Ten Thousand Posts

Hawk Tuah: Psy-op on Brat Thing ft. Emma Garland (Part 2)

We're joined by writer and journalist Emma Garland. In Part 2, we talk about ‘Hawk Tuah’ (try pronouncing it with a British accent, I dare you) and why people find it weird to talk about sex online, as well as how the Hawk Tuah podcast is an  attempt by Jake Paul to pivot back to content if he loses to Mayweather later this year. To round us off, we look back to a simpler time, when Au...

Hawk Tuah: Psy-op on Brat Thing ft. Emma Garland (Part 1)

Writer, journalist and friend of the show Emma Garland returns for a double episode to explain all the stuff that happened for girliness on the internet while Phoebe was away.
In part 1 of 2, Emma explains the emergence of ‘Brat Summer’ and subsequently, the dominance of directionless, hyper-online marketing strategies. We also talk about ‘demure and mindful’ and lament the slow dyi...

My Life In Posting: Matt Muir

Writer and curator Matt Muir comes on the show this week to talk about his life through posting.

We talk about his early message board days, the several occasions where he accidentally sent aggressive emails to the entire office by accident, and an extraordinary story of the time he tried to go on a date with a girl he met online... only to be left with a spooky message on a pub table. 2024-10-01 12:07:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Poster's Of History: Marcus Aurelius’ Big Bitch Manifesto ft. Dr Eleanor Janega

Returning champion Dr Eleanor Janega comes back on the show to tell us about another Weird Little Guy™ - Marcus Aurelius, and the philosophy of 'Stoicism', beloved by nearly every strange LinkedIn Guy.  Eleanor tells us about how the 'Stoicism' packaged in airport self-help books differs from its original Greek form, and how, throughout history, and even in its present, secular forms, St...

The Baby is a Content Vertical ft. Amil Niazi

On this weeks episode, parenting columnist Amil Niazi comes on the show to discuss some of the ways that your social feeds change once tech companies figure out you’ve had a child.
Amil talks about the odd and often conspiratorial ‘advice’ content recommended by social media platforms, the inevitable propensity to impulse buy baby products that don’t work, and the unique position �...

Somehow, Phoebe Returned

On this week’s episode, Phoebe returns to catch up on all the online shenanigans she missed during maternity leave. We talk about JD Vance’s inability to order donughts and what happens when you’re too cooked on posts to operate in the real world. We also talk about ‘Brat Summer’ (RIP) as perpetual, all encompassing marketing with no real end point, and finally address the elephant in...

10k Film Club: Alien (1979) ft Aaron Thorpe

Aaron Thorpe, co-host of The Trilbillies podcast comes back on the show to talk about Ridley Scott’s ALIEN (1979). 

Hussein and Aaron talk about the impact the film had on sci fi horror and monster movies, the darkness and wetness that sets it apart from the more recent sequels, and why the film is actually about bureaucracies and how nobody wants to work in space. Plus, Aaron theo...

Gateway to India ft Dr Nayana Prakash

Dr Nayana Prakash, formerly of the Oxford Internet Institute, comes into studio this week to give an insight into the shape and structure of the internet in India.
She talks about the country’s testy relationships with Facebook/ Meta and Twitter/X, why so many Indians see the internet as essential for social mobility and escape, and the ways in which internet culture has been weaponised, ...

The Big Slop: Part 2 ft. Ed Zitron

In the second part of ‘Slop Week’, Hussein chats to Ed Zitron, writer of the “Where’s Your Ed At?” newsletter and the “Better Offline” podcast. 

Ed has been keeping a keen eye on the big financial backers behind AI companies, and he explains why, in his estimation, there is very little run way for AI projects to prove they are worth the money. Ed explains how OpenAI’s...

The Big Slop: Part 1 ft. Jason Koebler

Welcome to part one of ‘Slop Week’, where we try to understand the incentives that have led to the internet being filled with incomprehensible, aimless content, and how it’s reshaping the way people communicate online.

Jason Koebler, co-founder of 404 Media and the host of the 404 Media podcast, joins us to talk about his recent investigation into junk AI on Facebook, and the the In...

Musk Vs Starmer : The Dawn Of Posting ft. Chris Stokel-Walker

We’re joined by journalist Chris Stokel-Walker, author of How AI Ate The World: A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence – and Its Long Future, to talk about the UK’s  responses to the recent nation-wide race riots, and in particular, how it’s dealing with a certain tech CEO spreading overtly racist disinformation. Chris talks about the Online Safety Act and where it might be exp...

