"If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You," a Novel, with Leigh Stein

"If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You," a Novel, with Leigh Stein

From Culturally Determined by Aryeh Cohen-Wade

September 17, 2025 · 56 min

About this episode

Leigh Stein discusses her new novel and the implications of internet culture.

Leigh talks about her new novel, a modern gothic with a satirical edge about an unemployed Millennial journalist who becomes the manager of a hype house for Gen Z content creators — one of whom goes missing. Aryeh and Leigh also discuss whether the internet is bad now. Recorded September 3, 2025 LINKS Leigh's new novel, "If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You" https://www.amazon.com/Youre-Seeing-This-Its-Meant/dp/0593983645 Profile of TikTok star William White https://www.inverse.com/input/culture/will-white-tiktok-fandom-gen-x-middle-age-women-drama/amp Jia Tolentino's review of Elizabeth Gilbert's new book https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/01/all-the-way-to-the-river-love-loss-and-liberation-elizabeth-gilbert-book-review Leigh's Substack, "Attention Economy" https://leighstein.substack.com/ Follow Leigh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leighstein/ Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Aryeh

Guest: Leigh Stein

Topics covered

  • modern gothic
  • satire
  • Millennial journalist
  • Gen Z
  • internet culture

Keywords

  • hype house
  • content creators
  • missing person
  • internet

Mentioned in this episode

Products: If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You

Books & works: If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You, Leigh's Substack, Attention Economy

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