Podcasts by Digital Void Podcast
The Digital Void Podcast is a weekly exploration of digital culture, media, technology, and memes, featuring critical and empowering conversations with experts at the forefront of our digital transformation. Hosted by Dr. Jamie Cohen and Josh Chapdelaine.
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Everything About Social Media Is About To Change Again w/ Reed Berkowitz from 2023-09-06T10:00:17
How does creative misuse of social media platforms inform the future of social media at large?
Director of Curiouser Institute Reed Berkowitz highlights five popular ways people are en...
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Extremely Online w/ Taylor Lorenz from 2023-08-28T10:00:09
Washington Post tech columnist and author of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet Taylor Lorenz explores the social history of the internet. ...
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#Humancore: Does a New Core Promote Surveillance? from 2023-08-07T10:00:59
Cores are everywhere. From the film-inspired Barbiecore to Cottagecore – but how does a new core threaten to surveil everyday people?
On today’s episode, Jamie provides us with a dispa...
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Influencer Creep & The Return of Banal Vlogging from 2023-07-31T10:00:21
How did an early YouTube vlog style return to popularity after a generation of TikTok and YouTube creators including Emma Chamberlain and Charli D'amelio went mainstream?
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SAG-AFTRA Strike: How will AI, Algorithms, Creators, and Data Shape Hollywood's Future? from 2023-07-24T10:00:23
How will AI, algorithms, creators, and data transparency shape the future of Hollywood?
On today's episode, Jamie and Josh dive into the key issues behind the SAG-AFTRA strike. How do ...
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Barbenheimer from 2023-07-17T10:00:27
How did Barbie and Oppenheimer become a highly anticipated double feature audiences have named Barbenheimer?
This week, Josh and Jamie explore the history b...
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Threads: What Three Things Can Meta Do to Beat Twitter? from 2023-07-10T11:18:40
Meta’s primary Twitter competitor Threads earned more than 100 million downloads in its first five days - but what are the three key components required for the platform’s long-term success?
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How to be Critical of AI Hype Cycles and Extinction-Level Threats from 2023-07-06T13:14:57
How can we be critical of fear-based AI hype cycles? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently made headlines when he issued a 22-word statement warning of extinction due to the threats posed by AI - but w...
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How to be a Rebel in a Digital Age w/ Mitch Horowitz from 2023-06-13T11:00:37
What does it mean to be a rebel in a digital age? PEN Award-winning author Mitch Horowitz provides us with three strategies to move forward. Recorded live at Digital Void's Meme in the Moment Fe...
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TikTok Can't Save Bad Cinderella: On Cringe, Fandoms, and Irony w/ CT Jones from 2023-04-18T11:00
How did one of Broadway’s newest shows become a cringeworthy TikTok trend that earned tens of millions of views?
Rolling Stone internet culture reporter CT Jon...
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Audience Capture w/ Matt Klein from 2023-04-10T11:00:35
How can creators avoid being creatively trapped by the audiences they worked to build? Where is there space for creators to take risks?
Zine writer Ma...
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The Ozempic Problem w/ Kelsey Weekman from 2023-04-04T11:00:23
How has a Type 2 diabetes drug become a go-to for celebrities and influencers looking to lose weight — and what are the damaging effects of its popularity?
This week, we invited Buzzfe...
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Why Do Black TikTok Creators Still Struggle to Earn Credit? w/ Moises Mendez II from 2023-03-27T10:00:37
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Why do black TikTok creators struggle to earn credit for their original work?
This week, TIME staff writer Moises Mendez II explains how TikTok cre...
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What Questions Should We Ask About AI? w/ Reed Berkowitz from 2023-03-20T11:00:06
How can we learn more about AI's design and development to better understand its emergence? Director of Curiouser Institute and AI games designer Reed Berkowitz explains what really hap...
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How does an Instagram Account’s Digital Activism Help NOLA’s Roads? w/ Alex Turvy from 2023-03-13T11:57:58
How does an activist Instagram account help bring attention - and change - to New Orleans’ streets? On this week’s episode, we welcome Digital Void collaborator, PhD student, and researcher Alex...
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Elon Musk, Twitter, and a Healthy Social Media Future w/ Bridget Todd from 2022-11-07T12:00:47
How will Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter reshape the landscape of social media?
Creator and host of the award-winning podcast There Are No Girls on the Internet Bridge...
