Joshua Citarella posts
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My Political Journey: Z
My guest is a 19 year old left-wing Islamic nationalist from Tennessee. His account attracted lots of attention and controversy online.**recorded: Dec 12, 2020**
Do Not Research 2022-2023 book
Do Not Research is an arts organization that began in the Discord server attached to this podcast. DNR has been publishing twice a week for the past two years, featuring work by over 200 unique contributors, as well as mounting physical exhibitions, sold out film screenings, book launches and much m...
My Fitness Program & Syllabus 2023 (audio)
This is an intermediate guide to weight lifting.https://www.patreon.com/posts/fitness-program-85642009
Class Fantasy (WIP)
For the past few months I've been quietly working on a board game called Class Fantasy. This will be part of an exhibition at Le Commun in Geneva, Switzerland in the fall of 2023.The game takes the form of a traditional action RPG, in the style of Dungeons & Dragons, and pairs fantasy character ...
The Platform Wars (part 1 & 2) audio
We’re at an inflection point for social media. Here’s what happens next:www.patreon.com/posts/platform-wars-82710977https://www.patreon.com/posts/platform-wars-2-83871112
Platform Wars (part 3): TikTok & Geopolitics
If you’re just joining us, check out The Platform Wars (part 1) and (part 2).Since the last installment of this series, the platform formerly known as Twitter (now X!) has continued to transform. As discussed in part 1, new lock-in features, like required log in, rate limiting free accounts and ad...
Yancey Strickler on Metalabel and Post-Individualism
Yancey joins me to discuss the “Dark Forests” of the internet. We explore new, post-platform guilds and digital native institutions for the 21st century. Browse the links below for his excellent writing on these topics:Follow:https://twitter.com/ystricklerhttps://twitter.com/metalabel_xyzhttps:/...
230724: Estrogen in the Air!!, Neo-Amish Movement, Jacobin on the New Deal, more
https://twitter.com/babygravy9/status/1682799348571152384?s=46&t=jW_xfAX0j6Fjiv2ObgRGRghttps://store.donotresearch.net/The Neo-Amish Movement: How To Preserve Tradition in a Technological World – Gab NewsI'm Transa few words about ted kaczynskiUp NextIs America Too Racist for Social Democracy?...
My Political Journey: C
My guest is a 16 year old council communist. He spent ages 12 to 14 fully immersed in conservative content on YouTube. Today his account is no longer active.**recorded: Oct 13, 2020**
Fitness Program & Syllabus: Summer 2023
This is an intermediate guide to weight lifting. If you have not done strength training before, you are likely not ready for this program. Similarly, if you have not completed the previous syllabi (2020 fall, 2021 spring, 2021 fall, 2022 spring, 2022 summer, 2023 list), go back and learn those found...
Taylor Lorenz is Extremely Online
Taylor joins me to discuss the creator economy, mommy bloggers, personal brands, beauty tutorials on youtube, and gamergate. Check out her new book: Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet.Pre-order:https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Extremely-Online/Taylo...
230619: Soros on the Polycrisis, Ai and Consent, DNR book draft, Annoying Online Politics, New Models on Predicting Media, more
https://artreview.com/ai-art-and-the-problem-of-consent/https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/can-democracy-survive-polycrisis-artificial-intelligence-climate-change-ukraine-war-by-george-soros-2023-06Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn’t? - G. Richard ScottMy first live sh...
My Political Journey: U
My guest is a 16 year old anarcho-capitalist. He is a long time user on Instagram and highly influential in niche corners of the internet.**recorded: May, 2020**
Platform Wars (part 2): Twitter & the Blue Check
If you’re just joining us, check out The Platform Wars (part 1).Paying for a blue check on Twitter and Meta has radically shifted the online landscape. Some of these changes are good. Most of them are bad. But many of today’s news media commentariot are getting key issues wrong.I’ve spent the ...
Lil Internet on the Physics of Social Media
From Myspace “Top 8” to VR glasses (less powerful than ideology), Lil Internet joins me to discuss how new technologies are shaping creative life in the 21st century. This episode is part of a series of one-on-one conversations with Channel creators.Follow:https://www.instagram.com/lilinternet/h...
230522: 13 Ways of Disinformation, Angela Nagle’s Scarce Labor Theory, Metaverse in Janky Capitalism, Ivy League Culture Wars, Catherine Liu’s Trauma in the Digital Age, more
Hello there farmer - MAGAcommunism music videoThe Right Stuff: Dating RightScarce Labor As The Cause Of InnovationA Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century - Tablet Magazinehttps://dis.art/the-metaverse-in-janky-capitalismJosh Kline on the unfolding disasters of climate change and AI | Under ...
