Never Post podcast

Never Post

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

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

 

#70

Mailbag #11: Someone To Tell Us How To Be

We respond to your questions and comments! – Become a Never Post member at [https://www.ne... more

10 Dec 2025

55 MINS

55:28

10 Dec 2025


#69

Don’t Do It Yourself

Audrey talks with cloud-server DIYer Drew Lyton about what its like trying to rebuild the ... more

03 Dec 2025

53 MINS

53:49

03 Dec 2025


#68

The Year I Learned to Pay Attention

Meghal! shares her journey trying to rebuild her attention span and then chats with Emily ... more

21 Nov 2025

56 MINS

56:46

21 Nov 2025


#67

When We Fight We Win

Hans talks with Paul Levy about the case of Pool World vs Prepared Food Photos; A WIGOH fo... more

05 Nov 2025

58 MINS

58:49

05 Nov 2025


#66

Practical Magic: A Witch’s Guide to Etsy Witches

Georgia talks with Mahigan St. Pierre about witches Etsy-and-not, and Ph.D candidate in fo... more

22 Oct 2025

49 MINS

49:21

22 Oct 2025


#65

A.I. and New American Fascism

Mike asks if there’s anything in the connection between fascism and the aesthetics of A.I.... more

08 Oct 2025

53 MINS

53:12

08 Oct 2025


#64

Mailbag #10: Bring Back Ringbacks

We respond to your questions and comments! – Become a Never Post member at [https://www.ne... more

02 Oct 2025

57 MINS

57:25

02 Oct 2025


#63

Is It Even Possible To Ban A.I. In The Classroom?

Tori Dominguez-Peek returns to look at the prevalence of AI in the college classroom, and ... more

26 Sep 2025

49 MINS

49:51

26 Sep 2025


#62

The Pornstar Cassandras of Our Internet Era

Hans talks with adult content creator Siri Dahl about age verification online; Georgia tal... more

10 Sep 2025

54 MINS

54:03

10 Sep 2025


#61

Where Are My Flying Cars?: A Team Chat

An episode-long staff round-table with special guest Meghal Janardan. Recorded LIVE with c... more

03 Sep 2025

54 MINS

54:01

03 Sep 2025


#60

The Cat and Mouse Game of Age Verification Online

Mike talks with David Huerta about age verification laws, VPNs, and Bluesky being blocked ... more

27 Aug 2025

58 MINS

58:56

27 Aug 2025


#59

Assigned Male At Login

How do social algorithms perceive and prescribe gender? Contributing producer Toby Martin ... more

13 Aug 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:32

13 Aug 2025


#58

Mailbag #9: Don't Livestream at The Club

We respond to your comments! -- Become a Never Post member at [https://www.neverpo.st/] (h... more

06 Aug 2025

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:30

06 Aug 2025


#57

Rescuing Public Datasets the U.S. Gov't Deletes

Hans looks into the tactical archiving efforts of our nation’s librarians, and Mike unboxe... more

30 Jul 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:37

30 Jul 2025


#56

Never Post Funding Update

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28 Jul 2025

11 MINS

11:10

28 Jul 2025


#55

Ringtones and Customization: Summer Yapfest 2025

An episode-long staff round-table about device customization with special guest Meghal Jan... more

16 Jul 2025

50 MINS

50:49

16 Jul 2025


#54

Betting On Whatever

Mike thinks through the amount of gambling we are forced into, and contributing producer M... more

02 Jul 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:38

02 Jul 2025


#53

Ohhhhh I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Georgia talks with Tim Lawrence about the posts emptying dancefloors, and the team gathers... more

18 Jun 2025

59 MINS

59:39

18 Jun 2025


#52

Mailbag #8: I will not become food for monsters

We respond to your comments!--☎️ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail🗣️ Drop us ... more

11 Jun 2025

59 MINS

59:40

11 Jun 2025


#51

Reanimator: AI and Shared Histories

Hans confronts the technological, moral, and philosophical impacts of using Artificial Int... more

04 Jun 2025

51 MINS

51:05

04 Jun 2025


#50

Hentai and the Post-Platform Internet

Mike talks with Morgan Sung of KQED’s Close All Tabs podcast and PhD Media and Technology ... more

23 May 2025

54 MINS

54:46

23 May 2025


#49

A Remembrance of Things Flash

Dr. Martin Shelton tells us what Signal is, and how end-to-end-encryption works. Then: was... more

07 May 2025

54 MINS

54:16

07 May 2025


#48

Roundtable: Is The Internet Driving You To The Brink?

Friends! A Very Special Never Post for you! In this one, Georgia, Hans, Jason, and Mike di... more

30 Apr 2025

59 MINS

59:23

30 Apr 2025


#47

Smooth Moves

Jason talks with Hannah Pivo about charts, graphs, truth and proof; Georgia talks with Jul... more

23 Apr 2025

57 MINS

57:04

23 Apr 2025


#46

Any Rigid Idea About Yourself Is a Prison

Contributing producer Youngna Park looks at why people talk *like that* on LinkedIn. Mike ... more

09 Apr 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:58

09 Apr 2025


#45

Mailbag #7: On Ads, The RSS Resurgence and More

We respond to your comments! -- Links: Head to [neverpo.st] (http://neverpo.st/) to see OK... more

02 Apr 2025

50 MINS

50:06

02 Apr 2025


#44

The Hardest Thing To Do Is Nothing

Become a Never Post member at [https://www.neverpo.st/] (https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/)... more

26 Mar 2025

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:03

26 Mar 2025


#43

Never Post is joining Radiotopia

We're very excited to let you know that as of today, Never Post is distributed by Radiotop... more

19 Mar 2025

10 MINS

10:04

19 Mar 2025


#42

F*cking Around, and Finding Out

Mike talks with Stephen Harrison about why authoritarian governments hate Wikipedia and Ge... more

12 Mar 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:51

12 Mar 2025


#41

The Day The Vibes Died

Georgia talks with Matt Pearce – journalist, former president of Media Guild of the West, ... more

26 Feb 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:42

26 Feb 2025