Producer Audrey talks with Mols Sauter and Erin Kissane about what AI hallucinations actually are โ * 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 โ 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![๐ Never Post! Burnt Toast Audio Says โFuck Your Levelsโ [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 ๐ง users
June 11, 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?ย โ * 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 โ * 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 amazingย 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![๐ 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 โmegadungeonโ is a productive model for understanding the internet. โ * 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 โ specifically, collecting Disney branded enamel pins โ in an age where social media dominates hobbies across the board, and clicking "purchase" is easier than hunting for something IRL.ย โ * Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave
May 07, 2026
Mike talks with the German Federal Center for Digital Sovereigntyโs Head of Open Source Product & Delivery about Digital Sovereignty and the process of divesting the German state from American technology products.โ * 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 amazingย 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. โ * Vogue โ Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? Find Carolina * Her website * Her study on dating apps and marketized love โ * 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![๐ 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.ย โ * 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 โ A.K.A Jimmy Donaldson โ 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! โ โ๏ธ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail ๐ฃ๏ธ Drop us a voice note via airtable ๐ง Email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com ๐ 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 isnโt 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 โ a vulnerable Internet persona interacting with an unreliable and often malicious audience โ relates to contemporary politics online and historic medieval spectacle. โ Find Jess Rauchberg: * The lolcow paper โ * 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![๐ 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 โ 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.โ * 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 itโs like trying to do their job in todayโs 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 - whatโ
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![๐ 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 โ you guessed it โ 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 โ you know this, I know this. But there will
January 08, 2026
We celebrate our guests for what theyโve 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 Streamweekโข in August 2025
November 12, 2025
On ยฉ 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 podcastโฆ
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 โ 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 atย twitch.tv/theneverpostย and you can find the schedule of the week's programmingย 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, 2025What up freaks! It's day three of our Livestream Week for the member drive! 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 know, it is OUTRAGEOUSLY
August 20, 2025Hi lovelies! Today is day two of our Livestream Week for the Member Drive! As promised, 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 AND
August 19, 2025Hello beautiful people! Today is the first day of our Livestream Week of madness and excitement!! As a reminder, this is a week where, for five days in a row, the Never Post team (along with some ๐special guests๐ ) will play games, record segments, and digitally hang out with you
August 18, 2025
And: RSS Feed Me, Seymour! A Terms & Conditions segment about the ultimate webfeed format.
August 13, 2025Hello angels! Today in the newsletter, I'm going to break down everything you need to know about our MEMBER DRIVE STREAM WEEK EXTRAVAGANZA!!!! [DEAFENING AIRHORN SOUND] As you already know, we're in the middle of a member drive. Did YOU know that you can become a
August 08, 2025
Is AI Mike coming for Real Mike's Job?
August 06, 2025
An extended cut of the Authoritarians vs Wikipedia segment from the episode "F*cking Around, and Finding Out" with Stephen Harrison.
August 04, 2025
Also! Brainrot, and the future of public media in the US...
July 30, 2025
The whole point of runways is that they end, I guess...
July 28, 2025
An episode-long staff round-table about device customization with special guest Meghal Janardan.
July 16, 2025Hello beautiful people! It is I, Producer Georgia, here to provide you with a very special and slightly different installment of Never News. As you read this, I am in Greece, likely eating feta cheese, drinking ouzo, and standing in the shade like the sun sensitive creature of the night
July 10, 2025
For members only: an extended cut of Georgia's interview with Matt Pearce about Cameo, from the segment "TikTok's Leftovers Hours".
July 09, 2025
For members only: an extended cut of Mike's interview with Mike Masnick about Section 230, from the segment "One Particular Toothpick".
July 03, 2025
So I donโt look back in anger.
July 02, 2025Hello hotties! If you, like me, are underneath the wrath of the Heat Dome that is cooking a good half of the United States right now, I offer you a very sweaty, very sunscreen-covered "hello." To the rest of you I say...what's it like
June 26, 2025
With somebody who knows whatโs going on here...
June 18, 2025
We talk about what you said about what we talked about (which was probably about some stuff you said)
June 14, 2025Hello to you beautiful beauties! The time has come once again for me, Producer Georgia, to bring you Never News, the every-two-weekly newsletter than I pen with my very elaborate quill. If you'd like to become a member and get access to our bonus content I
June 13, 2025
Immediate and eternal, but not beautiful
June 06, 2025Greetings all and welcome to Never News, the every-two-weekly newsletter that I, Producer Georgia, type out with my delicate writer's hands for you to enjoy. Let's jump in, shall we? Some Internet aperitifs... Watch the Internet Archive preserve documents in real time! More horrible
May 29, 2025
Hentai and tariffs and KOSA OH MY!
May 23, 2025Hello you beautiful angels! Welcome to this installment of Never News. The NP team are freshly back from the Webby's and I am ready to deliver you THE NEWS THAT YOU CRAVE! Let us begin. Some Internet aperitifs... Putting to bed the "5G is dangerous" theories
May 15, 2025
You're never truly alone with Chat by your side
May 07, 2025GOOD DAY TO ALL and welcome to Never News, the every-two-weekly newsletter I, Producer Georgia, make for you beautiful people who live in my computer. In case you missed our news, WE WON A WEBBY! But more on that later. First, it is time as always........FOR NEWS!
May 02, 2025
Friends! A Very Special Never Post for you! In this one, Georgia, Hans, Jason, and Mike discuss their screen time stats and habits and what it even means to be informed. -- โ๏ธ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail ๐ฃ๏ธ Drop us a voice note via airtable ๐ง Email
May 02, 2025
Charts, buttons, and whirring, oh my!
April 23, 2025I'm going to yell at you about this again later on in the newsletter, but this is your PENULTIMATE reminder to vote for us at the Webby's for Best Live Podcast Recording! If we win this I will surely cry tears of joy, and wouldn'
April 17, 2025
How does the internet help us become ourselves? Why is LinkedIn like that? And also: HANDS OFF!
April 09, 2025Before I begin delivering you the news in the way only I have perfected, LET IT BE KNOWN WE ARE NOMINATED FOR A WEBBY! Our live show episode from XOXO Fest (which you can listen to here) is nominated for Best Live Podcast Recording. I'll tell you more
April 03, 2025Our thoughts on your thoughts about our thoughts
April 02, 2025