I am listening to a new podcast called , made by a collective of writers, independent producers, researchers, composers and creators, which explores the internet’s cultural power and how we use it. Hosted by Mike Rugnetta, an insightful observer of online goings-on, the first episode has a fascinating discussion about “posting disease” – when people can’t stop posting even when it harms them – and how to avoid this.
There are also a set of delightfully mystifying interludes in which a man tries to buy caffeine-free Diet Dr Pepper, the availability of which has been debated online.
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I have loved the internet since it entered my life in the 1990s and this show feels like a truly native exploration of it.
I also enjoyed , a gorgeously hand-drawn video game about linguistics. To move up a mysterious ziggurat, you must solve puzzles and use clues to decipher languages the people around you speak, each with differing syntax rules. It is a tricky, enchanting little game.
Chelsea Whyte
US editor
New York
