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Spill The Matcha

Spill The Matcha

Are We All Just Faking It on Social Media?

Aug 14, 2026 · 31 min · 12 segments

Scroll through your phone for five minutes and everything looks picture-perfect—sunset coffee runs, flawless skin, and constant life wins. But how much of what we post is actually *real*? This week…

Scroll through your phone for five minutes and everything looks picture-perfect—sunset coffee runs, flawless skin, and constant life wins. But how much of what we post is actually *real*? This week on *Spill the Matcha*, **Misato and Cherine** get uncomfortably honest about the masks we wear online and whether social media has forced us all into becoming fake versions of ourselves. **Sponsors:** ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ninja Wifi (use Code MATCHA10 for 10% OFF)⁠

Scroll through your phone for five minutes and everything looks picture-perfect—sunset coffee runs, flawless skin, and constant life wins. But how much of what we post is actually *real*? This week…

Speakers: CherineHostMisatoHost

Top entities: Japanese×22 Botulinum toxin×13 Instagram×7 Japan×20 Social media×2

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Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈973 followers

Are We Fake on Social Media?1:10 – 2:03

C

CherineHost

1:10

So today-

M

MisatoHost

1:11

Mm-hmm

C

CherineHost

1:12

... we are going to talk about social media.

M

MisatoHost

1:14

Yeah.

C

CherineHost

1:14

And are we fake?

M

MisatoHost

1:18

Yeah, are we all fake on social media?

C

CherineHost

1:22

On social media? [laughs]

M

MisatoHost

1:22

[laughs]

C

CherineHost

1:22

So this, I think it's a very interesting subject, especially, I mean, for us-

M

MisatoHost

1:27

Yeah

C

CherineHost

1:27

...

C

CherineHost

1:27

since we have...

C

CherineHost

1:28

It's like a podcast, but it's not really social media since it's-

M

MisatoHost

1:32

Is podcast social media? Yeah, I think so.

C

CherineHost

1:34

But in a way, social media is, like, kind of like, like, people can interact with us, but-

M

MisatoHost

1:39

Yeah

C

CherineHost

1:40

...

C

CherineHost

1:40

I don't know.

M

MisatoHost

1:40

Well, anyway.

M

MisatoHost

1:41

[laughs]

C

CherineHost

1:41

But we use social media to talk about our podcast-

M

MisatoHost

1:43

Yeah, right

C

CherineHost

1:44

... obviously.

M

MisatoHost

1:44

It's, like, Instagram, what? Thread.

C

CherineHost

1:48

Yeah.

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Are We Fake on Social Media?1:10 – 2:03

C

CherineHost

1:10

So today-

M

MisatoHost

1:11

Mm-hmm

C

CherineHost

1:12

... we are going to talk about social media.

M

MisatoHost

1:14

Yeah.

C

CherineHost

1:14

And are we fake?

M

MisatoHost

1:18

Yeah, are we all fake on social media?

C

CherineHost

1:22

On social media? [laughs]

M

MisatoHost

1:22

[laughs]

C

CherineHost

1:22

So this, I think it's a very interesting subject, especially, I mean, for us-

M

MisatoHost

1:27

Yeah

C

CherineHost

1:27

...

C

CherineHost

1:27

since we have...

C

CherineHost

1:28

It's like a podcast, but it's not really social media since it's-

M

MisatoHost

1:32

Is podcast social media? Yeah, I think so.

C

CherineHost

1:34

But in a way, social media is, like, kind of like, like, people can interact with us, but-

M

MisatoHost

1:39

Yeah

C

CherineHost

1:40

...

C

CherineHost

1:40

I don't know.

M

MisatoHost

1:40

Well, anyway.

M

MisatoHost

1:41

[laughs]

C

CherineHost

1:41

But we use social media to talk about our podcast-

M

MisatoHost

1:43

Yeah, right

C

CherineHost

1:44

... obviously.

M

MisatoHost

1:44

It's, like, Instagram, what? Thread.

C

CherineHost

1:48

Yeah.

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