Dating 6 Women at Once Is the Most Fun a Podcast Bro Can Have Without Getting Cancelled

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Dating 6 Women at Once Is the Most Fun a Podcast Bro Can Have Without Getting Cancelled

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Apr 1, 2024

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Katherine and Gio discuss the Cut's Andrew Huberman profile, what does and doesn't count as "being political," emo kids, and which up-and-coming public intellectuals they want to model themselves after.

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Apr 1, 2024

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Once a podcast about desire, now a podcast about our lives online.

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Mini-sode: The Tokenization of Everything ft. Meta-Nomad: Meta-Nomad, the host of another one of my favorite podcasts, Hermitix, and I talk about cyclical backlashes, the frontiersmen of the Metaverse, walking the walk, and the importance of starting a garden. I cut this one a little short because towards the end, it got a little inside baseball and we went on a long tangent about a specific book. Initially, I was planning on this being released in written format, but was pleasantly surprised that the audio quality wasn't too too bad. Theme: Telekon by Gary Numan Listen to Hermitix: https://www.patreon.com/hermitix by The Computer Room
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The Ghost of Adam Lanza ft. BlitheringGenius (Pt. 1 of 4): In episode one, I speak with the author of the essay, “The Ghost of Adam Lanza,” BlitheringGenius. https://thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-ghost-of-adam-lanza.html I’d also like to add a content warning. We don’t discuss the tragedy at Sandy Hook, but the nature of our discussion may upset some listeners. Theme: Beehive Days by Locust Toybox by The Computer Room
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Casual Sex Doesn't Exist ft. Rayne Fisher-Quann: One of my favorite TikTokers, Rayne Fisher-Quann, joined me to talk about TikTok, cancel culture, the futility of the culture wars, how people talk about casual sex, and a shared favorite topic, the Internet. You can find Rayne’s reading recs, advice column, and internet culture observations at internetprincess.substack.com. Theme: You’re Standing On My Neck by Splendora by The Computer Room
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137 min listen
Neighborhoods Are Better Than Nothing ft. Tao Lin: Somehow, we never posted this excellent episode. I think this might be the last episode that we recorded together before the hiatus. -- Default Friend The birds are chirping, the Gchats are pinging, and Default Friend and the Personality Girl interview the inimitable Tao Lin. TPG and Tao talk glyphosate; DF mixes up Terence McKenna and Timothy Leary; the three reverse engineer themselves into accepting Traditionalism wholeheartedly. by The Computer Room
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u mIRCin', brah? ft. Oliver Bateman: This was a wide-ranging conversation. We talked about mIRC WWE roleplays, the impossibility of creating a genealogy of bodybuilding forums, how trolling evolved from Usenet to Twitter, the implicit similarities between Aimee Terese and Zyzz, why the digital invites body modification, male-to-male transsexuals, and the lasting impact of what the New York Times’ once dubbed “the male fitness internet.” Read Oliver’s EXCELLENT reporting here: The Unheard History of Bodybuilding Forums Steroid Solidarity Muscle, Smoke, Mirrors The Life of a Jacked Guy in 2019 How Selfies and Social Media Shaped Modern Bodybuilding What Could Have Triggered Elliot Rodger? Books referenced: Muscle, Smoke, and Mirrors by Randy Roach Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder by Sam Fussell Theme: I Should Have Walked Away by KAAZE by The Computer Room
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I Am Jack's Emergent Fandom: Jack Crum of 404Tales joins me for a conversation about internet ethnographies, the history of Tumblr, and what nobody had the balls to say about #GamerGate. Theme: The Great Fairy Fountain Etude Find Jack here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JackCrum404/videos by The Computer Room
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Youse-net ft. the most famous blogger in the world: While ATO is on hiatus, from DF's The Computer Room: I talked about Usenet (and, incredibly, mispronounced it), elitism, and the lost civilizations of the Internet with the most famous blogger in the world. I’m not one of his readers, but I feel like I understand him a lot better after hearing him talk about the Internet. After this conversation, I’m left wondering… do we need to govern the Internet, as though it were a physical place? (I also wish I asked him about his galaxy of other projects.) Theme: Computer Love by Kraftwerk Audio edited by: Will Kraus by The Computer Room
