Revolution.Social

Rabble a.k.a. Evan Henshaw-Plath
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A podcast about the future of social media and reclaiming our digital communities. Revolution.Social is hosted by technologist and community advocate Rabble, a.k.a. Evan Henshaw-Plath — who was Twitter’s first employee and hired Jack Dorsey. In weekly interviews, Rabble will interview thought leaders, technologists, academics, and more about the need for a new social media "bill of rights." Just as the original Bill of Rights protected individual freedoms from government overreach, we need fundamental protections from corporate control and surveillance capitalism. This is the start of a conversation about what developers are building, how they're building it, and what consumers need to be asking for. Guests will include Jack Dorsey (former CEO & co-founder of Twitter); Kara Swisher (host of On with Kara Swisher, co-host of Pivot); Cory Doctorow (science fiction author & former editor of Boing Boing); and Taylor Lorenz (founder of User Mag, host of Power User).

  1. 6d ago

    Gary Vee Was Right About Social Media. Here’s What’s Next.

    What can history teach us about surviving the AI era? Before Gary Vaynerchuk became a household name, he was running his family's wine business in New Jersey, pioneering digital marketing before most people knew what it was. From launching one of the first e-commerce wine sites in 1996 to being one of Twitter's earliest power users, he was one of the first people to prove how social media could transform a business.  In this episode, Gary sits down with Rabble, CEO of Divine, to make sense of where social media has been and where AI is taking us next. They discuss why teen social media bans in countries including Australia aren’t working, the rise of interest media, and why the moral panic around AI is nothing new. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 05:03 Gary’s Early Days on Twitter 09:13 Why Gary Saw Social Media's Potential First 10:20 How Twitter Was Built 14:36 AI and the Future of Technology 17:16 Why AI Fear Is Being Weaponized 18:24 Moral Panics: From Comic Books to AI 23:43 Humans Will Always Be Human 26:08 How Google Killed the Yellow Pages 28:21 Why Technology Always Wins in the End 30:43 Social Media Bans and Parenting 33:10 Why Australia's Social Media Ban and Parenting 36:57 How Gary Maximizes for Joy 40:37 Bringing Back Vine with Divine 41:30 Why Algorithms Are Useful 44:58 Analog and the Future Show notes: Gary Vee on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCctXZhXmG-kf3tlIXgVZUlw  VaynerMedia: https://vaynermedia.com/  VaynerX: https://vaynerx.com/  VeeFriends: https://veefriends.com/  Gary Vaynerchuk: https://garyvaynerchuk.com/  Follow Rabble on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rabble.nz  Follow the podcast: https://episodes.fm/1824528874  This episode was executive produced by Alice Chan from Flock Marketing. To learn more visit https://revolution.social/

  2. Oct 8

    Gary Vee Was Right About Social Media. Here’s What’s Next.

    What can history teach us about surviving the AI era? Before Gary Vaynerchuk became a household name, he was running his family's wine business in New Jersey, pioneering digital marketing before most people knew what it was. From launching one of the first e-commerce wine sites in 1996 to being one of Twitter's earliest power users, he was one of the first people to prove how social media could transform a business.  In this episode, Gary sits down with Rabble, CEO of Divine, to make sense of where social media has been and where AI is taking us next. They discuss why teen social media bans in countries including Australia aren’t working, the rise of interest media, and why the moral panic around AI is nothing new. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 05:03 Gary’s Early Days on Twitter 09:13 Why Gary Saw Social Media's Potential First 10:20 How Twitter Was Built 14:36 AI and the Future of Technology 17:16 Why AI Fear Is Being Weaponized 18:24 Moral Panics: From Comic Books to AI 23:43 Humans Will Always Be Human 26:08 How Google Killed the Yellow Pages 28:21 Why Technology Always Wins in the End 30:43 Social Media Bans and Parenting 33:10 Why Australia's Social Media Ban and Parenting 36:57 How Gary Maximizes for Joy 40:37 Bringing Back Vine with Divine 41:30 Why Algorithms Are Useful 44:58 Analog and the Future Show notes: GaryVee on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCctXZhXmG-kf3tlIXgVZUlw  VaynerMedia: https://vaynermedia.com/  VaynerX: https://vaynerx.com/  VeeFriends: https://veefriends.com/  Gary Vaynerchuk: https://garyvaynerchuk.com/  Follow Rabble on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rabble.nz  Follow the podcast: https://episodes.fm/1824528874  This episode was executive produced by Alice Chan from Flock Marketing. To learn more visit https://revolution.social/

    Gary Vee Was Right About Social Media. Here’s What’s Next.

