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Two actors who perform the weird Internet on stage dive into the deepest web wormholes with members of fringe online communities. Alli Goldberg and Lindsey Ford have hilarious and humanizing...
Feeling dismayed by U.S. politics in 2018, J.D. Boehninger (pen name) got advice from a friend who was writing self-published monster fictio...
By day, Amber Ivey uses big data to inform governmental policy decisions. Back in 2020, she was invited to tinker with a new tool from a you...
Brian Hull unlocked his super power at a young age. Mimicking the voices of the world's most recognizable cartoon characters earned him lots...
Like many of us, the urban planning strategy game "SimCity" was an obsession for Diana Regan growing up. When she published YouTube videos a...
Greetings! I am couch/bed-ridden as my entire family recovers from Covid-19 (the BEST Covid!) While I waste away, I think you'll enjoy this...
Depending on what state or country you live in, logging into Instagram, Reddit, or (dare we say) Corn Hub might prompt you to submit a gover...
Greg Miller fell in love with Ghostbusters, Superman, and video games — as we all did — at a young age. But when he realized you could make...
Hey friends! I'm bringing an important conversation over from my other feed, as this story has huge ramifications for protected speech, the...
In August 2005, YouTube was a 6-month-old beta test, the iPhone was still years away, putting music on your iPod required a cable, and Muggl...
I'm taking the week off, but hope you'll check out my new improv comedy podcast for kids and families! Listen to the first episode here, sha...
Laina Morris was 20 years old when she entered a Justin Bieber fan contest in 2012. She uploaded a video of herself to YouTube singing a cre...
When people post online, they usually declare their opinions. And in social media echo chambers, those opinions tend to be validated. But th...
Grace Helbig was cutting tape in her 2006 video editing class when the professor asked everyone to create accounts on a new website called "...
Video journalists Joss Fong and Adam Cole are rarely satisfied with the results of scientific inquiry. As self-proclaimed "earnest nerds," t...
Dr. Will Bulsiewicz went to school for 14 years to become a gastroenterologist. He loved working with patients, and developed a fascination...
This week on INFLUENCE, the double-edged sword of YouTube's ContentID systems, and the explosion of AI-generated ads and voices which have n...
Like many of us, Zoë Ligon worked a retail job after college. But in her case, it was a sex toy shop, where she would have fascinating inter...
-Original Show Notes from May 20, 2022- Stuart Duncan is the dad of an autistic son, and he's also autistic himself. So when he learned that...
A peer reviewed study from the University of British Columbia analyzed the most popular ADHD-related videos on TikTok and found that very fe...
Here’s an idea: Around 2012, YouTube was undergoing a profound transformation from a novelty economy to a loyalty platform. This was largely...
Elizabeth Booker Houston got a law degree and a master's in public health, with a focus on pandemic policy. Too bad that wasn’t very useful...
Hi friends! Excited to share this interview from my *other* show, Colette & Matt Have Entered the Chat, where we cover video games and their...
If your Reddit feeds seem different lately, you're not alone. Massive "default" subreddits like r/pics — once home to heartwarming photos, h...
True Crime Case Files had 150 videos and millions of views, but not a single true story was real. Also, are we finally seeing real protests...
Social media platforms have become the “default” for most of the world’s 5.5 billion Internet users, which means everything we see and post...
By day, Jason Kingsley is the CEO of Rebellion, an independent video game developer that’s been cranking out hits since the '90s. But in 201...
This week U.S. tech companies lost nearly $1 trillion in "value" after a Chinese startup called DeepSeek released its R1 large language mode...
Adopting a rescue animal is a noble pursuit, but dogs who live in a stressful, chaotic shelter may not put their best paw forward when poten...
Gary Arndt ignored all the advice for new podcasters. Instead of focusing on a specific topic, he made a show about literally everything he...
When Sky Burkson was a kid, he had two obsessions: drawing and video games. He went on to pursue a career in set design, but his love of gam...
Happy Nude Year, one and all! I'm still on holiday break, but wanted to check in with out about the YouTuber(s) who exposed the Honey browse...
In 1984, a German teenager recorded a moody new wave song from the radio. The mystery song, with crunchy guitars and English lyrics, was pre...
Wikipedia continues to be a modern miracle. Unlike social media platforms — which are rife with misinformation and grift — Wikipedia's openn...
Karen Cassady had finally made it. She was working full time as a comedy performer and teacher, with weekly shows at Atlanta's top improv th...
Salutations, one and all! I'm taking this week off, but excited to share some episodes that are on the docket for the coming weeks, and a BR...
Amanda Lee was a passionate wedding photographer whose business was booming - that is, until, February 2020. Covid canceled her job and inco...
Mattel's movie tie-in dolls for "Wicked" are being recalled due to the greatest typo ever made. Bluesky adds 700,000 users in one week as Am...
There was no Internet when Yaya Han first discovered manga and anime in the early '90s. Born in China, she fell in love with this media (whi...
Before becoming Patreon's Head of Online Community, Hayley Rosenblum was no stranger to fan funding. She had worked closely with musicians i...
Two very interesting announcements from the Adobe Max conference connect directly back to last week's conversation about digital rights attr...
Nearly every meme, YouTube video, and yes, even this very podcast, contains copyrighted work that may or may not be ... "officially" obtaine...
When "Thorsten A. Integrity" created a trivia challenge for his co-workers in 1997, he never dreamed it would become the Internet's most exc...
Jamie Baldanza has always been an animal lover. When the ad agency art director started posting her photos of local New Jersey horses online...
YouTube recently announced two new features. "Veo" will allow users to create AI-generated clips and backgrounds for Shorts. And "Hype" is a...
Matt Hobbs was a working musician and the "house band" for an improv theater in Atlanta. Then the pandemic hit in 2020. With live performanc...
The Internet Archive, a non-profit repository for BILLIONS of pieces of media, has been lending digital books from its library since 2011 wi...
SightlessKombat is a video game streamer and reviewer, who also consults on some of the industry's biggest titles: "God of War," "Sea of Thi...
Most people can agree that protecting children from harmful online content — self-harm, disordered eating, gore, disinformation, extreme soc...
The flood of allegations around the world's most famous influencer range from petty YouTube drama to serious (and possibly illegal) safety i...
It's a busy week here in my house, so while I'm lining up fresh interviews for you, please enjoy this feed drop from my other show, where we...