#mike rugnetta

[ferdifz]

"Never Post"

"Never Post" podcast: https://neverpo.st

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If you've been watching YouTube since the early 2010's you might remember the PBS Idea Channel show on YouTube, started & hosted by Mike Rugnetta and ended in 2017. If you haven't heard of Idea Channel then I highly recommend visiting their YouTube channel (yes all videos are still up and you can catch up with over 100 videos spanning five years of work).

Anyways Mike Rugnetta has continued working as a freelance audio & digital media producer all this time, and recently he started a podcast with friends which they titled, "Never Post". I've listened to the first few episodes (30 to 90 minutes long) and I find them to be great. Check them out if you want:

…and yes you can subscribe to them from Spotify if you really, really have to. But there are other ways to better & more directly support them if you want. (Such as becoming a direct subscribing member at neverpo.st.)

#fz_links #podcast #internet culture #urban anthropology #media studies #new media #media ecosystem #mike rugnetta #pbs idea channel #never post

[nemospecific]

I want to hear Jake run a campaign, if only to hear what kind of villain he'd bring to the table.

Wait, no, the moment I said that, I immediately thought of the dual GM system in Fun City, and Jake would bring in Amir as every character trying to kill the players.

#naddpod #jake hurwitz #amir blumenfeld #fun city #taylor moore #mike rugnetta

[yorucyber-blog]

Lol

#mike rugnetta #pbs idea chanel

[chrissmou]

Pbs Idea Channel: something I would have liked to see when the channel was still running

Hi. Do you have something that you regret getting into when it was running, that post is for mine. When I saw Crash Course Mythology and Theater and Drama for the first time, I thought that I liked the host, Mike Rugnetta, very much. So, I searched on YouTube for other videos and that is how I found Idea Channel. Of course, it had already ended and I thought maybe I would just see a couple and then stop. But I liked the way the show overthought pop culture so much and had so much variety that I just couldn’t stop watching. I love the variety from movies to Tv shows, video games, and even gadgets and I like that the comment response videos and to me felt like a conversation between people with different opinions. Some of them were still up to date and I knew about them. I liked that Mike gave sources for theories behind the show from books to podcasts to journal articles. I loved the last episodes that talked about why and how they did it. I recommend this YouTube channel even though it has ended but I would like to recommend the two Crash Courses too. I would have the link to Idea Channel’s YouTube channel below.

https://www.youtube.com/@pbsideachannel

#mike rugnetta #pds idea channel #crash course #pop culture

[templeofshame]

Now that my job title is content specialist I think extra about yarr content!

#mike rugnetta #pbs idea channel

[paomortadela]

“Nobody Shares Anymore”

Mike Rugnetta é um dos dinossauros da internet. Ele está há tanto tempo nela, e já observou tantas das transformações da internet, que ele é quase uma parte da história da própria internet. Ele ajudou a criar o formato de “vídeo-ensaio” com o Idea Channel e, depois de alguns anos sem aparecer muito no YouTube, ele voltou com alguns vídeos bem despretenciosos sobre temas que o interessam. Algo como um vlog, mas mais bem escrito.

Em “Nobody Shares Anymore”, ele observa como as redes sociais pararam de enfatizar as palavras como compartilhar em suas páginas iniciais, e como os seus usuários também pararam de “compartilhar”, e dá uma série de motivos para esse movimento de como redes sociais se transformaram em mídias sociais.

Que ele continue observando e documentando essas transformações na internet por muito tempo.

#links #vídeos #Mike Rugnetta

[whywalkwhenyoucanride]

now. more than ever. we need jack saint's "long critique is not deep critique." y'all fancy pants university graduate out there making videos out there need to learn how to be concise.

#before we had video essays we had PBS Idea Channel #thank mike rugnetta for everything #those were 10 minutes and are usually more insightful than most 2 hour drags #learn from jacob geller. he averages 30 minutes and it's banger after banger #all killer no filler you feel? #hbomb has a piece of advice in an old video of his. take out at least 10% of your finished script. leave only the good parts

[theabigailthorn]

I loved your better cities video! I noticed you call the video description the doobly-do. I got that from Matt Colville's D&D videos! Did you also get it from there?!

No I got it from Mike Rugnetta lol

[ilovecharts]

Friends, hello. Perhaps you've been wondering what your old pals from I Love Charts have been up to for the past ... decade or so.

Well, would it interest you to hear that one of the things we got up to was making an audio-first production company, Charts & Leisure?

Yeah, I agree — that's only marginally interesting. But one of the podcasts we are making, in fact launching, this very week might be interesting to you.

It's called Never Post, and it's a member-supported, employee-owned podcast about and for the internet. We want to talk about how we love this place and are frustrated by it and want to be good community members within it.

