Author, journalist and TikTok influencer Sophia Smith Galer came on to talk to us about her work on languages and how that work applies to thinking about communication evolving on the internet. Is ...
2024-11-26 11:02:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This one's been a real moonshot for us for a long time and we're overjoyed to say that special guest Adrian Chiles joins us this week! We discuss his new collection of his columns and take some lis...
2024-11-19 11:07:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In this week's bonus episode, returning champ and horror author Alison Rumfitt came on to talk to us about the evolution of horror online, Halloween parties and ghost sightings. Alison also gives u...
2024-11-12 10:28:53 +0000 UTC View Post
In today’s free episode, returning champ and horror author Alison Rumfitt came on to talk to us about the evolution of horror online, Halloween parties and ghost sightings. Alison also gives us s...
2024-11-05 10:38:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Part 2 of our chat with author Eliza Clark- part one here!-, we talked about Eliza’s early experiences of being...
2024-10-29 13:13:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
After many months of negotiations, backroom dealings and a showdown behind a loc...
Author Eliza Clark came on to talk to us about her new short story collection She’s Always Hungry.
In part 1 of our chat we talked about power, body horror, humour and the experience of writi...
We're joined by writer and journalist Emma Garland. In Part 2, we talk about ‘Hawk Tuah’ (try pronouncing it with a British accent, I dare you) and why people find it weird to talk about sex on...
2024-10-15 11:34:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer, journalist and friend of the show Emma Garland returns for a double episode to explain all the stuff that happened for girliness on the internet while Phoebe was away.
In part 1 of 2, E...
Writer and curator Matt Muir comes on the show this week to talk about his life through posting.
We talk about his early message board days, the several occasions where he accidentally sent a...
2024-10-01 12:07:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Returning champion Dr Eleanor Janega comes back on the show to tell us about another Weird Little Guy™ - Marcus Aurelius, and the philosophy of 'Stoicism', beloved by nearly every strange LinkedI...
2024-09-24 09:20:04 +0000 UTC View Post
On this weeks episode, parenting columnist Amil Niazi comes on the show to discuss some of the ways that your social feeds change once tech companies figure out you’ve had a child.
Amil talks...
On this week’s episode, Phoebe returns to catch up on all the online shenanigans she missed during maternity leave. We talk about JD Vance’s inability to order donughts and what happens when yo...
2024-09-10 11:23:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Aaron Thorpe, co-host of The Trilbillies podcast comes back on the show to talk about Ridley Scott’s ALIEN (1979).
Hussein and Aaron talk about the impact the film had on sci fi horro...
2024-09-06 09:38:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Dr Nayana Prakash, formerly of the Oxford Internet Institute, comes into studio this week to give an insight into the shape and structure of the internet in India.
She talks about the country...
In the second part of ‘Slop Week’, Hussein chats to Ed Zitron, writer of the “Where’s Your Ed At?” newsletter and the “Better Offline” podcast.
Ed has been keeping a keen ...
2024-08-30 11:49:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to part one of ‘Slop Week’, where we try to understand the incentives that have led to the internet being filled with incomprehensible, aimless content, and how it’s reshaping the way...
2024-08-27 11:26:26 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by journalist Chris Stokel-Walker, author of How AI Ate The World: A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence – and Its Long Future, to talk about the UK’s responses to the...
2024-08-23 09:13:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Resident oafthropologist Tom comes back on the show for a smorgasbord of online delights. We get an update on British oafs, including Big John's attempt to quell the recent UK Riots, Gymskin's reac...
2024-08-16 14:13:06 +0000 UTC View PostNovara Media's North of England Editor Craig Gent (@VivaHarehills) joins the show to talk about their latest book, CYBERBOSS : The Rise of Algorithmic Management.
Craig talks about the rise o...
2024-08-13 11:31:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Activist, campaigner and co-founder of Gamban app Matt Zarb-Cousin comes on the show to talk about how online culture has become consumed by the gambling industry, and the ways it affects our onlin...
2024-08-09 10:29:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer and editor at Verso John Merrick (@johnpmerrick) joins the show this week to talk about the rise of Britain's new right wing in the aftermath of the Conservative election defeat. John explai...
2024-08-06 09:39:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Friend of the show Sarah Hagi returns to the show to talk about growing up on the internet. Sarah recalls the creative methods s...
2024-08-02 10:47:22 +0000 UTC View PostHi all,
Just a quick note from us : Due to a bereavement, Devon has been away to spend some time with their family. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this time.
As a result, ...
Alex (@Alexgoldmund) returns to the show to talk about the state of podcasting in 2024, and why podcasters and producers are now facing similar tensions with tech platforms as musicians.
Al...
Hari returns to the podcast to talk about his latest novel, "Blue Ruin", published by Scribner.
Hussein and Hari talk about the London art scene in the 90s and early aughts, and how the...
2024-07-19 12:28:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Economist Dan Davies (@dsquareddigest) makes his debut on the pod this week, to talk about his latest book, "The Unaccountabili...
2024-07-16 13:55:18 +0000 UTC View Post
We're joined by Eiynah (@Nicemangos), host of the Polite Conversations podcast, to look back on the cursed mid-2010's, and in particular, the "Intellectual Dark Web".
Coined by Bari Weiss in 20...
We're joined by Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox, the co-hosts of the Lucky Paper Radio podcast, a show about Magic : The Gat...
2024-07-09 09:49:37 +0000 UTC View Post
[Content Note: Parts of this episode do involve discussion on rape and sexual assault in the context of this film]
Aaron (@afrocosmist) returns to the pod this week to talk about Satoshi Kon'...
2024-07-06 10:41:01 +0000 UTC View Post