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A podcast about and for the internet, hosted by Mike Rugnetta

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How Being A "Creator" Went From Cringe To Aspirational (And Profitable)

Mike talks with Avi Gandhi - the Chair of Government Advocacy for the Creators Guild of America - and Tim Shey - founder and president of Next New Networks - about the recognition of content creators as small businesses by the Small Business Administration of the US, and the shifting sense of the word creator over the last 15 years. – BUY A TSHIRT! RIGHT HERE! POST ON REDDIT, RIGHT HERE! BECOME A MEMBER! RIGHT HERE! – 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 – Creating Creators Avi Gandhi https://creatorsguildofamerica.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/avigandhi Tim Shey https://creatorama.substack.com/ https://shey.net/ Sources Bishop, Sophie, and Brooke Erin Duffy. “The Feminization of Social Media Labor.” In The Oxford Handbook of Digital Media Sociology, 1st ed., edited by Deana A. Rohlinger and Sarah Sobieraj. Oxford University Press, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197510636.013.35. Craig, David, and Tanner Mirrlees. “The Creator Function, Post-Structuralism, and the Perils of Terminological Dissonance.” International Journal of Cultural Studies 29, no. 1 (2026): 38–56. https://doi.org/10.1177/13678779251380599. Duffy, Brooke Erin. “Gendering The Labor Of Social Media Production.” Feminist Media Studies 15, no. 4 (2015): 710–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2015.1053715. Ilan, Jonathan. “The Hustle Society: Mainstream Precarity, Voracious Entrepreneurialism, Grift and Exploitation in Contemporary Culture.” The British Journal of Criminology, April 16, 2026, azag033. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azag033. Jarrett, Kylie. “The Relevance of ‘Women’s Work’: Social Reproduction and Immaterial Labor in Digital Media.” Television & New Media 15, no. 1 (2014): 14–29. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476413487607. McClanahan, Annie, Beneath the Wage: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Napoli et al., De Gruyter Handbook of Technology, Media, and Democracy. Paterson, Alex. Rendering the Whole World Blank: Precarity, Totalising Fear and Digital Scrolling. n.d. – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our contributing producer is Kurt White. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. but you find what you look for: the shortest distance between two points endless universes, a life of beautiful self-description Excerpt of Reason, by Craig Watsonz Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia
5 Nov

Posting In The Age Of Chance [ARCHIVE PULL]

Originally published on July 2nd, 2025, enjoy this episode in which Mike examines the way that gambling has become so ubiquitous online. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments! – 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 – Posting In The Age of Chance Trapped - the secret ways social media is built to be addictive (and what you can do to fight back) Everything in America is Gambling Now - Adam Conover Tiny Subversions (2014) - Darius Kazemi Tiny Subversions (2024) - Darius Kazemi The Online Gambling Epidemic - Drew Gooden You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information - Hank Green – 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 distributed by Radiotopia.
29 Oct

News Post: How The Brazilian Left Won An Election with the Internet

Mike talks with Caio Almendra — writer, podcast host and organizer with Brazil’s Socialism and Liberty Party — about how the internet helped Lula de Silva win the Brazilian Presidential Election. Also, news! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments! – 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 TSHIRT! FOR YOU! HERE IT IS! SHIRT SHIRT SHIRT SHIRT! Microsoft offers buyouts to 60k staffers Polymarket's paid quote-retweet esports program NY plans stronger sports betting regulation Signal won't comply with Canadian surveillance bill Google says surveillance is "problematic" AI music fraud scheme lands man in jail Social media's role in Brazil election race – How The Brazilian Left Won An Election with the Internet Find Caio Superstructure Podcast Intercept Brazil Brazilian Institute of Data Science Alameda Institute – 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 distributed by Radiotopia.
27 Oct

Georgia Is Terrified of the Titanic - Proxy With Yowei Shaw [CROSSPOST]

