Never Post

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Never Post

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

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Here’s Looking at You

    Georgia talks with politics and internet reporter David Mack about whether disgraced politicians are attempting to launder their reputations on Cameo. Plus, Hans finds out what it feels like to answer an unanswerable question about how many cameras there are in the world. Also: the sounds of our collective TikTok Journey. – 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 voicemailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for– Intro Links FCC -- Carr Welcomes Court Order Invalidating President Biden’s Plan to Expand Government Control of the Internet Through Title II RegulationsMSN -- Brendan Carr is officially in charge of the FCCALA -- Net Neutrality: An Intellectual Freedom Issue– Cameo’s Reputation Machine Find David: BlueskySlateRolling StoneBuzzfeed– How Many Cameras Are There? Segment Links: Archive.org -- Opening the Era of Outer SpaceUnion of Concerned Scientists -- Satellite DatabaseFAA -- Drones By the NumbersIHS Markit -- Video Surveillance DatasheetAllied Market Research -- Video Surveillance MarketCNET -- Google Maps has now photographed 10 million miles in Street ViewNYC DOT -- Cameras List404 Media -- Researcher Turns Insecure License Plate Cameras Into Open Source Surveillance ToolElectronic Frontier Foundation -- Atlas of SurveillanceInternational Telecommunications Union -- Facts and Figures 2023Business Wire -- Amazon's Ring Remained atop the Video Doorbell Market in 2021Decision Research -- Psychic NumbingDaniel Västfjäll, Paul Slovic, Marcus Mayorga, Ellen Peters -- Compassion Fade: Affect and Charity Are Greatest for a Single Child in NeedThe Journalist’s Resource -- The effect of CCTV on public safety: Research roundupArs Technica -- Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison– 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. Slowly the fog did what fog does, eventually: it lifted, the way veils tend to at some point in epic  verse so that the hero can see the divinity at work constantly behind all things mortal, or that’s  the idea anyway, I’m not saying I do or don’t believe that, I’m not even sure that belief can change any of it, at least in terms of the facts of how,  moment by moment, any life unfurls, we can call it fate or call it just what happened… Excerpt, Sing a Darkness, by Carl Phillips Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

    1h 1m

  2. JAN 15 · BONUS

    State of the Pod: 2025

    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. – 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 voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee 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 ★ Support this podcast ★

    53 min

  3. 12/31/2024 · BONUS

    Post-Mortem: 2024

    A three-round trivia game with 6 of our favorite internet professionals to send off 2024 – Take the Never Post Audience Survey! – 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 voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for– Thanks to EX Research and The Pudding for their help writing questions for Post-Mortem 2024! – Our Esteemed Panel: Nerds of a Feather / The Lilybrary of Tomgress Tom Lum! tomlum.comLily Alexandre! youtube.comThe Dog Hots Akilah Hughes! Rebel Spirit on iHeartJamie Loftus! Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) on iHeartThe Garbage Men Ryan Broderick! Garbageday.emailAdam Bumas! Garbageday.email– Assorted links you may be interested in: Why Chappell Roan Told MTV VMAs Attendee to "Shut the F--k Up" - E!OnlineNetflix, Paramount Ask Canada Court to Amend New Trudeau Tax – Yahoo! FinanceNot even Spotify is safe from AI slop – The VergeThe #3 Most Viral Song in the World Is an AI-Generated, Xenophobic Parody – PCMag“Dodgers Gawr Gura” on eBay“mistakes into miracles” on DeviantArt (potentially NSFW)emojistats.bsky.shThe Willy Wonka Event’s Lead Actor Speaks Out: ‘It Was Just Gibberish’ - WIRED– 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 ★ Support this podcast ★

    1h 10m

  4. 12/18/2024

    The One Thing You Can Do For Yourself

    Georgia talks with beauty reporter and critic Jessica DeFino about the capitalistic excesses of “self-care” online; Mike talks with Today in Tabs’ Rusty Foster about logging off. Also: UNBOXING. – Take the Never Post Audience Survey! – 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 voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for– Intro Links TikTok CEO meets with Trump while asking for Supreme Court to take up ban appeal – UPIHawk Tuah Haliey Welch's Crypto Team Nets £2.59M Amid Botched Token Launch, Fans File SEC Complaints – IBTimesResearchers Consider the Relationship Between Misinformation, Outrage, and the Sharing of Content on Social Media – TechPolicyOnline influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco – The GuardianTeens, Social Media and Technology 2024 – Pew Research– The Horrors Persist, But So Do The Little Treats Find Jessica: jessica-defino.comThe Review of Beauty newsletterSegment Links: Audre Lorde, A Burst of Light – WorldCatStudies on retail therapy — here, here, here and here – Touching Trail Find Rusty: Rusty on BlueskyToday in TabsToday on TrailWould you pay to quit TikTok and Instagram? You’d be surprised how many would - The ConversationMost of the TikTok users (64%) and almost half of the Instagram users (48%) were prepared to pay to be off them, so long as others were off them, resulting in average valuations across all users of minus US$28 for TikTok and minus $10 for Instagram. – 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. NoOne kneads us again of earth and clay, noOne conjures our dust. Noone. Praised be thou, NoOne. For your sake we want to flower. Toward you. Psalm, by Paul Celan  Trans. Pierre Joris Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

