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Author: Charts & Leisure November 20, 2024 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!  – 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 us at theneverpost at gmail dot com See what interstitials we need submissions for – Intro Links Bluesky hits 20 million users and counting - ZDNet Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ – theonion.com https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3law7zmt6522x The Onion Wins Bid to Buy Infowars, Alex Jones’s Site, Out of Bankruptcy – NYTimes Donald Trump names Project 2025 author to oversee the internet & media – LGBTQ Nation FCC commissioner calls for TikTok ban – CNN A Conservative Path Forward on Big Tech | Opinion – Newsweek America’s News Influencers – Pew – Food Gore Find Jon: Capitalism: A Horror Story, Jon’s Book (HIGHLY recommended) Horror Vangaurd, Jon’s horror podcast The Haunt, Jon’s writing Segment Links: 15 Recipes For Anyone Who Loves Fries - YouTube Garlic Bread & Meatball Sub – Chefclub Spaghetti-O Pie – Tiktok Your Least Favorite Gross Viral Food Videos Are All Connected to This Guy – Eater chefclub comments on X Are Those Disgusting Food Hack Videos a Sex Thing? – Inside Hook Hocus focus: how magicians made a fortune on Facebook – Economist (Archived) – The End of Personalization Find Katie: Follow her on Threads and Bluesky Read her work on Business Insider – 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. What we need is a crane & to chain chains around this blood-soaked ________. The kitchen workers hang from the vents with duct tape. We need the _____ put on a slide, there were signs of struggle. There is always some precedent: You have heard, I think, about H., whoever he was, & how he met his death because his father had too much suspicion, this you will not believe, and I can hardly prove it, but I am that same H… Excerpt of Forensics, by Ben Doyle 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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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,…