Candice Lim is the co-host of ICYMI, Slate’s podcast about internet culture. She comes to Slate from NPR, where she was an assistant producer at Pop Culture Happy Hour .

Video essays are the antithesis to the disposable nature of TikTok. Skip navigation! ... viral moments in the pop culture zeitgeist and famous quotes from the media we consume.

Yhara Zayd knows how to talk through a variety of current pop culture topics succinctly. One recent example is her skeptical take on complaints about the Barbie Oscar snubs .

The sample’s source material, a 13-minute video essay published in the weeks after George Floyd’s murder, ... ‘Quiet on Set’ made me feel guilty for the role I played in ’90s pop culture.