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Vaguebooking
By Carter MoonSociety & Culture
Vaguebooking episodes
- Episode 43: A People's History of the Internet: SomethingAwfulThe time has come to finally discuss SomethingAwful, the notorious forum that changed the internet forever.WARNING: This episode includes an extreme story about mental illness, listen with caution.Dale Beran's "It Came From Something Awful": https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250189745/it-came-from-something-awfulMusic from this episode by Ruth Dancing: https://ruthdancing.bandcamp.com/album/let-the-cold-light-of-love-back-into-your-heart1 hr 17 min
- Episode 42: A People's History of the Internet: Preserving WorldsWe interview Derek Murphy and Mitchell Zemil, creators of the wonderful documentary series "Preserving Worlds" about their efforts documenting online gaming communities that have found ways to thrive beyond their creator's intentions.Watch Preserving Worlds here: https://means.tv/programs/preservingworldsOur website: vaguebooking.netOur email: [email protected]1 hr 16 min
- Episode 41: A People's History of the Internet: Coming Online with Tom SextonWe sat down with Tom Sexton of the Trillbily Worker's Party to talk about how bizarre it was for the internet to rapidly integrate into our lives.Check out Trillbillies here: https://soundcloud.com/user-972848621-463073718Our website: vaguebooking.netOur email: [email protected]50 min
- Episode 40: A People's History of the Internet: The Dotcom BubbleIn this double-stuffed episode, we talked to Financial Guru Gregg Gethard about the Dotcom Bubble, the various ways early internet companies were always doomed to fail, and how their impact echoes through the too big to fail tech giants of today.Links to our sources can be found here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubblehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pets.comhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberian_Outposthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flooz.comhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelonhttps://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/rx-for-trouble/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfodESl2Dwwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sICSyC9u5iIOur website: vaguebooking.netOur email: [email protected]2 hr 4 min
- Episode 39: John Cullen: Everything is Just PornWe were so pleased to get the chance to talk to John Cullen from the excellent podcast Blocked Party! A very lively discussion of what makes people post the way they post, how the internet economy works, and some of the worst things John has been subjected to for the entertainment of his audience.Check out Blocked Party here: https://blockedparty.libsyn.com/Follow John: @cullenthecomicOur website: vaguebooking.netOur email: [email protected]1 hr 15 min
- Episode 38: A People's History of the Internet: .txt files: A Brief Verbal HistoryThis week we take on you on a journey into the wild west of .txt files.We want to thank our friends Pat, Rob, Austin, Z Kelly, Heaven, Shawn, Caleb, and Three Raccoons in a trench coat for lending their voices to make this episode happen!Our website: vaguebooking.netOur email: [email protected]30 min
- Episode 37: A People's History of the Internet: WarezThis week we talk all things warez, the evolving system of game piracy that impacted a lot of hacking culture as a whole. We also talk a good bit about the graffiti-adjacent art style that developed within the warez community.You can find more from Brenden Becker AKA InversePhase in his 2018 presentation at Hackers on Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpu5IxLIPR8The Lost Art of Warez by Kevin Bouton-Scott: https://vimeo.com/341663153Our website: vaguebooking.netOur email: [email protected]1 hr 11 min
- Episode 36: A People's History of the Internet: Ander MonsonWe talk to author Ander Monson about his previous life as a teenage boarding school hacker, and the perspective he has now a couple decades later.Ander's website: http://otherelectricities.com/Music by Pattern: https://patterns.bandcamp.com/album/windowsOur website: vaguebooking.netEmail: [email protected]59 min
- Episode 35: A People's History of the Internet: Dildog and the Cult of the Dead CowWe are joined by Dildog, of the legendary hacker collective Cult of the Dead Cow, to talk about his remarkable strike against Microsoft known as Back Oriface 2000.Relevant Websites:https://cultdeadcow.comBEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE HACKTIVISTS WHO TOOK ON MICROSOFT AND THE FBIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHxNEvklKqE1 hr 3 min
- Episode 34: A People's History of the Internet: Rob T. FireflyThis week we make the crossover from phreaking to hacking, talking to Rob T. Firefly, one of the longtime hosts of 2600 Magazine's Off the Hook podcast.Rob's work:https://robvincent.net (Personal Website)https://modern.technology (Podcast Network)2600 Collections: Dear Hacker and The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey 1984-2008Our website: http://vaguebooking.net/Our email: [email protected]1 hr 3 min
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A podcast about social media in the age of social isolation.