Stephen Carlsen died in 2025. His family knew vaguely that he had worked on creating the file format TIFF, but it was his nephew, Nathan Carlsen, who kicked off a quest for the full story. This week, senior producer Hans Buetow talks with Nathan about his oral history project to
October 22, 2026![Members' Only WIGOH: A Sip From 10000 Cups Of Coffee [NOW WITH VIDEO!]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7b/05/7b05daa5-580f-4201-a13a-465874b7c725/content/images/size/w720/2026/10/maxresdefault.jpg)
Wuh? Huh? A new members-only episode...THIS TIME WITH VIDEO?! It's true! We have a fantastic WIGOH for all you brew heads out there, featuring a square-jawed rapper of the 90's inexplicably featured in a music video about a girl from a small liberal
October 21, 2026
[It feels like you've been searching for hours. Walking these labyrinthine halls with nothing but a candelabra lighting your way, it's hard to know where you are, or where you're going. Another hallway flanked by heavy, locked doors, your feet hardly making any sound
October 09, 2026
Groceries provide a shortcut for influencers to look discerning, but not frivolous
October 08, 2026
Mike chats with Maia Woluchem and Cella Sum β co-authors of The AI Factory: Data Centers, Power, and Resistance in Late Industrial Pennsylvania β about the fight against Data Centers happening across Pennsylvaniaβ * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable * Or
October 01, 2026
I (hi, it's Mike!) saw a video on IG today where someone explained Halloween to me. And not in a way where, at the end, I thought "Wow! I learned something new about Halloween!" The subject matter was Halloween boilerplate: All Hallows Eve, prayers for the
September 30, 2026
A very autumnal hello to you and yours on this lovely Friday! C'est moi, Producer Georgia, here with your Never News delivery for the week. The leaves are just starting to change, the temperature is a balmy 65 degrees, and it's almost the time of the
September 25, 2026![π Never Post! What Does The Internet Sound Like? [Archive Pull]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7b/05/7b05daa5-580f-4201-a13a-465874b7c725/content/images/size/w720/2026/09/Never-Post-Final-3.jpg)
Originally published on April 10th, 2024, enjoy a conversation between Charlie Harding of Switched on Pop and Executive Producer Jason where they talk about what pop-musical acts have sounded like the internet. β * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable
September 24, 2026
After a confusingly whirlwind week on the AI battlelines, senior producer Hans Buetow seeks the counsel of researcher Dave Karpf to understand what the heck even happened in the past week with all the tweet storms, screeds, panics, and prognostications - is AI going to kill us all in 10 years
September 17, 2026
Hello one and all and welcome to your regularly scheduled helping of Never News. Last time you heard from me, we were in the middle of stream week! If you'd like to go back and watch the VOD from those 5 days of madness, head over to twitch.
September 11, 2026
The Never Post staff meet to discuss four academic papers on how the internet is getting worse, each from a special edition of the European Journal of Cultural Studies. How is slop like gelatin? In many more ways that you might immediately assume! Tune in to hear about them all!
September 10, 2026
Georgia talks to Matt Sitman, host of the podcast Know Your Enemy, about Pope Leo XIV's recent comments about the algorithm, and why so much of his papacy seems concerned with the cultural impact of AI.Β β * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us
September 03, 2026
And just like that...it's the final day of our Livestream Member Drive Week 2026. Here I am, one last time, to give you essential information about the stream, what to look forward to today, and all other relevant tidbits I find fitting for your eyes. Did you
August 21, 2026
Well, well, well, we meet again. It's me P.G. here to brighten your day with more exciting programming, news, and delicious anecdotes about Livestream Member Drive Week 2026! Psst, c'mere. You...you want to become a member, eh? Well there's an easy way
August 20, 2026
Bonjour to all! Producer Georgia here with all the info you crave on this beautiful third day of Livestream Member Drive Week, 2026. Find us at the NP twitch channel all week for fun and madness! Do you want to become an NP member, but you're too afraid
August 19, 2026
What's up party people? Welcome to day two of our glorious Livestream Week Member Drive. I, Producer Georgia, am here to tell you what's on the docket today, what you missed yesterday, and what exciting things are happening with the drive. THE STATE OF THE DRIVE
August 18, 2026
It's finally happening β year two of our Livestream Week for the Member Drive begins NOW! As promised, I (Producer Georgia) am here to tell you what's on the docket today. THE STATE OF THE DRIVE AND INFORMATION WORTH KNOWING: Our goal with this week of content
August 17, 2026
Hello hello beautiful people in my computer! Producer Georgia here to get you excited, thrilled, tantalized, and more for our upcoming MEMBER DRIVE STREAM WEEK!! Like last year, we will be livestreaming every day over at twitch.tv/theneverpost starting on Monday, August 17th and going through Friday, August 21st.
