ViolenceAv David Andersson & Evan Andersson

It's finally here! The Season One finale of Andersson Bros: The Internet Explorers!Celebrate with them as they kick back and discuss ways that online communities build myths about themselves to pass down to future generations.Av David Andersson & Evan Andersson

Everything you're about to read is true:An ex-Google employee started a church to build and then worship a robot god who will rule the world. Join the Andersson Bros as they try to figure out what the heck this is all about. Because this church is only the tip of bizarre power fantasies that Silicon Valley wants to bring to life.…

In the grand randomly timed tradition of Internet Explorer, we're back! This time, Katie and Ryan discuss how not even Facebook understands how it works anymore, what's wrong with Gushers, and Ryan maybe turns GamerGate. Then the inimitable Cates Holderness brings us 5 things that are actually still good on the internet. One of those things you mus…

Crack out your DeLoreans and rev up your Terminators, because The Andersson Bros are going back in time to the year 2005. Together they're taking a look at the 9/11 Truth Movement, and how its legacy paved the way for a decade of confusing fake news that threatens the very concept of truth.Then they do a wacky quiz show!…

Everyone loves to TALK about Russia interfering with our elections, but does anyone actually KNOW how they do it? Or even better: how to stop them?That's why the Andersson Bros are speaking to a literal Master of International Relations, learning all the ins and outs of the big complicated world of cyber warfare.Special Guest: Tim Wiley…

Sit back and relax as Dylan & Loughlin accidentally dive into the wide world of Harry Potter Turns out there's still much to learn... They laugh, they cry and as always, they get sidetracked. Enjoy!Av Dylan & Loughlin

Someone once said, "there's no such thing as a free lunch".And brother, they had no idea what was coming.The moment you click on any website you begin handing over data. Where you are, what you linger on, how fast you read. And every bit of that data can be used to pinpoint exactly what kind of person you are and how to manipulate the way you vote.…

Sit back and relax as Dylan & Loughlin begin their online adventure. Keeping it light for the first episode so they researched serial killers... They laugh, they cry and as always, they get sidetracked. Enjoy!Av Dylan & Loughlin

Welcome back to our 2-part series on The Syrian Civil War.This time the Andersson Bros learn how social media is used by freedom fighters, despots, and ordinary citizens to write the story of what the war means to them.Special Guest: Stefan DjordjevicAv David Andersson & Evan Andersson

ISIS is a serious topic. That's why the Andersson Bros invited a real historian to talk about it for them.Join the conversation about where ISIS came from and how they waged a war across the globe. Strap in.Special Guest: Stefan DjordjevicAv David Andersson & Evan Andersson

Is the world round? How do you know? Are you an astronaut? Yeah, didn't think so, buddy.This time the Andersson Bros talk about the Internet's most bizarre trend yet: The Flat Earth Conspiracy. Why? HOW? Is this a joke? The answers run much deeper and are more depressing than you can possibly imagine.…

Halloween in November?! Anything goes when The Andersson Bros forget their own release schedule!In this month's spooktacular episode they're hoping for some sweet clicks by talking about the real life fake stories that inspired Stranger Things! Also, what's the deal with creepypastas anyway? That's a dumb name.…

The Andersson Bros are BACK, just in time for their first episode ever!In this extremely direct episode the brothers chat about everything from hackneyed lifehacks, to how the Internet was pretty much designed as the perfect Nazi breeding ground.Av David Andersson & Evan Andersson

Ok, Katie and Ryan didn't actually eat the Tide pods, but they discuss predictions for 2018 with their best friend and yours, Cates Holderness. There's some reflecting, a bunch of predictions, but mostly a lot of marveling on the delicious wonder of Tide Pods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Your two favorite trolls, Katie and Ryan, are back to discuss what the heck happened to the internet in the year since Internet Explorer last aired. There's Nazis, furries, YouTube Stars, and things that are bad, and (a very limited few) things that are good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Ryan and Katie are back! Surprise! In this one-off holiday spectacular, you can listen to all the disgusting things people did on the internet this year without having to look at it.Long-time friend of the show Cates Holderness stops by to discuss the worst things on the internet from 2016. And in the grand tradition of the worst things, Katie and …

Holy frick! Fancy-pants genius filmmaker Werner Herzog talks to Katie this week about harambe, robots, the internet, teens and so much more. Also, we'll have an update from Ryan, who's in Rio covering the Olympics. Werner's latest film, "Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World" is both about the history and the future of the internet, techno…

...uh, probably not, but Brazilians are pretty psyched about the conspiracy theory behind it. And Ryan should know! He's in Brazil where things going the way of the This Is Fine dog. Meanwhile, Katie is looking at how Pokémon Go is being regulated when it comes to sex offenders in New York State. Also! Also. Stay tuned for next week, when IE has a …

This week's a big one! Katie and Ryan get together IRL to talk political conspiracy theories and to remember Harambe once again, of course. Katie debunks the conspiracy about Trump's alleged speech writer Meredith McIver and the two gargoyles themselves perform live onstage in Philly at the Democratic National Convention. Oh! And definitely stick a…

The world is still shit, but Katie and Ryan are reunited and they're out of their gourds on #content. This week (and everywhere) Katie and Ryan revel in the true joy that is Pokémon Go, and they do a quiz to determine whether or not Ryan's encyclopedic knowledge of Pokémon detracted from his book learning. Jules Darmanin shares his experience as a …

Hold still there's a Charmander behind you Yes, Pokémon Go is very much happening. Katie is off this week, but Ryan has awesome guest co-host Gena-mour Barrett on the show to talk about all that is awful and all that is weird this week. The UK left the EU and has a new PM, and Australia is obsessed with HSPs, which makes this episode description so…

Meet Lucia Cole. She's a new pop star with music on Spotify, Tidal, and iTunes. She has a Twitter and Instagram and she's even been interviewed. The only problem? She's a catfish. This week, Katie and Ryan bring you one of their favorite stories from the archive, with some updates. Read Katie's pieces on the Lucia Cole saga here: https://www.buzzfe…

This week we're asking one of the fundamental questions of our time. Ryan is away, but Katie sits down with future emoji-Pulitzer winner and Senior Tech Writer Charlie Warzel to mine the shadowy depths of the Unicode Consortium. The Unicode Consortium is the organization that decides which emojis make it into rotation, and the backstory is very :th…

A stan is a superfan who defends a celeb at all costs. Myleeza Mingo has been obsessed with Kim Kardashian for over a decade, but she's about to retire. What happens when a person whose identity is intertwined with their celebrity has to collect their gold (Apple) watch and give up the life of being a Twitter bouncer? Katie talks to Myleeza and to …

Congrats! You've been fooled into the biggest hoax of all time: this podcast. On week's episode, we find out why fake news is irresistible with help from Craig Silverman, founding editor of BuzzFeed Canada. Test your own skills at identifying fake news here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/test-your-bullshit-detector?utm_term=.hg1rRG7jn4#.g…

Katie and Ryan talk to Cooper Fleishman and Anthony Smith about the punctuation mark that antisemites are using on Twitter and other platforms to target their harassment. It's weird, but that goes without saying as far as the internet is concerned. Read Cooper and Anthony's pieces for Mic.com here: https://m.mic.com/articles/145459/the-neo-nazi-ech…

He's a 13-year-old kid who is forging his path to stardom by using a lip-syncing app called musical.ly. Welcome to the Teen Industrial Complex in 2016.Katie and Ryan talk through teen topics, then switch gears to call Tamia Thompson, a mod/curator of the very popular Facebook page Post Aesthetics. The group was nearly shut down because of a discuss…