Sorry You Went Viral
The human side behind popular posts on social media.
Hosted by Hannah Vaughan Jones and Tim Gatt.
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Episodes
35 episodes
The love of radio, each other's PhDs and Twitter flirting
Sorry we've been away for so long! But we're back! On this week's show:In What's Gone Viral:How a game of charades on a train platform showed there is love in LondonJohn Lindo and Victoria Henk, the West Coast Swing d...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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37:54
Hawk Tuah Girl talks about going viral - and that iconic Dua Lipa meme
On the show:In What It's Like To Go Viral:The Hawk Tuah Girl, Haliey Welch talks candidly about the good and bad aspects to online fame after that viral videoIn What's Gone Viral:The sight-seeing Swiftie, Liz Wisdom, who...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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39:41
Parenting goes viral: should you be very strict or down with da' kids?
On this week's show:What Went Viral:The backlash over TikTok's Strictest Mum Jeanette Tapley's viral videoWhy parents are loving Millennial Parent Michael Fasulo using his young children's lingo on them!The High Perf...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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37:12
The huge row over a run and a mum teaching TikTok about her son's rare hairy birthmark
On this week's show:On What It's Like To Go Viral: an influencer who received a torrent of criticism online for posting about sneaking into the Boston Half Marathon - and why users didn't stop attacking her after she apologised....
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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28:24
The online hunt to find an AWOL dad - and a huge row over a pub sign
On this week's show:On What It's Like To Go Viral: The Facebook post by a mum of 4, Ashley McGuire, trying to find her husband who ghosted her family - and the internet sluths and his exes who helped to track him down In What's ...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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25:44
A roast dinner, a thoughtful coach driver and cheating claims blow up
On this week's show:The picture of a roast dinner as a desk lunch that turned nastyThe heartwarming story of a young coach driver who's befriended a lonely manInnocent couples caught up in claims of a fiancee cheating on...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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22:44
10¢ cocktail compensation, Chelsea in the Cup and cooking seductively
On this week's Sorry You Went Viral:The woman whose cocktail compensation of 10¢ was seen 9 million timesThe Twitter row over a photo between OnlyFans star Astrid Wett and Chelsea fans over a man posing with her with his flies o...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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19:32
Super Bowl hoax and a woman exposes herself climbing through window | Sorry You Went Viral
From the woman who convinced millions that she was the skater from the Super Bowl Halftime Show who fell off her pole, to the woman who flashed her boobs as she tried to climb through the window of her house, it's been another week of social me...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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22:04
Why sharing the highs and lows of our personal lives on social media often go viral
Births, deaths, marriages, break-ups and family life.We love watching people share their personal moments on social media, with such posts often attracting hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of views.On this week's show, we...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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18:28
Don't boycott post offices over IT scandal and a dying man pleads 'be kind online'
Social media has been dominated by the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. Some have vowed to boycott their local branches in protest, but subpostmaster and TikTok star Juliet Thomas Davies, of Anne Street branch in Llanelli, went viral...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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26:51
An unlikely 50 Cent fan and the beer throw that wowed the New York Mets
We loved learning the amazing stories behind some of the recent popular videos on social media:Take 64 year old Mary Jane Farquharson, or Momma Jane, who became a huge hit with 50 Cent at his Birmingham gig.Or how the New ...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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15:17
The importance of food, family and football
We were honoured to chat to Rebecca, the mum of TikTok star Harry, who has been enthralling millions of people with his videos about his multiple health conditions, love of dinosaurs, and life as a teenager.They're raising money for the...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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29:11
Andrew from Wrexham's touching appeal for work goes viral
Watch the video version of the showBe in no doubt: Twitter is still capable of lovely moments.When sports apprenticeship tutor Andrew Ruscoe suddenly lost his job a couple...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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30:46
Going viral over a love of food
We know that food can bring people together, so it's no surprise to see content about meals going viral - from trying Indian for the first time to giving young children an authentic Mexican experience.That and lots more on this week's s...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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18:22
Going viral thanks to Taylor, Travis, and 'seemingly ranch' sauce
Fans of Taylor Swift have been getting millions of views for their posts about her relationship with NFL star Travis Kelce, including a fan account getting over 30 million views for eating some chicken with 'seemingly ranch' sauce.It's ...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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26:32
Generosity and jokes: we uncover the enjoyable side of social media
Social media can be a lot of doom and gloom, but this week has shown its enjoyable side.Take for example, the kind hearted locals in Preston to a large group of kids when a train is cancelled at night and the local woman who reunites a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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26:39
The special bond between parents & children - and when it's exploited for views
There's nothing like the love shared by a parent with their children. We adore seeing videos that celebrate this relationship - and many go viral. Take the story of single mum Monique Meza whose TikTok of her son Jiovanni Herrera d...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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23:34
The tales of love and loss that have gone viral this week
A common theme of love and loss emerged on this week's show.From the divisive Love Surge and why Stephen King was threatened with divorce over Mambo No5, to losing your late husband's wedding ring, a date stealing your $1,000 shoes, or ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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20:34
Fun with fakery: the good, the bad and the outright lies
Sometimes some things look too good to be true, like Liverpool manager sshing back the Newcastle assistant Jason Tindall; or too bad to be real, like Donald Trump claiming he's the same weight as US sportstars; or until you look closely, you re...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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30:57
Candid confessions: why oversharing is good for going viral
This week's show is about candid confessions - why oversharing and sombre selfie videos do well online.From the TikTok actor Lewis Saunderson clarifying his dramatic videos about personal tragedies, to 'Crazy Plane Lady' Tiffany Gomes n...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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27:15
From Hancock to Europop to dance remixes that mock
TikTok started out all about music, so it's no surprise that it still continues to produce viral gold: from former health secretary Matt Hancock lip syncing to Barbie songs, to DJs showing a quizzical creator exactly what they do, to the Europo...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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23:11
From curves to Fringes: why these women went viral
We know that sex sells online, but these videos of women's bodies went viral this week for different reasons: one, of plus size catwalk model Marissa Dubois, the other for a male audience member caught ogling Maya Jama's behind on the live fina...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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21:43
The disastrous Friday night date that went viral for this mum
Sarah-Jayne hoped to have an enjoyable date on Friday - but when it went very badly wrong, she took to Twitter to complain, and it went viral!She joins us for a fun chat about some of the other disastrous dates that people shared with h...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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31:08
What would we do without our dads? Fathers go viral, for good and bad reasons
This week we look at devoted dads who have gone viral recently - one who stood in the rain in a car park so his daughter could hear a Taylor Swift concert, another whose normally very early to pick up his daughter, but had to spend time with th...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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18:17
How the Titanic sub tragedy, an OAP YouTuber and a generous gardener show the best and worst in people online
We've not seen a tragedy being played out in real time on social media that's been subjected to such mocking and criticism as the five victims of the Titanic sub - and one stepson in particular. Musical Twitter seemed to lose...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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27:24