# Emergency Episode: Ariana Grande and Ethan "SpongeBob" Slater Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-they-were-6655435/emergency-episode-ariana-grande-and-ethan-spongebob-slater Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-they-were-6655435/emergency-episode-ariana-grande-and-ethan-spongebob-slater.md Podcast: [The Way They Were](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-they-were-6655435) Published: 2026-06-10T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://prefix.up.audio/s/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/9684e528-1b55-4fdb-ab98-f96728eb2c9c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIgtDaHJvbWUGOgZFVA%3D%3D--d05363d83ce333c74f32188013892b2863ad051c Audio file: https://prefix.up.audio/s/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/9684e528-1b55-4fdb-ab98-f96728eb2c9c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIgtDaHJvbWUGOgZFVA%3D%3D--d05363d83ce333c74f32188013892b2863ad051c Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-way-they-were-6655435/episodes/emergency-episode-ariana-grande-and-ethan-spongebob-slater Duration seconds: 2076 ## Resource Emergency episode!  Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater have split, and Gráinne and Chantal are diving headfirst into the Wickedly juicy chaos. Is Ariana trapped in a cycle of whirlwind romances and reinventions? How did Ethan Slater go from respected theatre actor to the internet’s most unwilling main character? And can Arianna ever recover from the reputation her most recent relationship has saddled her with? To get episodes ad free and early, join us our Patreon:  ⁠⁠patreon.com/TheWayTheyWere⁠⁠  You can also access our exclusive bonus episodes every other week and take part in  The Gossip  our exclusive Patreon group chat!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-way-they-were-6655435/episodes/emergency-episode-ariana-grande-and-ethan-spongebob-slater/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-way-they-were-6655435/emergency-episode-ariana-grande-and-ethan-spongebob-slater.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.