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Stephen Carlsen died in 2025. His family knew vaguely that he had worked on creating the file format TIFF, but it was his nephew, Nathan Carlsen, who kicked off a quest for the full story. This week, senior producer Hans Buetow talks with Nathan about his oral history project to document his uncle’s work, and we hear a fascinating conversation that Nathan had with Donovan Cameron, a First Nation GIS specialist who uses the TIFF in unexpected ways. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments! – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Mr. Tiff Find Nathan: Podcast: Inquisitive Pontification Original Reddit Post Find Donovan: Website Documentary about Treaty 8 territories Living Proof by Terry Tobias – 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…

Originally published on April 9th, 2025, enjoy this episode in which Mike talks with psychotherapist Kurt White about how the internet may help us become ourselves. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments! – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Any Rigid Idea About Yourself is a Prison Kurt White Unravelling podcast LinkedIn – 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. Your business in this world Your nakedness and terror Your sanctity remains the crucial battle Dearly beyond We are scattered here today amongst commodities This town isn’t big enough for trust Excerpt of The Concept of Dread by Pam Rehm Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure, and is distributed by Radiotopia

Georgia chats with Ludwig Hurtado of MOLD Magazine's "Food Futures" podcast about luxury grocery brands and the Highsnobiety “Status Report,” that says fashion is dead and food is in. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments! – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – The Tyranny of Taste Highsnobiety’s Status Economy Report Highsnobiety’s report on groceries specifically In the status economy, even groceries are a flex Find Ludwig: Twitter Instagram Food Futures Play zine – 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. spore print of mushroom in the retina, in my dreams lens displacement in the multi-cellular dark abyssal sound of leaves in the wind rushing cloud dance before the sky closes in except…

Mike chats with Maia Woluchem and Cella Sum – co-authors of The AI Factory: Data Centers, Power, and Resistance in Late Industrial Pennsylvania – about the fight against Data Centers happening across Pennsylvania. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments! – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – News Links ICE agents could be targeted by fake "tradwife" dating profiles Discord Launches Delayed Age Verification Measures OpenAI agent hacked Australian govt website Railroad work crews cut fiber optic cable, grounding flights Trump fires FAA air traffic control employees post-DC plane crash Did Trump’s FAA slash the staffing target for air traffic control? Bill would require blocking piracy sites Church groups ask Microsoft for 1% of data center costs PA town pushes back on data center despite $10k payout – The AI Factory The AI Factory: Data Centers, Power, and…

Originally published on April 10th, 2024, enjoy a conversation between Charlie Harding of Switched on Pop and Executive Producer Jason where they talk about what pop-musical acts have sounded like the internet. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments! – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – What Does the Internet Sound Like? You should listen to Switched on Pop generally, but also here’s the interview they did with 100 gecs. – 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 and is distributed by Radiotopia

After a confusingly whirlwind week on the AI battlelines, senior producer Hans Buetow seeks the counsel of researcher Dave Karpf to understand what the heck even happened in the past week with all the tweet storms, screeds, panics, and prognostications - is AI going to kill us all in 10 years or not?!?!?? – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments! – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – The World's Most Special Boys Building the Apocalypse Find Dave Karpf: Website Bluesky Blog New book - Vaporware, Inc.: How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present Links: Jacob Coxon’s thread (X) Dario Amodei’s response (blog) Lina Khan’s response (X) Sam Alman and Elon Musk’s responses (News18) Cal Newport (podcast) Kat Tenbarge (Spitfire) Ciaran Martin (The Economist) Will Knight (Wired) How Much of the Internet is Written With AI? (Pew) Young Adults in the US Are…

