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The Day The Vibes Died
Georgia talks with Matt Pearce – journalist, former president of Media Guild of the West, and senior policy advisor for Rebuild Local News – about the info environment on Tiktok around its 12 hour ban in the US. The team asks WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. Also: Computer Whiz!–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 LinksWilliam McFarland Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Defrauding Investors And A Ticket Vendor Of Over $26 Million, justice.govEXCLUSIVE: Fyre Festival 2: Dates, location and how to get tickets, TodayMicrosoft CEO Admits That AI Is Generating Basically No Value, FuturismMicrosoft Dropped Some AI Data Center Leases, TD Cowen Says, BloombergHow Temu’s supply chain is changing, RetailBrewTemu Overhauls Supply Chain on Tariffs, Risking Price Hikes, BloombergUK users are losing a key Apple security feature, raising questions about the future of privacy, CNN–Tiktok’s Leftovers HoursMatt Pearce’s substackOn Bullshit - Harry G. Frankfurt–What Is Going On HereMike: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCNP0atyy0J/Georgia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnBLd93cydQ, https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YqRuDF/Hans: https://www.reddit.com/r/Pomes/hot/Jason: https://www.tiktok.com/@aerosangels7?_t=ZT-8uF8Ot7ziWJ&_r=1Stevie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf8vqQFeH_k–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.The truth is, I’ve never cared for the NationalAnthem. If you think about it, it’s not a goodsong. Too high for most of us with “the rocketsred glare” and then there are the bombs.(Always, always, there is war and bombs.)Once, I sang it at homecoming and threweven the tenacious high school band off key.But the song didn’t mean anything, just a callto the field, something to get through beforethe pummeling of youth. And what of the stanzaswe never sing, the third that mentions “no refugecould save the hireling and the slave”? Perhaps,the truth is, every song of this countryhas an unsung third stanza, something brutalsnaking underneath us as we blindly singthe high notes with a beer sloshing in the standshoping our team wins.Excerpt of A New National Anthem by Ada LimónNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★
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Mad Chat
Mike talks with artist, researcher and online harassment expert Caroline Sinders about blocking people online. What’s it for, and what kinds of feeling do we have when using it? Then, friend of the show Meghal Janardan speaks to children’s book author Laura Dower about her series “From the Files of Madison Finn”, an early exploration about what it was like being young, and online, at the turn of the millennium. Also: ssshhhhhh library asmr–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 LinksWired Establishes Itself as the Digital Thorn in Elon Musk’s Side, The Wrap Introducing ChatGPT Gov, OpenAIAs Trump Offers Buyout to Get Rid of as Many Government Workers as Possible, OpenAI Announces New Version of ChatGPT Designed to Do Government Work, FuturismUnion lawsuit seeks to block ‘deferred resignation’ program, Federal News NetworkEU sets out guidance on banning harmful AI uses, TechXploreThe Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers, Advait.comGoogle drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance, Washington PostGoogle scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump’s new government contractor rules, APNewsVance gets the TikTok portfolio, Punchbowl–What If There Were Fewer Connections?Journalists’ Use of Social Media Disconnection Practices: ‘I Try Not to Block People, but…’Dr Dawn Wheatley, dcu.ieFind Caroline:convocation.designcord_labs on IG–From the Files of Madison FinnFind Laura:lauradower.com–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.The soft rumor of spreading weeds. The sound of things ruined by the wind. The come to me as if I were the heart of all that exists. I would like to be dead, and also to go inside another’s heart.Summer Goodbyes, by Alejandra PizarnikNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★
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Mailbag #6
We respond to your comments!–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 ★
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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 LinksFCC -- 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 MachineFind 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 wayveils tend to at some point in epic verse so that the hero cansee the divinity at work constantly behindall things mortal, or that’s the idea anyway, I’m not saying I do or don’tbelieve that, I’m not even sure that belief can changeany of it, at least in terms of the facts of how, moment by moment, any life unfurls, we cancall it fate or call it just what happened…Excerpt, Sing a Darkness, by Carl PhillipsNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★
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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 ★
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