Touching Grass
The New World
In online culture, to tell someone to touch grass is an encouragement to get off their screen and get back in touch with reality. Read more
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Aella, and why BookTok has changed how people read Yesterday (09/15/2026) 47:01The tragic case of Lindsey Clancy, and are GLP-1 drugs fascist? 09/08/2026 56:44
Right wing pick me influencers and dating app discourse 09/01/2026 52:16Dobby's grave and problematic internet boyfriends 08/18/2026 54:20The Sex Purge Movie, and catching predators 08/11/2026 45:29 Show all episodes
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In online culture, to tell someone to touch grass is an encouragement to get off their screen and get back in touch with reality. In this podcast, The New World's Gen Z-er Lucy Reade and Millennial James Ball try to explain what's happening on the internet to people with much healthier lives - and each other. Expect confusing discourse, culture wars and bizarre influencer scandals.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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