August 14, 2026
With the help of listener submissions and the insight of experts Drs Casey Fiesler and Alex Hanna, Senior Producer Hans Buetow investigates how people resist the integration of AI into the workplace, why folks might feel hesitant to broadcast that resistance, and why this topic feels so different from just
August 10, 2026
HELLO ONE AND ALL! We here at Never Post HQ have something very important to ask you. Do you have a friend who should be listening to our show, but hasn't done it yet? Do you have internet-y people in your life, digital culture hounds, tech-heads,
August 04, 2026
Hello one and all and welcome to Never News, the every-two-weekly newsletter I, Producer Georgia, bring to you with great reverence and sincerity. It's smack dab in the middle of summer in my neck of the woods, which means it's also time to begin
July 31, 2026
Mike talks to security researchers Jan Pennekamp and Johannes Lohmoller about how many academics are allegedly doxxing themselves in the process of publishing their own research, and why itβs so hard to get sensitive, secretive information off the internet after it lands there.Β β Tell your pals to take our
July 30, 2026
Oh, whoa! Content?!
July 24, 2026
We respond to your questions and comments! β βοΈ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail π£οΈ Drop us a voice note via airtable π§ Email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com π Leave a comment at neverpo.st β The Crystal Shelf! Cool Things! * The Mobile Phone Museum * Low Tech
July 23, 2026A 3,686 word dramatic reading
July 22, 2026
Hello one and all and welcome back to Never News, the every-two-weekly newsletter that I, Producer Georgia, lovingly write for you. Since the last time we spoke, the air has turned to ash and it's now dangerous to eat berries and lettuce in the ole U.
July 17, 2026![π Never Post! Posting From the American Car [Archive Pull]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7b/05/7b05daa5-580f-4201-a13a-465874b7c725/content/images/size/w720/2026/07/Never-Post-Final-2.jpg)
Originally published on April 26th, 2024, enjoy this episode where Mike looks at how the car has become a default setting for vertical, short form video.Β β * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail
July 16, 2026
Georgia talks with automotive journalist Rory Carroll about the memetic rise of the Renault Twingo, its debut on the racing game Gran Turismo, and what the popularity of this dorky car says about online car culture.Β β * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice
July 09, 2026
Senior producer Hans Buetow and contributing producer Kurt White tackle a new type of post - people making content out of the things they inherit from dead people. They talk with Nikki from Dadβs Vinyl Stash, and speculate about whether or not these new posts are leading to a new
July 03, 2026
The summer is here, the heat dome has taken over my fair city, and I have become more ice cream than woman. The other night, I took myself to see The Rose Of Nevada and it was amazing - for those who, like me, crave movies that have texture and color
July 03, 2026
Producer Audrey talks with Mols Sauter and Erin Kissane about what AI hallucinations actually are β * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable * Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com β Links * French spies break with Palantir * Palantir should be
June 25, 2026
It turns out we're on vacation this week.
June 18, 2026Hello and bonjour to all! It's Producer Georgia reporting to you on a sweltering, outrageously humid day here in beautiful Chicago, Illinois with the newsletter you crave. I refuse to complain about the heat - my skin is hydrated, my curls are hydrated, there's water, water everywhere.
