Ten Thousand Posts

This is a preview of a bonus episode! Check it out on our Patreon ! ------ June joins us this week to talk about their life in posting, and goes through just some of the ways posting has shaped their lives, for good and for ill. We talk about the relationship between posting and loneliness, how the internet has created complex pathways to radicalisation that are difficult to regulate, what to do i...

We watch the first episode of the HBO series “Paul American”, a documentary – sort of – about Jake and Logan Paul. We talk about the relationship between the Paul brothers and prime time TV shows, what happens when you age out of content economy but can only think in terms of virality, and try to figure out what this show is actually trying to say, and to whom. We also find some time to talk about...

This is a preview of a bonus episode. Check it out on our Patreon ! -------- Friend of the show Josh Boerman returns to the show to talk about “CARELESS PEOPLE: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” by former Meta staffer Sarah Wynn-Williams. We talk about the controversy surrounding the memoir, the pretense that nobody at Facebook knew what they had created, and how the platform’s...

Architect and urban designer Fred Scharmen joins us this week to talk about Jeff Bezos’ recent Blue Origin space flight, and what it tells us about how billionaires think about space exploration and settlement today. Fred explains how the utopian, collectivist visions of space exploration in the 20th century lost purchase as rich tech guys became more interested in tourism, and how private sector...

This is a preview of a bonus episode- check it out on our Patreon! ------ Designer Michael Oswell joins the show this week to talk about his work in graphic design and typography. Michael talks about how he got started in design, at a time when work was still drawn by hand first and tailored to print mediums – and how the expectations of social media platforms and digital first technologies has di...

Writer and podcaster Gareth Watkins comes on the show today to talk about his essay, 'AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism'. We talk about the shifts in what we is considered to be the 'aesthetic' of AI, why so many on the right, including those obsessed with 'classical' beauty, seem to love using it, and  what it tells us about the way political messages are distributed and received. Gareth also exp...

This is a preview of a bonus episode! Check it out on our Patreon! ------ This week, Josh Boerman from The Worst of All Possible Worlds returns to the pod to catch us up on everything happening in America, as it decides to self immolate for no other reason but to own the libs. We talk about how Everything Is Computer, and what that actually means in practice, Elon Musk stealing tricks from Mr Beas...

Ed Campbell, Correspondent and Senior Political Producer at PoliticsJoe, joins us this week to talk about the morning routine and sigma grindset required to nearly win Britain’s favourite game show, The Chase. We talk about ice bowl dunks, getting evicted from your apartment for leaving too many banana peels on the floor, before moving onto Ed’s experience on The Chase. Ed gives us an insight into...

This is a preview of a bonus episode. Find the whole thing at our reasonably priced patreon ! This week, we talk to independent film producer, director and actor Jonathan Daniel Brown. Based in LA, you may know him from his acting roles in Kid Cannabis and Project X, or as a former co-host of the podcast Struggle Session. We talk to Jonathan about his early experiences trolling on forums, his earl...

This is an unlocked bonus episode, originally aired on the 8th of March, 2024. Check it out on our Patreon ! -------- 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 her family, her social c...

This is a preview of a bonus episode. Find the rest, and our entire backlog, at patreon.com/10kpostspodcast Writer, researcher and co-host of QAnon Anonymous Annie Kelly returns to the show as we talk about the long tail of QAnon, and its lasting remnants on the ‘mainstream’ internet – in particular, in parenting content.  Annie explains how conspiracy theories seamlessly infiltrated the online li...

Nick and Ciarán from Corner Späti come on the show this week to talk about the recent elections in Germany, and the specific ways in which posting influenced its outcome. We talk about the rise of the far-right AfD and the ineffectiveness of liberal politics to counter it, and the surprise surge of the left-wing Die Linke.  We also talk about rising authoritarianism in Germany and the ways in whic...

