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Author: Charts & Leisure August 13, 2025 Duration: 1:00:32
How do social algorithms perceive and prescribe gender? Contributing producer Toby Martin investigates. Then Mike goes deep on the ins-and-outs of RSS. Also: Internet Instruments! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Send a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Intro Links -Reddit to block Internet Archive -OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train AI on your posts -Google cut deal with Reddit for AI training data -OpenAI may pay Reddit $70M for licensing -Wikipedia legal challenge -‘AI slop’ on Wikipedia -IL bans AI therapists -K-12 cellphone ban -Tasteland 51: ft. Mike Rugnetta -twitch.tv/theneverpost  – Internet Instruments 10kdrummachines Nest 303-gen – Gender By Algorithm Toby@astroacespace on Tumblr Adam Aleksic  The Etymology Nerd Algospeak Thank you Lily, Adam, and George for their voices – Terms & Conditions: RSS RSS and Atom The Rise and Demise of RSS RSS 2.0 at Harvard Law On shutting down Google Reader Find Justin: Bsky – Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

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.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 95

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Podcast Episodes
Everyone is a Journalish [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:54
The second and final installment of our two part collab with Slate’s ICYMI! Mike talks with mis- and disinformation researcher Joan Donovan about the line between gossip and conspiracy; then ICYMI’s Candice and Rachelle…
ICYMI x NP: How Kate Middleton's Disappearance Redefined Monoculture [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:07
This week, we got TWO episodes coming at you - one today and one on Saturday. Both are a collaboration with the incredible team at the Slate Podcast ICYMI. In today's episode, the first of our collaboration, Mike guests…
Car Tok [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:03
Senior producer Hans Buetow investigates the transit vacuum that’ll result when Uber and Lyft leave the Twin Cities; Mike looks at how the car has become a default setting for vertical, short form video. Also: PLANES, TR…
Interlude: Important Emails, Extended Cut [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:24
😷 -- ❤️‍🔥 Become a member at https://neverpo.st ☎️ 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 -- Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans…
Mailbag, Episodes 4-6 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:40
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 -- Never Post's producers…
Switched on Post [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:44
Contributing Producer Marie Kilaru discusses the emotional impacts of making and seeing Before and After posts; Charlie Harding of Switched on Pop joins Jason to talk about what pop-musical acts have sounded like the int…
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Duration: 53:51
Georgia and guest producer Luis wonder why there is so much audio online that seems to sound bad on purpose; Mike talks to Gabriele de Seta and Paolo Berti about how the “megadungeon” is a productive model for understand…
As Per My Last Podcast Episode… [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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 F…
Mailbag, Episodes 1-3 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:48
We respond to listener comments about independent media co-ops, the disappearance of tween fashion, posting disease, influencer voice, mourning online, and human height throughout history. -- This conversation contains a…
Eternal Return [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:39
Georgia talks with Tamara Kneese about how the software of the platform internet works against the social flows of grieving, and mourning. Mike then talks about men who throw ping pong balls into solo cups. ALSO: chill,…