Here’s Looking at You

Here’s Looking at You

Author: Charts & Leisure January 29, 2025 Duration: 58:46
Georgia talks with politics and internet reporter David Mack about whether disgraced politicians are attempting to launder their reputations on Cameo. Plus, Hans finds out what it feels like to answer an unanswerable question about how many cameras there are in the world. Also: the sounds of our collective TikTok Journey. – 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 See what interstitials we need submissions for – Intro Links FCC -- Carr Welcomes Court Order Invalidating President Biden’s Plan to Expand Government Control of the Internet Through Title II Regulations MSN -- Brendan Carr is officially in charge of the FCC ALA -- Net Neutrality: An Intellectual Freedom Issue – Cameo’s Reputation Machine Find David: Bluesky Slate Rolling Stone Buzzfeed – How Many Cameras Are There? Segment Links: Archive.org -- Opening the Era of Outer Space Union of Concerned Scientists -- Satellite Database FAA -- Drones By the Numbers IHS Markit -- Video Surveillance Datasheet Allied Market Research -- Video Surveillance Market CNET -- Google Maps has now photographed 10 million miles in Street View NYC DOT -- Cameras List 404 Media -- Researcher Turns Insecure License Plate Cameras Into Open Source Surveillance Tool Electronic Frontier Foundation -- Atlas of Surveillance International Telecommunications Union -- Facts and Figures 2023 Business Wire -- Amazon's Ring Remained atop the Video Doorbell Market in 2021 Decision Research -- Psychic Numbing Daniel Västfjäll, Paul Slovic, Marcus Mayorga, Ellen Peters -- Compassion Fade: Affect and Charity Are Greatest for a Single Child in Need The Journalist’s Resource -- The effect of CCTV on public safety: Research roundup Ars Technica -- Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison – 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. Slowly the fog did what fog does, eventually: it lifted, the way veils tend to at some point in epic verse so that the hero can see the divinity at work constantly behind all things mortal, or that’s the idea anyway, I’m not saying I do or don’t believe that, I’m not even sure that belief can change any of it, at least in terms of the facts of how, moment by moment, any life unfurls, we can call it fate or call it just what happened… Excerpt, Sing a Darkness, by Carl Phillips 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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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…
Flashing Eyes In Which My Hopes Rise [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:40
Mike talks with Know Your Meme Editor-in-Chief Don Caldwell about the prevalence and decline of the Laser Eyes Meme, and the ever shifting place of internet memes in presidential election season; the staff then talks abo…