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This Used To Be Real Estate ft. John Zerzan: This is an interview with the anarcho-primitivist John Zerzan. What to say about John. He’s a really nice guy. He’s anti-civilization, but not an accelerationist (as far as I know). He’s an icon. There’s also a chance you don’t know who he is. John Zerzan was one of the first philosophers I ever read. I’ve been a fan of his work since I was very young. I remember a long, long time ago, it must have been the mid-2000s, anarcho-primitivism was having a real moment online. I was old enough to grok it, young enough to still be enchanted by it. As I’ve grown older, there’s lots about his work that I can’t totally get behind or relate to (for example, one thing I’m learning about my politics, whatever they are, is that I don’t believe you can eliminate hierarchy), but I still think it’s well worth checking out. His commentary on symbolic thought, time, and computers are both especially interesting and prescient. by The Computer Room
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pandora's vox: In this special crossover episode, Emmet returns to discuss Carmen Hermosillo's/humdog's iconic essay about self-commodification on the WELL (Whole Earth 'Letronic Link), "pandora's vox." Read it here:https://gist.github.com/kolber/2131643 by The Computer Room
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Broadcast Yourself ft. Peter Coffin: In this episode, I talk to the YouTube personality and fellow Fan Studies guy, Peter Coffin about YouTube, politics, and the mob. by The Computer Room
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Complete Erasure of the Self ft. Limpida: Here’s a theory I’ve been kicking around with today’s guest: Tumblr was an extension of MK Ultra. I’ve never been more serious. Subscribe to Limpida’s Substack here: https://strigoi.substack.com/ Theme: Autobahn by Kraftwerk Produced by: Will Kraus by The Computer Room
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Finally, Some Good News (An Episode): Default Friend is joined by a new cohost, Poetry Grifter, to talk about two digitally native pieces of literature, Finally, Some Good News and Bronze Age Mindset. The Rise and Fall of the Alt Right: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n887xDKppmE&ab_channel=BlitheringGenius Finally, Some Good News: https://www.amazon.com/Finally-Some-Good-Delicious-Tacos/dp/1790356229 Bronze Age Mindset: https://www.amazon.com/Bronze-Age-Mindset-Pervert-ebook/dp/B07DJQ89TD by The Computer Room
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(ed)iets: Happy New Year! Steff and Katherine the wonderful world of Internet fad diets: keto, paleo, carnivore, frugivore, Bulletproof Diet, Ana Boot Camp, Ray Peatism, Raw Egg Nationalism, and Whole30. Correction: At some point, Katherine incorrectly states Susun Weed was pro-raw veganism! Susun Weed merely debated raw vegans. Stuff gets fuzzy that far back. Links: https://archive.amarna-forum.net/salo/ Theme: Computer Love, covered by Envelope Generator (This is the final, static theme. I promise.) by The Computer Room
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Raking Muck in the Metaverse ft. Peter Ludlow: WARNING: This episode's audio quality is exceptionally, exceptionally bad. Special thanks to Will Kraus for cleaning it up. In future episodes, I’ll be using a better mic. Is a journalist who reports on virtual events that happen in a virtual world still a journalist? If you choose to present yourself as a rabbit online, does that say anything meaningful about who you really are? I spoke with Peter Ludlow, founder of The Alphaville Herald about living your life—fully online. by The Computer Room
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That's right, I win! ft. Meme Analysis: From the “glow up” to main character syndrome, the internet loves a hero (or an anti-hero, as it were). I sat down with my dear friend Meme Analysis to talk about what this has to do with the persistent popularity of MGMT’s “Little Dark Age” on TikTok. Theme: Little Dark Age by MGMT by The Computer Room
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Cow-tipping: A little stroll through the history of the Internet's favorite gossip sites: Pretty Ugly Little Liars, KiwiFarms, The Dirty, lolcow.farm, Perez Hilton, and Lipstick Alley. And of course...honorable mention, the Encyclopedia Dramatica. This was recorded weeks before Katherine had her moment of enlightenment about random Internet strangers. Theme: Computer Love, covered by Envelope Generator by The Computer Room
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Digital Confessional ft. Atoosa Rubenstein: I have a backlog of episodes! This is a conversation I did with Atoosa Rubenstein, former Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen and founder of Cosmogirl, in January (?) about her career, the importance of content curation, and her wonderful Substack, Atoosa Unedited. P.S. I was sick once again while recording and there are a lot of "I'm sick" noises in this episode. I'm sorry. by The Computer Room
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#MeToo'd In the Metaverse: Promoting this episode of ex.haust on The Computer Room's feed. Emmet Penney and I talk about one of my favorite pieces of tech writing of all time, Julian Dibbell's essay, "A Rape in Cyberspace." (As an aside, where has all the tech writing like this gone?) Read "A Rape in Cyberspace" here: http://www.juliandibbell.com/articles/a-rape-in-cyberspace/ Listen to ex.haust here: https://exhaust.fireside.fm/ by The Computer Room
