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The second and final installment of our two part collab with Slate’s ICYMI! Mike talks with mis- and disinformation researcher Joan Donovan about the line between gossip and conspiracy; then ICYMI’s Candice and Rachelle join us to talk about what it feels like swimming in the wide open sea of monocultural event discourse. Also: C-SPAN’s earliest internet memories!Special thanks to Candice, Rachelle, Se’era, Daisy and the whole ICYMI team! Please listen to them on slate.com and wherever you get your podcasts.Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Everyone is a JournalishFind Joan at her websiteand at publicinterestinter.net–Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. vertigo of too many nuancesdon’t drown in their rapiditychoose the nuances you loveand settle down with themExcerpt of #45 - butter colored slacks and rubber rum balls by Wayne KoestenbaumNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

This week, we got TWO episodes coming at you - one today and one on Saturday. Both are a collaboration with the incredible team at the Slate Podcast ICYMI.In today's episode, the first of our collaboration, Mike guests on ICYMI, where they break down one of 2024’s biggest internet stories and ask: what's the recipe for a rare monocultural event?It's been more than a month since Kate Middleton announced she'd started preventative chemotherapy treatments following a cancer diagnosis. Which means it's also been just over a month since conspiracy theories about the princess ran rampant across the internet. As an increasingly algorithmic internet silos us further into our own little content niches, all-consuming events like Kate Middleton's disappearance are fewer and far between. So what does it take, in 2024, to capture the internet's attention and create these rare monocultural moments?ICYMI is produced by Se'era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton.---To get ahold of the Never Post team:- Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail- Drop us a voice memo via airtable- Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com- See what interstitials we need submissions forNever Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Senior producer Hans Buetow investigates the transit vacuum that’ll be left when Uber and Lyft leave the Twin Cities; Mike looks at how the car has become a default setting for vertical, short form video. Also: PLANES, TRAINS… BIKESBecome a member at https://www.neverpo.st/And Listen to Who? Weekly, wouldja? https://www.whoweekly.us/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com–Intro LinksThe House just voted on a potential TikTok ban (again). Now what? – CNNBiden signs a bill that could ban TikTok — after the 2024 election – NBC NewsSteve Mnuchin seeks AI partner to rebuild TikTok’s algorithm in takeover bid: sources – NY PostGoogle blocks California news in response to bill that would force tech giant to pay – NPRWhen Facebook bans the news – Matt PearceNvidia drops 10% as investors see risk in Big Tech shares – FTSuper Micro And Nvidia Stock Woes Could Mean Trouble For Generative AI – ForbesAuthorJMac TweetMike on The Eurowhat PodcastIf You Love Podcasts, Dump Spotify – Alex Sujong Laughlin, Defector–Twin Cities Transit VacuumMinnesota Reformer Uber ArchivesMax Nesterak is on Twitter –The American Car Garlic Naan And Butter Chicken Fountain?! – TiktokDavid After Dentist – YouTubeTaco Reacts – TiktokThe American Room – Paul Ford, MediumIt is NOT My day – Tiktokforget a rage room, ima just rent out my car so y’all can scream in it – Evelyn, TiktokShanin Blake – TiktokDear single parents ~ when I was 18 I got pregnant with my daughter and her dad went to prison right after she was born, so I was on my own. – Shanin Blake, InstagramThis is our home her name is Nancy 🚐 – Shanin Blake, InstagramGood morning! I love living in a mom van!!! – Shanin Blake, Instagram–Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. To understand what was going on it is perhaps necessary to have participated in the freeway experience, which is the only secular communion Los Angeles has. Mere driving on the freeway is in no way the same as participating in it. Anyone can “drive” on the freeway, and many people with no vocation for it do, hesitating here and resisting there, losing the rhythm of the lane change, thinking about where they came from and where they are going. Actual participants think only about where they are. Actual participation requires a total surrender, a concentration so intense as to seem a kind of narcosis, a rapture-of-the-freeway. The mind goes clean. The rhythm takes over. A distortion of time occurs, the same distortion that characterizes the instant before an accident.Except from The Bureaucrats, by Joan DidionNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

