Hussein and Phoebe talk to the journalist Vincent Bevins, whose most recent book, 'If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution' looks back on the protest movements that defined the 2010s, and asks why their successes were limited, and in some case, counter-reactive to their initial objectives. Vincent talks ...
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We’re joined by noted oafthroplogist and podcast host Thomas O’Mahony to talk about the slop of gym content on TikTok and YouTube, and what it can tell us about how men, in particularly, think about their bodies and their place in the world.
We discuss how fitness content has changed in the past decade, why it’...
To discuss the recent Deliveroo and Ubereats strikes, we're joined by Dr Adam Badger, lecturer in economic geography at Newcastle University, whose work focusses on the platform economy, gig work and urban planning.
We talk about Adam's time as a delivery worker and the ways apps have made the lives of drivers and cyclists more difficult, and even life-threatening. We also discuss ...
We're joined by the writer and film critic Hannah Strong to talk about "Eighth Grade" the 2018 film debut from musician, comedian and Youtuber Bo Burnham. The film explores the final days of middle school for a young American girl, and her relationship to he...
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Joe Kassabian. Veteran, Author, Podcaster.... Poster.
This week, Friend of the show Joe joins us to talk about his experience of growing up on the Internet, of getting his entire family banned from the internet for a week, and getting in trouble with superiors for posting.
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Hey all,
I know I've been saying this for ages but I'm so glad to announce that we are on Discord!
We're hoping that this Discord community can be a good way for listeners to meet, talk about episodes, as well as broader topics we might not have covered. In the time we've been producing this show, one of our favourite parts is reading through discussions on Patreon – so we'r...
Friend of the show Dr Eleanor Janega returns to talk to us about Sir Thomas More, the 15th-16th century lawyer, philosopher, statesman and Humanist, who also enjoys the distinction of being a man who posted himself to death.
Support Going Medi...
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Noted oafthrapologists Thomas O’Mahony (Beneath The Skin, Lions Led By Donkeys) and Milo Edwards...
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oted oafthrapologists Thomas O’Mahony (Beneath The Skin, Lions Led By Donkeys) and Milo Edwards<...
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CW: This episode contains discussion of several potentially triggering topics- Marital abuse, murder, suicide, and a brief discussion of the murder of Brianna Ghey. Please avoid this episode if these topics will be difficult or harmful to hear.
This week, Hussein and Phoebe discuss all three episodes of the show 'Tiktok: Murder Gone Viral'. The conviction of mother-daugh...
Returning guest, New Yorker columnist and author Kyle Chayka returns to the show to talk about his latest book, 'Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture'.
Kyle talks to us about the ways platforms have enforced and imposed varied layers of algorithms on nearly every aspect of our lives – resulting in a boring and mundane online experience, where even a simple search has become imp...
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This week, we're joined by returning champion Aaron Thorpe of the Trillbillies and Struggle Session podcasts, to discuss Gia Coppola's 2020 movie 'Mainstream'. As a critique of youtube stardom and the kind of things people will do in pursuit of that fame, we feel it falls pretty short of the mark!
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This week, friend of the show and returning champion Alice from Trashfuture, Well There's Your Problem, and K...
2024-02-06 10:57:55 +0000 UTC View PostFriend of the show Emma Garland returns to talk to us about the sale of Pitchfork, the future (or the lack of one) of online critical culture.
Check out Emma's substack here!
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Murtaza Hussain (@MazMHussain) joins us this week to talk about Rumi, the 13th century Islamic scholar and poet, whose writings are often mistranslated – even fabricated – in order to sell cheap merchandise on Etsy and Redbubble. Murtaza talks to us about the historical and religious context of Rumi and the epic poem, The Masnavi, as well as the long history of western translations of Rumi'...
