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Ten Thousand Posts

Ten Thousand Posts

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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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The Mother of it All

Sarah and Miranda

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We are Miranda Rake and Sarah Wheeler, two friends, mothers and professional writers on the parenting beat. The Mother of it All is our place to go deep into the culture of modern motherhood and have the conversations that truly challenge, feed and excite us. Expect warmth, humor and over-considered takes on hot topics, fresh takes on old ones, expert guests and good times. We're diving into the grey areas beyond the tropes — the wine moms, the rage moms, the anything moms — and instead spen ...
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This is a preview of a bonus episode! listen to the whole thing on our patreon We're joined by writer and journalist Emma Garland. In Part 2, we talk about ‘Hawk Tuah’ (try pronouncing it with a British accent, I dare you) and why people find it weird to talk about sex online, as well as how the Hawk Tuah podcast is an attempt by Jake Paul to pivot…
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No one wants to think about school shootings. But nearly every day in our country, a gun is fired on a campus. Often, when that happens, entire student bodies are then traumatized by spending hours in lockdown. David Riedman of the K-12 school shooting database — an unparalleled collection of data about school shootings that has been used as a reso…
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Writer, journalist and friend of the show Emma Garland returns for a double episode to explain all the stuff that happened for girliness on the internet while Phoebe was away. In part 1 of 2, Emma explains the emergence of ‘Brat Summer’ and subsequently, the dominance of directionless, hyper-online marketing strategies. We also talk about ‘demure a…
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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at : www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast ------- Writer and curator Matt Muir comes on the show this week to talk about his life through posting. We talk about his early message board days, the several occasions where he accidentally sent aggressive emails to the entire office by accident…
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What if we considered care to be a sacred practice? What if the everyday tasks of parenting were backtracked by the dramatic score of the British Baking Show? Elissa Strauss, author of When You Care: Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others joins Sarah and Miranda to mull over what it would mean to value care as a society and in our personal lives. We…
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Returning champion Dr Eleanor Janega comes back on the show to tell us about another Weird Little Guy™ - Marcus Aurelius, and the philosophy of 'Stoicism', beloved by nearly every strange LinkedIn Guy. Eleanor tells us about how the 'Stoicism' packaged in airport self-help books differs from its original Greek form, and how, throughout history, and…
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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at : www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast ------- On this weeks episode, parenting columnist Amil Niazi comes on the show to discuss some of the ways that your social feeds change once tech companies figure out you’ve had a child. Amil talks about the odd and often conspiratorial ‘advice’ …
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Author and editor Kaitlyn Teer (you may know her as the editor of Joanna Goddard’s Big Salad newsletter ) joins Sarah and Miranda to chat about how weirdly hard and wonderful it is to have hobbies as a mom, and the unique joy of being new (even bad!) at something. We get into such pressing questions as: What is “contaminated leisure time,” and how …
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On this week’s episode, Phoebe returns to catch up on all the online shenanigans she missed during maternity leave. We talk about JD Vance’s inability to order donughts and what happens when you’re too cooked on posts to operate in the real world. We also talk about ‘Brat Summer’ (RIP) as perpetual, all encompassing marketing with no real end point…
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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at : www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast ------- Aaron Thorpe, co-host of The Trilbillies podcast comes back on the show to talk about Ridley Scott’s ALIEN (1979). Hussein and Aaron talk about the impact the film had on sci fi horror and monster movies, the darkness and wetness that sets …
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit motherofitall.substack.com Sarah and Miranda check in on Miranda’s daughter’s very first day of big kid school (even though she claims she’s “still little”), watch the just-dropped Nightbitch trailer in real time, discuss Sarah’s impending move after 15 years in the same apartment, and t…
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Dr Nayana Prakash, formerly of the Oxford Internet Institute, comes into studio this week to give an insight into the shape and structure of the internet in India. She talks about the country’s testy relationships with Facebook/ Meta and Twitter/X, why so many Indians see the internet as essential for social mobility and escape, and the ways in whi…
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We are thrilled to kick off season 2(!) with a bang in the form of a meaty, rich conversation with Eloise Rickman, author of It’s Not Fair: Why It’s Time For A Grown-Up Conversation About How Adults Treat Children. We hadn’t thought about children’s rights much before reading Eloise’s book (have you?) and now it’s all we want to think about. What a…