😷 --❤️‍🔥 Become a member at https://neverpo.st☎️ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail🗣️ Drop us a voice note via airtable📧 Email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com--Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. It’s easier to read the mind of a fox than to guess   what a man’s about to say when he returns   from the woods         head full of roots         veins   more like branches         shoes in one hand         feet   blistered         and none of this necessarily   an indication of how the feet feel         what miles   uphill and back have done to the soles   and to the small bones that propel a manExcerpt of Rest Before You SleepBy Dionisio D. MartínezNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure. ★ Support this podcast ★

We respond to your comments!--☎️ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail🗣️ Drop us a voice note via airtable📧 Email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com🌐 Leave a comment at neverpo.st--Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure. ★ Support this podcast ★

Contributing Producer Marie Kilaru discusses the emotional impacts of making and seeing Before and After posts; Charlie Harding of Switched on Pop joins Jason to talk about what pop-musical acts have sounded like the internet. Also: Georgia reads Franny Choi’s “Unrequited Lovesong for the Panopticon”-Become a member at https://www.neverpo.st/Join us on Twitch, Friday, April 12th @ 2pm ET to chat about audio production!–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com–Intro LinksWhy a near-miss cyberattack put US officials and the tech industry on edge – ReutersWhen Facebook fails, local media matters even more for our planet’s future – Kansas ReflectorWe can slay giants – HandbasketFCC to vote to restore net neutrality rules, reversing Trump – ReutersLinkedIn plans to add gaming to its platform – TechcrunchMike’s TwitchMike on the Alarmist!–Before and After PhotosFind Marie at her website and on X.Mark Gaetano is on IG and YTSpecial thanks to Hannah Meacock-Ross for editorial support–What (Pop Music) Does the Internet Sound Like?You should listen to Switched on Pop generally, but also here’s the interview they did with 100 gecs.–Unrequited Love Song for the Panopticon was used with permission –Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our contributing producer this episode is Marie Kilaru. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. After the accident we hadthe phrase after the accident.Also this: before the accident.We had a drawer markedbefore and after, and afterand before happeningswe'd add atrocities andincidents and the wildasters someone beforeand after keeps leaving.After By Andrea CohenNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure. ★ Support this podcast ★

Georgia and guest producer Luis wonder why there is so much audio online that seems to sound bad on purpose; Mike talks to Gabriele de Seta and Paolo Berti about how the “megadungeon” is a productive model for understanding the internet. Also: posts from the field!–Become a member at https://www.neverpo.st/–☎️ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail🎙️ Drop us a voice memo via airtable 📧 Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com––IntroThe House passed a TikTok ban bill. But is the app really a national security threat? –  Bobby Allyn, NPRMembers of Congress are getting pushback on the TikTok ban from their own angry Gen Z kids – Lindsay Dodgson,  Business InsiderUS sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones – Lauren Feiner, VergeUnited States v. Apple is pure nerd rage – Sarah Jeong, VergeCatherine, Princess of Wales, Reveals She Has Cancer – NYTThe great Kate Middleton backtracking – EmbeddedFacebook is trying to make ‘poking’ cool again – Aisha Malik, TechCrunch–Burnt Toast Audiohttps://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4WXquxJWxG/?igsh=ZGx6eWJiODRxcDg1https://www.tiktok.com/@cbc/video/7285762769880714501?_r=1&_t=8ktpSHiLKYQhttps://www.tiktok.com/@theporktornadoes/video/7179733641092746542?_r=1&_t=8ktqqvEJL2dhttps://www.tiktok.com/@inf1n1temusic/video/7195244395220749574?_r=1&_t=8ktqPN6UmMxhttps://www.tiktok.com/@cchiphop/video/7232580386759380267?_r=1&_t=8ktpfRDu1uRhttps://www.tiktok.com/@epic.cammy1933/video/7348992219698826539?_r=1&_t=8ktunEQdWZyhttps://www.tiktok.com/@notamine/video/7347043430738054406?_r=1&_t=8ktqF4oIwpDhttps://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7310222966363573537?_r=1&_t=8kqgpZcBXPbhttps://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7313244933232676129?_r=1&_t=8kqgkXi96g3https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7173471436479139078?_r=1&_t=8klktUzJ8Nrhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzzUPZs5l1Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3IV11_ZgAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D-ZO2rGcSAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77sS5IuR0Gshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2_r4q2imnQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvjQXF5ucO0–MegadungeonsMegadungeon: A Model for Media Complexity, MagazenMegadungeon: New Digital Volumetries in Art and Media, YT Playlistparanom.asia, Gabriele de Setaunive.it, Paolo Berti–Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. Expand the sense of urgency with which you communicate. Installing this machine in your environment will ensure that your temper matches the tenor of the world as it crosses your threshold. Instantly you will match emergent problems in volume and strain -- no longer will you be trumped by sirens or fear. Use the multilayered time matrix to detect radiant torpor. Object #5923 - from Catalog of Nothingness by Kate ArmstrongNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure.CC-BY Licensed Audio used in this episodehttps://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/257351/https://brunadungeonsynth.bandcamp.com/track/the-staff-of-command ★ Support this podcast ★

