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Charts & Leisure

A podcast about and for the internet, hosted by Mike Rugnetta

© 2025 Charts & Leisure

A podcast about and for the internet, hosted by Mike Rugnetta

© 2025 Charts & Leisure
69hr 4min
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Car Tok
April 26, 202455min 3sec92.5 MB
Thumbnail for "Pornhub Goes SFW".
What do record searches for SFW content mean when done on Pornhub?
February 12, 202652min 54sec76.08 MB
Thumbnail for "Posting Disease, with Bijan Stephen [Archive Pull]".
On how to exist online without going mad
February 5, 202621min 14sec25.49 MB
Thumbnail for "News Post: Is It Time To Delete TikTok?".
On whether it's worth sticking around, or logging off for good
January 30, 202639min 32sec47.45 MB
Thumbnail for "Announcement: 2026 Never Post Olympiad".
Competing for the Glory of the Internet
January 22, 20269min 55sec23.83 MB
Thumbnail for "State of the Pod: 2026".
Checking in on finances, audience, and upcoming changes
January 14, 202656min 31sec67.84 MB
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How fraud and ICE came to dominate the headlines in Minnesota
January 10, 202650min 31sec60.64 MB
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Closing out the year with friends and quizzes
December 31, 20251hr 7min79.96 MB
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Jeremy Busby, and the tenuous case of internet access from prison
December 17, 20251hr 3min75.63 MB
Thumbnail for "Mailbag #11: Someone To Tell Us How To Be".
Featuring your feedback
December 10, 202555min 28sec66.57 MB
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Unless you know what you’re doing
December 3, 202553min 49sec64.59 MB
Thumbnail for "The Year I Learned to Pay Attention".
Choose life
November 21, 202556min 46sec95.38 MB
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On © trolls and cheating boyfriends
November 5, 202558min 49sec70.59 MB
Thumbnail for "Practical Magic: A Witch’s Guide to Etsy Witches".
Eye of newt, episode of podcast…
October 22, 202549min 21sec82.93 MB
Thumbnail for "A.I. and New American Fascism".
Is a generated aesthetic the look of our times?
October 8, 202553min 12sec63.84 MB
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Your questions and comments make us happy
October 2, 202557min 25sec68.91 MB
Thumbnail for "Is It Even Possible To Ban A.I. In The Classroom?".
An episode in three acts
September 26, 202549min 51sec59.84 MB
Thumbnail for "The Pornstar Cassandras of Our Internet Era".
Plus - is that post a vibe, or can I eat it?
September 10, 202554min 3sec64.88 MB
Thumbnail for "Where Are My Flying Cars?: A Team Chat".
What future tech were we promised by childhood media that has yet to arrive?
September 3, 202554min 1sec64.83 MB
Thumbnail for "The Cat and Mouse Game of Age Verification Online".
Plus! A What (?!) Is Going On Here recording LIVE during the Memberdrive Streamweek
August 27, 202558min 56sec70.73 MB
Thumbnail for "Assigned Male At Login".
RSS Feed Me, Seymour! A Terms & Conditions segment about the ultimate webfeed format
August 13, 20251hr72.65 MB
Thumbnail for "Mailbag #9: Don't Livestream at The Club".
We respond to your comments!
August 6, 20251hr 9min83.41 MB
Thumbnail for "Rescuing Public Datasets the U.S. Gov't Deletes".
Also! Brainrot, and the future of public media in the US
July 30, 20251hr 4min76.34 MB
Thumbnail for "Never Post Funding Update".
The whole point of runways is that they end, I guess...
July 28, 202511min 10sec16.06 MB
Thumbnail for "Ringtones and Customization: Summer Yapfest 2025".
The team chats about how much we each make our devices OUR DEVICES.
July 16, 202550min 49sec60.99 MB
Thumbnail for "Betting On Whatever".
So I don’t look back in anger.
July 2, 20251hr 6min78.76 MB
Thumbnail for "Ohhhhh I Wanna Dance With Somebody".
With somebody who knows what’s going on here
June 18, 202559min 39sec100.22 MB
Thumbnail for "Mailbag #8: I will not become food for monsters".
We respond to your comments!
June 11, 202559min 40sec71.62 MB
Thumbnail for "Reanimator: AI and Shared Histories".
Immediate and eternal, but not beautiful
June 4, 202551min 5sec61.32 MB
Thumbnail for "Hentai and the Post-Platform Internet".
Hentai and tariffs and KOSA OH MY!
May 23, 202554min 46sec65.73 MB
Thumbnail for "A Remembrance of Things Flash".
You’re never alone with Chat by your side
May 7, 202554min 16sec65.12 MB
Thumbnail for "Roundtable: Is The Internet Driving You To The Brink?".
Team screen time stats! Strategies for being informed!
April 30, 202559min 23sec71.27 MB
Thumbnail for "Smooth Moves".
Charts, buttons, and whirring, oh my!
April 23, 202557min 4sec68.5 MB
Thumbnail for "Any Rigid Idea About Yourself Is a Prison".
How does the internet help us become ourselves? Why is LinkedIn like that? And also: HANDS OFF!
April 9, 20251hr 2min74.37 MB
Thumbnail for "Mailbag #7: On Ads, The RSS Resurgence and More".
We respond to your comments!
April 2, 202550min 6sec60.13 MB
