
Welcome to So I Was Told, the anti-podcast podcast where culture meets candor. Join us as we dive into social politics, mental health, and the messy realities of deconstructing harmful social constructs. From lighthearted banter to tackling the heavy stuff, we keep it real, raw, and refreshingly unfiltered.
Expect a bit of chaos, the occasional NSFW topic, and some colorful language along the way.... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 78 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Health & FitnessMental Health | |||

What starts as a conversation about the show, New Girl turns into a reflection on the kind of TV culture we grew up with, what it meant to wait for a new episode every week, and why so much media now feels disposable the second we finish it. We talk ... more
WW3 or nah? This episode is about what it does to your brain to live through one global emergency after another and still be expected to clock in, pay rent, answer texts, and act normal. We get into the fear around “World War III,” the confusion and ... more
This episode picks up where we left off: the internet didn’t just “change,” it got redesigned around attention, anxiety, and endless consumption. We break down the difference between the old internet and the new internet. From there, we get into the ... more
Remember when the internet had a bottom? In this episode Kirbs and Crispy talk Vine, the never-ending “MySpace comeback” rumors, and why nostalgia keeps lying to people who weren’t even there. We get into why Instagram/TikTok aren’t really “social” a... more
Time for a fun episode! For the first time on So I Was Told, we step into the internet’s courtroom and start reading Reddit’s Am I The Asshole?
We get into a birthday party blowup over a nut allergy cake (boundaries vs entitlement), a bride who tri... more
When people who have lived with relative safety (usually white Americans) feel instability for the first time, something strange happens. Fear gets loud, processing becomes public, and conversations that were meant to challenge systems start orbiting... more
With a new album on the way, we take the long route through his career, his timing, and why his trajectory matters in hip-hop and pop culture. This isn’t a review or a reaction, but history.
We talk about where J. Cole came from, how he navigated th... more
We heard the whistles, heard the screaming, watched people run, and walked toward the scene before we fully understood what was unfolding. What followed wasn’t a headline for us. it was bodies in motion, armed agents in plain clothes, flash-bangs, te... more










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