Hans wonders why ‘being informed’ is so exhausting, and if there’s anything he can do about it (short answer: sorta) and a few members of the Never Post team discuss “important emails”. Also: the hunt for Diet Caffeine Free Dr. Pepper continues.Become a member at https://www.neverpo.st/–☎️ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail🎙️ Drop us a voice memo via airtable 📧 Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com–Intro LinksThe Media-Sensational Rise and Fall of “Jim Spanfeller Is a Herb” – Ashley Feinberg, SlateDeadspin’s entire staff has been laid off after the sports site was sold to a startup – Liam Reilly, CNNSecond Iteration Of Deadspin Now Also Dead – Samer Kalaf, DefectorGMG Union on Deadspin Layoffs – gmgunion.bsky.social“Amidst the tide of layoffs plaguing the media industry…” – Meera Pattni, LinkedInGoogle now wants to limit the AI-powered search spam it helped create – Ron Amadeo, Ars TechnicaDiscord to Offer Rewards for Gamers as CEO Considers IPO – Cecilia D'Anastasio, BloombergHouse GOP moves ahead with TikTok vote as Trump voices opposition to possible ban – AP via NPRU.S. Bill Targets TikTok’s Future and Threatens the Open Web – Tianyu Fang, New AmericaTrump's TikTok ban reversal comes after meeting megadonor who has stake in TikTok – Adam Carlson and Max Zahn, ABC NewsMike on Object Worship –Critical Ignoring Linkshttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09637214221121570Stephan Lewandowsky -- https://www.lewan.uk/–Important Emails Linkshttps://www.tiktok.com/@mattbooshell/video/7161110027124690218?lang=en, reposted at https://hive.com/blog/generational-email-writing-stereotypes/https://www.forbes.com/sites/wesgay/2017/08/29/millennials-email-adobe/?sh=18c9b24b52f8https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-millennials-use-email-tells-us-how-we-need-change-bill-hurley/ (lol)–Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. You come in      by the same door, you carry what cannot be left for its own  sweet shimmer of reason, its false blood;the same tint I hear with the pulse it touches  and will not melt. Such shadingof the rose to its stock tips the bolt  from the sky, rising in its effect of whatmotto we call peace talks. And yes the  quiet turn of your page is the day      tilting so, faded in the light. Excerpt of Rich in Vitamin C by JH PrynneNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure. ★ Support this podcast ★

