A podcast about and for the internet, hosted by Mike Rugnetta
We visit the funeral for CrowdTangle, a social listening app that was used by disinformation and human rights researchers. Mike... more
Senior producer Hans Buetow leads a conversation with three makers and thinkers in the podcast space — Mia Lobel (Freelance... more
Georgia talks to Cliff Lampe, Professor of Information at the UMich School of Information about how Find My has become... more
Mike talks with Know Your Meme Editor-in-Chief Don Caldwell about the prevalence and decline of the Laser Eyes Meme, and... more
Georgia talks with marketing consultant Bryce Whitwam and takes us in and out and further in – maybe further in... more
Hans talks with Lia Haberman of the newsletter ICYMI about the ostensible death of the hashtag; Georgia talks with media... more
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Contributing producer Victoria Dominguez attempts to understand the practice of digitally resurrecting deceased loved ones using artificial intelligence. Also: home... more
Mike chats with EX Research about their new report which goes deep on Roblox, the massively multiplayer online game played... more
Mike talks with unsung internet pillar DylanPDX, steward of vxTwitter and others, who single-handedly does what Big Social doesn’t want... more
An episode-long staff round-table about music library management with special guest Meghal Janardan. --Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call... more
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Georgia chats with Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter Hilke Schellmann about the job market, and the increasing prevalence of Artificial Intelligence... more
Georgia digs deep into the enshittification of dating apps, and pays dearly as a result. Mike talks to Aftermath co-founder... more
The second and final installment of our two part collab with Slate’s ICYMI! Mike talks with mis- and disinformation researcher... more
This week, we got TWO episodes coming at you - one today and one on Saturday. Both are a collaboration... more
Senior producer Hans Buetow investigates the transit vacuum that’ll be left when Uber and Lyft leave the Twin Cities; Mike... more
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Contributing Producer Marie Kilaru discusses the emotional impacts of making and seeing Before and After posts; Charlie Harding of Switched... more
Georgia and guest producer Luis wonder why there is so much audio online that seems to sound bad on purpose;... more
Hans wonders why ‘being informed’ is so exhausting, and if there’s anything he can do about it (short answer: sorta)... more
We respond to listener comments about independent media co-ops, the disappearance of tween fashion, posting disease, influencer voice, mourning online,... more
Georgia talks with Tamara Kneese about how the software of the platform internet works against the social flows of grieving,... more
Mike talks with sociophonologist Lisa B. Davidson about why influencer voice exists, and with bass player and YouTuber Adam Neely... more
On the disappearance of tween-specific fashion trends, and the epidemic of Posting Disease plaguing social media. Also: a man on... more
To kick things off, we had a roundtable conversation with a trio of makers and thinkers, all of whom are... more
Welcome to my hometown. First episode in early 2024.Become a member at https://neverpo.stThanks to our guests Michael, Rob, Amanda, Vanessa,... more
On the disappearance of tween-specific fashion trends, and the epidemic of Posting Disease plaguing social media. Also: a man on a mission.--Call... more