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Announcing The Ick Season 4: The Magazine

Big news for the new season!

Jun 4 •

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Why Makeup Works

Jan 22 • Emily

Men Want to Be Sons, Not Parents

Jun 11 • eurydice

How to Be a Better Conversationalist Pt. 1

Nov 13, 2024 • Emily

How to Be a Better Conversationalist Pt. 2

Nov 22, 2024 • Emily

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Season 4

Season 3

Season 3 Recap: What Is Modern Etiquette?

Or, how to be a gentleman (gender neutral)

Apr 3 •

Stop Using Venmo Like a Broke Jerk—A Guide

Top 10 rules for the p2p age

Mar 27 •

Venmo is a Cope

Why millennials and zoomers are always settling up

Mar 18 •

How to Hold a Knife and Fork

Where table manners come from, and which ones matter now

Feb 14 •

Why No Elbows on the Table?

History of a not-so-arbitrary rule, plus updated guidance

Feb 5 •

How to Give the Best Handshake

Plus, the underlying power dynamics of the hand sandwich

Jan 30 •

Why Makeup Works

New rules for using this manipulative technology to your advantage (men included)

Jan 22 •

A Very Brief History of Chivalry

Fact checking the trad chads

Jan 16 •

Season 2

37:09

[Full Interview] How to Smell

Perfume + memory hacking with Andrés Gómez Emilsson

Sep 11, 2024 •

Perfume + memory hacking with Andrés Gómez Emilsson

Aug 21, 2024 •

17:06

[Full Interview] How to See

Dissolving the edges with Kendric Tonn

Jul 25, 2024 •

Dissolving the edges with Kendric Tonn

Jul 19, 2024 •

Season Two: Bonus

Extra insights into how to hear, taste, and feel

Jun 3, 2024 •

27:30

[Full Interview] How to Taste

Finding your food identity with Adam Wong

Apr 25, 2024 •

Finding your food identity with Adam Wong

Apr 19, 2024 •

25:59

[Full Interview] How to Hear

Does music theory improve listening? with @soundrotator

Mar 30, 2024 •

Season 1

I Kissed Musicians for a Living - Pt. 2

In the 2010s I lived in Montréal and propositioned bands to kiss me.

Jun 20, 2023 •

I Kissed Musicians for a Living - Pt.1

Jun 7, 2023 •

People Pleasers Can’t Date Jealous People

I used to lie a lot.

Apr 4, 2023 •

Why I’m Afraid of the Ocean

I am an adult afraid of the ocean.

Mar 2, 2023 •

Did I Almost Kill Someone?

The limits of faking it until you make it

Feb 1, 2023 •

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