The Never Post staff meet to discuss four academic papers on how the internet is getting worse, each from a special edition of the European Journal of Cultural Studies. How is slop like gelatin? In many more ways that you might immediately assume! Tune in to hear about them all! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments! – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Brainrot, AI slop, and the enshittification of the Internet Intro Georgia, Doing the numbers: The operational aesthetics of AI slop Hans, Feed them slop: Alignment, attunement, and the affective lure of slopaganda Jason, Degenerative AI: AI slop, brainrot, and the gimmick of generative culture Mike, Computational Gallerte: Compressions of culture – 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…

Georgia talks to Matt Sitman, host of the podcast Know Your Enemy, about Pope Leo XIV's recent comments about the algorithm, and why so much of his papacy seems concerned with the cultural impact of AI. -- Become a Never Post member for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – News Links NVIDIA could buy HuggingFace HF valued at $4.5 billion HF turned down earlier deal News on AI doctors from Harvard Health, Futurism, 404 Media NYT on AI meds ads Substack post on fake doctor accounts Dangers of mushroom foraging CDT on bot traffic online Cable faults affect Vietnam's internet Pope Leo XIV warns AI could lead to tech domination – The Pope and AI Algorithm could be "subtle form of domination" Pope Leo XIV encyclical warns against AI Find Matt: Know Your Enemy – suck up stork torso into the jet engine like a fork in the throat so the engine goes yolo bogo putt-putt…

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With the help of listener submissions and the insight of experts Drs Casey Fiesler and Alex Hanna, Senior Producer Hans Buetow investigates how people resist the integration of AI into the workplace, why folks might feel hesitant to broadcast that resistance, and why this topic feels so different from just a year ago. – Become a Never Post member for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – AI At Work? In This Economy? The Luddite Lab (DAIR) The Luddite Lab launch stream Global Evidence on Gender Gaps and Generative AI Over Time (HBS) Find Dr. Casey Fiesler: Bluesky Website Casey’s video about AI incentivizing cheating Find Dr. Alex Hanna: Bluesky Website – 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…

Mike talks to security researchers Jan Pennekamp and Johannes Lohmoller about how many academics are allegedly doxxing themselves in the process of publishing their own research, and why it’s so hard to get sensitive, secretive information off the internet after it lands there. – Tell your pals to take the survey here! -- Become a Never Post member for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – News Links Hbo Max introduces shorts Streaming platforms try to beat TikTok at their own game France bans social media for teens Vietnam proposes social media ban for teens Doom is a top influential piece of American culture Doom as part of Trump's election strategy arxiv.org – Doxxing Yourself For Science Read the paper here See Jan and Johannes’ other work here – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior…

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Originally published on April 26th, 2024, enjoy this episode where Mike looks at how the car has become a default setting for vertical, short form video. – Become a Never Post member for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – The American Car Garlic Naan And Butter Chicken Fountain?! – Tiktok David After Dentist – YouTube Taco Reacts – Tiktok The American Room – Paul Ford, Medium It is NOT My day – Tiktok forget a rage room, ima just rent out my car so y’all can scream in it – Evelyn, Tiktok Shanin Blake – Tiktok Dear 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, Instagram This is our home her name is Nancy 🚐 – Shanin Blake, Instagram Good morning! I love living in a mom van!!! – Shanin Blake, Instagram – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia…

Georgia talks with automotive journalist Rory Carroll about the memetic rise of the Renault Twingo, its debut on the racing game Gran Turismo, and what the popularity of this dorky car says about online car culture. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – The Happiest Car On The Internet Find Rory: Alloy's website Bluesky Auto Week Jalopnik Cute Car Links: What is a Kei car? - Jalopnik The Nissan S-Cargo is a Postmodern Masterpiece - Road & Track Nissan Figaro – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our contributing producer is Kurt White. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. Revving an engine to Steal…

Senior producer Hans Buetow and contributing producer Kurt White tackle a new type of post - people making content out of the things they inherit from dead people. They talk with Nikki from Dad’s Vinyl Stash, and speculate about whether or not these new posts are leading to a new way of mourning. – Become a Never Post member for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Links Unravelling interview with Nikki (Ep. 46 - Giving the music life) Dad’s Vinyl Stash Cooking with Congress Goodnatured.studio Dead Greg’s Recipes Soundwaves of Wax Anjali Pinto Mattie on the Homefront - Hans’ Inheritance Posting podcast – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr.…