  3. Jul 23

    What if Social Media Was Good for You? Taylor Lorenz, Reggie COUZ, and Rabble

    At VidCon 2026, journalist Taylor Lorenz, sat down with Rabble and creator, Reggie COUZ, to discuss social media’s bad reputation and explore whether it’s possible for social media to actually be good for you. In their chat, they make a case for a different path forward not just for creators, but for anyone who spends time on the internet. Reggie shares the disorienting experience of having his content flagged with no explanation and with no recourse, which Rabble points out is because the social media giants have consolidated all of the power to just a few key players.  The conversation covers what podcasting got right,, the difference between using AI as a creative tool and AI slop, and why providing people with ownership of their audiences, and content, is crucial to building a better internet. Show notes: Taylor Lorenz YouTube channel: ‪@TaylorLorenz‬  ‪Reggie COUZ YouTube channel: @ReggieCOUZOfficial‬ Follow Rabble on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rabble.nz Follow the podcast: https://episodes.fm/1824528874 Our executive producer is Alice Chan from Flock Marketing. To learn more about Rabble’s social media bill of rights, and sign up for our newsletter, visit https://revolution.social/

    What if Social Media Was Good for You? Taylor Lorenz, Reggie COUZ, and Rabble

  4. Jul 16

    Learning from Twitter’s Chaos for Divines Comeback!

    The tables have turned! In this episode, CEO of VidCon Jim Louderback asks Rabble about his time as Twitter’s first employee, the chaotic rise of social media, and what the future of a decentralized social media world can look like. Rabble talks about what he learned and how he's using those learnings to revive Vine in a way where creators keep ownership of their content, their audience, and their income. He talks about Twitter's early days, why podcasting never fell into the same trap as the rest of internet media, and what Divine is doing to give creators the control they lost. Show notes: Jim Louderback on Twitter: https://x.com/jlouderb Follow Rabble on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rabble.nz Follow the podcast: https://episodes.fm/1824528874 Our executive producer is Alice Chan from Flock Marketing. To learn more about Rabble’s social media bill of rights, and sign up for our newsletter, visit https://revolution.social/

    Learning from Twitter’s Chaos for Divines Comeback!

  5. Jul 9

    Rebuilding Social Media From Scratch!

    What happens when the person who once architected one of social media’s biggest platforms decides it needs to be entirely re-thought? From day one Blaine Cook helped build Twitter creating the @ mention, OAuth, and numerous technologies that still quietly power the internet. Disillusioned by what social media has become, he stepped back to rethink it entirely. In this episode, he chats with Rabble about Twitter's early chaos, the decisions that shaped it, and why he refuses to accept that these platforms can't be changed. Today he’s building a better approach to online community called Roundabout, Blaine explains why he's betting on people to get this right. Show notes: Blaine Cook on Twitter: @blaine Blaine Cook on Bluesky: @blaine.bsky.social Blaine Cook on Mastodon: @blaine@mastodon.social Roundabout app: https://joinroundabout.com/ New_ Public foundation: https://newpublic.org/ Follow Rabble on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rabble.nz Follow the podcast: https://episodes.fm/1824528874 Our executive producer is Alice Chan from Flock Marketing. To learn more about Rabble’s social media bill of rights, and sign up for our newsletter, visit https://revolution.social/

    Rebuilding Social Media From Scratch!

  6. Jun 25

    Is the Saudification of America Underway?

    From sitting next to Bezos to fighting from outside The Washington Post, Karen Attiah refuses to give up. Karen Attiah went from a grad student cheering on the Arab Spring to The Washington Post’s Global Opinions editor who hired Jamal Khashoggi. When she was fired over benign comments about Charlie Kirk she took to the internet and continued to use her knowledge of technology to speak truth to power. In this episode, she chats with Rabble about how social media brought her to journalism, institutional power, the rise of authoritarianism, and how we could all use a little more fun in our lives. Now teaching, writing, and tweeting on multiple social media platforms of her own, Karen explains why it’s important to keep fighting. Show notes: Karen’s Twitter: @KarenAttiah Resistance Summer School: https://www.resistancestudiesseries.com/ The Golden Hour Substack: https://karenattiah.substack.com/ Follow Rabble on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rabble.nz Follow the podcast: https://episodes.fm/1824528874 This episode was executive produced by Alice Chan from Flock Marketing. To learn more about Rabble’s social media bill of rights, and sign up for our newsletter, visit https://revolution.social/

    Is the Saudification of America Underway?

