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​​Wow If True is your one-stop internet culture shop, explaining how what’s happening online shapes the real world. And we’re the internet experts and real-life besties to unravel it: tech culture journalist Amanda Silberling and science fiction author slash attorney Isabel J. Kim, Esq. More importantly, we’re the only podcast that will mention Neopets and horizontal mergers in the same episode. New episode every other Wednesday.

Recent Episodes
  • 116: Q+A (Unexpected Wet)
    Jun 11, 2025 – 00:55:50
  • 115: Bad uses for AI (and olive oil)
    May 28, 2025 – 00:51:36
  • 114: We cannot doxx the Pope
    May 14, 2025 – 00:49:35
  • 113: Extremely Online Academics (ft. Dr. Claire Aubin)
    Apr 30, 2025 – 00:59:21
  • 112: The Endurance Episode
    Apr 16, 2025 – 00:59:42
  • 111: Ghiblification (and other things)
    Apr 2, 2025 – 00:59:56
  • 110: Rare JD Vances + Claude Plays Pokémon
    Mar 19, 2025 – 00:46:10
  • 109: Silicon Valley's Breeding Kink
    Mar 5, 2025 – 00:54:54
  • 108: We ask a bunch of men if they read
    Feb 19, 2025 – 00:58:16
  • 107: Reading men, men reading
    Jan 29, 2025 – 00:57:53
  • 106: Naked Knife Fight
    Jan 15, 2025 – 00:52:06
  • 105: Happy New Year (it’s not optional)
    Jan 1, 2025 – 01:02:19
  • 104: Luigi
    Dec 18, 2024 – 00:41:55
  • 103: 4B
    Dec 4, 2024 – 00:39:48
  • 102: Glow in the Dark
    Nov 20, 2024 – 00:53:08
  • 101: Wow if True 101
    Nov 6, 2024 – 00:46:58
  • 100: The Pokémon Leaks
    Oct 23, 2024 – 00:54:03
  • 99: Leave Chappell Alone
    Oct 9, 2024 – 00:57:15
  • 98: The Water Bottle Industrial Complex
    Sep 25, 2024 – 01:03:43
  • 97: Dueling Friends
    Sep 11, 2024 – 00:46:18
  • 96: Pepe the Frog
    Aug 28, 2024 – 01:00:04
  • 95: Can you copyright an egg?
    Aug 14, 2024 – 00:54:43
  • 94: Anime Girl LLMs
    Jul 31, 2024 – 00:45:46
  • 93: Anonymity
    Jul 17, 2024 – 00:53:28
  • Welcome to Wow If True!
    Jul 16, 2024 – 00:00:57
  • 92: DOJ vs Ticketmaster
    Jun 5, 2024 – 00:37:06
  • 91: Mouth Biohacking
    May 22, 2024 – 00:40:42
  • 90: Erewhonpilled Smoothiemaxxer
    May 8, 2024 – 00:46:23
  • 89: Isabel got a book deal!
    Apr 24, 2024 – 00:53:22
  • 88: How we learned about handwashing
    Apr 10, 2024 – 00:35:20
  • 87: Do you think MrBeast is happy?
    Mar 27, 2024 – 00:51:29
  • 85: Wow if Two
    Mar 14, 2024 – 01:04:09
  • 84: Marianne Williamson Beef (ft. Organizer Memes)
    Feb 28, 2024 – 00:50:11
  • 83: Communism or incompetence
    Jan 31, 2024 – 00:58:49
  • 82: Craving Hole
    Jan 17, 2024 – 00:36:31
  • 81: Everybody is using panels
    Jan 3, 2024 – 00:59:28
  • 80: Free Floss
    Dec 20, 2023 – 00:52:20
  • 79: Crab rave for Henry Kissinger
    Dec 6, 2023 – 00:38:50
  • 78: RIP Omegle
    Nov 15, 2023 – 00:55:06
  • 77: Glassfall
    Nov 1, 2023 – 00:37:51
  • 76: The Horrors
    Oct 19, 2023 – 00:49:36
  • 75: Locked in a Grocery Store
    Oct 4, 2023 – 00:56:11
  • 74: Sad Beige Men in Sad Beige Rooms
    Sep 20, 2023 – 00:50:40
  • 73: The Clown is Back
    Sep 6, 2023 – 00:46:38
  • 72: Taco Bell Law
    Aug 9, 2023 – 00:59:41
  • 71: Barbenheimer
    Jul 26, 2023 – 01:08:38
  • 70: Podcasting Hubris
    Jul 12, 2023 – 01:22:11
  • 69: Nice [LIVE!]
    Jun 28, 2023 – 00:43:12
  • 68: Love your "pink object"
    Jun 7, 2023 – 00:47:36
  • 67: Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood
    May 17, 2023 – 00:49:08
Recent Reviews
  • Tacturn
    Love the podcast!
    Started listening to this earlier this year and have been really enjoying it as someone who is also terminally online. I find recaps of internet culture that I hadn’t heard about really interesting but still like hearing what Isabel and Amanda have to say about things I’m already familiar with. Keep up the great work!