Producer Audrey talks with Mols Sauter and Erin Kissane about what AI hallucinations actually are. – Become a Never Post member for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Links French spies break with Palantir Palantir should be stripped of NHS contract Chile turned to China for an undersea cable. The U.S. said no The Millions of Songs Mashed Into AI-Generated Music Google's YouTube settles social media addiction case with teen Research shows Australia’s teen social media ban has little impact Study on effects of Australian Social Media Minimum Age Act Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood YouTube Channel Goes Live Little Dot Studios Buys Content Agency Wing German ruling says Google is liable for its AI Overviews' false answers German court holds Google liable for AI hallucination KPMG pulls AI usage report EY retracts study after discovering AI hallucinations Wikipedia…

Long and short: Memberdrive Streamweek is Aug 17 - 21 at twitch.tv/theneverpost Sideshow specific feeds are being retired; members will have one feed! Once monthly members' only content will include things like Team Chats, WIGOHs, &c, &c – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Never Post’s Mike Rugnetta on the creative process and the value of reliable power The Earliest Game of the Year Awards – 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 and is distributed by Radiotopia

Originally published on March 27th, 2024, enjoy this episode where Georgia and guest producer Luis López wonder why there is so much audio online that seems to sound bad on purpose, and decide to give this practice a name: burnt toast audio. – Become a Never Post member for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Burnt Toast Audio https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_ https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4WXquxJWxG/ https://www.tiktok.com/@cbc/video/7285762769880714501 https://www.tiktok.com/@theporktornadoes/video/7179733641092746542 https://www.tiktok.com/@inf1n1temusic/video/7195244395220749574 https://www.tiktok.com/@cchiphop/video/7232580386759380267 https://www.tiktok.com/@epic.cammy1933/video/7348992219698826539 https://www.tiktok.com/@notamine/video/7347043430738054406 https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7310222966363573537…

Georgia talks to New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka about the state of personal taste on our algorithmic feeds. When popularity reigns supreme and it feels like everything is an ad online, how do we trust our own personal taste? – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Did The Feed Ruin Taste? Wired - Geese’s popularity is a psyop Vulture - The entire feed is fake Find Kyle: His column Infinite Scroll in The New Yorker Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture Bluesky – 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 and is distributed by Radiotopia

Mike talks with two game designers, a nuclear physicist and sound artist about how the iconic videogame became what it is today: something that runs on every piece of technology (and increasingly: biology) known to man – Become a member at https://neverpo.st – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Everything Plays Doom Xaser Acheron on Doomwiki and Github Bijan Stephen’s Website and Bsky John Matter’s Website and Bsky Matthew Gantt on Instagram and Diagnostics, his record on OMR Doom Guy: Life in First Person, by John Romero Master of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture, by David Kushner Next Generation Magazine, 30 Jun 1997 Compute! Magazine Issue 163 Computer Gaming World Issue 116Computer Gaming World Issue 116 Doom Editing Utilities, Doomwiki Other uses for DOOM engine, Usenetarchives Zfootball, Doomhockey, Hellshots, Gallery Experience, MyHouse.wad – Never Post’s producers are Audrey…

Georgia chats with Sydney Bradley of Business Insider about dating app Bumble’s termination of the swipe, and the dating app market’s overall pivot to AI – Subscribe to the Trustfnd Independent Media Collective bundle here! – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – News Links Google Search as you know it is over What Is Claude Mythos—And Why Anthropic Won’t Let Anyone Use It How a government contest launched a revolution in AI-based bug hunting ICE Plans to Develop Own Smart Glasses to ‘Supplement’ Its Facial Recognition App ICE Mobile Fortify: Biometric Surveillance in Every Agent's Pocket X accounts are limited to 50 posts and 200 replies a day unless they pay for a blue checkmark Kickstarter faces pressure from payment processors to restrict adult content An Apology: Rethinking Our Mature Content Guidelines Navigating Stripe Mature Content Reviews Bumble Kills The Swipe To Help 'Exhausted' And 'Fatigued' Singles, CEO…