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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at : www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast ------- In the second part of ‘Slop Week’, Hussein chats to Ed Zitron, writer of the “Where’s Your Ed At?” newsletter and the “Better Offline” podcast. Ed has been keeping a keen eye on the big financial backers behind AI companies, and he explains…
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Welcome to part one of ‘Slop Week’, where we try to understand the incentives that have led to the internet being filled with incomprehensible, aimless content, and how it’s reshaping the way people communicate online. Jason Koebler, co-founder of 404 Media and the host of the 404 Media podcast, joins us to talk about his recent investigation into …
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We’re joined by journalist Chris Stokel-Walker, author of How AI Ate The World: A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence – and Its Long Future, to talk about the UK’s responses to the recent nation-wide race riots, and in particular, how it’s dealing with a certain tech CEO spreading overtly racist disinformation. Chris talks about the Online Saf…
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This is an unlocked bonus episode! Find more like it on our patreon: www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast ------- Friend of the show Sarah Hagi returns to the show to talk about growing up on the internet. Sarah recalls the creative methods she would employ to subvert her parents’ restrictions on her internet use, why she never had a MySpace phase, and …
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Sarah & Miranda shoot the breeze, talk about some back-to-school feelings, drop some hints about what we'll cover in season 2, and nerd out about THAT EPISODE of The Bear. We had so much fun with Phil Maciak on our Screen Time episode (our most-listened to episode, BTW! thanks for that, friends) that we had to bring him back to talk about *crunch c…
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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at : www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast ------- Resident oafthropologist Tom comes back on the show for a smorgasbord of online delights. We get an update on British oafs, including Big John's attempt to quell the recent UK Riots, Gymskin's reaction to being on an economy class flight, a…
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Novara Media's North of England Editor Craig Gent (@VivaHarehills) joins the show to talk about their latest book, CYBERBOSS : The Rise of Algorithmic Management. -------- Craig talks about the rise of algorithmic technologies across workplaces, and the ways in which these technologies have re-shaped the physical boundaries of our working environme…
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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at : www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast ------- Activist, campaigner and co-founder of Gamban app Matt Zarb-Cousin comes on the show to talk about how online culture has become consumed by the gambling industry, and the ways it affects our online and offline experiences. Matt tells us ab…
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Writer and editor at Verso John Merrick (@johnpmerrick) joins the show this week to talk about the rise of Britain's new right wing in the aftermath of the Conservative election defeat. John explains how this new right wing movement are younger, more welcoming of racism and violence, and, of course, much more online. He also notes how in these digi…
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Find the rest of this episode on our reasonably-priced Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/109318683 Friend of the show Sarah Hagi returns to the show to talk about growing up on the internet. Sarah recalls the creative methods she would employ to subvert her parents’ restrictions on her internet use, why she never had a MySpace phase, and of co…
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Hari returns to the podcast to talk about his latest novel, "Blue Ruin", published by Scribner. Hussein and Hari talk about the London art scene in the 90s and early aughts, and how the novel examines the relationship between art, authenticity and access to capital. Hari also talks about the challenges of writing a 'Pandemic Novel' at a time when m…
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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Listen to the full episode at : www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast ------- Alex (@Alexgoldmund) returns to the show to talk about the state of podcasting in 2024, and why podcasters and producers are now facing similar tensions with tech platforms as musicians. Alex, who was a podcaster and producer at Gimlet, tal…
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In this unlocked bonus episode, 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 …
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It’s summer, which means Sarah’s rocking a 3-cone-per-day ice cream lifestyle, and Miranda is guzzling $1 slushies by the pool. And work is …. still kind of happening. The brilliant, hilarious Claire Zulkey of the Evil Witches newsletter (which you need to subscribe to, if you don’t already) joins us to talk about the various joys and perils of sum…
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Listen to the full episode here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/108426946 Hari returns to the podcast to talk about his latest novel, "Blue Ruin", published by Scribner. Hussein and Hari talk about the London art scene in the 90s and early aughts, and how the novel examines the relationship between art, authenticity and access to capital. Hari also …
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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 …
