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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The One Thing You Can Do For Yourself [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:23
Georgia talks with beauty reporter and critic Jessica DeFino about the capitalistic excesses of “self-care” online; Mike talks with Today in Tabs’ Rusty Foster about logging off. Also: UNBOXING. – Take the Never Post Aud…
Leaving Social Media Roundtable [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:45
Georgia, Hans, Jason, and Mike discuss their experiences leaving social platforms behind. – Take the Never Post Audience Survey! – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email…
Looks Great! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:45
Mike talks with Jon Greenaway, aka litcritguy, about the horror of online food videos; Georgia talks with Katie Notopoulos about why you can’t personalize your social profiles a la MySpace anymore; ALSO leaf crunches! –…
Don't Panic [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:26
Mike talks about how and why some authentic media looks like it was generated by AI; Hans talks about KOSA – the Kids Online Safety Act – and how it is shaped by not one, but two concurrent moral panics. Also: RARE TAPES…
Post from the Field: Mike Goes to the Studio in the Rain [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:04
Episode coming later this week. For now: something meaningless. -- ☎️ 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 ne…
Mailbag #5 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:01
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 See what interstitials we…
A Feed to Call One’s Own [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:22
Georgia talks with communications scholar and privacy researcher Alice Marwick about “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” groups, and how hard it is to keep private communities private. Contributing producer Noah Hertz files a…
Our Dearly Decommissioned [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:42
We visit the funeral for CrowdTangle, a social listening app that was used by disinformation and human rights researchers. Mike talks with Dallas Taylor, host of the podcast 20k Hertz, about why podcasts sound the way th…
The State of Podcasting Roundtable, Oct. 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:40
Senior producer Hans Buetow leads a conversation with three makers and thinkers in the podcast space — Mia Lobel (Freelance Cafe, fmr. Pushkin Industries), Lauren Passell (Tink Media) and Ronald Young, Jr. (Weight For It…
Where I'm At Right Now [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:26
Georgia talks to Cliff Lampe, Professor of Information at the UMich School of Information about how Find My has become indispensable technology of friendship in a hypergamified social-media landscape. Then, Hans talks wi…