12 Podcasts That Explore The Weirder Corners Of The Internet
The internet is a place full of dark corners, deep rabbit holes, endless mazes, and wild topics. But with chaos comes story gold: These 12 podcasts use communities like Reddit, Yelp, Twitter and Tumblr to reach the other side of the digital world, with their hosts acting as expert guides. Safety belt. Everything will be strange.
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© Image: Podcast Logo Image: Podcast LogoLogged On by Dazed is a monthly series that focuses on all aspects of internet culture, from memes to new trends to in-depth internet conspiracy theories and more. Host Gunseli Yalchinkaya delves into sigma-man, Deleuzian cat-man, techno-spirituality, and the micro- and nanoculture of psychology and brings in experts to help you understand what these terms mean and how they're changing the world. The first episode explores the meaning of the word "medium" and is very good about how the internet is flattening our culture.
There are no girls on the internet
© Image: Podcast Logo Image: Podcast LogoThe internet can be a dark and confusing place, especially if you belong to a marginalized community. It's ironic, because often these rumors shape internet culture. In No Girls Online, Bridget Todd describes our experience online and explores how marginalized voices have shaped it since the Internet's inception. Now that Elon Musk has pushed Twitter, we're all wondering where we go from here? What do we need to know about artificial intelligence? Is it for our work? The new season of TANGOTI titled 'The Real Future' shows how today's women are planning for a better and brighter technological future and what you need to know to get ready.
AISIMI
© Image: Podcast Logo Image: Podcast LogoRachel Hampton and Candice Lim are everywhere online, so you don't have to be online. At ICYMI , they cover the digital topics and trends that everyone is talking about that are shaping our culture and explain why. If you've ever been stuck in a conversation, this is a way to wrap your brain around it. The host is completely up-to-date on the latest fashion trends in TikTok, Twitter Blue, buying concert tickets online, West Elm Caleb and all things digital. Fall twice a week. Keep at it and you'll be on your way.
An endless thread
© Image: Podcast Logo Image: Podcast LogoMost endless thread stories start out as something weird found on Reddit and evolve from there into real people's stories. Using narration, interviews and discussion, hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Emory Sivertson find the people involved in the story and bring their themes to life. The show is full of mysteries and personal experiences that will give you a glimpse into the lives of people around the world both online and offline.
Dark Web Diaries
© Image: Podcast Logo Image: Podcast LogoIn The Dark Web Diaries, Jack Riseider uses real-life stories and interviews with experts, hackers and cybercriminals to explore the world of cyber security, hacking and online privacy. Each episode focuses on a specific case, hack or event, providing deep insight into the motivations, methods and consequences. Think data breaches, ransomware attacks, social engineering, espionage and the underworld of the hacker community. Audio production is great and good if you don't have deep knowledge of computers. Jack's story will not leave you indifferent.
Dashboard Magazine
© Image: Podcast Logo Image: Podcast LogoRemember Tumblr? Longtime Tumblr user and longtime Tumblr contributor Lauren Shippen Cherokee McNally Doo. In the Dashboard Diary , they forecast hot topics, new ships, and future fandoms. It's a sweet, positive show about two people who find kindness on the Internet. If you like Tumblr, you've found a place that's just like it. But even if it's a new world for you, you'll have a great time exploring one of the richest and most unique veins of Internet culture.
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Digital folklore
© Image: Podcast Logo Image: Podcast LogoDigital Folklore is a combination of audio drama and documentary storytelling that explores how our interactive expressions and culture—from horror stories to cat memes—become modern folklore. Using a clever mix of immersive sound design, narration, voiceover, interviews and scripted narration, Digital Folklore examines various manifestations of Internet culture through the lens of academic folklore. Hosts Perry and Mason play exaggerated versions of themselves, taking listeners on a journey through Internet culture and often getting into some weird situations. The show creates a semi-fictional world and creates a series of scenarios that include real-life interviews they conduct with experts and folklore ideas and facts they bring to the microphone.
The beach is very sandy, the water is very wet
© Image: Podcast Logo Image: Podcast LogoBeach to Sandy, Water to Wet is a comedy podcast by siblings Alex and Christine Slate who dramatically read some of the funniest negative online reviews you'll ever hear. Dramatic music playing in the background during the reading really sets the tone. The episodes are divided into different business or tourist destinations. It is very interesting and really a lifesaver.
The party is blocked
© Image: Podcast Logo Image: Podcast LogoEvery internet failure has a very interesting story behind it. That's why comedians Stephen Heck and John Cullen created Blocked Party , where they invite their funny friends to share stories of weird online misunderstandings and fights with celebrities, brands and family members. Stefan and John have strong chemistry and fill their show with funny stuff. (And the theme song from the Locked story segment will be playing in your head for days.)
One click
© Image: Podcast Logo Image: Podcast LogoNarrated by Elle Fanning, One Click is a digital crime story that explores how one click on the Internet can change your life forever, in some cases leading to significant weight loss. Season 1 is about DNP, an explosive chemical left over from World War I munitions factories that is now sold online as a diet pill (with potentially fatal side effects). With journalist Jessica Wapness, Fanning traces the history of DNP and asks why so many people are turning (albeit dangerously) to the drug, how the Internet has fueled their explosion, and what this says about the health of our information society. This is a difficult and important test.
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© Image: Podcast Logo Image: Enter/Confused Podcast ArtThe New York Times' Rabbit Hole explores how the Internet shapes people's beliefs, behaviors and identities, and has the potential to further isolate them in an echo chamber of extreme ideologies. Through interviews, research, and storytelling, host Kevin Roose seeks to show how the YouTube algorithm, social media influencers, and online communities contribute to our polarization and radicalization. Kevin introduces us to people who have been heavily influenced by internet content and follows them down the rabbit hole to explain the huge impact the internet has on society, raising awareness of the dangers of internet bingeing.
search engine
© Image: Podcast Logo The podcast logo discussed in this sectionIf you're a fan of Reply All , you might be following PJ Vogt's upcoming project Crypto Island , which explores the world of cryptocurrency and the story of the amazing man behind blockchain. Now he's using that feed for a new show , The Search Engine , where he explores questions you wouldn't normally find online. (In a short episode, he talks about why zoo monkeys are sad.) So this is an anti-internet podcast, but it's also about the king of internet culture, so I think you'll enjoy it.
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