Thumbnail for "The Hardest Thing To Do Is Nothing".
The 75 Day Hardstyle Challenge, and Threats to Section 230 – also, Typing Tests!
March 26, 20251hr 9min116.02 MB
Thumbnail for "Never Post is joining Radiotopia".
Here's what that means for your weekend
March 19, 202510min 4sec12.09 MB
Thumbnail for "F*cking Around, and Finding Out".
March 12, 20251hr 4min76.69 MB
Thumbnail for "The Day The Vibes Died".
February 26, 20251hr 2min74.1 MB
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Mad Chat
February 14, 202552min 57sec50.9 MB
Thumbnail for "Mailbag #6".
Mailbag #6
February 5, 202558min 10sec139.6 MB
Thumbnail for "Here’s Looking at You".
Here’s Looking at You
January 29, 202558min 46sec70.58 MB
Thumbnail for "State of the Pod: 2025".
State of the Pod: 2025
January 15, 202550min 56sec48.9 MB
Thumbnail for "Post-Mortem: 2024".
Post-Mortem: 2024
December 31, 20241hr 7min161.21 MB
Thumbnail for "The One Thing You Can Do For Yourself".
The One Thing You Can Do For Yourself
December 18, 202452min 23sec50.35 MB
Thumbnail for "Leaving Social Media Roundtable".
Leaving Social Media Roundtable
December 4, 20241hr 8min81.37 MB
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Looks Great!
November 20, 202455min 45sec53.59 MB
Thumbnail for "Don't Panic".
Don't Panic
November 7, 202458min 26sec70.19 MB
Thumbnail for "Post from the Field: Mike Goes to the Studio in the Rain".
Post from the Field: Mike Goes to the Studio in the Rain
November 6, 20241hr 1min73.3 MB
Thumbnail for "Mailbag #5".
Mailbag #5
November 1, 20241hr 12min86.43 MB
Thumbnail for "A Feed to Call One’s Own".
A Feed to Call One’s Own
October 23, 202450min 22sec48.42 MB
Thumbnail for "Our Dearly Decommissioned".
Our Dearly Decommissioned
October 9, 202451min 42sec49.71 MB
Thumbnail for "The State of Podcasting Roundtable, Oct. 2024".
The State of Podcasting Roundtable, Oct. 2024
October 3, 202455min 40sec53.45 MB
Thumbnail for "Where I'm At Right Now".
Where I'm At Right Now
September 25, 202453min 26sec51.37 MB
Thumbnail for "Flashing Eyes In Which My Hopes Rise".
Flashing Eyes In Which My Hopes Rise
September 11, 20241hr 4min76.46 MB
Thumbnail for "XOXO Fest Live".
XOXO Fest Live
August 28, 202449min 19sec47.42 MB
Thumbnail for "#MemeingTheNews".
#MemeingTheNews
August 14, 202454min 34sec52.45 MB
Thumbnail for "Mailbag #4".
Mailbag #4
August 7, 202449min 3sec47.16 MB
Thumbnail for "To BRB Or Not To BRB".
To BRB Or Not To BRB
July 31, 202459min 12sec71.1 MB
Thumbnail for "Life in Plastic, It's Fantastic".
Life in Plastic, It's Fantastic
July 17, 202447min 25sec45.59 MB
Thumbnail for "Everything Old Embeds Again".
Everything Old Embeds Again
July 3, 202458min 10sec69.88 MB
Thumbnail for "The Sound Files of Summer".
The Sound Files of Summer
June 19, 202445min 56sec55.19 MB
Thumbnail for "Mailbag, Episodes 7-10".
Mailbag, Episodes 7-10
June 14, 20241hr 2min74.75 MB
Thumbnail for "Who Hires the Hiring Bots?".
Who Hires the Hiring Bots?
June 5, 202450min 3sec72.09 MB
Thumbnail for "Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places".
Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places
May 22, 202456min 6sec80.79 MB
Thumbnail for "Everyone is a Journalish".
Everyone is a Journalish
May 11, 202458min 54sec70.7 MB
Thumbnail for "ICYMI x NP: How Kate Middleton's Disappearance Redefined Monoculture".
ICYMI x NP: How Kate Middleton's Disappearance Redefined Monoculture
May 8, 202451min 7sec73.62 MB
Thumbnail for "Interlude: Important Emails, Extended Cut".
April 24, 202441min 24sec39.75 MB
Thumbnail for "Mailbag, Episodes 4-6".
Mailbag, Episodes 4-6
April 17, 202453min 40sec51.53 MB
Thumbnail for "Switched on Post".
Switched on Post
April 10, 202454min 44sec78.82 MB
Thumbnail for "OO🚫⛔❌ H M🙅💥🕳️ GO🛑🔇💃".
OO🚫⛔❌ H M🙅💥🕳️ GO🛑🔇💃
March 27, 202453min 51sec51.8 MB
Thumbnail for "As Per My Last Podcast Episode…".
As Per My Last Podcast Episode…
March 13, 202456min53.86 MB
Thumbnail for "Mailbag, Episodes 1-3".
Mailbag, Episodes 1-3
March 8, 20241hr 6min79.07 MB
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Eternal Return
February 28, 202448min 39sec58.48 MB
Thumbnail for "People in Places".
People in Places
February 14, 202456min 51sec68.32 MB
Thumbnail for "I'm Mad, You're Mad, We're All Mad Here".
I'm Mad, You're Mad, We're All Mad Here
February 1, 202449min 17sec59.26 MB
Thumbnail for "Episode 0: Independent Media Roundtable".
Episode 0: Independent Media Roundtable
January 31, 202437min 6sec44.54 MB
Thumbnail for "Never Post Is A Podcast About The Internet".
January 18, 20243min 6sec3.73 MB

Car Tok

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April 26, 202455min 3sec

Senior producer Hans Buetow investigates the transit vacuum that’ll result when Uber and Lyft leave the Twin Cities; Mike looks at how the car has become a default setting for vertical, short form video. Also: PLANES, TRAINS… BIKES

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Car Tok
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