Never Post

Mailbag #12: We're Not Built For This

We respond to your questions and comments! – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content -- ☎️ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail 🗣️ Drop us a voice note via airtable [https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/form] 📧 Email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com 🌐 Leave a comment at neverpo.st -- 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

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?  – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] for an ad-free version of the show and 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 – News Links * Vote for us at the Webby’s! [https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/individual-episode/news-politics] * The U.S. ban on foreign internet routers [https://www.wired.com/story/us-government-foreign-made-router-ban-explained/] * Explainer on the router ban [https://www.theverge.com/tech/899906/fcc-router-ban-march-2026-explainer] * Hachette pulls “Shy Girl” off shelves [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/books/shy-girl-book-ai.html#:~:text=Romance-,Horror%20Novel%20%27Shy%20Girl%27%20Canceled%20Over%20Suspected%20A.I] * Meta loses NM lawsuit on child endangerment [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/meta-new-mexico-jury] * Meta and Youtube fined for creating addictive social platforms [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c747x7gz249o] * Judge demands DOGE deposition be removed from YouTube [https://www.404media.co/the-removed-doge-deposition-videos-have-already-been-backed-up-across-the-internet/] * DOGE depositions are back online [https://www.404media.co/judge-allows-doge-deposition-videos-back-online/] * Supreme Court rules in favor of Cox Media in piracy suit [https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-copyright-piracy-sony-cox-communications-af4064940cb87cdee3b9dc7839376d7f] – Terms & Conditions: On Torrenting * Aram’s website [https://sinnreich.com/] 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

Lolcows and the Internet's "Digital Freakshow"

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. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – Find Jess Rauchberg: * The lolcow paper [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13675494251394108] – * 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 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 Disappearance of Tween Fashion [Archive Pull]

Originally published in our first episode I'm Mad, You're Mad, We're All Mad Here on January 31, 2024, enjoy Georgia's segment talking to Professor Elizabeth Wissinger about how the social internet helped erase an entire fashion demographic — namely, tween fashion for girls. Listen to the original episode here: https://www.neverpo.st/never-post-2/ [https://www.neverpo.st/never-post-2/] – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] for an ad-free version of the show and bonus content – Find Elizabeth Wissinger: * Her website [https://www.elizabethwissinger.com/] * This Year's Model: Fashion, Media, and the Making of Glamour [https://nyupress.org/9780814794180/this-years-model/] – * 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 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

When The Taliban Turned the Internet Off in Afghanistan

Contributing producer and Kabul-based journalist Ali Latifi tells the story of a roughly 48-hour period, at the end of 2025, when the Taliban turned off the entire internet in Afghanistan. – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ [https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/] for access to an ad-free feed, and member-only episodes. – * 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 – Cord Cutters * https://bsky.app/profile/netblocks.org/post/3mgrehog7wk23 [https://bsky.app/profile/netblocks.org/post/3mgrehog7wk23] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacres [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacres] * Shutdown Tracker Optimization Project [https://www.accessnow.org/keepiton-data-dashboard/] * The Internet, Switched Off [https://cepa.org/article/the-internet-switched-off/]  * Internet Shutdown: How Governments Weaponize Connectivity [https://www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/internet-shutdown-how-governments-weaponize-connectivity] * Iran’s regime has shut down the internet in the middle of war [https://theconversation.com/irans-regime-has-shut-down-the-internet-in-the-middle-of-war-placing-civilians-in-the-crosshairs-277619] * How Iran shut down the internet and built a sophisticated system of digital control [https://theconversation.com/how-iran-shut-down-the-internet-and-built-a-sophisticated-system-of-digital-control-274570] * Afghanistan imposes internet blackout: What has the effect been so far? [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/30/afghanistan-imposes-internet-blackout-what-has-the-effect-been-so-far] * The Kremlin says the internet is turned off to stop drone attacks. Russians are fed up [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-putin-internet-outage-whatsapp-b2870428.html] * Blocked and Bypassed: Russians Evade Internet Censorship [https://cepa.org/article/blocked-and-bypassed-russians-evade-internet-censorship/]  – Find Ali * https://authory.com/Ali [https://authory.com/Ali] – Thank you to Suha, Fara, Saeed, Samir, Ramin, Mohammad, Hamed, Jabar, Sanam Muradi, Haroun Rahimi, Naser, Ahmad Azizi and Saeed. This episode’s Contributing Producer is Ali Latifi. 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. 1. These are the vague demands you make on me 2. (that I) assemble (to) recollect (to) decode (   ) associate 3. that I admit, fraught with difficulty, reintegration is no day at the beach in eggshell tints “The inmates start to get brave and a little crazy” when they hear that friendly voice–the matron 4. (But that’s also my mind, lost) Her epic poem on the constraints society places on the 5. misunderstood Excerpt of Sybil by Rebecca Wolf  Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia