Episode
BONUS: Taylor Lorenz says "don't blame social media"
- Podcast
- Top Comment
- Published
- May 19, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2515
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nm4chf
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/top-comment-6410349/episodes/bonus-taylor-lorenz-says-don-t-blame-social-media/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/top-comment-6410349/bonus-taylor-lorenz-says-don-t-blame-social-media.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
On this bonus interview episode, Matt and Marianna are joined in the studio by leading social media journalist Taylor Lorenz. They discuss the evolution of meme culture, Clavicular's enduring virality, and why Elon Musk briefly kicked her off X. Plus, as the list of countries seeking stricter regulation of social media grows, why is Taylor so resistant to the legislation being proposed in the UK and US, and what are the alternatives? Top Comment is hosted by Marianna Spring and Matt Shea. The series producer is Laurie Kalus. The social producer is Sophie Millward. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The editor is Justine Lang. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. If you want to get in touch about something that's popped up on your feed, our email address is [email protected] or you can send us a WhatsApp on +44 330 123 9480.