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Why Are Civil Rights Groups Pushing Back Against Amazon's Ring Nation? from 2022-09-30T10:00:52
On this week's episode, Jamie takes a deep dive into why civil rights groups are pushing back against Amazon’s new television show, Ring Nation.
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Rabbits w/ Terry Miles from 2022-09-23T12:38:32
This week, we're joined by author of Rabbits, CEO of Minnow Beats Whale, and co-creator of The Black Tapes, Terry Miles.
Miles explains the origins of The Black ...
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Dark Brandon from 2022-09-16T15:02:05
On this week's episode, Jamie and Josh discuss the history and context behind Dark Brandon memes. How did Joe Biden become featured in memes with laser eyes and dark aesthetics? How we can make ...
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An Immersive History: AR, VR, and Zuckerberg's Hopes for Cambria from 2022-09-08T14:09:24
What can the history of virtual reality development teach us about its path forward?
On this week's episode, Jamie and Josh look back 30 years to the first attempt to mainstream commer...
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Memes, Algospeak, and Accessibility from 2022-09-01T16:20:30
How can memes encoded with aesthetics, nuance, and meta text become accessible to everyone?
This week, Jamie and Josh discuss memes, algospeak, and access: How can meme creators and pl...
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How to Talk with an Artificial Intelligence w/ Reed Berkowitz from 2022-08-24T11:00:42
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How can humans determine if an Artificial Intelligence is sentient when sentience is what AI is designed to imitate?
This week, we’re joined by Art...
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Illusions of Control: Aesthetics, Nostalgia, and Meme Culture w/ Grafton Tanner from 2022-08-17T11:00:31
How can nostalgia inspire memes that motivate and mobilize communities?
Last week, Jamie and Josh discussed how the term “meme culture” is in jeopardy of being co-opted by extremists. ...
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We Need to Talk About Meme Culture from 2022-08-10T11:00:46
We need to talk about meme culture.
How are the aesthetics and vibes of memes turning into an action language? Jamie and Josh explore the ways memes inspire action: From #Gentleminions...
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Digital Void Podcast Trailer from 2022-08-03T13:30:46
The Digital Void Podcast is a weekly exploration of digital culture, media, technology, and memes, featuring critical conversations with experts at the forefront of our digital transformation.
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The Road to Nowhere w/ Paris Marx from 2022-08-03T11:00:55
Why do Silicon Valley’s promises about the future of transportation never seem to work out?
Paris Marx, author of The Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong About the Futu...
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Memes, Marvelization, and the Creative Surplus of War from 2022-03-07T15:08:14
Jamie and Josh dive into a brief history of how war and conflict play out in cyberspace, ranging from 9/11 and Syria to how Ukraine is using Twitter in its fight against Russia.
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Jamie Cohen: "Should Wikipedia Classify NFTs as Art?" from 2022-03-02T13:37:15
Jamie Cohen dives into the debate Wikipedia editors are having about how artworks are categorized on the website — and what it means for NFTs.
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Kelly Weill "Off The Edge" from 2022-02-18T12:00:50
Daily Beast reporter and author of Off The Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture,...
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Jared Holt "After The Insurrection" from 2022-01-19T12:00:25
Resident Fellow at Atlantic Council's Digital Forensics Research Lab and host of SH!TPOST Jared Holt explains the ways domestic extremists adapted and evolved after the January 6 attack, shares ...
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Rick Paulas "The Palmer Hotel" from 2021-10-22T17:54:19
Author of The Palmer Hotel Rick Paulas shares how his book became a meme through his reply guy tweets, how his Twitter ban created a Barbara Streisand effect for his book, and why Twitt...
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Rachel E. Greenspan from 2021-10-15T15:56:51
Insider digital culture editor and writer Rachel E. Greenspan explores her career path to the disinformation beat, how the insurrection showed us that it's too dangerous to igno...
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Grafton Tanner "The Hours Have Lost Their Clock" from 2021-10-11T11:00:01
⏳ Author of The Hours Have Lost Their C...
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Moises Mendez II from 2021-10-08T15:57:11
Freelance culture writer Moises Mendez II discusses the path he took to become a journalist, controversies surrounding queerbaiting in mainstream culture, the importance of...
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Lilly Chin "How to Survive a Public Faming" from 2021-09-27T13:02:01
2017 College Jeopardy winner, author of How to Survive a Public Faming: ...
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Idil Galip "Meme Studies Research Network" from 2021-08-25T12:52:53
Founder of the Meme Studies Research Network (MSRN) and doctoral researcher in sociology Idil Galip explains how she started an international and interdisciplinary research network for scholars ...
