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The Happiest Car On The Internet

Georgia talks with automotive journalist Rory Carroll about the memetic rise of the Renault Twingo, its debut on the racing game Gran Turismo, and what the popularity of this dorky car says about online car culture.  – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – The Happiest Car On The Internet Find Rory: * Alloy's website [https://alloymag.com/author/rory/] * Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/rorycarroll.bsky.social] * Auto Week [https://www.autoweek.com/search/?q=rory+carrol] * Jalopnik [https://www.jalopnik.com/author/rorycarroll/] Cute Car Links: * What is a Kei car? - Jalopnik [https://www.jalopnik.com/1956995/what-is-a-kei-car/] * The Nissan S-Cargo is a Postmodern Masterpiece - Road & Track [https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a31166/nissan-s-cargo/] * Nissan Figaro  [https://www.nissan-global.com/EN/HERITAGE_COLLECTION/397_figaro.html] – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our contributing producer is Kurt White. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. Revving an engine to Steal attention. Flirting cool furniture with blithe lids Closed. A tidy splash on a mirror. A Fear Of belonging an avoidance of Cleaving to Incompletion As of a flash as of hit by a flash Or an echo Of an echo of a speech into stones. Tone deaf stick lashings who Spoke, along school railings Paramount Noise Excerpt of Stranger, by Cris Cheek Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

A New Type of Grief: Inheritance Posting

Senior producer Hans Buetow and contributing producer Kurt White tackle a new type of post - people making content out of the things they inherit from dead people. They talk with Nikki from Dad’s Vinyl Stash, and speculate about whether or not these new posts are leading to a new way of mourning. – Become a Never Post member [https://neverpo.st/] for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch” – * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Links * Unravelling interview with Nikki [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/giving-the-music-life-remembering-dad-one-record-at-a-time/id1751187652?i=1000754636500] (Ep. 46 - Giving the music life) * Dad’s Vinyl Stash [https://www.instagram.com/dads.vinyl.stash] * Cooking with Congress [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DVFBQRwkuKP/] * Goodnatured.studio [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DVOMuXAld71/] * Dead Greg’s Recipes [https://www.youtube.com/@DeadGregs] * Soundwaves of Wax [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DHXTQCppfB7/] * Anjali Pinto [https://medium.com/the-lily/she-met-her-husband-on-instagram-now-a-widow-shes-using-the-app-to-heal-from-her-loss-5bba0337752c] * Mattie on the Homefront [https://www.moth.family/] - Hans’ Inheritance Posting podcast – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our contributing producer is Kurt White. 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

What Happens When Search Goes Full AI

Producer Audrey talks with Mols Sauter and Erin Kissane about what AI hallucinations actually are. – Become a Never Post member [https://neverpo.st/] for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Links * French spies break with Palantir [https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260616-french-spies-break-with-data-analysis-giant-palantir-wary-of-relying-on-us-tech] * Palantir should be stripped of NHS contract [https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/labour-mps-call-palantir-stripped-050100316.html?guccounter=1] * Chile turned to China for an undersea cable. The U.S. said no [https://restofworld.org/2026/chile-china-america-google-cable/] * The Millions of Songs Mashed Into AI-Generated Music [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/ai-music-generators-suno-google-udio/687485/] * Google's YouTube settles social media addiction case with teen [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly81g7x73po] * Research shows Australia’s teen social media ban has little impact [https://www.msn.com/en-my/technology/general/research-shows-australia-s-teen-social-media-ban-has-little-impact/ar-AA26svYA] * Study on effects of Australian Social Media Minimum Age Act [https://www.bmj.com/content/393/bmj-2026-363695] * Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood YouTube Channel Goes Live [https://www.openculture.com/2026/06/the-official-mister-rogers-neighborhood-youtube-channel-goes-live.html] * Little Dot Studios Buys Content Agency Wing [https://deadline.com/2020/03/all3media-little-dot-studios-buys-wing-1202873960/] * German ruling says Google is liable for its AI Overviews' false answers [https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/] * German court holds Google liable for AI hallucination [https://www.transparencycoalition.ai/news/german-court-holds-google-liable-for-ai-hallucination-read-the-full-decision-here] * KPMG pulls AI usage report [https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/13/kpmg-pulls-report-on-ai-usage-due-to-apparent-hallucinations/] * EY retracts study after discovering AI hallucinations [https://www.ft.com/content/a61cbcae-95e4-4449-86e1-ef40fb306f4e?syn-25a6b1a6=1] * Wikipedia bans AI-generated content in its online encyclopedia [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/wikipedia-bans-ai] * AI hallucination epidemic [https://www.globallegalpost.com/news/the-hallucination-epidemic-why-ai-risk-and-reputation-now-arrive-together-for-law-firms-1138703226] – You Seein What I’m Seein * Search is over - Techcrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/] – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our contributing producer is Kurt White. 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