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Welcome to the Group Chat ft. Nymphet Alumni: On this episode, I talk to the hostesses my favorite podcast, Nymphet Alumni. We talk about the lolcowification of TikTok, Marshall McLuhan, what would happen if Tavi Gevinson met Curtis Yarvin, incel ascension, and a hell of a lot more. One of my favorite episodes yet. Also, I quote a hypothetical Russian person at some point. I'm not Russian. The person I made up for my example is! Listen to Nymphet Alumni here: https://nymphetalumni.transistor.fm/ Other relevant links: https://sherbert.biz/selected-work https://www.reddit.com/r/aliceandfernsnark/ https://defaultfriend.substack.com/p/incels-incel-ascension-incel-chasers?s=w https://defaultfriend.substack.com/p/the-inverse-of-the-fuck-boy/comments?s=w Theme: Lolita Ya-Ya by Nelson Riddle by The Computer Room
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Overworked, Overpaid, Undertaxed: Overworked, overpaid, and probably undertaxed: today, we dive into the world of /r/overemployed. by The Computer Room
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The Iowa Pariah ft. Alex Perez: While Kat is in Colombia having a mental health episode, Steff interviews Alex Perez, "the Iowa Pariah," whose controversial interview with editor and writer Elizabeth Ellen inspired the entire staff of Hobart Magazine to resign. by The Computer Room
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The Ghost of Adam Lanza ft. Gio Pennacchietti (Pt. 2 of 2): Two of two in a series about Adam Lanza’s digital footprint. This has some overlap with episode one, and they don’t need to be listened to in order. Follow Gio on Twitter here and on YouTube here. Theme: Beehive Days by Locust Toybox by The Computer Room
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Fear of a BlackPlanet.com ft. André Brock: André Brock, professor and author of Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures, popped by the show to talk about the origins of Black Twitter, the importance of writing about digital subcultures as they’re developing, digital whiteflight, and the first Black social networking site, BlackPlanet.com. Find André’s work here and on Twitter here. Articles referenced: How Black people use Twitter, Farhad Manjoo You Can Tweet Like This, Or You Can Tweet Like That, Or You Can Tweet Like Us, Post Bourgie What Were Black People Talking About on Twitter Last Night?, Choire Sicha Micah’s “Black people on Twitter” theory, Nick Douglas From the Blackhand Side: Twitter as a Cultural Conversation, André Brock …and the research on Black Twitter conducted by Deen Freelon, Meredith Clark, and Charleton McIlwain by The Computer Room
56 min listen
Paint the Town Paul ft. Paul Town: Paul Town makes a return to my Substack for a conversation about writing books, moving to Southeast Asia, and killing time. Produced by: Will Kraus by The Computer Room
76 min listen
Mini-sode: Fictional Soul, Human Body: Cross-posting this mini-sode from default.blog to this feed. Katherine sat down with nabby, a former otherkin, to discuss life with a human body and anime soul. Check out nabby's art here: https://linktr.ee/inviteonlycomic by The Computer Room
38 min listen
Posts That Never Happened: Jack makes a return and we discuss Tumblr fake stories, from Oppa Homeless Style to my personal favorite, Aceggots. What’s the difference between a fake story and just lying online? Is there a meaningful difference? Is there a taxonomy of fake posts? Beyond that, are there discrete genres? Theme: Are You Satisfied? by Marina Produced by: Will Kraus by The Computer Room
59 min listen
Discord in the Dark Forest ft. Joshua Citarella: Joshua Citarella is an artist and researcher whose work focuses on the fringe political groups developing in cyberspace. I love his work, partially because it’s a reminder to me that there’s more to Internet politics than the Dissident Right. In fact, talking to Joshua was good reminder in general of the vastness of cyberspace. For me, I always think of it through the lenses of Twitter, Tumblr, and TikTok. Certain podcasts. Journalists. But there’s a whole other ecosystem on YouTube, Twitch, and Instagram. It got me thinking about two things: Fans don’t always mean influence, and influence doesn’t always mean fans. Influence and fans don’t always mean you’ll be familiar with either group. We talked about a lot, more than just the terrain of online life. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much I did. Theme: The Robots by KraftworkProduced by Will Kraus by The Computer Room
66 min listen
The Android and the Human: Today, Emmet and I discussed PKD's sprawling 1972 speech from the Vancouver Science Fiction Convention, "The Android and the Human." I encourage everyone read the whole piece here, but it's perhaps best summed up by the following quote: Our environment — and I mean our man-made world of machines, artificial constructs, computers, electronic systems, interlinking homeostatic components — all of this is in fact beginning more and more to possess what the earnest psychologists fear the primitive sees in his environment: animation. In a very real sense our environment is becoming alive, or at least quasi-alive, and in ways specifically and fundamentally analogous to ourselves...Rather than learning about ourselves by studying our constructs, perhaps we should make the attempt to comprehend what our constructs are up to by looking into what we ourselves are up to. Read it here: https://genius.com/Philip-k-dick-the-android-and-the-human-annotated by The Computer Room
55 min listen

