As Per My Last Podcast Episode…

As Per My Last Podcast Episode…

Author: Charts & Leisure March 13, 2024 Duration: 56:00
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. – ☎️ 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 Links The Media-Sensational Rise and Fall of “Jim Spanfeller Is a Herb” – Ashley Feinberg, Slate Deadspin’s entire staff has been laid off after the sports site was sold to a startup – Liam Reilly, CNN Second Iteration Of Deadspin Now Also Dead – Samer Kalaf, Defector GMG Union on Deadspin Layoffs – gmgunion.bsky.social “Amidst the tide of layoffs plaguing the media industry…” – Meera Pattni, LinkedIn Google now wants to limit the AI-powered search spam it helped create – Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica Discord to Offer Rewards for Gamers as CEO Considers IPO – Cecilia D'Anastasio, Bloomberg House GOP moves ahead with TikTok vote as Trump voices opposition to possible ban – AP via NPR U.S. Bill Targets TikTok’s Future and Threatens the Open Web – Tianyu Fang, New America Trump's TikTok ban reversal comes after meeting megadonor who has stake in TikTok – Adam Carlson and Max Zahn, ABC News Mike on Object Worship  Critical Ignoring Links https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09637214221121570 Stephan Lewandowsky -- https://www.lewan.uk/ Important Emails Links https://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=18c9b24b52f8 https://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 shading of the rose to its stock tips the bolt   from the sky, rising in its effect of what motto 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 Prynne Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure.

Mike Rugnetta, known for his thoughtful and often playful analysis of digital culture, guides each episode of Never Post. This isn't a series about quick social media tips or gadget reviews; instead, it digs into the deeper currents of online life. The conversations explore how the internet shapes our identities, our art, our politics, and our very sense of reality. You'll hear discussions that feel like the best kind of late-night talk with a deeply curious friend-ranging from the absurdity of memes to the profound implications of network theory. Produced by Charts & Leisure, the podcast operates from a simple, powerful premise: that the digital world is now inseparable from the human one, and it deserves this kind of careful, critical, and celebratory attention. Tuning in feels like getting a clearer map to a territory we all inhabit but rarely stop to examine. Each episode asks us to reconsider our daily scrolls, clicks, and shares, making the familiar strange again. It’s for anyone who has ever felt exhilarated, exhausted, or utterly bewildered by life online, offering a space to step back and make sense of the noise.
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Ringtones and Customization: Summer Yapfest 2025 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:49
An episode-long staff round-table about device customization with special guest Meghal Janardan. – 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…
Betting On Whatever [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:38
Mike thinks through the amount of gambling we are forced into, and contributing producer Melissa Locker tells us the story of a very special 90’s online newsletter. Also: Book reviews! – Become a Never Post member at htt…
Ohhhhh I Wanna Dance With Somebody [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:39
Georgia talks with Tim Lawrence about the posts emptying dancefloors, and the team gathers to ask What Is Going On Here. Also: Signoffs! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and…
Mailbag #8: I will not become food for monsters [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:40
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 -- Head to neverpo.st to s…
Reanimator: AI and Shared Histories [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:05
Hans confronts the technological, moral, and philosophical impacts of using Artificial Intelligence to animate still photos, including those of both personal and historical significance. – Become a Never Post member at h…
Hentai and the Post-Platform Internet [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:46
Mike talks with Morgan Sung of KQED’s Close All Tabs podcast and PhD Media and Technology researcher Aurelie Petit about hentai and platforms. Georgia talks with WIRED gear reviews editor Boone Ashworth about the tariffs…
A Remembrance of Things Flash [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:16
Dr. Martin Shelton tells us what Signal is, and how end-to-end-encryption works. Then: was this show always going to devolve into a poetry reading? Probably. Finally: contributing producer Tori Dominquez Peek wonders wha…
Roundtable: Is The Internet Driving You To The Brink? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:23
Friends! A Very Special Never Post for you! In this one, Georgia, Hans, Jason, and Mike discuss their screen time stats and habits and what it even means to be informed. -- ☎️ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mai…
Smooth Moves [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:04
Jason talks with Hannah Pivo about charts, graphs, truth and proof; Georgia talks with Julian Chokkattu about where all the buttons went. And also: DATA CENTERS – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ – C…
Any Rigid Idea About Yourself Is a Prison [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:58
Contributing producer Youngna Park looks at why people talk *like that* on LinkedIn. Mike talks with psychotherapist Kurt White about how the internet may help us become ourselves. ALSO: The people united will never be d…