Never Post's host is the internet's own Mike Rugnetta. You know him!

It's produced by deeply brilliant people (with experience at The New York Times, Spotify and other such places), one mysterious anonymous producer and me, Jason Oberholtzer, for whatever that is worth.

We have two episodes up! Please consider giving a listen.

Episode Zero is a special table-setting roundtable conversation about creating independent media with Gita Jackson (Aftermath), Alex Sujong Laughlin (Defector Media), and Rusty Foster (Today in Tabs). You know these people!

Episode One is a proper episode format, covering the disappearance of tween-specific fashion trends, and the epidemic of Posting Disease plaguing social media. Bijan Stephen is on that one and you know him too!

I hope you all have been well. It's nice to be here with you. I hope this show helps.

[y6le]

It's taken me way too long to start listening to fun city, I've missed mike rugnettas voice since the end of PBS idea channel and the rest of the cast are great so far

#fun city

[communist-ojou-sama]

watching old pbs idea channel videos and remembering little by little the Enormous crush I used to have on Mike Rugnetta

#ofc I'm just normal about him now... or am I? (wiggles eyebrows)

[eurowhat]

🇪🇪🇩🇰🇧🇪🇸🇲🇨🇭NEW EPISODE 💊⏳🎊👩‍🎤🧩

Audio engineer and Never Post host Mike Rugnetta joins us for a #Eurovision crash course. We discuss this year's entries from Estonia, Denmark, Belgium, San Marino, and Switzerland, as well as the overwhelming schedule for rehearsals and the finer points of grocery store playlists. eurowhat.com/227

#eurovision 2024 #podcast #eurovision #saba #5miinust #puuluup #mustii #megara #nemo

[chrissmou]

Crash Course Recomendations

One of the things I love the most is finding a series of videos on Youtube that help me learn more about the subjects I love the most. From science to pop culture and more. One of the channels I love the most is Crash Course, a channel made by Hank and John Green and their company Complexily which was made to help students understand their subjects and more. I have seen all of the mini-series they have made and I love most of them, many of which I have seen more than one times. What I like the most about this channel is that they try to find people with vast knowledge about each subject. Many of them have studied them or have worked extensively on the subject. Others are personalities who just like the subjects and try to help others understand more. So after this extensive prologue, I would like to recommend 20 of my favorite Crash Courses for you to see not in any particular order, and the reasons I love most of them:

1.      Crash Course Theatre and Drama (Mike Rugnetta)

2.      Crash Course Mythology (Mike Rugnetta)

3.      Crash Course History of Science (Hank Green)

4.      Crash Course World History (John Green)

5.      Crash Course Geography ( Alizé Carrère)

6.      Crash Course Biology (Hank Green)

7.      Crash Course Literature (John Green)

8.      Crash Course Black American History (Clint Smith)

9.      Crash Course Philosophy (Hank Green)

10.   Crash Course Navigating Digital Information (John Green)

11.   Crash Course Study Skills (Thomas Frank)

12.   Crash Course Psychology (Hank Green)

13.   Crash Course Computer Science (Carrie Anne Philbin)

14.   Crash Course Economics (Jacob Clifford and Adriene Hill)

15.   Crash Course Zoology (Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant)

16.   Crash Course Outbreak Science (Dr. Pardis Sabeti)

17.   Crash Course Physics (Dr. Shini Somara)

18.   Crash Course Astronomy (Phil Plait)

19.   Crash Course Sociology (Nicole Sweeney)

20.   Crash Course Big History (John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie)

#crash course #john green #hank green #educational series #my ranking #youtube videos #my thoughts #my ramblings #inspiration

[ear-worthy]

Never Post Podcast Debuts: Why The Internet Can Be So Good, Bad & Evil

Think about the biggest disappointments so far in our lives. Not your life. Sure, you didn't get that job because you never went to the interview, but we're talking about our society. 

Maybe it's that flying cars and jetpacks are still relegated to Bond movies. Or the Marvel Cinematic Universe went down like the Hindenburg in 2023. Or Elon Musk went from genius to someone who makes less sense than your grandpa.

Just like Apple's old slogan -- "There's an app for that" -- we've updated it for podcasting -- "There's a podcast for that."

I have a new podcast for you that should make your ears burn.

  Never Post, a groundbreaking member-supported, employee-owned podcast, is making its mark in the podcasting space with a mission to redefine discussions surrounding the internet. In bi-weekly episodes, Never Post explores the weird, wonderful, and contradictory aspects of the online experience from philosophical, legal, linguistic, and artistic perspectives, among others. 

