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Author: Charts & Leisure March 27, 2024 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 understanding the internet. Also: posts from the field! – ☎️ 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 The House passed a TikTok ban bill. But is the app really a national security threat? –  Bobby Allyn, NPR Members of Congress are getting pushback on the TikTok ban from their own angry Gen Z kids – Lindsay Dodgson,  Business Insider US sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones – Lauren Feiner, Verge United States v. Apple is pure nerd rage – Sarah Jeong, Verge Catherine, Princess of Wales, Reveals She Has Cancer – NYT The great Kate Middleton backtracking – Embedded Facebook is trying to make ‘poking’ cool again – Aisha Malik, TechCrunch – Burnt Toast Audio https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_ https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4WXquxJWxG/?igsh=ZGx6eWJiODRxcDg1 https://www.tiktok.com/@cbc/video/7285762769880714501?_r=1&_t=8ktpSHiLKYQ https://www.tiktok.com/@theporktornadoes/video/7179733641092746542?_r=1&_t=8ktqqvEJL2d https://www.tiktok.com/@inf1n1temusic/video/7195244395220749574?_r=1&_t=8ktqPN6UmMx https://www.tiktok.com/@cchiphop/video/7232580386759380267?_r=1&_t=8ktpfRDu1uR https://www.tiktok.com/@epic.cammy1933/video/7348992219698826539?_r=1&_t=8ktunEQdWZy https://www.tiktok.com/@notamine/video/7347043430738054406?_r=1&_t=8ktqF4oIwpD https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7310222966363573537?_r=1&_t=8kqgpZcBXPb https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7313244933232676129?_r=1&_t=8kqgkXi96g3 https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7173471436479139078?_r=1&_t=8klktUzJ8Nr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzzUPZs5l1Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3IV11_ZgA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D-ZO2rGcSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77sS5IuR0Gs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2_r4q2imnQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvjQXF5ucO0 – Megadungeons Megadungeon: A Model for Media Complexity, Magazen Megadungeon: New Digital Volumetries in Art and Media, YT Playlist paranom.asia, Gabriele de Seta unive.it, Paolo Berti – 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.  Expand the sense of urgency with which you communicate. Installing this machine in your environment will ensure that your temper matches the tenor of the world as it crosses your threshold. Instantly you will match emergent problems in volume and strain -- no longer will you be trumped by sirens or fear. Use the multilayered time matrix to detect radiant torpor.  Object #5923 - from Catalog of Nothingness by Kate Armstrong Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure. CC-BY Licensed Audio used in this episode https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/257351/ https://brunadungeonsynth.bandcamp.com/track/the-staff-of-command

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

Duration: 38:32
In the latest installment of Terms & Conditions, Georgia chats with author, professor, and digital piracy expert Aram Sinnreich about torrenting. Peer-to-peer file sharing isn’t new, nor is the legal controversy surround…
Lolcows and the Internet's "Digital Freakshow" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:33
Executive Producer Jason Oberholtzer speaks to Dr. Jess Rauchberg about how the lolcow — a vulnerable Internet persona interacting with an unreliable and often malicious audience — relates to contemporary politics online…
The Disappearance of Tween Fashion [Archive Pull] [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:49
Originally published in our first episode I'm Mad, You're Mad, We're All Mad Here on January 31, 2024, enjoy Georgia's segment talking to Professor Elizabeth Wissinger about how the social internet helped erase an entire…
When The Taliban Turned the Internet Off in Afghanistan [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:40
Contributing producer and Kabul-based journalist Ali Latifi tells the story of a roughly 48-hour period, at the end of 2025, when the Taliban turned off the entire internet in Afghanistan. – Become a Never Post member at…
Not What You Know, but How You Know: Science Communicators Roundtable [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:23
Mike talks with science communicators Alex Dainis, Trade Dominguez and Joe Hanson about what it’s like trying to do their job in today’s information environment. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ fo…
News Post: On the Impending Silicon Goods Shortage [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:11
Mike chats with Jeffrey Parkin of Rogue and Rory Carroll of Alloy about the impending chip shortage caused by the construction boom in AI Data centers. How did this happen, why is there no easy way out, and how should yo…
What Kind of Place is the Internet? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:14
Producer Georgia Hampton looks to writer and blogger Katherine Dee and academic Charles Soukop to help her figure out how to visualize the internet. As in, what kind of a place is it, if it’s even a space at all? – Becom…
Pornhub Goes SFW [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:54
Senior Producer Hans Buetow digs into the data from the 2025 Pornhub Year-in-Review, and wonders aloud to sexual wellness educator Courney Brame, and co-founders of SWR Data, MelRose Michaels and Mike Stabile - what’s go…
Posting Disease, with Bijan Stephen [Archive Pull] [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:14
Originally published in our first episode I'm Mad, You're Mad, We're All Mad Here on January 31, 2024, enjoy Mike's segment on the epidemic of Posting Disease plaguing social media. Listen to the original episode here: h…
News Post: Is It Time To Delete TikTok? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:32
Mike, Hans, and Georgia discuss the recent U.S. deal with TikTok, how it’s changed the app, whether it’s worth sticking around to see what happens, or if it's better to just log off for good. – Become a Never Post member…