Originally published on March 27th, 2024, enjoy Mike's conversation with Gabriele de Seta and Paolo Berti about how the “megadungeon” is a productive model for understanding the internet. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Megadungeons Megadungeon: A Model for Media Complexity, Magazen Megadungeon: New Digital Volumetries in Art and Media, YT Playlist paranom.asia, Gabriele de Seta unive.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.

Contributing producer Rose Witmer and her sister Maggie explore the nature of collecting — specifically, collecting Disney branded enamel pins — in an age where social media dominates hobbies across the board, and clicking "purchase" is easier than hunting for something IRL. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or 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. – Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

Mike talks with the German Federal Center for Digital Sovereignty’s Head of Open Source Product & Delivery about Digital Sovereignty and the process of divesting the German state from American technology products. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content. We're also offering an Independent Media Collective bundle, where you can subscribe to us, Aftermath, Rogue, and Rascal all at once for a sweet, sweet deal — 30 days, complete member access to all four platforms, for $12. – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – News Links Brazil Bans 27 Prediction Platforms MSN on Brazilian ban Brazil tightens rules to curb 'bet-like' products Soldier charged in $400K Polymarket bet Kalshi, Polymarket lobby as insider trading, betting eyed by Congress RedNote after the 'TikTok refugee' moment Judge rules in favor of Indiana man in ICE tracking app lawsuit Co-Writing with…

Georgia speaks to writer, researcher, and academic Carolina Bandinelli about embarrassing boyfriends and the online culture of cynicism, shame, and blame that has spread throughout the modern dating scene. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – Vogue — Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? Find Carolina Her website Her study on dating apps and marketized love – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or 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. – Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

Originally published on May 22nd, 2024 in our episode Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places, enjoy Georgia's segment where she investigates the walled garden of dating apps, and pays dearly as a result. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or 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. – Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

Business and finance journalist Kit Pulliam examines MrBeast Financial, a soon-to-be-launched financial services platform spearheaded by MrBeast — A.K.A Jimmy Donaldson — himself. But what does it mean for this one, rich (is he rich?) YouTuber to own a bank (is it a bank?)? And how did he get to this position? – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – Find Kit Pulliam Business Insider Find Alexandria Degree AskDegree – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or 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. – Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

We respond to your questions and comments! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content -- ☎️ 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 contributing producer is Meghal Janardan. 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.

In the latest installment of Terms & Conditions, Georgia chats with author, professor, and digital piracy expert Aram Sinnreich about torrenting. Peer-to-peer file sharing isn’t new, nor is the legal controversy surrounding it. But what is torrenting? Why does it have such a marred reputation, and what role does it play in our online lives? – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – News Links Vote for us at the Webby’s! The U.S. ban on foreign internet routers Explainer on the router ban Hachette pulls “Shy Girl” off shelves Meta loses NM lawsuit on child endangerment Meta and Youtube fined for creating addictive social platforms Judge demands DOGE deposition be removed from YouTube DOGE depositions are back online Supreme Court rules in favor of Cox Media in piracy suit – Terms & Conditions: On Torrenting Aram’s…

Executive Producer Jason Oberholtzer speaks to Dr. Jess Rauchberg about how the lolcow — a vulnerable Internet persona interacting with an unreliable and often malicious audience — relates to contemporary politics online and historic medieval spectacle. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – Find Jess Rauchberg: The lolcow paper – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or 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. – Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