We respond to listener comments about independent media co-ops, the disappearance of tween fashion, posting disease, influencer voice, mourning online, and human height throughout history.--This conversation contains a single, brief mention of suicide.--☎️ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail🗣️ Drop us a voice note via airtable📧 Email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com🌐 Leave a comment at neverpo.st----Nick's thoughts on "Never Post" and the internet:1. One interpretation of ""Never Post"" is that it's like the internet version of the taoist wei wu wei which translates to something like ""do by not doing" and reminds us how often trying to accomplish something makes us less likely to succeed. You install a Ring camera for safety and now you're always paranoid. You complement someone for saying something smart and they stop speaking because they're afraid of sounding dumb.The historian/political scientist/anarchist James Scott borrows the term "iatrogenic" from medicine to describe how many of societies' attempts to control rivers (e.g., levees) only cause the rivers to become more unruly.Iatrogenic illnesses are ailments caused by medicine or medical care. Iatrogenic systems are ferociously hardy because simple attempts to solve them just feed them. You can think of the capitalist work ethic where the only way (besides inheritance) to secure a life of financial independence outside of capitalist pressures is to dive head first into the capitalist waters and work hard at a lucrative job for a long time (see adherents of the FIRE movement).Social media seems like a classic iatrogenic system. You dunk or subtweet an egregious post and it makes the poster post more. The truly skilled poster posts by not posting. Never posts. Learning not to repost bad posts is a major spiritual milestone for the internet citizen.2. An irony is that if the best way to steward the internet is to never post, doesn't the internet disappear under ideal stewardship? Derrida's "Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences" tries to solve a related problem in postmodern discourse. The problem is, every deconstruction, no matter how profound, rests on some logical/linguistic "center" that itself is not real or stable. So every deconstruction can itself be deconstructed and you just have infinite regress. If postmodernists know this, what's even the point of writing for each other any more?Derrida's solution is freeplay which is about recognizing existience as full of other world with their own "centers" that are yet all connected. A mistake is anchoring yourself to any of those single centers. Freeplay is hopping worlds with "the joyous affirmation of the play of the world and of the innocence of becoming, the affirmation of a world of signs without fault, without truth, and without origin which is offered to an active interpretation".--Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure. ★ Support this podcast ★

