ICYMI: Wendy Williams Said What Now?
b'On today\\u2019s episode, Madison and Rachelle talk about two of the internet\\u2019s favorite subjects: cats and Wendy Williams. First, they talk about the story that made \\u201cSlate\\u201d itself trend on Twitter: the debate surrounding a Slate essay published last week in which writer Alexis Nowicki revealed that the 2017 New Yorker story \\u201cCat Person,\\u201d which became the first work of short fiction ever to go viral, was based on her life. Then, Madison shares a listener letter that validates all of her suspicions about those TikTok missed connections. (It also happens to feature a cat.) Finally, they close out the episode with High Speed Downloads about two recent online controversies: one about a woman who faced a flood of hate for tweeting about feeding feral cats, and another about a tasteless segment from a recent episode of The Wendy Williams Show.\\nPodcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John.\\n\\ufeffSupport ICYMI and listen to the show with zero ads.\\xa0Sign up\\xa0to become a Slate Plus member for just $1 for your first month.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'