Cryptids and Conspiracy in the Technocene w/ Nadim Samman
Nadim Samman, curator at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, joins me to discuss his new book, Poetics of Encryption: Art and the Technocene.get the book:www.hatjecantz.de/nadim-samman-8254-1.htmlsocials:www.instagram.com/nadim.samman/www.instagram.com/kwinstitutefcontemporaryart/
The Platform Wars
TikTok vs. Meta vs. Twitter vs. Substack vs. Bluesky vs. Mastodon vs. Patreon vs. Google vs. Amazon vs. more, LFGGGGGWe’re at an inflection point for social media. Elon Musk has radically transformed Twitter. A TikTok ban looms on the horizon. The Metaverse is stalled indefinitely and Web 3 is hib...
Catherine Liu on the Professional Managerial Class
Catherine Liu, professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine, visits the podcast to discuss Phillip Guston, the PMC and cultural institutions. She is the author of Virtue Hoarders (2021).cliuanon.substack.com/twitter.com/bureaucatliuwww.upress.umn.edu/book-division/b…virtue-hoarders
230424: 13 Ways of Disinformation, RIP Parler, Illegal Memes (real), Astolopolitics, Universal Army and more
Catch the next stream: https://www.twitch.tv/joshuacitarella/Links:A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century - Tablet Magazinehttps://blog.parler.com/conservative-girl-shopping-guide/The Regime’s War To Make Memes Illegal – Gab NewsBiden PROSECUTES Anti-Hillary Meme Poster | Breaking Poin...
Recommendations, Bot updates, Discord access +
Since 2018, I’ve been publishing podcasts, essays, artworks, newsletters, and research materials on a near weekly basis. One of the most rewarding parts of this project is that it has gathered an amazing audience of talented people.If you're new here or recently lost access to Discord, please ...
My Political Journey: N
My guest is a 20 year old Left Communist. He began by exploring 4chan, /leftypol/ and kik messenger. In 2019, he joined an IRL political organization. We discuss Bookchinites, leftcom killing fields, proletarian discontent, shitposting and animation.**recorded: July 2, 2020**
My Lecture at Penn
Earlier this spring, I visited the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania for their MFA Fine Arts lecture series.The following video is the unedited talk + Q&A, spanning 10 years of artistic practice and political critique of tech platforms. Alongside years of projects an...
Infowars & Goop: Wellness Products
All the "wellness" products Americans love to buy are sold on both Infowars and Goop:https://qz.com/1010684/all-the-wellness-products-american-love-to-buy-are-sold-on-both-infowars-and-goopits real folksAuto-Experiment: Hyper-Masculinity:https://www.patreon.com/posts/auto-experiment-55888347
e-deologies IV, 2023
E-deology is an internet slang term used to describe the pairing of prefixes and suffixes to generate complex ideological labels. These hyper-specific categories serve as a gamified form of identity play and niche personal branding in the chaotic landscape of online politics.Anarcho-Transhumanist So...
My Political Journey: J
My guest is a 22 year old reactionary who is "extremely-online". He was a Bernie supporter in 2016 and self educated on sites like 4chan, Instagram and Youtube. We discuss authoritarianism, libertarianism, the enlightenment, neoreactionary theory, Hindutva, vegetarianism and shitposting.**re...
230306: Christian Nationalist AI, Libertarian-Stalinism Anti-War Rally (Real), Zero Carbon Concrete, East Palestine Lib Takes and Lots of Domestic Terrorism
Catch the next stream: https://www.twitch.tv/joshuacitarella/Links:The Leader / Вождь s01e02 "Defending the rights of the people" 1080pIntroducing Gabby: Our Friendly AI Bot That Generates Amazing Images – Gab NewsWhy The Worldview of The People Building AI MattersSeaBrick, Better and...
Caroline Busta on Linear Media and the Public Sphere
CB joins me to discuss how new technologies and ideologies are shaping the public sphere in the 21st century. This episode is part of a series of one-on-one conversations with Channel creators.Follow:https://www.instagram.com/cbcb2000https://twitter.com/cbcb2000https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io...
My Political Journey: R
My guest is a 16 year old Anarcho-Communist who was an Eco-Fascist in 2019. “R” is a co-admin on a popular leftwing meme account. The week before recording this episode she attended a Black Lives Matter protest in a nearby major city. We discuss neoliberalism, classical liberalism, esotericism, ...
230130: Parler TOS "community jury", Davos shock collar (real), UFO encounter USS Nimitz, Modern vs traditional masculinity, Adolph Reed Jr cont.
Catch the next stream: https://www.twitch.tv/joshuacitarella/Links:https://blog.parler.com/what-is-the-parler-community-juryhttps://twitter.com/loffredojeremy/status/1619786795943710721?s=20&t=GI2lr5bfQP8BfzChZ6v89whttps://twitter.com/JoshuaCitarella/status/1620093263742115841Extraordinary Until Pro...
