State of the Pod: 2025

State of the Pod: 2025

Author: Charts & Leisure January 15, 2025 Duration: 50:56
To celebrate the 1-year anniversary of launching Never Post, Mike, Jason and Hans gather to talk about how it went; and to break down how many people listened, how much money changed hands, and what to expect from the show in 2025. – 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 – 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

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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Mailbag #8: I will not become food for monsters [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:40
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 -- Head to neverpo.st to s…
Reanimator: AI and Shared Histories [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:05
Hans confronts the technological, moral, and philosophical impacts of using Artificial Intelligence to animate still photos, including those of both personal and historical significance. – Become a Never Post member at h…
Hentai and the Post-Platform Internet [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:46
Mike talks with Morgan Sung of KQED’s Close All Tabs podcast and PhD Media and Technology researcher Aurelie Petit about hentai and platforms. Georgia talks with WIRED gear reviews editor Boone Ashworth about the tariffs…
A Remembrance of Things Flash [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:16
Dr. Martin Shelton tells us what Signal is, and how end-to-end-encryption works. Then: was this show always going to devolve into a poetry reading? Probably. Finally: contributing producer Tori Dominquez Peek wonders wha…
Roundtable: Is The Internet Driving You To The Brink? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:23
Friends! A Very Special Never Post for you! In this one, Georgia, Hans, Jason, and Mike discuss their screen time stats and habits and what it even means to be informed. -- ☎️ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mai…
Smooth Moves [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:04
Jason talks with Hannah Pivo about charts, graphs, truth and proof; Georgia talks with Julian Chokkattu about where all the buttons went. And also: DATA CENTERS – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ – C…
Any Rigid Idea About Yourself Is a Prison [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:58
Contributing producer Youngna Park looks at why people talk *like that* on LinkedIn. Mike talks with psychotherapist Kurt White about how the internet may help us become ourselves. ALSO: The people united will never be d…
Mailbag #7: On Ads, The RSS Resurgence and More [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:06
We respond to your comments! -- Links: Head to neverpo.st to see OKRA and Garfies Isaac Varzim's “Groovy” sets Humano Studio’s guest sets Boilerroom sets Ultima Thule Vivrant Radio — Jeremy Olander Above and Beyond — Gro…
The Hardest Thing To Do Is Nothing [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:03
Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemai…
Never Post is joining Radiotopia [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:04
We're very excited to let you know that as of today, Never Post is distributed by Radiotopia. We wanted to tell you what that means for us (hopefully a lot), for you (hopefully not too much) and what it changes about the…