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Aaron Friedberg on "Getting China Wrong" by The Lawfare Podcast
58 min listen
David Rohde on the Supposed "Deep State": In a 2018 poll, 74 percent of Americans said they believed that some group of unelected government and military officials was definitely or probably secretly manipulating or directing national policy. What is the actual history of presidents and... by The Lawfare Podcast
51 min listen
The Power of the Black Vote with Trymaine Lee: With less than two months to the midterms, a lot is at stake for the future of American democracy. Understanding the political mood of the country is something that’s been on Chris’ mind. The past few years have been filled with immense disruption, social reckoning and intense political debate. At the same time, conservative activists have gone out of their way to pass laws banning the teaching of critical race theory. There’s a lot going on. Unpacking everything that’s been happening, and how people, particularly young folks are feeling, is the focus of an HBCU tour hosted by “Into America” host, Emmy award and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Trymaine Lee. Trymaine returns to WITHpod to talk about what he’s learned from college students during his team’s “Power of the Black Vote” tour, to share what he’s paying attention to in the midterm elections and more. by Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
48 min listen
John R. Hibbing, "The Securitarian Personality: What Really Motivates Trump’s Base and Why It Matters for the Post-Trump Era" (Oxford UP, 2020): What are the policy implications due to a fundamental distrust and dislike of “outsiders”? by New Books in Psychology
47 min listen
ITT Sound Off: We Have to Do Better: Maria and Julio talk about the latest incident of gun violence after a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado left 10 people dead. They also unpack the latest in immigration news, including President Biden's first ever news conference of his presidenc... by In The Thick
19 min listen
How positive and negative freedoms shape democracy: Chris Beem leads this week's discussion on how freedom and liberty manifest themselves and impact democratic engagement. by Democracy Works
33 min listen
White Supremacy Is Evergreen: Maria and Julio are joined by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, historian, writer and professor at Princeton University, and Adam Goodman, professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, for a conversation about the deep-rooted history of white supremacy in th... by In The Thick
38 min listen
Smart Justice by Pod Save the People
68 min listen
Rationally Speaking #147 - Andrew Gelman on "Why do Americans vote the way they do?": Professor of statistics and political science Andrew Gelman shines some clarifying light on the intersection between politics and class in America, explaining what the numbers really show. He and Julia also ask "Is it rational to vote?" by Rationally Speaking Podcast
53 min listen
SHUT DOWN THE FBI by The Great America Show with Lou Dobbs
43 min listen
Bonus: Huma Abedin finally gets to tell her own story by Next Question with Katie Couric
51 min listen
David French - American Renewal Ep. 97 by Good Faith Effort
70 min listen
Chris Christie Talks 2024 Presidential Campaign by Bloomberg Talks
16 min listen
Occupiers Of Our Community: As we continue to see police violence throughout the country, Maria and Julio reimagine community safety with guests Victoria Law, freelance journalist and author of the new book, “Prisons Make Us Safe: and 20 Other Myths About Mass Incarceration,” and... by In The Thick
43 min listen
Episode 130: 'Heartland,' 'Middle America,' and US Media’s Vaguely Nostalgic, Racialized Code for White Grievance: “We need a president whose vision was shaped by the American Heartland rather than the ineffective Washington politics,” declares presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. “AOC Kills Jobs Middle America Would Love to Have,” proclaims The... by Citations Needed
79 min listen
Speed Round Grab Bag: Speed Round: Trump's notes, Biden's age, DeSantis's bad advice, India-Canada, and Whats more Stupid? by The Politics Lab
64 min listen
Bonus 68: Woke Race and Disability Politics of 'Tell Them You Love Me' by RedFem
64 min listen
Rep. Bill Posey says former deputy AG Rosenstein was ‘trying to misdirect Congress’ in Russia collusion probe by John Solomon Reports
42 min listen
The Island of Misfit GOP Smears by The John Fugelsang Podcast
70 min listen
Carol Anderson, "The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America" (Bloomsbury, 2021) by New Books in Critical Theory
58 min listen
Jared Knows Jail Is Real. Do Ivanka and the Failsons?: On this episode of The New Abnormal, Molly Jong-Fast and Andy Levy debate which Republicans testifying at the Jan. 6 hearings can be considered ‘good guys.’ Spoiler alert, not Bill Barr according to Andy. Molly also breaks down the ‘psychology’ of Jare... by The New Abnormal
53 min listen
James M. Banner, Jr., "Presidential Misconduct: From George Washington to Today" (The New Press, 2019): What standard should be used to assess presidential misconduct during the Trump presidency? by New Books in Law
52 min listen

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