# Ep. 394 - The End of "The Boys"

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Podcast: [Fact Check This Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fact-check-this-podcast-3379248)
Published: 2026-06-02T14:55:22+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1569

## Resource

When it first came out, The Boys was a cultural phenomenon. So how, just a few years later, did it devolve into just a hollow sounding board for cultural platitudes?

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