Georgia talks with Tamara Kneese about how the software of the platform internet works against the social flows of grieving, and mourning. Mike then talks about men who throw ping pong balls into solo cups. ALSO: chill, lo-fi, public domain beats.–Share the show with a friend! https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtable: https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/formOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com––Intro LinksRascal News -- https://www.rascal.news/New York Times -- Supreme Court to Decide How the First Amendment Applies to Social MediaThe Atlantic -- Texas’s Social-Media Law Is Dangerous. Striking It Down Could Be Worse.NBC News -- Supreme Court justices express free speech concerns about GOP-backed social media lawsThe Verge -- Yahoo lays off the leaders of EngadgetTerrence O’Brien -- layoff announcementLA Times -- Vice.com News Site Shut Down Reuters -- Vice Media to be acquired by Fortress-led lender group for $350 millionMegan Greenwell -- Fortress Investment Group destroys GannettNew Hour – Gannett Journalists Walk OutRIP Corp: VICE DocsJules Suzdaltsev -- NowThis News video deletionErnie Smith -- Archiving VICEJules Suzdaltsev -- Buying VICE archive–Online MourningFind Tamara:https://www.tamarakneese.com/Death Glitch: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248272/death-glitch/ Adriana’s tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3BfJxc/–Trickshot TimeworkersWatch some Trickshotters:Dude Perfect, https://www.youtube.com/user/corycotton, https://www.tiktok.com/@dudeperfect Sam “Trixshot” Carlson, https://www.tiktok.com/@teamtrixshot, https://www.trixshot.com/https://www.tiktok.com/@thatsjustunrealhttps://www.tiktok.com/@magicofmatthttps://www.tiktok.com/@hulett_brothershttps://www.tiktok.com/@thebadertscherhttps://www.tiktok.com/@nextlevel_trickshots_Kierkegaard, Repetition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetition_(Kierkegaard_book)Antonia Pont, A Philosophy of Practising With Deleuze's Difference and Repetition,  https://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30155974Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_SisyphusTara Asgar:https://hyperallergic.com/826119/tara-asgar-embraces-freedom-in-sadness/https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/faculty/tara-asgar/–Citizen DJCitizen DJ -- https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/Brian Foo -- https://brianfoo.com/A brief guide to the law and ethics of the digital sampling of recorded sound materialsSend us your tracks! We might use them on an upcoming episode.Interstitial 1 contains samples of "Off the record interview with Barry White, 1987-04-03" by Smith, Joe (1928-) (Interviewer) and White, Barry (1944 - 2003) (Interviewee). Retrieved from Joe Smith Collection at the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.Interstitial 2 contains samples of "Off the record interview with Randy Newman, [1986-1988?]-04-15" by Smith, Joe (1928-) (Interviewer) and Newman, Randy (Interviewee). Retrieved from Joe Smith Collection at the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.Interstitial 3 contains samples of "Bull frog blues" by Brown, Tom -- Composer, Six Brown Brothers -- Musical Group, Klickmann, F. Henri -- Arranger, Shrigley, Guy -- Composer, Brown, Fred -- Instrumentalist -- Alto Saxophone, Brown, Alec -- Instrumentalist -- Baritone Saxophone, Brown, Vern -- Instrumentalist -- Bass Saxophone, Brown, Tom -- Instrumentalist -- Alto Saxophone, Fink, Harry -- Instrumentalist -- Tenor Saxophone, and Brown, William -- Instrumentalist -- Tenor Saxophone. Retrieved from Library of Congress, National Jukebox.-Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. We have undertaken something, the consequences of which we know notWe imagine we will be forced to chooseSomething in us dramatizes the choiceWe have created a universe of oppositesWhich cannot be reconciledWe have created a dichotomyThe parts of which we cannot interpretExcept of HEADLINES from ATALANTA, Acts of God by ROBERT ASHLEYNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Mike talks with sociophonologist Lisa B. Davidson about why influencer voice exists, and with bass player and YouTuber Adam Neely about the people who have been retiring from YouTube.-Become a member at https://www.neverpo.st/Extended cuts of Lisa and Adam will be uploaded to the Every Post+ Members Only Feed on February 21, 2024–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtable: https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/formOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com–Intro LinksNever Post Ep 1 Hangout Stream VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2057956412News Links:https://www.thewrap.com/coyote-vs-acme-update-offers-warner-bros/https://twitter.com/JoaquinCastrotx/status/1756190120334545302https://aftermath.site/coyote-vs-acme-fuck-david-zaslavhttps://www.computerworld.com/article/3712692/australias-new-right-to-disconnect-law-includes-jail-time-for-now.htmlhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/crowd-sets-waymo-self-driving-car-on-fire-they-couldn-t-even-recognize-the-vehicle/ar-BB1i9xOohttps://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/photo-waymo-vehicle-blocks-fire-truck-in-san-francisco/–Why Does Influencer Voice Exist?Find Lisa:https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/lisa-b-davidson.htmlhttps://wp.nyu.edu/lisa_davidson/https://bsky.app/profile/lisabdavidson.bsky.socialTikToks sampled:https://www.tiktok.com/@natalyatoryanski/video/7291653300057918751https://www.tiktok.com/@jessmollybell/video/7161853565168848133https://www.tiktok.com/@naraazizasmith1/video/7281253290875079966https://www.tiktok.com/@charlidamelio/video/7334116903818071342https://www.tiktok.com/@addisonre/video/7322092051120688430https://www.tiktok.com/@lorengray/video/7326288207518256426https://www.tiktok.com/@averybrynn1/video/6977172076121574662https://www.tiktok.com/@averybrynn1/video/7325211552372575518–The Great YouTube RetirementThis segment contains a portion of the Sungazer track Threshold: https://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com/track/threshold1.8 Million Subscribers (and no one cares): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RceZ8VS8PbQTom Scott retirement video: https://youtu.be/7DKv5H5Frt0?si=SvpIUq7OUQe_M_UkAdam’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/havic5Sungazer’s AUS tour dates: https://www.sungazermusic.com/tour–Birdsong ID app, Merlin: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ ––Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. I want to be famous to shuffling men   who smile while crossing streets,   sticky children in grocery lines,   famous as the one who smiled back.I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous,   or a buttonhole, not because it did anything spectacular,   but because it never forgot what it could do.Excerpt of Famous, by Naomi Shihab Nye. Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure. ★ Support this podcast ★

