How Hard Is It To Stop Using American Tech?

How Hard Is It To Stop Using American Tech?

Author: Charts & Leisure May 1, 2026 Duration: 35:06
Mike talks with the German Federal Center for Digital Sovereignty’s Head of Open Source Product & Delivery about Digital Sovereignty and the process of divesting the German state from American technology products. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content. We're also offering an Independent Media Collective bundle, where you can subscribe to us, Aftermath, Rogue, and Rascal all at once for a sweet, sweet deal — 30 days, complete member access to all four platforms, for $12.  – 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 – News Links Brazil Bans 27 Prediction Platforms MSN on Brazilian ban Brazil tightens rules to curb 'bet-like' products Soldier charged in $400K Polymarket bet Kalshi, Polymarket lobby as insider trading, betting eyed by Congress RedNote after the 'TikTok refugee' moment Judge rules in favor of Indiana man in ICE tracking app lawsuit Co-Writing with AI Mor Naaman and Advait Baht on bsky Aadam Jacobs Collective  98% of IT leaders want digital sovereignty  Exclusive: US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives – ZenDis, and Digital Sovereignty https://www.zendis.de/ https://www.opendesk.eu/en – 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. 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.
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Contributing producer Rose Witmer and her sister Maggie explore the nature of collecting — specifically, collecting Disney branded enamel pins — in an age where social media dominates hobbies across the board, and clicki…
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Georgia Gets Banned From Hinge Forever [Archive Pull] [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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News Post: A Primer on Torrenting [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Duration: 18:49
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When The Taliban Turned the Internet Off in Afghanistan [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:40
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