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Garrison Davis "On White Boy Summer" from 2021-07-12T01:50:41
Writer for Uprising: A Guide from Portland and Listen
Emily Gillcrist "Vital Thought" from 2021-06-24T12:20:49
PhD Candidate in Cultural Analysis & Theory, artist, educator, and founder of Vital Thought, Emily Gillcrist, shows us h...
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Media Martyrs Pt. 2 "The Reactionaries" from 2021-06-07T18:38:58
In the second of a special three-part series, Jamie and Josh explore how the rise of citizen journalism combined with toxic troll culture gave rise to reaction reactionaries: The people who profit ...
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Paris Marx "Tech Won't Save Us" from 2021-04-19T11:00:47
Host of the Tech Won't Save Us Podcast and writer Paris Marx joins us to critically examine Silicon Valley’s...
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Media Martyrs Pt. 1 "The Grifters" from 2021-04-12T14:17:32
In the first of a special three-part series, Jamie and Josh explore how "mainstream media" became a pejorative term through the convergence of the narrative structure of reality television, early-Y...
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Arthur Jones & Giorgio Angelini "Feels Good Man" from 2021-04-05T11:00:58
Feels Good Man filmmakers Arthur Jones and Giorgio Angelini discuss how they told the story of Pep...
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Tom Syverson "Reality Squared" from 2021-03-29T11:43:03
Tom Syverson, author of Listen
Holding Tucker's Harassment Machine to Account from 2021-03-22T11:55:02
Jamie and Josh explore Tucker Carlson's targeted harassment campaign against Taylor Lorenz and his cycle of creating mainstream boogeymen, a brief history of digital culture journalism and why it's...
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Legacy Russell "Glitch Feminism" from 2021-03-15T11:00
Artist, curator, and author of Glitch Feminism, Listen
Matt Klein "Memes and Meta Trends" from 2021-03-08T12:00:04
Cultural theorist, CyberPsychologist, and marketing strategist Matt Klein discusses the most frequently reported cultural...
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Lucas Rizzotto "Lucas Builds the Future" from 2021-03-02T12:00:21
Creative, futurist, and mad scientist Lucas Rizzotto explains how he's building the future through augmented a...
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Brett Wisniewski "Language and Social Reality" from 2021-02-22T12:00:25
Educator, musician, Classics PhD and first-year law student, Brett Wisniewski joins us to discuss how our language isn’t always able to meet the challenge of describing our social reality, the diff...
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David Ryan Polgar "All Tech is Human" from 2021-02-15T12:00:24
All Tech is Human founder, TikTok Content Advisory Council member, speaker, ...
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Aidan King "Bread and Roses" from 2021-02-08T12:00:02
Principal of Bread and Roses Digital and Executive Council at Campaign Workers Guild Aidan King shares his journey as a digital strategist from founding r/SandersforPresident in...
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Aisha Shillingford & Terry Marshall "Intelligent Mischief" from 2021-02-01T12:00:24
Intelligent Mischief Founder and Creative Director Terry Marshall and Artistic Director Aisha Shillingfo...
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Lacking Agency and Lured into Unreality from 2021-01-25T12:15:44
How does QAnon evolve after President Biden's inauguration? What does the GOP's embrace of QAnon supporters mean for the future of the party? How did YouTube's algorithm change in 2014 create a ...
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Reed Berkowitz "A Game That Plays People" from 2021-01-18T12:00:36
Director of Curiouoser Institute and writer of, "Listen
David Neiwert "Red Pill, Blue Pill" from 2021-01-11T12:00:37
Journalist and author of "Listen
Copium, God Emperors, and the Memescape from 2021-01-04T12:00:44
What is behind the Trump God Emperor meme, and how can we use it to interpret the grief that his supporters are feeling in the wake of an electoral defeat? How does Pepe the Frog represent Trump su...
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Raphael Zaki "The Chaos Factory" from 2020-12-21T12:00:48
Media theorist Raphael Zaki and Dr. Jamie Cohen discuss whether each generation discusses the same memes in different cultural environments. From the Satanic Panic of the 1980s to Qanon today, R...
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Michael D'Antonio "What Comes Next" from 2020-12-14T12:00:14
Award-winning author and CNN contributor Michael D'Antonio explores what comes next for the United States at the borderlands of media, internet, and politics. How do we coexist in a country so d...