Originally published in our first episode I'm Mad, You're Mad, We're All Mad Here on January 31, 2024, enjoy Georgia's segment talking to Professor Elizabeth Wissinger about how the social internet helped erase an entire fashion demographic — namely, tween fashion for girls. Listen to the original episode here: https://www.neverpo.st/never-post-2/ – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – Find Elizabeth Wissinger: Her website This Year's Model: Fashion, Media, and the Making of Glamour – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or 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. – Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

Contributing producer and Kabul-based journalist Ali Latifi tells the story of a roughly 48-hour period, at the end of 2025, when the Taliban turned off the entire internet in Afghanistan. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to an ad-free feed, and member-only episodes. – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Cord Cutters https://bsky.app/profile/netblocks.org/post/3mgrehog7wk23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacres Shutdown Tracker Optimization Project The Internet, Switched Off Internet Shutdown: How Governments Weaponize Connectivity Iran’s regime has shut down the internet in the middle of war How Iran shut down the internet and built a sophisticated system of digital control Afghanistan imposes internet blackout: What has the effect been so far? The Kremlin says the internet is turned off to stop drone attacks. Russians are fed up Blocked and Bypassed: Russians Evade…

Mike talks with science communicators Alex Dainis, Trade Dominguez and Joe Hanson about what it’s like trying to do their job in today’s information environment. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Alex Dainis https://www.instagram.com/AlexDainis/ https://bsky.app/profile/alexdainis.bsky.social https://www.helicasemedia.com/ Trace Dominguez https://www.instagram.com/tracedominguez/ https://www.threads.com/@tracedominguez https://www.youtube.com/tracedominguez https://thatsabsurdshow.com/ Joe Hanson https://www.instagram.com/drjoehanson/ https://www.youtube.com/@besmart https://www.youtube.com/@pbsterra – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our…

Mike chats with Jeffrey Parkin of Rogue and Rory Carroll of Alloy about the impending chip shortage caused by the construction boom in AI Data centers. How did this happen, why is there no easy way out, and how should you – as a consumer – be thinking about this these things? – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to an ad-free feed, and member-only episodes. – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – News Links New Mexico's Internet Affordability Program https://acpdashboard.com/ Affordable Connectivity Program TikTok's usership steadies post-sale TechCrunch on TikTok's usership steadying Temu’s global rise runs into a regulatory wall The political effects of X’s feed algorithm Pope says beware of the internet Exclusive: Goldman Sachs launches AI-free index Substack, Polymarket announce partnership Looming Taiwan chip disaster U.S. aim to curb China's chipmaking access Will Intel deliver…

Producer Georgia Hampton looks to writer and blogger Katherine Dee and academic Charles Soukop to help her figure out how to visualize the internet. As in, what kind of a place is it, if it’s even a space at all? – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to an ad-free feed, and member-only episodes. – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Find Charles Soukop: Charles’s 2006 study on virtual third places Find Katherine Dee: default.blog NYT: The phone as a portal to the Otherworld – 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 and is distributed by Radiotopia

Senior Producer Hans Buetow digs into the data from the 2025 Pornhub Year-in-Review, and wonders aloud to sexual wellness educator Courney Brame, and co-founders of SWR Data, MelRose Michaels and Mike Stabile - what’s going on with the sudden rise in SFW content on a decidedly NSFW platform? – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – You can find all sorts of 24/7 camera streams at webcamtaxi.com – Pornhub Is Entering Their FrictionMaxxxing Era Courtney Brame MelRose Michaels Mike Stabile SWR Data Website SWR Data Substack Pornhub 2025 Year-In-Review Mia Khalifa on Always Open In 2026, We Are Friction-Maxxing (The Cut) How I Frictionmaxx (P.E. Moskowitz) THUTT! (Jessica DeFino) – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The…

