Rabbit Hole

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What is the internet doing to us? The Times tech columnist Kevin Roose discovers what happens when our lives move online. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

EPISODE 1

One: Wonderland

A young man finds escape on the internet. He doesn’t realize that on the other side of the screen, a force is pulling him in. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

27 min
EPISODE 2

Two: Looking Down

“The truth is down there, and you’ve got to go down and dig for it.” We trace Caleb’s descent into YouTube, inch by inch. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

37 min
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Three: Mirror Image

Five years into a rabbit hole, Caleb goes from one side of the screen to the other.

28 min
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Four: Headquarters

A trip to YouTube for a conversation with the woman trying to change it.

39 min
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Five: The Accidental Emperor

How one outsider came to rule the internet — and eventually embody its battle with mainstream culture.

34 min
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Six: Impasse

An interview with PewDiePie, as he comes to grips with his influence.

24 min
EPISODE 7 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Seven: 'Where We Go One'

QAnon believers, united in a battle against what they see as dark forces of the world, reveal where the internet is headed.

29 min
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Eight: 'We Go All'

One QAnon believer’s journey through faith and loss — and what becomes of reality as we move online.

35 min
SEASON 1 TRAILER

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What is the internet doing to us? The Times tech columnist Kevin Roose discovers what happens when our lives move online. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

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Kevin Has a New Podcast

It’s called “Hard Fork,” and it’s all about the wild frontiers of tech. With co-host Casey Newton. Listen to the trailer here, and check out the first episode wherever you get your podcasts.

2 min

TRAILER

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What is the internet doing to us? The Times tech columnist Kevin Roose discovers what happens when our lives move online. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

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Kevin Roose

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PewDiePie

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4.6

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6,676 Ratings

Impactful storytelling, room for a second season

11/18/2024

Dedemario

The internet is host to so many rabbit holes and it’s really important to educate people on media literacy and the algorithms controlling our online usage in ways we can’t see. Pull back the curtain for a season two!
Well done!!

Aug 5

ThePassenger444

Highly recommend!Considering this was partially produced, or all produced during Covid, they did a great job. The episodes could have been a little longer and meatier. Really enjoyed!
Great show- I want more!

08/04/2024

Pickletruck

Please :-)
Needs a second season!

03/23/2024

BRANDre85

lol, I just went through this a second time after David Cross mentioned it on HIS podcast, but it’s quite fascinating listening years later. I had forgotten about all those right wing trolls, who loomed so large in 2016. I’m also surprised that it’s only been four years for TikTok to go from new upstart to possibly outlawed in the US. But how has the TikTok algorithm affected folks’ perception of reality? How has it played into global events? Where are all the Q acolytes now? The world needs a season 2!

What is the internet doing to us? The Times tech columnist Kevin Roose discovers what happens when our lives move online. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

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