June 12, 2026![π Never Post! Burnt Toast Audio Says βFuck Your Levelsβ [Archive Pull]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7b/05/7b05daa5-580f-4201-a13a-465874b7c725/content/images/size/w720/2026/06/Never-Post-Final-512kb.jpg)
RIP π§ users
June 11, 2026Oh dang, this place got both leftsies *and* rightsies?
June 10, 2026
Georgia talks to New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka about the state of personal taste on our algorithmic feeds. When popularity reigns supreme and it feels like everything is an ad online, how do we trust our own personal taste?Β β * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail
June 04, 2026
And also an editorial meeting!
June 03, 2026
Fall asleep to the soothing sounds of Wikipedia.
June 02, 2026
Mike talks with two game designers, a nuclear physicist and sound artist about how the iconic videogame became what it is today: something that runs on every piece of technology (and increasingly: biology) known to man β * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice
May 28, 2026
Helloooooooo everyone! Welcome to Never News, the every-two-weekly newsletter that I, the elusive chanteuse known as Producer Georgia, write to you with my two gorgeous hands. Hark! We are offering an amazingΒ Independent Media Collective subscription bundle, where you can subscribe to us, Aftermath, Rogue, and Rascal all
May 22, 2026
On the increasing prevalence of AI features across dating apps
May 21, 2026
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE????
May 20, 2026![π Never Post! The Internet Is A Megadungeon [Archive Pull]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7b/05/7b05daa5-580f-4201-a13a-465874b7c725/content/images/size/w720/2026/05/Never-Post-Final-2.jpg)
Originally published on March 27th, 2024, enjoy Mike's conversation with Gabriele de Seta and Paolo Berti about how the βmegadungeonβ is a productive model for understanding the internet. β * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable * Or email us
May 14, 2026
Contributing producer Rose Witmer and her sister Maggie explore the nature of collecting β specifically, collecting Disney branded enamel pins β in an age where social media dominates hobbies across the board, and clicking "purchase" is easier than hunting for something IRL.Β β * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave
May 07, 2026
Mike talks with the German Federal Center for Digital Sovereigntyβs Head of Open Source Product & Delivery about Digital Sovereignty and the process of divesting the German state from American technology products.β * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable
May 01, 2026
Hello hello one and all! Producer Georgia here on May 1st to deliver you the newsletter you crave. BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, a crucial declaration: we're currently running an amazingΒ Independent Media Collective subscription bundle, where you can subscribe to us, Aftermath, Rogue, and Rascal all at once for
May 01, 2026
Georgia speaks to writer, researcher, and academic Carolina Bandinelli about embarrassing boyfriends and the online culture of cynicism, shame, and blame that has spread throughout the modern dating scene. β * Vogue β Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? Find Carolina * Her website * Her study on dating apps and marketized love β * Call us
April 23, 2026Hello hello to one and all. Producer Georgia here with a Friday newsletter for all to enjoy. I'm writing this as the 1997 film Batman & Robin plays in the background. Robin just whined to Batman "sometimes counting on someone else is the only way you'
April 17, 2026![π Never Post! Georgia Gets Banned From Hinge Forever [Archive Pull]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7b/05/7b05daa5-580f-4201-a13a-465874b7c725/content/images/size/w720/2026/04/Never-Post-Final-512kb-1.jpg)
Originally published on May 22nd, 2024 in our episode Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places, enjoy Georgia's segment where she investigates the walled garden of dating apps, and pays dearly as a result.Β β * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a
April 15, 2026
Business and finance journalist Kit Pulliam examines MrBeast Financial, a soon-to-be-launched financial services platform spearheaded by MrBeast β A.K.A Jimmy Donaldson β himself. But what does it mean for this one, rich (is he rich?) YouTuber to own a bank (is it a bank?)? And how did
April 10, 2026
We respond to your questions and comments! β βοΈ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail π£οΈ Drop us a voice note via airtable π§ Email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com π Leave a comment at neverpo.st - Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and
April 07, 2026Hellooooooooo angels! It's me, Producer Georgia, here to give you the news you crave on a sunny April day here in wonderful Chicago, Illinois. Normally I save music recs for the end, but a few days ago was Trans Day of Visibility and I'll take that
April 03, 2026
In the latest installment of Terms & Conditions, Georgia chats with author, professor, and digital piracy expert Aram Sinnreich about torrenting. Peer-to-peer file sharing isnβt new, nor is the legal controversy surrounding it. But what is torrenting? Why does it have such a marred reputation, and what
April 02, 2026
