VP Kamala Harris has been the subject of many, many coconut tree memes.

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VP Kamala Harris has been the subject of many, many coconut tree memes.

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From the attempted assassination of former President Trump, to President Biden dropping out of the election, and VP Kamala Harris stepping up… The news these past few weeks has been buck wild. And the energy online is similarly unhinged. But what do most people get wrong when they try to interpret the latest explosion of political memes? And what do these posts actually say about how people are processing major events? And are there consequences to just posting through it? Host Brittany Luse is joined by Tatum Hunter, consumer tech reporter at The Washington Post, and Kyle Chayka, staff writer at The New Yorker, to discuss what meaning could possibly be gleaned from the meme madness.

This episode was produced by Liam McBain with support from Barton Girdwood, Corey Antonio Rose and Alexis Williams. Engineering support came from TK. It was edited by Jessica Placzek. Our VP of programming is Yolanda Sangweni.