What does that all mean? Simply, why is the online experience so time-saving, helpful, supportive, and informative, and, at the same time, a Dante's Inferno of trolls, incels, conspiracy theorists, racists, Russian bots, Chinese Bots, and Elon Musk.

Well, Never Post will draw connections and pose questions, hoping to unravel the complexities of technology and human relationships. Through engaging conversations that foster collective curiosity, Never Post aligns itself with a community of listeners marveling at, being frustrated by, or simply navigating the intricate landscape of the internet.

Made by a collective of writers, independent producers, researchers, composers, and inquisitive creators, Never Post’s staff live online. They set out to understand why the internet – and the world, because of the internet – is the way it is.

The show is hosted by Mike Rugnetta (Fun City, Reasonably Sound), a five-time Webby award-winning co-creator of the YouTube series Idea Channel (PBS Digital Studios), original cast member of the renowned Know Your Meme web series, and internet video pioneer. Rugnetta is joined by senior producer Hans Buetow, an award-winning podcast veteran whose work at The New York Times and American Public Media has reached millions of listeners.

Prior to never posting himself, executive producer and Charts & Leisure founder Jason Oberholtzer grew a community of nearly a million followers on Tumblr, and has published two books related to the internet as a creative space.

Never Post explores why the internet – and the world, because of the internet – is the way it is. In addition to reporting on current events, the show facilitates conversations about what it's like Being Online in 2024, looking at the internet through the lenses of art, philosophy, fashion, linguistics, and more. Big ideas meet personal stories, with tech lawyers, security researchers, artists and others as guests.

Led by a team of dedicated, long-time creators, Never Post is committed to modeling a content-production process that is sustainable, and inclusive both on the mic, and behind it. The team of Never Post is also working towards providing resources for those who want to learn how to tell stories with audio, or run their own audio-first productions. Never Post is available on all podcast distribution platforms starting January 31, 2024, with exclusive premium content accessible at www.neverpo.st for members and subscribers.

Check out Never Post. It's employee-owned, so it's not some media play toy owned by a narcissistic billionaire. Plus, it'll explore the internet for us. Thank goodness, because I don't want to deal with Nigerian Princes, QAnon sycophants, flat earthers, people who don't read books but still want to ban them, people who fire off a Bible quote for every possible situation, evildoers tricking you into clicking that one link, deepfakes, photos of Aunt Rose's colonoscopy, and Walmart clearance items that even China won't take back.

#podcast #podcasting #internet #social media

[templeofshame]

There should be a mike rugnetta version of this conference where everyone says "yarr, content" and the whole thing is pirate themed

#work bs #travel crap

[welcometomy20s]

August 13, 2022

(This might be a revamped version of a prior post)

PBS Idea Channel has been one of the cornerstones of my morality, and in their last official video, which was… five years ago… FIVE YEARS AGO? Wait, so the time PBS Idea Channel has ceased to exist is getting to the point where PBS Idea Channel has ever existed?

Okay, before I collapse due to hyperventilation, in the last video, Mike Rugnetta talked about The Believing Game versus The Doubting Game, a term used by Peter Elbow, and how we should use The Believing Game in addition to The Doubting Game in order to further understanding. I will try to make sense of that in my own way, given this example.

There was a discussion online that went like this, you might have experienced this too.

Person in Group A: Group B discriminates against Group A.

Person in Group B: Group B does not discriminate against Group A. Here’s the evidence.

Person in Group A: Are you in Group A?

Person in Group B: No, but I frequently work with people in Group A.

Person in Group A: Well, you are discriminating against Group A.

This is frustrating, because while it sounds right, it makes no sense. Person in Group A has made an argument about Group B, and Group B is advocating for themselves. But it feels like we are talking about Group A and so the Person in Group B’s disagreement with Person in Group A feels like a discrimination against Group A, when it’s kind of the opposite?

See we have this ‘heads I win, tails you lose’ situation. Person in Group A is claiming that professing non-hatred is still performing hatred because it violates Person in Group A’s belief that Group B hates Group A. Professing hatred is obviously also performing hatred, so the two options both lead to the same result, in a way Group A is telling Group B to shut up.

This claim is basically ‘bad faith’ put in a different way, and it demonstrates how starting with the doubting game basically stops all conversation. Even if you state a basic truth, the opponent can counter with “Well, you might say ‘1+1=2’ but you secretly think ‘1+1=3’ and are lying to virtue signal!” and after that you can’t argue any longer. 

So, how do you determine bad faith? Well, one good heuristic is to assume good faith, until the good faith cannot last, as in a lie must be necessary in order for the whole argument to hold. Most bad faith arguments cannot stand on their own, or withstand attacks, and if they do, that’s just a good argument - one’s supposed belief is superfluous and doesn't need to be considered.

#fallacy #argument #web talk