Never Post

Never Post

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

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July 16, 2025 50 mins

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



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Mike thinks through the amount of gambling we are forced into, and contributing producer Melissa Locker tells us the story of a very special 90’s online newsletter. Also: Book reviews!

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June 18, 2025 59 mins

Georgia talks with Tim Lawrence about the posts emptying dancefloors, and the team gathers to ask What Is Going On Here. Also: Signoffs!

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June 4, 2025 51 mins

Hans confronts the technological, moral, and philosophical impacts of using Artificial Intelligence to animate still photos, including those of both personal and historical significance.

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Mike talks with Morgan Sung of KQED’s Close All Tabs podcast and PhD Media and Technology researcher Aurelie Petit about hentai and platforms. Georgia talks with WIRED gear reviews editor Boon Ashworth about the tariffs coming for your fashion microtrends. ALSO: Ask an Expert with Avery Dame-Griff.

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May 7, 2025 54 mins

Dr. Martin Shelton tells us what Signal is, and how end-to-end-encryption works. Then: was this show always going to devolve into a poetry reading? Probably. Finally: contributing producer Tori Dominquez Peek wonders what happened to the COUNTLESS FLASH GAMES of the early aughts. Also: Wildflowers!

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Friends! A Very Special Never Post for you!

In this one, Georgia, Hans, Jason, and Mike discuss their screen time stats and habits and what it even means to be informed.

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April 23, 2025 57 mins

Jason talks with Hannah Pivo about charts, graphs, truth and proof; Georgia talks with Julian Chokkattu about where all the buttons went. And also: DATA CENTERS

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Contributing producer Youngna Park looks at why people talk *like that* on LinkedIn. Mike talks with psychotherapist Kurt White about how the internet may help us become ourselves. ALSO: The people united will never be defeated.

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Isaac Varzim's “Groovy” sets

Humano Studio’s guest sets

Boilerroom sets

Ultima Thule

Vivrant Radio — Jeremy Olander

Above and Beyond — Group Therapy

Real Synthetic Audio — Todd Clayton

A State of Trance — DJ Armin Van Buren

Song of the Day — The Current

Morning Becomes Eclectic — KCRW

Vegetative Electron Microscopy

Source Article from 1959

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March 26, 2025 69 mins

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March 19, 2025 10 mins

We're very excited to let you know that as of today, Never Post is distributed by Radiotopia. We wanted to tell you what that means for us (hopefully a lot), for you (hopefully not too much) and what it changes about the kind of show we make, and how (almost nothing).

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March 12, 2025 63 mins

Mike talks with Stephen Harrison about why authoritarian governments hate Wikipedia and Georgia talks with Kyle Chayka about how to have fun on the internet. Also: Kidpix!

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February 26, 2025 61 mins

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!

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  • William McFarland Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Defrauding Investors And A Ticket Vendor Of Over $26 Million, justice.gov
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February 14, 2025 52 mins

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: ssshh...

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February 5, 2025 58 mins

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January 29, 2025 58 mins

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.


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January 15, 2025 50 mins

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.


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December 31, 2024 67 mins

A three-round trivia game with 6 of our favorite internet professionals to send off 2024

Take the Never Post Audience Survey!

Thanks to EX Research and The Pudding for their help writing questions for Post-Mortem 2024!

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