Poster's Potluck 7 ft. Tom O'Mahony

Resident oafthropologist Tom comes back on the show for a smorgasbord of online delights. We get an update on British oafs, including Big John's attempt to quell the recent UK Riots, Gymskin's reaction to being on an economy class flight, and then try (and fail) to truly understand the break up of the Hegelian E-girls.

For dessert, we look at the supposed revival of Indie Sleaze, and whet...

Posting on Company Time ft. Craig Gent

Novara Media's North of England Editor Craig Gent (@VivaHarehills) joins the show to talk about their latest book, CYBERBOSS : The Rise of Algorithmic Management.

Craig talks about the rise of algorithmic technologies across workplaces, and the ways in which these technologies have re-shaped the physical boundaries of our working environments. Craig also talks about the challenges unions ...

Perpetual Roulette ft. Matt Zarb-Cousin

Activist, campaigner and co-founder of Gamban app Matt Zarb-Cousin comes on the show to talk about how online culture has become consumed by the gambling industry, and the ways it affects our online and offline experiences. 

Matt tells us about how the gambling industry has expanded on the internet as a way of avoiding further regulations, and the new 'games' the industry has built t...

Rivers of Posts ft. John Merrick

Writer and editor at Verso John Merrick (@johnpmerrick) joins the show this week to talk about the rise of Britain's new right wing in the aftermath of the Conservative election defeat. John explains how this new right wing movement are younger, more welcoming of racism and violence, and, of course, much more online. He also notes how in these digital spaces, within all the Groyper memes, is th...

My Life in Posting: Sarah Hagi

Friend of the show Sarah Hagi returns to the show to talk about growing up on the internet. Sarah recalls the creative methods she would employ to subvert her parents’ restrictions on her internet use, why she never had a MySpace phase, and of course, the curse- benefit analysis of still using Twitter. We also talk about the...

Episode releases this week

Hi all,

Just a quick note from us : Due to a bereavement, Devon has been away to spend some time with their family. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this time.

As a result, we've altered the episode release schedule. This week, we've unlocked our recent episode with Hari Kunzru, in which he talks about his latest novel, Blue Ruin. I've pinned that to the top of the Patr...

Requiem For An Audio Dream ft. Alex Goldman

Alex (@Alexgoldmund) returns to the show to talk about the state of podcasting in 2024, and why podcasters and producers are now facing similar tensions with tech platforms as musicians.

Alex, who was a podcaster and producer at Gimlet, talks about the 'golden age' of podcasting in the 2010s, when venture capital and mattress advertising was able to sustain unique, experimental shows w...

Blue Ruin ft. Hari Kunzru

Hari returns to the podcast to talk about his latest novel, "Blue Ruin", published by Scribner. 

Hussein and Hari talk about the London art scene in the 90s and early aughts, and how the novel examines the relationship between art, authenticity and access to capital. Hari also talks about  the challenges of writing a 'Pandemic Novel' at a time when most governments are choosing ...

The Unaccountability Pot Hole ft. Dan Davies

Economist Dan Davies (@dsquareddigest) makes his debut on the pod this week, to talk about his latest book, "The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind".  The book examines the social and political conditions of the last years of neoliberal politics, and how te...

Intellectual Dork Web : A Retrospective ft Eiynah

We're joined by Eiynah (@Nicemangos), host of the Polite Conversations podcast, to look back on the cursed mid-2010's, and in particular, the "Intellectual Dark Web".
Coined by Bari Weiss in 2016, the IDW – a mix of aggrieved academics and podcasters, united mainly by their refusal to acknowledge pronouns – had been presented as the group best placed to explain the ascent of Donald Trum...

10kposts Masterclass: Magic: The Gathering ft Lucky Paper Radio

We're joined by Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox, the co-hosts of the Lucky Paper Radio podcast, a show about Magic : The Gathering.
Anthony and Andy talk about how they got started in Magic, how to play the game, and the ways in which people can play it, both in card form and online, today. They also talk about the sta...

10kposts Film Club : Perfect Blue (1997) ft. Aaron Thorpe 

[Content Note: Parts of this episode do involve discussion on rape and sexual assault in the context of this film]

Aaron (@afrocosmist) returns to the pod this week to talk about Satoshi Kon's debut anime film, 'Perfect Blue'.

Released in 1997, Kon's film is an examination of a former J-Pop star trying to make it as an actor, and in the process finding herself in caught up in multip...