Side Hustle Quest

Spam Part 2: Spammin' in the 90's


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With the assistance of Brandon Knox of the Laughing Vikings Live podcast, we continue our deep dive into spam, this time examining recent examples of how people have made a living blasting out legal, legal-ish, or fully illegal spam campaigns. 

You can find more of Brandon's voice and talent at https://www.laughingvikings.com/podcast


Want to forward us your favourite spam? Email us at [email protected]

Our intro and outro music is by Commuted. Find him at https://commuted.bandcamp.com/

Our art is by Jennifer Walker. Find her at https://www.jenniferwalker.design/


Sources for this series:

Brunton, Finn. Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet. Published 2013 by MIT Press. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spam 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_email_spam

https://www.templetons.com/brad/spamreact.html

https://www.britannica.com/topic/ARPANET

http://www.juliandibbell.com/texts/mytinylife.html#VR8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Wolfgang_Hawke

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060802/0854203.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mydoom

Monty Python SPAM

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Side Hustle QuestBy Sean O'Brien, Kellie McDonald & Brandon Knox

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