Executive Producer Jason Oberholtzer speaks to Dr. Jess Rauchberg about how the lolcow β a vulnerable Internet persona interacting with an unreliable and often malicious audience β relates to contemporary politics online and historic medieval spectacle. β Find Jess Rauchberg: * The lolcow paper β * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail
March 26, 2026Hello divas!! It's me, Producer Georgia, greeting you on what must be our third fool's spring in Chicago. At what point does it just become spring? Or am I meant to take away the lesson that spring is simply a season where I am doomed to
March 20, 2026![π Never Post! The Disappearance of Tween Fashion [Archive Pull]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7b/05/7b05daa5-580f-4201-a13a-465874b7c725/content/images/size/w720/2026/04/Never-Post-Final-512kb-6.jpg)
Originally published in our first episode I'm Mad, You're Mad, We're All Mad Here on January 31, 2024, enjoy Georgia's segment talking to Professor Elizabeth Wissinger about how the social internet helped erase an entire fashion demographic β namely, tween fashion for girls.
March 19, 2026
The team discusses the onslaught of video podcasts, and pledges their never-ending fealty to audio-only podcasting once and for all.
March 17, 2026
Contributing producer and Kabul-based journalist Ali Latifi tells the story of a roughly 48-hour period, at the end of 2025, when the Taliban turned off the entire internet in Afghanistan.β * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable * Or
March 12, 2026
The team discuss how they feel about their digital storage habits. And their previous online selves. And the existential dread of forgetting.
March 09, 2026Hello one and all, it's me Producer Georgia here with the biweekly news you crave. But before we get into ANY of that, an exciting new offering for you. We at Never Post have been helping put together a worker-owned collective of independent, internet-y media organizations.
March 05, 2026
Mike talks with science communicators Alex Dainis, Trade Dominguez and Joe Hanson about what itβs like trying to do their job in todayβs information environment. * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail * Drop us a voice memo via airtable * Or email us at theneverpost at
March 05, 2026Well, well, well. There I was, staring across the misty moors of my crumbling, Gothic estate communing with the dark forces that keep me bound to this accursed place, when an incredible piece of news broke me out of my reverie. It looks like we've been getting some
March 02, 2026
When the chips are down...
February 26, 2026Good morning angels! It's Producer Georgia here from an unseasonably warm Chicago, Illinois with the newsletter you crave. And may I remind you that now is a great time to become a member!! You get ad-free episodes and my hard-won respect and admiration. Just go to
February 20, 2026
If not body, why so many feels...
February 19, 2026
HELLO TO ALL! We've got an SFW episode for your ears. Today, Senior Producer Hans Buetow digs into the data from the 2025 Pornhub Year-in-Review, and wonders aloud to sexual wellness educator Courney Brame, and co-founders of SWR Data, MelRose Michaels and Mike Stabile - whatβ
February 12, 2026Hello one and all! It's me, Producer Georgia, here once again with your prescriptive dose of Never News. The winter Olympics are here, and I for one will be watching the U.S. singles women's figure skating competition with the rabid, obsessive attention of a woman
February 06, 2026![π Never Post! Posting Disease, with Bijan Stephen [Archive Pull]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7b/05/7b05daa5-580f-4201-a13a-465874b7c725/content/images/size/w720/2026/02/Never-Post-Final.jpg)
Well well well! We've got a special, fabulous, and dare I say topical episode for you today. Originally published in our first episode I'm Mad, You're Mad, We're All Mad Here on January 31, 2024, we're sharing Mike's
February 05, 2026
Hello from what feels like January 37th. Today, Mike delivers the news you crave, and then he, Hans, and Georgia discuss β you guessed it β TikTok. Now that the app has brokered a sale to stay operational in the United States, what does that...mean? Is it worth sticking around to
January 29, 2026[You wake to find yourself lying in the middle of a weed-infested field. Standing up, you realize that you are on the lawn of an old, forgotten colosseum, its gravel track unkempt, the decaying marble stands of its amphitheater empty. In the center of the field, the only evidence
January 22, 2026Hi everybody, it's Producer Georgia. You're still going to get your regular newsletter in your inbox later today. But first, I wanted to offer up another, smaller newsletter-type thing for you in light of what's going on in the Midwest right now. I
January 22, 2026
Checking in on finances, audience, and upcoming changes
January 14, 2026
How fraud and ICE came to dominate the headlines from Minnesota
January 10, 2026Hello and welcome to the new year from me, Producer Georgia. We haven't even gotten into the double digits in January yet, and already news events have continued to pummel us with unflinching severity. And there will be more β you know this, I know this. But there will
January 08, 2026
We celebrate our guests for what theyβve seen and mock them for what they missed; we celebrate the year for what it brought us, and damn it for what it did to us.