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Grafton Tanner "The Circle of the Snake" from 2020-12-07T12:00
Author of "The Circle of the Snake: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Age of Big T...
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Marc Weinstein "Satoshis and Super Spirals" from 2020-11-30T13:39:03
Investor, start-up advisor, yoga instructor, and host of the “Look Up!” Podcast, Marc Weinstein shares strategies for us to consider how to balance a digital environment with mindfulness and spirit...
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From Covington to Kenosha from 2020-09-02T14:06:04
How did Covington High School student Nick Sandmann’s vilification by mainstream media outlets help to create a narrative that allowed for the glorification of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenho...
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Nothing is Normal in the Groverhaus from 2020-08-26T11:00:33
Dr. Jamie Cohen explains how QANON tricks people into believing they are participating in civic behavior, why The Grover House explains the internet's structural issues, and how to have conversatio...
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Sherrell Dorsey "Leave It Better Than We Found It" from 2020-08-13T15:38:58
CEO & Founder of The Plug Sherrell Dorsey joins us to discuss how understanding traditionally marginalized histories helps bring people closer together, the importance in finding joy in work an...
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Anthony Padilla "From Comedy to Curiosity" from 2020-08-06T11:00:02
Anthony Padilla joins us to discuss his evolution from Smosh to creating his hit YouTube series, "I spent a day with..." Here, Padilla reveals how he learned to take conversations with misunderstoo...
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Gunn Enli "Mediated Authenticity" from 2020-07-29T14:36:42
Gunn Enli is the author of Mediated Authenticity: How the Media Constructs Reality and a professor of media studies at the University of Oslo. Enli discusses the paradox of mediated authen...
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Sarah Frier "The Inside Story of Instagram" from 2020-06-17T14:00:18
How have Instagram's corporate decisions changed the way people interact with the world? What are the ways Instagram serves as a lens into contemporary society? What's behind the social media pl...
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Mitch Horowitz "The Occult in the Moment" from 2020-06-08T11:00:40
Where are occult themes hidden in everyday discourse, culture, and media? How did writers like Norman Vincent Peale influence President Donald Trump? Which famous esoteric and occult writers inf...
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Ron Kim "The Caring Economy" from 2020-06-04T13:59:43
New York Assemblyman Ron Kim discusses how he's working to create a decentralized, equitable, and secure way for people to exchange value that has gone untapped for centuries. How would the Incl...
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Dr. Charlton McIlwain "The Internet and Racial Justice" from 2020-06-01T12:51:30
Joining the Digital Void Podcast today, NYU Vice Provost, Professor of Media Studies, and author of "Listen
Joe Toscano "No Implementation Without Representation" from 2020-05-18T11:00:29
Joining the Digital Void Podcast Today, BEACON founder and author of “Listen
Dr. André Brock, Jr "Distributed Blackness" from 2020-05-12T12:22:52
Dr. André Brock Jr, author of Distributed Blackness, discusses how issues of rac...
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Bill Loundy "Incentivizing Deep Reading" from 2020-05-04T11:00:10
ReadUp CEO & Co-Founder Bill Loundy discusses how ReadUp incentivizes deep reading in order to create a healthy digital community. How can a social media platform can work for humans, instea...
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Nathan Jurgenson "The Self in the Moment" from 2020-04-27T12:21:32
This week, Real Life Mag editor in chief & author of Verso Books' "The Social Photo" Nathan Jurgenson and Dr. Jamie Cohen explore identity during a pandemic. How do we view our physical selv...
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Ryan Broderick & Julia Alexander "The Streaming Wars" from 2020-04-20T12:19:28
Buzzfeed Senior reporter Ryan Broderick, The Verge reporter Julia Alexander, and digital media culture expert Dr. Jamie Cohen take a deep dive into the ongoing battle between streaming companies...
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Leah Williams "Affective & Authentic Storytelling in a Digital Age" from 2020-03-19T13:36:32
Marvel Comics writer Leah Williams and Dr. Cohen discuss the writing process of meta texts, incorporating fan feedback into official canon, representing marginalized voices, and a writer's respo...
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Issie Lapowsky & Dr. Jamie Cohen "Digital Disinformation in an Election Year" - Live Salon from Civic Hall from 2020-02-20T12:00:44
How do we talk about digital disinformation when its systems are opaque? How can populations be ready to defend themselves from memetic and information warfare when it comes from both internatio...
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