Originally published in our first episode I'm Mad, You're Mad, We're All Mad Here on January 31, 2024, enjoy Mike's segment on the epidemic of Posting Disease plaguing social media. Listen to the original episode here: https://www.neverpo.st/never-post-2/ – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Find Bijan: His blog: https://newsletter.bijanstephen.blog/ Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/bijan.bsky.social – 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 Used https://freemusicarchive.org/music/kirk-osamayo/blue-season-4 https://freesound.org/people/Qleq/sounds/679130/ 2010 Pop by Akira Sora at Free Music Archive Dream Pop by Holizna…

Mike, Hans, and Georgia discuss the recent U.S. deal with TikTok, how it’s changed the app, whether it’s worth sticking around to see what happens, or if it's better to just log off for good. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – DuckDuckYesNo Kalshi gets banned Court order against Kalshi - Mass Gov Boston Globe Hackers against ICE - Techdirt EFF vs ICE tracking apps France bans Zoom - Politico Shopify comes to ChatGPT The new era of AI storefronts - McKinsey Craig Newmark pulls back on funding journalism - Neiman Lab NoAI for DuckDuckGo YesAI for DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo’s statement on their study The U.S. / TikTok deal - ABC News – 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…

Never Post is live streaming their very own Olympiad! Join us on Monday, February 2nd at 11:30am ET to watch intrepid competitors try to win the internet by doing various internet-related tasks for points. Want to compete? Go to neverpo.st/olympiad to find out how! Tryouts must be submitted by 11:59pm ET on Wednesday, January 28. To watch the 2026 Never Post Olympiad, head over to twitch.tv/theneverpost. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – 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 – 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

To celebrate Never Post's second birthday, Mike, Jason, Hans, and Georgia gather to talk about how it went; and to break down how many people listened, how much money changed hands, and changes coming in 2026. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – 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 – 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

Producer and Minnesota resident Hans Buetow talks with journalist and Minnesota resident Em Cassel about Minnesota - the fraud, ICE raids and killings, and how it’s all about the posts. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Eat Hot Chip, Post and Lie RacketMN Em Cassel on Bluesky 2024 Auditor Report on Department of Education Feeding Our Future timeline - Axios Feeding Our Future timeline - Sahan Journal FBI Investigates Autism Schemes - Minnesota Reformer DHS Suspends Housing Stabilization - MNDHS The Largest Funder of Al-Shabaab Is the Minnesota Taxpayer - City Journal Key Source Disputes Reporting - Star Tribune I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal - Nick Shirley Health Department Pauses Child Care Payments - NYTimes Child…

A three-round trivia game with 6 of our favorite internet professionals to send off 2025 – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – 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 – Our Esteemed Panel: The Dog Hots Akilah Hughes! Rebel Spirit on iHeart Jamie Loftus! The Bechdel Cast; jamieloftus.xyz 6-7 Nights At Freddy’s Ryan Broderick! Garbageday.email Adam Bumas! Garbageday.email 2 Nerds 2 Furious Lily Alexandre! youtube.com Tom Lum! tomlum.com – Special thank you to Annie Rauwerda from Depths of Wikipedia, Kurt White of the podcast Unravelling, and Morgan Sung of the podcast Close All Tabs. – Assorted links you may be interested in: NY City Mayoral Election Day Stats - Pornhub Le Poisson Steve The dice game Hazard - Wikipedia Act 2, Scene ii of Richard II – Never Post’s producers are Audrey…

Dexter Thomas of the tech podcast kill switch interviews Jeremy Busby about his work as a journalist from solitary confinement, within a maximum security facility. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – It’s the Radiotopia Fundraiser! Click here to donate to all your faves! $4 $7 Never Post Membership Tier $4 $12 Never Post Membership Tier Intro Links Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings Pew, Striking findings from 2025 Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Reach Landmark Agreement to Bring Beloved Characters from Across Disney’s Brands to Sora Michael Weinberg on Bluesky Michael Weinberg website – social media reveals life behind bars. prisons want to…

We respond to your questions and comments! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” -- ☎️ 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 contributing producer is Meghal Janardan. 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.