    55 min

  5. 12/04/2024

    Leaving Social Media Roundtable

    Georgia, Hans, Jason, and Mike discuss their experiences leaving social platforms behind. – Take the Never Post Audience Survey! – 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 voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee 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. On the last evening on this earth, we sever our daysfrom our trees, and count the ribs we will carry alongand the ribs we will leave behind, right here . . . on the last eveningwe bid nothing farewell, we don't find the time to end who we are . . .everything remains the same, the place exchanges our dreamsand exchanges its visitors. Suddenly we are incapable of satiresince the place is ready to host the dust . . . here on the last eveningwe contemplate mountains surrounding clouds: a conquest and a counterconquestand an ancient time handing over our door keys to the new time Excerpt of Eleven Planets At The End Of The Andalusian Scene by Mahmoud Darwish Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

    1h 10m

  6. 11/20/2024

    Looks Great!

    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! – 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 voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for– Intro Links Bluesky hits 20 million users and counting - ZDNetHere’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ – theonion.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3law7zmt6522xThe Onion Wins Bid to Buy Infowars, Alex Jones’s Site, Out of Bankruptcy – NYTimesDonald Trump names Project 2025 author to oversee the internet & media – LGBTQ NationFCC commissioner calls for TikTok ban – CNNA Conservative Path Forward on Big Tech | Opinion – NewsweekAmerica’s News Influencers – Pew– Food Gore Find Jon: Capitalism: A Horror Story, Jon’s Book (HIGHLY recommended)Horror Vangaurd, Jon’s horror podcastThe Haunt, Jon’s writingSegment Links: 15 Recipes For Anyone Who Loves Fries - YouTubeGarlic Bread & Meatball Sub – ChefclubSpaghetti-O Pie – TiktokYour Least Favorite Gross Viral Food Videos Are All Connected to This Guy – Eaterchefclub comments on XAre Those Disgusting Food Hack Videos a Sex Thing? – Inside HookHocus focus: how magicians made a fortune on Facebook – Economist (Archived)– The End of Personalization Find Katie: Follow her on Threads and BlueskyRead 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 ★ Support this podcast ★

    58 min

  7. 11/07/2024

    Don't Panic

    Mike talks about how and why some authentic media looks like it was generated by AI; Hans talks about KOSA – the Kids Online Safety Act – and how it is shaped by not one, but two concurrent moral panics. Also: RARE TAPES! 📼 – 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 voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for– Intro Links https://x.com/MikeIsaac/status/1854202822600106162Facebook Took More Than $1 Million For Ads Sowing Election Lies - ForbesEU launches action against shopping website Temu over illegal products - GuardianMozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division - TechCrunchLooks like a random AI slop site based in Illinois, aided by social media, has coaxed hundreds of people on to the main street of Dublin for a Halloween parade that was never happening. – X– Generated-ish https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1gfij22/comment/luhu6kz/How can you tell if text is AI-generated? Researchers have figured out a new methodDiscover the most common AI vocabulary wordsRIP Baudrillardhttps://x.com/TheRidleyJones/status/1848214407211311466Kamala Rally photo, and indication it was shot on an iPhonewarped, surrealist, why’d you generate the background peopleGenerated-ish Examples https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFdNh7yj/https://x.com/Meelsie143/status/1832795190794342539https://x.com/Solomosos/status/1848367541665583473 https://www.reddit.com/r/shitposting/comments/1g9nrs0/comment/ltavo9k/https://www.reddit.com/r/sciencememes/comments/1cscpx4/comment/ltai485/https://www.reddit.com/r/curlyhair/comments/1ga02b6/comment/ltafsle/https://swankyangles.tumblr.com/post/764982891563335680/bruhhh-that-art-hard-as-fuckkkk-just-like-xeroxhttps://www.reddit.com/r/WhatBreedIsMyDog/comments/1g8p0hg/comment/lt47obw/https://newtlesbian.tumblr.com/post/720800717709901824/this-looks-ai-generated-how-did-his-eyebrowshttps://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1gesj5h/comment/lud6u0l/– KOSA is a Moral Panic (or Two)  Find Avery at https://averydame.net/ S.1409 - Kids Online Safety Act - congress.gov‘An Era Of Accountability For Big Tech’: Richard Blumenthal Touts Kids Online Safety Act - YTPenny Dreadfuls - mimimatthews.comTo Catch a Predator: MySpace and Moral Panics – Alice MarwickCAUTION: CHILDREN AT PLAY ON INFORMATION HIGHWAY – WP– 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 ★ Support this podcast ★

    1h 1m

  8. 11/06/2024 · BONUS

    Post from the Field: Mike Goes to the Studio in the Rain

    Episode coming later this week. For now: something meaningless. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.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🌐 Leave a comment at neverpo.stSee 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. ★ Support this podcast ★

    1h 1m
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A podcast about and for the internet, hosted by Mike Rugnetta

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    Charts & Leisure
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    38
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