For a special Halloween-themed feed drop, we've got something particularly spooky for you. Georgia was recently on Proxy with Yowei Shaw — another amazing Radiotopia show — to discuss an especially...creepy conundrum that plagues her digital life. - Proxy with Yowei Shaw: Georgia Is Terrified of the Titanic Georgia Hampton knows the Titanic can't hurt her. So why does just looking at a picture fill her with dread? And can she make the fear go away? We find her a proxy who has spent decades helping people overcome their most irrational fears. Get Georgia's internet rabbit holes and Martin's free guides to overcoming phobias in Proxy's newsletter. Sign up for free at proxyhq.org. - Proxy investigates the emotional mysteries that run our lives and world — sometimes by finding someone who gets it, sometimes by reporting from the emotions beat. Hosted by Yowei Shaw, former co-host and editorial lead of Invisibilia. Follow the show so you don’t miss the next case. Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw Get in touch at proxythepod@gmail.com If you’re new, try: Bisexual Wife Guy, Yowei Can't Speak Bro, or Jane Doesn't Like Her Dogs.
22 Oct

Mr. TIFF - An Oral History of a Format

Stephen Carlsen died in 2025. His family knew vaguely that he had worked on creating the file format TIFF, but it was his nephew, Nathan Carlsen, who kicked off a quest for the full story. This week, senior producer Hans Buetow talks with Nathan about his oral history project to document his uncle’s work, and we hear a fascinating conversation that Nathan had with Donovan Cameron, a First Nation GIS specialist who uses the TIFF in unexpected ways. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments! – 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 – Mr. Tiff Find Nathan: Podcast: Inquisitive Pontification Original Reddit Post Find Donovan: Website Documentary about Treaty 8 territories Living Proof by Terry Tobias – 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. – It comes like this. With tiny fingers screeching along the sidewalk screeching screeching waiting more than waiting. It comes like this. Writing a spasmotic gait of a too quick operation speech like the broke spoke of wheels of things of machine crossed human crossed with machine metal grinding grinding too fast for its own function It comes like this Exceprt of FLOOD WATCHING by Elizabeth Fodaski – Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and distributed by Radiotopia.
15 Oct

Can The Internet Ruin Your Sense of Self? [Archive Pull]

Originally published on April 9th, 2025, enjoy this episode in which Mike talks with psychotherapist Kurt White about how the internet may help us become ourselves. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments! – 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 – Any Rigid Idea About Yourself is a Prison Kurt White Unravelling podcast LinkedIn – 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. Your business in this world Your nakedness and terror Your sanctity remains the crucial battle Dearly beyond We are scattered here today amongst commodities This town isn’t big enough for trust Excerpt of The Concept of Dread by Pam Rehm Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure, and is distributed by Radiotopia
8 Oct

Luxury Groceries Have Replaced Luxury Fashion

Georgia chats with Ludwig Hurtado of MOLD Magazine's "Food Futures" podcast about luxury grocery brands and the Highsnobiety “Status Report,” that says fashion is dead and food is in. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments! – 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 – The Tyranny of Taste Highsnobiety’s Status Economy Report Highsnobiety’s report on groceries specifically In the status economy, even groceries are a flex Find Ludwig: Twitter Instagram Food Futures Play zine – 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. spore print of mushroom in the retina, in my dreams lens displacement in the multi-cellular dark abyssal sound of leaves in the wind rushing cloud dance before the sky closes in except of It Is Difficult to Exaggerate the Importance of Mushrooms as Food, by Chris Torrance Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and distributed by Radiotopia.
1 Oct

How Do You Stop A Datacenter In Your Town?

Mike chats with Maia Woluchem and Cella Sum – co-authors of The AI Factory: Data Centers, Power, and Resistance in Late Industrial Pennsylvania – about the fight against Data Centers happening across Pennsylvania. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments! – 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 ICE agents could be targeted by fake "tradwife" dating profiles Discord Launches Delayed Age Verification Measures OpenAI agent hacked Australian govt website Railroad work crews cut fiber optic cable, grounding flights Trump fires FAA air traffic control employees post-DC plane crash Did Trump’s FAA slash the staffing target for air traffic control? Bill would require blocking piracy sites Church groups ask Microsoft for 1% of data center costs PA town pushes back on data center despite $10k payout – The AI Factory The AI Factory: Data Centers, Power, and Resistance in Late Industrial Pennsylvania Community-Centered AI Infrastructure Summit – 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. These newfangled ghosts haunt by telephone and airwave. Acumen will finally languish in a good sense: type would bottle a new motto in live numbers and wine were they only not printers with so many thoughts to slip in media res or the thick of things at grasp root level up a slope on themselves. Our notion of productive labor becomes narrowed to the use of censure and science to ensure I am baffled as Yeats by those voices that still speak to Oddysseus but as the bats. Excerpt of Shadow Recension by Alan Halsey Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and distributed by Radiotopia.

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