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Added 2025-01-29 08:00:09 +0000 UTCMomo and the Blue Whale Challenge are two trends that targeted young social media users, supposedly challenging them to an escalating series of dares. Were these viral “challenges†actually causing kids to kill themselves, or was it all a hoax? Alex Goldman joins us to trace the origins of these “suicide games,†as well as the fallout that resulted from them.
Our guest Alex Goldman is the host of a great new podcast called Hyperfixed. Find that anywhere you listen to podcasts, and you can find him @agoldmund on Twitter/X, or just Google him!
Credits
- Host: Ryan Broderick
- Producer: Grant Irving
- Researcher: Adam Bumas
- Business Manager: Josh Fjelstad
Comments
Use the masters tools to fight the masters! It always works out great!
Adam Arola
2025-03-21 20:08:51 +0000 UTCsee - Elsagate (may have been discussed later - in the middle of listening to the new episodes)
Andrew D.
2025-01-29 14:12:20 +0000 UTCI think the Kim post was a repost of someone else ‘sounding the alarm’ which - great - but I wish you would have gone down the rabbit hole for this part of the warning (that’s not a hoax) - “ There's also videos of cartoons doing sexual things, violent things and they may look innocent enough at first glance but trust they aren't!†Kids YouTube had some insane videos…
Andrew D.
2025-01-29 14:10:34 +0000 UTC
