Ten Thousand Posts

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...

This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the whole thing on our reasonably-priced Patreon ! ------ Author, journalist and TikTok influencer Sophia Smith Galer came on to talk to us about her work on languages and how that work applies to thinking about communication evolving on the internet. Is there a lingua franca for online? It's probably English, but thats not a very fun answer. ------...

This one's been a real moonshot for us for a long time and we're overjoyed to say that special guest Adrian Chiles joins us this week! We discuss his new collection of his columns and take some listener questions. We chat about, among other things, the perfect pour, spoons, ideas and earphones. Check out Adrian's new book, a collection of his columns, here! Check out The Good Drinker here! Listen...

This is a preview of a bonus episode! Check out the whole thing on our reasonably-priced patreon! In this week's bonus episode, returning champ and horror author Alison Rumfitt came on to talk to us about the evolution of horror online, Halloween parties and ghost sightings. Alison also gives us some recommendations for horror films to watch in the cinema. Check out part one of this conversation H...

In today’s free episode, returning champ and horror author Alison Rumfitt came on to talk to us about the evolution of horror online, Halloween parties and ghost sightings. Alison also gives us some recommendations for horror films to watch in the cinema. Part 2 will be out next week for subs! You can purchase Alison's books, TELL ME I'M WORTHLESS and BRAINWYRMS, here: https://us.macmillan.com/aut...

Part 2 of our chat with author Eliza Clark- part one here! -, we talked about Eliza’s early experiences of being cancelled by adults, tumblr, language, and how we should reconsider the concept of a separate internet for teenagers. Find Eliza's collection 'She's Always Hungry' here! ------ PALESTINE AND LEBANON AID LINKS As the Genocide continues to unfold in Gaza, and as Israel begins it's war on...

Author Eliza Clark came on to talk to us about her new short story collection She’s Always Hungry. In part 1 of our chat we talked about power, body horror, humour and the experience of writing shorter work. Part 2, where we talk about Eliza’s life in posting, will be out for patreon subscribers next week! ------ PALESTINE AND LEBANON AID LINKS As the Genocide continues to unfold in Gaza, and as I...

This is a preview of a bonus episode! listen to the whole thing on our patreon 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 t...

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 dying off of a sha...

This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at :  www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast ------- 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...

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, Stoicism has...

This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at :  www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast ------- 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, th...

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 the room: Wh...

This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at :  www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast ------- 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 t...

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, only to b...

This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at :  www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast ------- 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 ru...

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 Indian Youtube in...