2024-01-30 12:36:19 +0000 UTC View PostNick from Corner Spaeti joins us to talk about his formative experiences online, most of which involve getting scammed on Guitar forums and beefing with Bass guitarists. We then talk about Ryan Jaunzemis, a pick up artist best known for being the last person to practice the noble art of “2024-01-26 11:23:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We're joined by returning champ and writer for Mirror Football, Tom Victor, to do an in depth character study on one of our favourite posters, Michael Owen. While some may know him as one of England's greatest footballers, we talk about his other life as a poster: from his mundane observations on cinema, his relationship to his race horses, and of course, his one of a kind responses to nudes an...
2024-01-23 11:39:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt's Just The Lads this week, as we revisit the MTV show Cribs and discuss how it compares with the house tour now as content vertical, featuring among others Redman, Perez Hilton and Emma Chamberlain!
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We're joined by friend of the show Rebecca Jennings, editor of "The Goods" at Vox, to discuss the big changes and shifts online to look out for.
We discuss the near-certain death of Twitter/X, the power struggle between Facebook and TikTok, and why everyone is being forced into pivoting to video. We also talk about Rebecca's recent article on 'De-influencers' – who, while saying people sh...
It's just the lads this week as we answer your questions about the show, posting, and the future of Posting. This episode: Our plans for the new year, which twitter clone has the mandate of heaven, and whether 'brown king cyrus' really had the world's first empire...
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This week we’re rejoined by writer Clive Martin, to talk about the British “citizen celebrity” and what happens when a local legend goes viral on TikTok. We discuss its similarities to other forms of British celebrity culture, their place in modern marketing, and whether we should see the phenomenon as a rejection of...
2024-01-09 10:23:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the second part of our 2023 year in review, so we're joined by returning guest Alex Ptak to take a look at the LIGHTHEARTED posts that caught us in the latter half of the year!
On this episode, Baby Gronk steals Livvy from the Rizz King, Colleen Ballinger apologises, Twitter becomes X, and Grok is Woke now!
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2024-01-05 10:51:34 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the first episode of 10K for the new year, and we're taking a look back at 2023 in Posting! In this episode, Miles Klee joins us to discuss the first half of the year- From Trad Wives to Pilot Husbands, Bluesky to AI, and of course, the rise of the New Bluechecks.
Miles is on Bluesky, and his byline for Rolling Stone is 2024-01-02 09:45:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all,
HK here – thank you so much for all your support this year. Without you, doing this show wouldn't be possible, and we're immensely proud of the 10kposts patreon community's true, timeless devotion to posts.
In that spirit – and because we've just surpassed our 500th episode – we've decided to do a Q&A for subscribers to kick off the new year. You can ask us abou...
On our last bonus episode of the year, We watch 'Best. Christmas. Ever!'. Every year at Christmas, Jackie sends a cocky Card to her friend Charlotte. So, Charlotte tries to prove that her friend's life is not perfect.
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For our final mainline episode of 2023, we're joined by friend of the show Mattie Lubchansky, resident Adams correspondent, to check in on Scott Adams, who has recently self-published a mindset book just in time for Christmas. It's a perfect gift if you're into projecting your own grievances onto other people and situations,...
2023-12-19 11:20:24 +0000 UTC View PostOk, technically this isn't quite a 'movie', but on this week's bonus, Hussein and Devon discuss a short Youtube documentary about the fall of Boogie2988, one of the first Youtubers to make a real, full-time income on the platform by playing video games and doing pranks and skits.
We talk about the dire state of Boogie's finances – caused by a combination of the horrible US health system, ...
This week, we revisit Phoebe's framework for understanding liars, their motivations, and what happens when they get caught in the act.
We then apply this to George Santos, the former disgraced congressman who was voted out by both political parties after being accused of multiple forms of financial fraud, some of which involves a weird vendetta against dogs. We then look into his post-c...
Economist and host of Macrodose podcast James Meadway joins us on this episode to talk about how and why economists post, and how it's changed from the blogging era to platforms. We talk about the idea of authority among economists online, whether posting ...
2023-12-08 13:02:08 +0000 UTC View PostThis week Tom and Milo, our resident Oafthropologists, talk to us about the platforms finest oafs. From Big John to Jordan McCann, they tell us what defines an oaf, what constitutes oafish behaviour and whether an Oaf can stop being an oaf once they become too viral.
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