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Sep 11, 2026
Jonah GoldbergPANELIST
... that can't be a coincidence, right? So there are a bunch of people at National Review who found out about it because of me.
Jonah GoldbergPANELIST
Like, remember AOL Instant Messenger? I was DM'ing Catherine Lopez and Rich Lowry and a bunch of people saying, "Just turn on your TV." I remember Rich said at one point, "What channel?" And I was like, "It doesn't matter."
Steve HayesHOST
Mm-hmm.
Jonah GoldbergPANELIST
And meanwhile, it was pretty terrifying because literally my wife was getting back to a job she had just started in the Bush administration.
speaker_1HOST
Oh, here's where it gets really interesting to me.
speaker_1HOST
When we look at all these subgenres together, whether the connection happens via AOL Instant Messenger, late-night emails, or a live television broadcast, there is a massive underlying psychological theme tying them all together
speaker_6HOST
Yes, the technology piece
speaker_1HOST
We have this structural need in romance to outsource destiny to technology
Evan RobertsHOST
until the end.
Evan RobertsHOST
You still have your away message up on AIM, too? But that's my question.
Evan RobertsHOST
Does AIM still exist?
Shaun MorashPANELIST
No.
Evan RobertsHOST
It's gone completely.
GaryHOST
Uber wasn't around.
GaryHOST
The only way to communicate with people in downtown New York City during that time was something called AOL Messenger.
GaryHOST
It might have been ICQ, but those instant messengers were the only way to communicate with people and people had to be at their desk to use those messengers.
GaryHOST
I remember being in Los Angeles and being told, stay away from the airport, stay away from public centers because America is under attack.
Haley StevensGUEST
And so I logged into my large desktop monitor computer.
Haley StevensGUEST
And I told mom on AOL Instant Messenger that everything was A-OK.
Haley StevensGUEST
I was still in my dorm room.
Ryan ErmanniHOST
The dial-up internet.
Haley StevensGUEST
And luckily that class did experiential learning on Wednesdays.
Haley StevensGUEST
And so I logged into my large desktop monitor computer and I told mom on AOL Instant Messenger that everything was A-OK.
Haley StevensGUEST
I was still in my dorm room.
Ryan ErmanniHOST
The dial-up internet.
BrookeHOST
... confessional fan group Not sure if the person asked if they know that band, but it's a, it was a weird story.
BrookeHOST
He- I met his friend in the fan group, and then we were chatting on AOL Instant Messenger.
BrookeHOST
His friend was named Tommy, so me and Tommy were chatting.
BrookeHOST
Tommy had a crush on me.
BrookeHOST
I didn't really have a crush on him back, but we were friends.
BrookeHOST
And then one day Jack came over and was like, "Tommy, who are you talking to?" He's like, "Oh, this girl named Brooke from California." And he said, "Move over.
BrookeHOST
Let me talk to her." So then Jack started chatting to me on AOL Instant Messenger, and I fell in love with him the, like the first sentence he typed to me.
Stacey BartleyHOST
Wow.
Robby SoaveHOST
And then...
Robby SoaveHOST
The rest of the day, like I was on AOL Instant Messenger because that's what we used to talk to your friends.
Robby SoaveHOST
Like all afternoon, all evening, my parents had the TV on, on the news, which we usually didn't have, national news.
Robby SoaveHOST
We would put on the local news.
Robby SoaveHOST
But we put those on.
Robby SoaveHOST
I was chatting with people.
Robby SoaveHOST
I remember I first learned that Osama bin Laden is the suspect from a friend of mine who, sent that to me on AOL Instant Messenger.
Robby SoaveHOST
And then I remember Bush speaking, I don't know if it was that night or if it was the next day.
Graham CluleyHOST
It's very short.
Danny PalmerGUEST
Yeah, that is AOL Messenger, I believe.
Danny PalmerGUEST
Or one of the messengers.
Danny PalmerGUEST
MSN Messenger?
Robby SoaveHOST
You know, they made a school announcement, wheeled the TV in so we could watch the news, that kind of thing.
Robby SoaveHOST
I remember being on AOL Instant Messenger all evening talking to people about it, you know, had the TV on.
Robby SoaveHOST
I remember watching President Bush talk about...
Robby SoaveHOST
Those are my memories of the day of.
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