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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is a form of posting, and how our lives are a guided by a combination of good and bad posts. It’s hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@Phoebe_Rosa_Holly) and produced by Devon (@Devon_Onearth).
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Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Economist Dan Davies 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 technology is used not to improve people's lives meaningfully, but to obscure power.
Dan explains his theories on 'accountability sinks' , and how it can be applied to both macroeconomics and internet culture. He then explains how an old theory of cybernetics and information distribution, first posed by the British theorist Stafford Beer, may hold a solution to the accountability crisis – and might be one of the only methods to combat the emerging far right.
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
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 Trump, only to collapse under its own contradictions, personal beefs, and of course, some of its members going completely off the rails with conspiracy theories.
Eiynah explains the relationship between the 'IDW' and the New Atheism of the 2000s, how most of its remaining impulses are driven by Islamophobia, and why so many of its founding members have decided to become 'cultural Christians' now.
Listen to Polite Conversations podcast here: https://t.co/xM13InkuUU
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PALESTINE AID LINKS
As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money.
https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict
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PHOEBE ALERT
Can't get enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here!
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This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast
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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
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 state of the game today, from tense relationships between competitive players. traders and speculators, as well as the corporate ambitions of Wizards of the Coast, who may be trying to make the game a new Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Finally, we talk about how MTG cards are valued, how and why some finance guys see them as more stable assets than housing, and whether unregulated MTG finance markets might be making the competitive side of the game feel less sustainable in the long run.
Link to Lucky Paper Radio: https://luckypaper.co/podcast/
Lucky Paper website and shop: https://luckypaper.co/
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PALESTINE AID LINKS
As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money.
https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict
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PHOEBE ALERT
Can't get enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here!
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This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast
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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).
Saturday Jul 06, 2024
Saturday Jul 06, 2024
[Content Note: Parts of this episode do involve discussion on rape and sexual assault in the context of this film]
This is a preview of a patreon bonus episode! Check out the full episode here!
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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 multiple identity crises spirals, as well as a string of murders. Considered one of the greatest anime films of the 90s, we talk about its exploration of early internet culture, its poignant observations of mass surveillance, and Kon's editing styles, splicing through the film's various timelines, give the viewer a profound sense of unease.
We also talk about the film's impact on Western cinema, in particular, David Aaronofsky, who used Perfect Blue as inspiration for Requiem for a Dream three years later.
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PALESTINE AID LINKS
As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money.
https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict
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PHOEBE ALERT
Can't get enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here!
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This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast
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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Writers and Book Workers Jessica Gaitan Johannesson, Mohamed Tonsy and Guy Gunaratne come on the show this week to talk about their work as organisers in Fossil Free Books, and their campaigns for a books industry free from fossil fuels, fossil fuel finance and investments in the arms industry.
They talk about the hostile media coverage of FFB in the wake of Baillie Gifford pulling funding from UK literary festivals, what it means to be a Book Worker, and how decades of austerity and state defunding has left arts institutions dependent on external financing from corporates, and how that has subsequently shaped public perceptions of art as labour. We also talk about the importance of artists organising, and why groups like FFB are essential at times when the value of the arts as a public good is increasingly under threat.
Support and join FFB here: https://www.fossilfreebooks.org/
Read Jessica's work here: https://lighthousebookshop.com/events/the-nerves-and-their-endings-
Read Mohamed's work here: https://www.hajarpress.com/books/you-must-believe-in-spring
Read Guy's work here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741839/mister-mister-by-guy-gunaratne/
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PALESTINE AID LINKS
As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money.
https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict
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PHOEBE ALERT
Can't get enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here!
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This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast
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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Actor, writer and avid 10kposts listener Jassa Ahluwalia joins us this week to talk about his new book, "Both, Not Half: A Radical New Approach to Mixed Heritage Identity". A memoir looking back on code-switching, navigating multiple cultures and identities throughout his adolescence, and later, as an up-and-coming actor in London, it also examines the role that class consciousness through union organising helped develop Jassa's identity as a worker in a precarious creative economy.
Jassa talks about the process of writing his book, the public reactions to his comedy videos on Youtube going viral via Indian Whatsapp networks, and his experiences working within a union to take on certain notable right-wing figures.
Purchase Jassa's book here: https://coles-books.co.uk/both-not-half-by-jassa-ahluwalia-hardback
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PALESTINE AID LINKS
As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money.
https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict
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PHOEBE ALERT
Can't get enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here!
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This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast
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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Friday Jun 21, 2024
This is a preview of a patreon bonus episode! Check out the full episode here!
Josh from The Worst of All Possible Worlds swung by the studio and so we forced him to podcast. In this episode, Hussein explains the Bromley Chicken Yaoi reddit post, and the phenomena of London chicken shops with American names. We also talk about some of our favourite recent posts, weird Christian TikToks and why exorcisms always make for good content, and Josh tells us about the time Putin opened the oldest tomb.
Check out Josh's podcast here!
Support them on Patreon here!
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PALESTINE AID LINKS
As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money.
https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict
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PHOEBE ALERT
Can't get enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here!
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This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast
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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).
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Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
This is an unlocked bonus episode! Find it and more on our patreon!
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This week, Hussein and Phoebe are joined by tech writer John Herrman to discuss his recent article in NY Magazine's Intelligencer about the 'Pussy in bio' bots. We all know them, we've all seen them. John takes us through the history of spam bots, and helps us place this most modern expression of them into context of online scams.
Read John's article here!
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PALESTINE AID LINKS
As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money.
https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict
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PHOEBE ALERT
Can't get enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here!
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This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast
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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Friday Jun 14, 2024
As the far right surges across Europe, we look at Germany, where fascist electronic music has become a sensation on TikTok, and memefied in other parts of the internet – and ask, why is the government ignoring this?
Uma, from the podcast Corner Späti, explains how Germany got to this point, what its reactions and responses to Palestine protests tells us about how it is reckoning with its past, and what contemporary digitally-driven fascism suggests about the next decade in European Union politics.
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PALESTINE AID LINKS
As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money.
https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict
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PHOEBE ALERT
Not enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here!
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This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast
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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Comics artist and cartoonist Rory Blank joins us on this weeks free episode as we ask: What is an AI image, exactly?
Rory and Hussein discuss why the "All Eyes On Rafah" instagram post became the first 'viral' AI image, despite its inconsistencies, inaccuracies and lack of specificity. Rory explains how these features characterise the AI 'art' taking over the internet, why its proliferation is so difficult to regulate, and why we shouldn't see these images as creative outputs, but rather, a way to understand the confusion and detachment that comes with being on the internet today.
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Check out Rory's Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/roryblank
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PALESTINE AID LINKS
As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money.
https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict
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PHOEBE ALERT
Not enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here!
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This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast
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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).