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.

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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 here (and you can follow her on TikTok here).

Theme: You’re Standing On My Neck by Splendora 

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.

Listen to ex.haust here.

Meta-Nomad, the host of another one of my favorite podcasts, Hermitix, and I talk about cyclicacklashes, 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 here. Listen to The Computer Room on other platforms here.

Part one of a special series about Adam Lanza’s digital footprint.

In episode one, I speak with the author of the essay, “The Ghost of Adam Lanza,” BlitheringGenius.

This is still a work-in-progress— the un-paywalled version may see slight changes (certainly improved audio quality). Please feel free to flag anything in the comments.

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.

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In this episode, I talk to the YouTube personality and fellow Fan Studies guy, Peter Coffin about YouTube, politics, and the mob.

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, digital game, 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. Find this podcast on other platforms here.

Other relevant links:Biz's writingaliceandfernsnarkThe Inverse of the F**k BoyIncels, incel ascension, incel chasers.

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