This is a preview of a bonus episode! Check it out on our Patreon, patreon.com/10kpostspodcast. This week, we discuss whether the recent changes in the US government- along with the formation of DOGE- is sufficient evidence to suggest that the thesis of this show, "Everything is Posting" has been vindicated, and what it means for the rest of the world that we are now ruled by the forum guys and ga...

Paris returns to the pod to talk about Elon’s first few weeks running the US government, and the mysterious group of teenagers he’s hired to find copper wire. We talk about the ideological origins of DOGE, some of the characters that make up the group, and what Elon’s other business strategies suggest about the true purpose of the department. We also talk about the political uses of austerity in t...

This is a preview of a bonus episode! listen to the full conversation on our patreon This week, we're joined by journalist and Wikipedia editor Molly White, to talk about the right's war on wikipedia, the production and conservation of knowledge online, and what it takes in order to preserve it. We also talk about the work of a wikipedia editor, how it differs from other kinds of fact-checking, an...

Jacob returns to the pod to explain how cryptocurrencies are back (derogatory) and the ways that memecoins are used to assert political and cultural influence while also swindling people. We also talk about the Trump administration’s plans to deregulate crypto, and why, in the end, this really benefits the gambling industry and its attempts to enter every facet of mainstream culture.  Buy a copy o...

Friend of the show and NYT tech reporter Mike Isaac returns to the pod to explain what the tech oligarchy looks like under a second Trump administration. After many years of searching for an identity and failing, Mike explains how a freshly-permed Zuck has decided to simply give up on trying to make his platform produce anything other than slop, and what that says about Meta’s idea of what the int...

This week, we watch BEAST GAMES, the game show hosted by Mr Beast in which he imprisons thousands of ordinary Americans and pits them against each other in a series of mundane games, largely for his own amusement. We talk about the financing behind the Amazon Prime show, Mr Beast's struggle to become a household name, and why the the novelty and excess required to game the Youtube algorithm doesn'...

This is a preview of a bonus episode. You can find the whole thing on our Patreon! The lads intended to talk about Mr Beast's new show Beast Games on Amazon, but once again got distracted by Elon. This week we talk about Elons interventions in Uk and European politics, what politics as posting looks like, and how Musk is using crypto 'pump and dump' tactics to reshape democracy. ------ PALESTINE ...

It's a whole new year, and the lads are both suffering from severe baby brain (NB: A brain affected by having had a baby, not having the brain of a baby)- but that won't stop us getting our predictions in for the year! But first- Elonwatch. Is he Adrian Dittman? Is he going to be shadow vice president, or will he annoy everyone too much? And once and for all- have the youth heard of Saved by the B...

Our final episode of the year sees the return of Hussein from his paternity leave, Along with the in-studio return of frequent collaborator Josh Boerman. Join us as we attempt to recap some big events from the latter half of the year while two of us suffer from Baby Madness and one of us is jetlagged. On the docket this episode: The rise and fall of Hawk Tuah, the Liberal Joe Rogan, Luigi Mangione...

This is an unlocked bonus episode from the previous year . Happy holidays folks! 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. -------- PALESTINE AID LINKS As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage any...

Friend, lover and brother of the show Milo Edwards stood in for Hussein today, for the first part of our year in posting episode. We chat Moo Deng, Luigi Mangione, Lee Anderson and we have a long argument about whether or not hippos float. Part 2 out for patrons next week! Check out Masters of our Domain with Milo, here! Check out the new season of Romecast with Milo and Patrick Wyman,  here! ----...

This is a preview of a bonus episode. check out the whole thing on our patreon ! Pals and returning champions Josh and Brian from the Worst of All Possible Worlds came on to chat about the US election. In Part 2, we talk about Kamala and Trump, and make our predictions for who will win the US Election. This episode was recorded several weeks before the election happened, and we're releasing it sev...

Pals and returning champions Josh and Brian from the Worst of All Possible Worlds came on to chat about the US election. In Part 1, we discuss the lay of the land and do our absolute best to track the course of this election cycle, from the Trump assassination attempts to Biden's refusal to drop out until the absolute last minute. This episode was recorded several weeks before the election happene...