December 31, 2025
Jeremy Busby, and the tenuous case of internet access from prison
December 17, 2025Hello angels! It's me, Producer Georgia, offering you a weekend edition of Never News for your hungry brains. It's in the single digits over here in Chicago, which always happens but never fails to shock me every year. For this edition of the newsletter, I offer
December 14, 2025
We respond to your questions and comments!
December 10, 2025
Unless you know what you're doing.
December 03, 2025
Choose life
November 21, 2025
Mike wants to know what is going on with Coverd. Enjoy! Or don't! I'm not the boss of you!
November 17, 2025Hi, hello, and howdy to all of you out there in cyberspace. It's me, Producer Georgia, penning this entry of Never News from my desk on this blustery, gray November day here in Chicago. Are you aware of just how easy it is to become a monthly, paying
November 14, 2025A playlist of every video from our Memberdrive Streamweekβ’ in August 2025
November 12, 2025
On Β© trolls and cheating boyfriends
November 05, 2025[To call this place a pumpkin patch wouldn't be entirely true. All around you in the field are the grinning, illuminated faces of hundreds of jack-o-lanterns, their innards already hallowed out and their flesh already carved. As you weave through the vines, you can make out
October 31, 2025
Eye of newt, episode of podcastβ¦
October 22, 2025[You've been wandering through the catacombs for what must be hours by this point. Every path looks just like the last β the same damp ground, the same oppressively low ceiling, and with nothing but your lit torch to guide you through the dark. And flanking you, human bones,
October 17, 2025
Is a generated aesthetic the look of our times?
October 09, 2025[You awaken on the floor of a strange room with a high, vaulted ceiling. Surrounding you blaze dozens of candelabras, casting the space in a warm glow that dances across the stone walls. How did you get here? And...why does it feel like you've been here before?
October 02, 2025
Your questions and comments make us happy
October 02, 2025
A show in three acts
September 26, 2025Greetings beautiful people! It's me, Producer Georgia. By the time you read this, I will be traversing the autumnal splendor of Vermont, where I have come to witness the beauty of love (I'm at a friend's wedding). But nothing will keep me from delivering
September 18, 2025
Plus - is that post a vibe, or can I eat it?
September 10, 2025Hello angels! Miss me? It's Producer Georgia back with a regularly-scheduled newsletter for your enjoyment. But I am NOT done telling you about how easy it is to become a member, to tip us, and to gift a membership! Just head over to neverpo.st and click
September 05, 2025
What future tech were we promised by childhood media that has yet to arrive?
September 03, 2025
Plus! A What (?!) Is Going On Here recorded LIVE during the Memberdrive Streamweek
August 27, 2025Well, well, well - if it isn't you again! Today marks the FINAL day of our livestream week extravaganza. As always, you can find us atΒ twitch.tv/theneverpostΒ and you can find the schedule of the week's programmingΒ here. And in case you didn't
August 22, 2025Friends, enemies, and everything in between! Hello and welcome to the busiest, most jam-packed day of our Livestream Week! As always, you can find us at twitch.tv/theneverpost and you can find the schedule of the week's programming here. And in case you didn't
August 21, 2025