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Computer Says Kiss May 21, 2026

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Georgia chats with Sydney Bradley of Business Insider about dating app Bumble’s termination of the swipe, and the dating app market’s overall pivot to AI

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Swipe No More

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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 and is distributed by Radiotopia

The Internet Is A Megadungeon [Archive Pull] May 14, 2026

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Originally published on March 27th, 2024, enjoy Mike's conversation with Gabriele de Seta and Paolo Berti about how the “megadungeon” is a productive model for understanding the internet.

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Megadungeons

Megadungeon: A Model for Media Complexity, Magazen
Megadungeon: New Digital Volumetries in Art and Media, YT Playlist
paranom.asia, Gabriele de Seta
unive.it, Paolo Berti

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Hunting for Trash in Disneyland May 07, 2026

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Contributing producer Rose Witmer and her sister Maggie explore the nature of collecting — specifically, collecting Disney branded enamel pins — in an age where social media dominates hobbies across the board, and clicking "purchase" is easier than hunting for something IRL.

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How Hard Is It To Stop Using American Tech? May 01, 2026

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Mike talks with the German Federal Center for Digital Sovereignty’s Head of Open Source Product & Delivery about Digital Sovereignty and the process of divesting the German state from American technology products.

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ZenDis, and Digital Sovereignty

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Why No One Wants to Hard Launch Their Man Apr 23, 2026

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Georgia speaks to writer, researcher, and academic Carolina Bandinelli about embarrassing boyfriends and the online culture of cynicism, shame, and blame that has spread throughout the modern dating scene.

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Vogue — Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?

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Georgia Gets Banned From Hinge Forever [Archive Pull] Apr 15, 2026

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Originally published on May 22nd, 2024 in our episode Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places, enjoy Georgia's segment where she investigates the walled garden of dating apps, and pays dearly as a result.

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Should You Trust MrBeast With Your Money? Apr 10, 2026

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Business and finance journalist Kit Pulliam examines MrBeast Financial, a soon-to-be-launched financial services platform spearheaded by MrBeast — A.K.A Jimmy Donaldson — himself. But what does it mean for this one, rich (is he rich?) YouTuber to own a bank (is it a bank?)? And how did he get to this position?

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Mailbag #12: We're Not Built For This Apr 07, 2026

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Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our contributing producer is Meghal Janardan. 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.

News Post: A Primer on Torrenting Apr 02, 2026

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In the latest installment of Terms & Conditions, Georgia chats with author, professor, and digital piracy expert Aram Sinnreich about torrenting. Peer-to-peer file sharing isn’t new, nor is the legal controversy surrounding it. But what is torrenting? Why does it have such a marred reputation, and what role does it play in our online lives?

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Lolcows and the Internet's "Digital Freakshow" Mar 26, 2026

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Executive Producer Jason Oberholtzer speaks to Dr. Jess Rauchberg about how the lolcow — a vulnerable Internet persona interacting with an unreliable and often malicious audience — relates to contemporary politics online and historic medieval spectacle.

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