H.I. #109: Twitter War Room

H.I. #109: Twitter War Room

Author: CGP Grey & Brady Haran September 11, 2018 Duration: 2:00:09
H.I. #109: Twitter War Room Hello Internet Download

Grey and Brady discuss: complaining on Twitter and the clap emoji, laugh inflation and linguistic treadmills, the long half-life of the Hello Internet vinyl edition, Brady is a hotstopper hero, Grey is a villain, Fire in the National Museum of Brazil, Fake or Fortune and Leonardo da Vinci, Listerine on Instagram, Project Cyclops, Grey's Drama Llama theory, and YouTubers burning out.

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Grey's Instagram hotstop drop around London

Hodinkee Jony Ive Interview by Patrick Bateman

Brazil's Devastating Museum Fire: BBC version & Atlantic version

Salvator Mundi

List of works by Leonardo da Vinci

Scarlett London on Instagram

Instagram blogger receives death threats over 'perfect' photo

Hello Internet discusses So You've Been Publicly Shamed

H.I. #108: Project Cyclops

Blue Ant Trilogy

Self Control App

YouTube's top creators are burning out and breaking down en masse

Numberphile: Why do YouTube views freeze at 301?


Two friends who make videos on the internet decided to start talking into microphones. Hello Internet is the long-running, occasionally vexed, and deeply idiosyncratic conversation between CGP Grey and Brady Haran. What began as an informal chat between two creators about the peculiarities of YouTube has evolved into a sprawling audio documentary of their lives, projects, and endless curiosities. An episode might dissect the nuances of flag design, the ethics of automation, or the proper way to load a dishwasher, often spiraling into heated yet good-natured debates they call "football" or "plane crash corner." It’s a show about the friction between Grey’s systematic, robot-adjacent worldview and Brady’s chaotic, humanist documentary-maker energy. You’re listening in on a friendship that’s equal parts collaborative and combative, where the topics are just the starting point for something much more personal. This isn't a structured interview podcast but a meandering dialogue between two very different minds, recorded in real time. It’s about work, life, the internet, and whatever else happens to be on their minds that week, making for a consistently unpredictable and engaging listen. The appeal lies in the specific chemistry of the hosts, turning mundane observations into compelling audio. You become a silent third participant in a conversation that has been going on for years, picking up running jokes, longstanding grievances, and a genuine sense of two people figuring things out as they go.
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