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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 plac…
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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 ten…
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[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! -------- 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 …
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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 t…
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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…
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Canadian writer and The Cut columnist Amil Niazi joins us to discuss what happens when an entire generation follows their dreams, whether our feelings of economic instability are real or imagined, and having children (even a third!) while fighting against upgrade culture. Also, we stan Better Things, and we ask: Even if it’s not really OK, what if …
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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…
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This is an unlocked bonus episode! Find it and more on our patreon! -------- 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 m…
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Sarah and Miranda are joined by Ruth Whippman, author of Boymom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity to talk about how boys need more but get less, the boys who are dying to talk about their feelings, and the radical power of a board book about a boy and his bags. Plus, do we say “no” to toxic-masculinity media or just say “yes…
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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 tel…
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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' taki…
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A juicy, earnestly silly over-think of Mamma Mia and Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again (Sarah’s preferred Mamma Mia) in which Sarah’s friend Garrett Bucks joins us with a spicy-hot take on the three (three!) dads of Mamma Mia. When Bucks is not thinking about the rich, layered texts that are Mamma Mia and Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again, he keeps busy do…
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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Find the whole thing on our reasonably-priced patreon! Comedy writer Mollie Goodfellow talks about her early experiences on the internet, which largely amounted to luring unsuspecting men into the woods of Runescape and beheading them for fun.. We talk about the transition between social networks and how it sha…
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Youtube essayist Tom Nicholas joins us this week to talk about vaping and specifically, how the excesses of contemporary internet culture, guided by the philosophies of liminal capitalism, can explain the prominence of disposable vapes. Tom tells us how vaping went from a means to manage addictions to a new kind of addictive behaviour, how and why …
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Sarah flew to Iceland, only to be immediately taken down by a stomach flu. Meanwhile, back at home a Covid-like virus knocked Miranda’s family out for 14 days. So we called an emergency recording session of Mother Of It All just to vent about it all together. Why can’t parents have nice things, like occasional vacations or a week or two without abs…
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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Find the whole thing on our reasonably-priced patreon! Political journalist Zoë Grünewald joins us to talk about the upcoming UK General Election, and why so many candidates are opting to run on hyper-online 'culture war' issues. Zoë explains how obsessions with social media among politicians and journalists ha…
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Paris Marx returns to the show to talk about two AI conferences hosted by Google and OpenAI, and how both failed to provide any real evidence of why it’s any more than a chatbot with a voice, but also, why this doesn’t really matter to tech companies, and the government’s appeasing them. Paris talks about the consequences of AI software integrating…
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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Find the whole thing on our reasonably-priced patreon! To commemorate Phoebe’s final episode (before she goes on maternity leave, not forever) we take questions from you. We discuss some big questions about the internet, whether one’s decision not to post still counts and posting, and if the age of vertical vid…
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Journalist and author Joanne Mcneil returns to the show to talk about her novel WRONG WAY, which was among the New Yorker’s best fiction of 2023. Centred around the proliferation of ‘self-driving’ taxis, the novel is an exploration of precarious work and social alienation, and the ways in which the technocratic ruling classes leverage this distanci…
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Sarah and Miranda host their first dad, cultural critic Phillip Maciak, and dig into screen time, shame, nostalgia, hugs, and multi-level marketing for second-graders. Links: * Phil’s book, Avidly Reads Screen Time * Phil on Instagram * Phil’s review of Season 2 of the Bear in The New Republic * The NOLA Pelicans’ King Cake Baby mascot * The Anxiou…
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This is a preview of a bonus episode. Find the whole thing on our reasonably-priced patreon! Welcome back to part 2 of our discussion about the 2023 True Crime/Documentary miniseries Telemarketers. Once again, we're joined by Brian, AJ, and Josh, the hosts of the Worst Of All Possible Worlds, a podcast that reviews and analyses popular culture. ---…
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