  • feathered
    shallow, omits key information
    I was excited when this podcast was recommended to me because I am extremely online and love thoughtful discussion of the internet and culture, and a cohost with a law degree seemed especially promising for bringing a new perspective. I started with the Bad Art Friend episode as a litmus test since that’s a story I am quite familiar with, especially as a disabled person who witnessed and experienced the vicious ableist attacks and harassment that particular discourse inspired. Unfortunately, the episode was strikingly shallow and almost offensive in its flippancy. The interaction and intersection between disability, race, and class are essential to what I would consider a decent recap of this event, but the hosts only talk about race and didn’t discuss the other two at all. While they talk about race in the summary of the story and in personal context, they erase the real world harassment against disabled people, including non-white disabled people, that the week+ of discourse about this topic created. “Why did this go viral?” they ask repeatedly, and conclude it made people feel good, ignoring that it stayed viral multiple days because the discourse shifted towards ableist harassment!!! Any summary of an event that leaves out the significant harassment it sparks is incomplete and perhaps even harmful. I unsubscribed as quickly as I had subscribed when it was recommended—a podcast that omits harm to marginalized people on the internet isn’t for me, and I won’t be recommending it to others.
  • FANTASHLEYMAC
    I don’t belong here
    I am a boring millennial with no business getting famous on the Internet but I sure love this podcast. Amanda and Isabel are so infectious (in the good way) and I can’t get enough of them!
  • flighetibibbit
    Wow Is True!
    Craig here. I don’t come out from under my rock much (evidence: Apple Podcasts) but when I do, Isabel and Amanda always have new blorbos to show me. I appreciate how Isabel routinely brings up D
  • erin_hey
    Necessary Listening
    Love WIT so much -it is become a regular listen on my commute (yes I’m still commuting ahhh) . Interesting topics about tech thats not too techy and the best banter. Better than the majority of podcasts.
  • quietharmonies
    good content!
    I literally don’t even use Apple Podcasts but you guys deserve to know that I think your podcast is good! It’s the highlight of my every-other-Wednesday. It’s good content and if you’re reading this review, you should listen to the podcast.
  • ashleybashleyboo
    Craig here
    Just another Craig leaving another 5 star rating
  • Coco is pleased
    now THIS is podcasting
    Hi iz & mandy, I freaking love WIT. I’ve been following Iz on tumblr since we were both on the [REDACTED] Fic Writers server together (I eventually fell out of writing for [REDACTED] and regretfully left). It’s so nice to hear y’all talk about stuff I actually know and care about, it’s like hanging out with friends. Gotta love that parasocial relationship. Cool thanks. -Craig
  • Yoahd ydjdjrnzisjxh11-1------@
    LOVE LOVE LOVE
    IT'S TRUE! I love this podcast!! Isabel and Amanda are phenomenal hosts, and the topic of internet virality is really fascinating. Can't wait to hear more episodes!
  • oppressed lesbian
    My favorite genre of podcast
    Two friends having random and sometimes but not always insightful conversations with an audience that makes me feel like I’m part of it :’) The good parts of tumblr in podcast form! The hosts do not know what they are opening with a potential writing live-stream, forgetting that their audience is a good amount of non-neurotypicals who love that good good online body doubling coping mechanism
  • Smarmodon
    Love it
    Honestly, this is a fantastic podcast! I usually listen to podcasts while doing laundry, but this had me sitting down to properly listen (and crack up) within minutes. I love the hosts’ banter!
  • abigapple
    Keeping me company
    So glad to add this podcast to my list of things to listen to when I’m feeling lonely and isolated! As close as I can get to existing in a room while smart and delightful friends chat.
  • HadassahLeah
    A
    Funny, conversational, an all-around good time with quirky niche histories to boot
  • roshan pulapura
    Listen to this show!!!!
    Iz and amanda are so funny and smart! You’ll laugh a lot and also kind of think on things you never thought to think on. looking forward to more quality content!
  • Brenna4400
    it’s actually good
    two nichely internet famous people with podcastable voices producing #content in nice 30ish minute episodes? excellent. plz listen.
  • JasmineBaggins
    Yay!
    Hey this podcast is really fun and has great personalities you should check it out (also yeah I found this host through fan fiction what of it)
  • redheadheroine
    It’s the meme version of Reply All
    I’m so excited to listen to future episodes! I love internet culture and it’s so fun to dive into niches I wouldn’t find on my own. There’s great cohost chemistry!
  • Herbgerb
    You meme in the podcast you meme in real life
    I'm a huge lover of unique personalities and strange internet lore, and this podcast is the perfect blend of the two. The vibe is casual and inviting and every episode introduces me to people and parts of the internet I never knew existed. I look forward to every episode :>
  • anonymousartichoke
    Geniuses before their time
    Amanda and Isabel are geniuses before their time. A remarkable podcast. It really gets at the core of what it means to be a person on the internet — nay — what it means to be human. 🚀👽🛸
  • AsimovSideburns
    The Podcast You’ve Been Memeing Of
    I love learning about weird/niche internet stuff. They talk about weird/niche internet stuff. We are all Craig from Craigslist, now.
  • S0me_kid
    I think I’m the first written review that’s pretty rad.
    I am very happy this is a thing and I’m also fan boying about a fanfic writer that I’ve followed for awhile being on a podcast which really tells you a lot about me in one sentence.Anyways, I hope the journey to internet fame is full of funny goofs and amazing opportunities.(sorry I’m not good at writing I’m only good at consuming the words with my eyes in an ungodly amount of time) -Mothman Craig
  • Marywha13
    Meme podcast of my dreams
    Absolutely loving the energy of this podcast! The combination of political and weird fandom memes clashing, plus insightful interviews with people who’ve gone viral is extremely compelling. Love a podcast hosted by smart, funny people and love to see where this goes next!
  • blueshyftwastaken
    it’s true, and wow.
    excited to watch this get off the ground, don’t let your memes be dreams 👍🏾
  • MSilb7
    5 stars if true
    True
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