On the disappearance of tween-specific fashion trends, and the epidemic of Posting Disease plaguing social media. Also: a man on a mission.--Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtable - https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/formOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com–Join us at https://twitch.tv/mikerugnetta on Friday, February 9th at 2pm ET to hang out and chat about the show–Become a member at https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/–Intro LinksApple Transcripts: https://podnews.net/article/apple-podcasts-transcriptions-faqRing and the Police: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/ring-announces-it-will-no-longer-facilitate-police-requests-footage-usershttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-24/amazon-s-ring-to-stop-letting-police-request-video-from-usersSocial CEOS on Capital Hill: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-01-30/social-media-ceos-brace-for-senate-scrutiny-on-child-safety-what-to-expect?srnd=undefinedCDC Youth Health Summary: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/YRBS_Data-Summary-Trends_Report2023_508.pdfEvan Greer on KOSA: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjven5/elizabeth-warren-just-backed-an-online-safety-bill-that-will-harm-lgbtq-youth–Disappearing Tween Fashion Linkshttps://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRcEjae5/https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3e7q73/https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRcEhsPD/https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3dNn6c/https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3etHXa/https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3eEMNB/https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3dLQ1N/––Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta.–CC-BY Licensed Audio Usedhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/kirk-osamayo/blue-season-4https://freesound.org/people/Qleq/sounds/679130/2010 Pop by Akira Sora at Free Music ArchiveDream Pop by Holizna CC0 at Free Music ArchiveRetro Synths by Holizna CC0 at Free Music Archive ★ Support this podcast ★

To kick things off, we had a roundtable conversation with a trio of makers and thinkers, all of whom are creating independent media. They are Gita Jackson (Aftermath), Alex Sujong Laughlin (Defector Media), and Rusty Foster (Today in Tabs).We wanted to talk with Gita, Alex and Rusty about the current state of media, and why each of them has decided to strike out beyond the big, legacy media organizations and create something new.You can find Never Post, including all episodes, at neverpo.st. ★ Support this podcast ★

Welcome to my hometown. First episode in early 2024.Become a member at https://neverpo.stThanks to our guests Michael, Rob, Amanda, Vanessa, Tara, Jason and Bijan ★ Support this podcast ★

Wait... how did you find this?Seriously, this is a surprise. This is just a placeholder to get the feed started, and we didn't expect anyone to ever hear this. This will get replaced for our launch in early 2024.Ah well, you're here now. So let's get comfy.This is the future home of a new show called Never Post. Think of it like your hometown newspaper if your hometown were the entirety of the english-speaking internet, and a newspaper was just made up of sounds. We are going to be talking about what is happening in this place that we're all from -- the things we love, the things we remember, and the things we think could be better. If you aren't from here, that's ok -- we love showing people around our hometown, even if we make fun of it while we do so.Never Post is hosted by Mike Rugnetta, and produced by Jason Oberholzer and Hans Buetow. It is a production of Charts & Leisure.Our website is neverpo.st, but that is also a placeholder at the moment.If you know us (which, you found this placeholder, so the chances are high that you do) and you want to support us to get this thing going (we won't comment on your desires or motivations -- those are yours and your alone) you can do so by contacting us at jason at chartsandleisure dot com.