Audrey talks with cloud-server DIYer Drew Lyton about what its like trying to rebuild the internet in your living room. Also: LASERLAKE – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – It’s the Radiotopia Fundraiser! Click here to donate to all your faves! $4 $7 Never Post Membership Tier $4 $12 Never Post Membership Tier Intro Links Reservation of IPv6 Address Block 44::/16 for Amateur Radio Digital Communications (44Net) Unofficial IETF draft calls for grant of five nonillion IPv6 addresses to ham radio operators iHeartRadio Exec Says Company Won’t ‘Play AI Music’ or Use ‘AI Generated Personalities’ in Staff Memo The Current No. 1 Christian Artist Has No Soul Forrest Frank on IG Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon Dating algorithms?…

Meghal! shares her journey trying to rebuild her attention span and then chats with Emily Mazo and Mohamed Ali, organizers of the conference “New Luddism: Technology and Resistance in the Modern Workplace” Also: MACHINES! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ – It’s the Radiotopia Fundraiser! Click here to donate to all your faves! Intro Links Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine’s video archive https://andotherstuff.org/ https://bsky.app/profile/kalina2hu.bsky.social/post/3m5ucuht7vc2e Why the closure of 'Teen Vogue' is a bigger deal than you realize Roosevelt Institute on Closure of Teen Vogue https://kickstarterunited.org/ iHeartMedia and TikTok Launch Partnership TikTok Shop Is Now the Size of eBay Fixing My Attention Span (*Deep Breath*) Meghal on IG (which she is not checking as often) Man vs Machine: Technology and Resistance in the Modern Workplace New Luddism Conference NYC off Tech Collective Action in Tech Tech Workers Coalition Mohamed Ali (email link)…

Hans talks with Paul Levy about the case of Pool World vs Prepared Food Photos; A WIGOH for the broken hearted; Tokyo! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – It’s the Radiotopia Fundraiser! Click here to donate to all your faves! Intro Links Polidashboard.org No degree, no discussion? China tightens the grip on influencers Not Verified? Not Welcome. China’s Influencer Policy Sends a Message Paid Armies of 'Clippers' Boost Internet Stars Like MrBeast Australia sues Microsoft for misleading M365 users about Copilot subscription options Internet Pricing Is About to Get a Lot Less Transparent Making Trolls Pay Their Own Tolls Paul at Public Citizen Paul’s Blog Paul Levy, the Web Bully’s Worst Enemy Pool World The Complaint and letter WiGOH “i don’t…

Georgia talks with Mahigan St. Pierre about witches Etsy-and-not, and Ph.D candidate in forensic psychology Alex Frampton about the image of witches today. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Intro Links Too burned out to travel? This new app fakes your summer vacation photos for you Photography, Or The Writing Of Light by Jean Baudrillard X will start selling inactive usernames to paid users A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request 2025 Fiscal Year Among the Deadliest in ICE History for Detained Migrants Nearly two years after the “Chicago Rat Hole” became a viral sensation, scientists have weighed in on the debate over what type of critter made the splat. 'Chicago Rat…

Mike asks if there’s anything in the connection between fascism and the aesthetics of A.I.. And if they are connected, how are they? Is there something inherently fascistic about these technologies? Also: OPEIU Local 153 is union PROUD! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Intro Links Vote for us in the Signal Awards! Friend.com ads backlash ICE looking to create social media surveillance team Apple and Google remove ICE tracking apps The bots come for Cracker Barrel – AI and New American Fascism White House Posts Ghoulish AI Cartoon Showing Woman's Deportation (Huffpost) With Manifest Destiny art, DHS goes hard on ‘white makes right’ (LA Times) Eating the Future: The Metabolic Logic of AI Slop (e-flux) The Other Side of the Canvas (Unpopular…

We respond to your questions and comments! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” -- ☎️ 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 -- Head to neverpo.st to see the extensive morning alarm routine -- 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.