Switched on Post

Switched on Post

Author: Charts & Leisure April 10, 2024 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 internet. Also: Georgia reads Franny Choi’s “Unrequited Lovesong for the Panopticon” Join us on Twitch, Friday, April 12th @ 2pm ET to chat about audio production! – 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 Links Why a near-miss cyberattack put US officials and the tech industry on edge – Reuters When Facebook fails, local media matters even more for our planet’s future – Kansas Reflector We can slay giants – Handbasket FCC to vote to restore net neutrality rules, reversing Trump – Reuters LinkedIn plans to add gaming to its platform – Techcrunch Mike’s Twitch Mike on the Alarmist! – Before and After Photos Find Marie at her website and on X. Mark Gaetano is on IG and YT Special thanks to Hannah Meacock-Ross for editorial support – What (Pop Music) Does the Internet Sound Like? You should listen to Switched on Pop generally, but also here’s the interview they did with 100 gecs. – Unrequited Love Song for the Panopticon was used with permission  – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our contributing producer this episode is Marie Kilaru. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta.  After the accident we had the phrase after the accident. Also this: before the accident. We had a drawer marked before and after, and after and before happenings we'd add atrocities and incidents and the wild asters someone before and after keeps leaving. After By Andrea Cohen 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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Did The Feed Ruin Taste? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:13
Georgia talks to New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka about the state of personal taste on our algorithmic feeds. When popularity reigns supreme and it feels like everything is an ad online, how do we trust our own person…
Why Does Everything Run Doom? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:29
Mike talks with two game designers, a nuclear physicist and sound artist about how the iconic videogame became what it is today: something that runs on every piece of technology (and increasingly: biology) known to man –…
Computer Says Kiss [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:16
Georgia chats with Sydney Bradley of Business Insider about dating app Bumble’s termination of the swipe, and the dating app market’s overall pivot to AI – Subscribe to the Trustfnd Independent Media Collective bundle he…
The Internet Is A Megadungeon [Archive Pull] [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:52
Originally published on March 27th, 2024, enjoy Mike's conversation with Gabriele de Seta and Paolo Berti about how the “megadungeon” is a productive model for understanding the internet. – Become a Never Post member at…
Hunting for Trash in Disneyland [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:40
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…
How Hard Is It To Stop Using American Tech? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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. – Beco…
Why No One Wants to Hard Launch Their Man [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:18
Georgia speaks to writer, researcher, and academic Carolina Bandinelli about embarrassing boyfriends and the online culture of cynicism, shame, and blame that has spread throughout the modern dating scene. – Become a Nev…
Georgia Gets Banned From Hinge Forever [Archive Pull] [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:55
Originally published on May 22nd, 2024 in our episode Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places, enjoy Georgia's segment where she investigates the walled garden of dating apps, and pays dearly as a result. – Become a Nev…
Should You Trust MrBeast With Your Money? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:12
Business and finance journalist Kit Pulliam examines MrBeast Financial, a soon-to-be-launched financial services platform spearheaded by MrBeast — A.K.A Jimmy Donaldson — himself. But what does it mean for this one, rich…
Mailbag #12: We're Not Built For This [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:41
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