  7. Jun 11

    Vine Was Chaos. That’s Why It Worked.

    What happens when you take Larry King’s studio, a crack production team, improv comedy, internet chaos, and the earliest generation of Vine creators? You got Behind The Vine. Eric Artell, the former host of Behind the Vine, joins Rabble for a deep dive into the golden age of Vine, the birth of creator culture, and the internet before every platform became an engagement machine. From interviewing rising Vine stars to witnessing the mental health realities behind online fame, Eric shares stories from one of social media’s weirdest and most influential eras. But most importantly: will we perhaps get a “Behind Divine” sequel?  In this episode:  07:39 How “Behind The Vine” captured a generation of creators before influencers became an industry15:35 Why authenticity still beats polished content, even in an algorithm-driven internet23:39 What happened to Vine stars after the app disappeared, and how internet fame changed their lives31:55 Can Divine bring back the creativity and community that made Vine special?33:58 Why audiences connect more deeply with creators who feel human instead of optimized35:47 The missing ingredient in today’s content economy: genuine human connection40:40 The mental health realities creators face behind the pressure of constant visibility46:11 Why social media platforms need stronger protections and healthier spaces for younger users51:34 How Vine went from internet phenomenon to shutdown cautionary tale almost overnight56:29 The future of content creation, creator ownership, and building platforms beyond the algorithm Eric’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericartell/ Behind The Vine on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCauu8QfE8Z4uvkTS2l9vNw  NerdHQ helps provide therapy for those who can’t afford it: https://nerdhq.org/  80-year Harvard mental health study showing that community leads to happier lives: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/ Learn more about Divine: https://about.divine.video/  And download Divine in the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/divine-video/id6747959501 or Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.openvine.app

    Vine Was Chaos. That’s Why It Worked.

  8. May 28

    OG Viner on How the Creator Economy is Broken

    He hit a million followers on Vine before “creator” was even a job title. Now Reggie Couz (an OG Viner) sits down with Rabble to answer the question that haunts every creator: Wwhat happens when the platform you built your career on decides it doesn’t need you anymore? From mustaches and wigs in his mom’s New Jersey house to Vine Meetups in LA, Reggie traces how he became an internet star and why he’s now leaning in on decentralization and the revival of 6-second looping videos on Divine. It’s a conversation about creativity, community, ownership, and refusing to keep renting your own followers back from Big Tech. In this episode Chapters 4:05 How Reggie talked his mom into taking a “gap year” that became his life to chase six-second fame—and hit a million followers before that year was up11:11 Why Vine was six seconds (hint: it was a phone limitation, not a creative choice)12:22 The secret history of how platforms actually get built—Twitter from protest text messages, Instagram from an abandoned check-in game, Vine from “what can we do with video?”15:38 The Hollywood actors’ union as a blueprint for creator solidarity24:09 Divine: rebuilding Vine on an open, decentralized protocol where you own your identity, your audience, and your work26:45 What “enshittification” really means, and why creators are the value platforms keep extracting41:43 What social media should look like in 2026 — and how to “just get weird again”

    OG Viner on How the Creator Economy is Broken
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Ratings & Reviews

4.8
out of 5
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About

A podcast about the future of social media and reclaiming our digital communities. Revolution.Social is hosted by technologist and community advocate Rabble, a.k.a. Evan Henshaw-Plath — who was Twitter’s first employee and hired Jack Dorsey. In weekly interviews, Rabble will interview thought leaders, technologists, academics, and more about the need for a new social media "bill of rights." Just as the original Bill of Rights protected individual freedoms from government overreach, we need fundamental protections from corporate control and surveillance capitalism. This is the start of a conversation about what developers are building, how they're building it, and what consumers need to be asking for. Guests will include Jack Dorsey (former CEO & co-founder of Twitter); Kara Swisher (host of On with Kara Swisher, co-host of Pivot); Cory Doctorow (science fiction author & former editor of Boing Boing); and Taylor Lorenz (founder of User Mag, host of Power User).

Information

  • Creator
    Rabble a.k.a. Evan Henshaw-Plath
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    53
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Rabble a.k.a. Evan Henshaw-Plath
  • Show Website
    Revolution.Social

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