🍹💀 Memberdrive Streamweek and Member Feed Update

Long and short: * Memberdrive Streamweek is Aug 17 - 21 at twitch.tv/theneverpost [https://twitch.tv/theneverpost] * Sideshow specific feeds are being retired; members will have one feed! * Once monthly members' only content will include things like Team Chats, WIGOHs, &c, &c – * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – * Never Post’s Mike Rugnetta on the creative process and the value of reliable power [https://www.theverge.com/report/949073/mike-rugnetta-youtube-never-post-podcast-questionnaire?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InJYQ1dyTGNSQ0siLCJwIjoiL3JlcG9ydC85NDkwNzMvbWlrZS1ydWduZXR0YS15b3V0dWJlLW5ldmVyLXBvc3QtcG9kY2FzdC1xdWVzdGlvbm5haXJlIiwiZXhwIjoxNzgxNzkyNTgwLCJpYXQiOjE3ODEzNjA1ODB9.9VUDcCKeE3-x3wieZ6OzmPXzUwPH2tiLmQQsNSl6JtM] * The Earliest Game of the Year Awards [https://postgame.substack.com/p/the-earliest-game-of-the-year-awards] – 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

Burnt Toast Audio Says “🖕 Your Levels” [Archive Pull]

Originally published on March 27th, 2024, enjoy this episode where Georgia and guest producer Luis López wonder why there is so much audio online that seems to sound bad on purpose, and decide to give this practice a name: burnt toast audio.   – Become a Never Post member [https://neverpo.st] for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Burnt Toast Audio * https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_ [https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_] * https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4WXquxJWxG/ [https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4WXquxJWxG/?igsh=ZGx6eWJiODRxcDg1] * https://www.tiktok.com/@cbc/video/7285762769880714501 [https://www.tiktok.com/@cbc/video/7285762769880714501?_r=1&_t=8ktpSHiLKYQ] * https://www.tiktok.com/@theporktornadoes/video/7179733641092746542 [https://www.tiktok.com/@theporktornadoes/video/7179733641092746542?_r=1&_t=8ktqqvEJL2d] * https://www.tiktok.com/@inf1n1temusic/video/7195244395220749574 [https://www.tiktok.com/@inf1n1temusic/video/7195244395220749574?_r=1&_t=8ktqPN6UmMx] * https://www.tiktok.com/@cchiphop/video/7232580386759380267 [https://www.tiktok.com/@cchiphop/video/7232580386759380267?_r=1&_t=8ktpfRDu1uR] * https://www.tiktok.com/@epic.cammy1933/video/7348992219698826539 [https://www.tiktok.com/@epic.cammy1933/video/7348992219698826539?_r=1&_t=8ktunEQdWZy] * https://www.tiktok.com/@notamine/video/7347043430738054406 [https://www.tiktok.com/@notamine/video/7347043430738054406?_r=1&_t=8ktqF4oIwpD] * https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7310222966363573537 [https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7310222966363573537?_r=1&_t=8kqgpZcBXPb] * https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7313244933232676129 [https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7313244933232676129?_r=1&_t=8kqgkXi96g3] * https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7173471436479139078 [https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7173471436479139078?_r=1&_t=8klktUzJ8Nr] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzzUPZs5l1Y [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzzUPZs5l1Y] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3IV11_ZgA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3IV11_ZgA] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D-ZO2rGcSA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D-ZO2rGcSA] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77sS5IuR0Gs [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77sS5IuR0Gs] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2_r4q2imnQ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2_r4q2imnQ] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvjQXF5ucO0 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvjQXF5ucO0] – 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