Joshua Citarella
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago -Artist and internet culture researcher.
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Deep Research: Tartaria
July 18, 2024 10:30 - 40 minutes - 42.4 MBOtherworld presents Deep Research. This week, we’re covering “Tartaria”. Tartaria is a conspiracy theory that suggests the existence of a vast, advanced civilization that supposedly existed in ancient times but has been intentionally erased from historical records. Proponents of this theory often claim that Tartaria was a highly developed and technologically advanced empire with a global influence, surpassing the conventional understanding of history. They argue that evidence of Tartaria's ex...
Catherine Liu: Workers of the Culture Industry Unite (lol) Live at Montez Press Radio
July 02, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour - 177 MBI sat down with Catherine Liu, author of Virtue Hoarders (2021), professor of Film & Media Studies at UC Irvine, for her new series at Montez Press Radio. Catherine writes, “This series, Workers of the Culture Industry Unite! (LOL) tries to address the problems of artists' work in the age of finance capitalism… At a time when the corporations and institutions that support artists are suffering from endless crises of legitimacy, how can we have better conversations about what artistic and aest...
A Cyber Archaeology of Checkpoints w/ Ruby Thelot
June 19, 2024 10:30 - 31 minutes - 71 MBRuby Thelot is a designer, cyber-ethnographer and artist. He is a professor of Design and Media Theory at NYU. We discuss his new book: A Cyber Archeology of Checkpoints (2024) a poignant tribute to a vanished online community. Get the book: https://www.irrelevantpress.com/store/pre-sale-a-cyberarchaeology-of-checkpoints-ruby-thelot Follow: https://www.instagram.com/being_on_line/?hl=en https://x.com/being_on_line?lang=en
My Political Journey: X
June 12, 2024 10:45 - 21 minutes - 48.3 MBMy guest is a Post-Marxist. We explore political subcultures such as Post-left Anarchy, Unconditional Accelerationism, Anarcho-Primitivism and more.
Vilem Flusser's Combination Game
May 29, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour - 138 MBTowards a Philosophy of Photography by Vilem Flusser (1984) https://dis.art/obama-baroque https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007785730/facebook-news-feed-zuckerberg.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liLGhXv76dg
The Dark Forest w/ Yancey Strickler: Live at Montez Press Radio
May 15, 2024 10:30 - 48 minutes - 111 MBGet the book: https://darkforest.metalabel.com/dfa2 Yancey and I visit Montez Press Radio in downtown NYC to discuss The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet. Follow: https://www.instagram.com/montezpressradio https://www.instagram.com/ystrickler https://twitter.com/ystrickler https://www.instagram.com/metalabel__/ https://twitter.com/metalabel_
Platform Cooperation w/ Austin Robey
May 01, 2024 10:30 - 52 minutes - 120 MBAustin Robey, co-founder of Metalabel, joins me to discuss alternative models for the internet. We explore “Ampled”, a cooperative platform for musicians that existed from 2018-2023 and theorize about the next generation of platforms. Follow: https://twitter.com/austinrobey_ https://www.instagram.com/michaelcoors/ https://twitter.com/metalabel_ https://www.instagram.com/metalabel__/ Read: https://austinrobey.xyz/
Class Fantasy Game: Introduction
April 17, 2024 10:45 - 23 minutes - 54.4 MBGet the game: https://joshuacitarella.metalabel.com/class-fantasy Class Fantasy is an action RPG card game that pairs fantasy character classes with political ideologies. Your goal is to defeat other players in battle and achieve utopia. Inspired by games like Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering and World of Warcraft, Class Fantasy explores the essential role playing and world building process that links the game space and the real world. Finally, a game that unites the whole politica...
Eco-Extremism + Anarcho-Liberalism
April 02, 2024 10:30 - 49 minutes - 114 MBExploring the political arc of the social media decade. Get the books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/vincent-bevins/if-we-burn/9781541788985/?lens=publicaffairs https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374610326/doppelganger Links: https://youtu.be/6FCYcfiVqYQ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/05/leftwing-vulkan-group-claim-responsibility-tesla-factory-pylon-arson-attack-berlin https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/the-anarcho-liberal/ https://www.youtube.com/live/cI7iyo...
Simon Denny's Metaverse Landscapes
March 13, 2024 13:00 - 40 minutes - 91.6 MBSimon Denny's Metaverse Landscapes unpack historical resonances between territory, abstraction and financialization. Links: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/arts/design/simon-denny-art-computers-gaming-review-musk-grimes.html https://www.instagram.com/sden023/ https://www.instagram.com/juliaxgulia/ https://www.instagram.com/joshuacitarella/ https://www.instagram.com/dunkunsthalle/ https://www.instagram.com/petzelgallery/ https://www.instagram.com/sorry_press/ https://www.sorry-pres...
Return of the Internet w/ Paige K.B.
February 29, 2024 11:45 - 29 minutes - 67.8 MBArtist Paige K.B. calls into the stream to discuss three major exhibitions: “Cute” at Somerset House in London, “Poetics of Encryption” at KW Institute of Contemporary Art in Berlin, and Simon Denny’s shows in New York. Follow: https://www.instagram.com/guiltgroupe/ Exhibitions: https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/cute https://poeticsofencryption.kw-berlin.de/src/html/Exibition.html https://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/simon-denny5 https://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/multi-user-dungeon-m...
My Political Journey: B
February 13, 2024 12:00 - 15 minutes - 35.6 MBMy guest is a 20 year old Marxist. At age 12, he began exploring niche circles of Tumblr, YouTube and Wikipedia.
Daniel Keller on Techno-Acceleration
February 01, 2024 11:30 - 55 minutes - 126 MB@dnlklr joins me to discuss the For-You-Pagification of the internet, hyper polarization online, network states, AI vs. climate and building new institutions. https://twitter.com/DnlKlr https://www.instagram.com/dnlklr https://twitter.com/__vaporware__
My Political Journey: Linkonia
January 17, 2024 11:45 - 40 minutes - 91.9 MBMy guest ran a collaborative role-playing game that turned political meme accounts on Instagram into an MMO for fantasy nation-states.
Amber A’Lee Frost on Dirtbag
December 19, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBHer new book is out now from MacMillan Press: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250269621/dirtbag Amber A'Lee Frost is a writer and co-host of Chapo Trap House. Find her writing in Jacobin Magazine, Catalyst, Damage Magazine, The Baffler, American Affairs and many others. IG: https://instagram.com/amberaleefrost
Benjamin Bratton on Artificial Intelligence (part 2)
December 04, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 34.9 MBPhilosopher of technology, Benjamin Bratton, joins me to discuss AI and planetary scale computation. Read his work and learn more about Antikythera in the links below: twitter.com/bratton antikythera.org/ mitpress.mit.edu/9780262029575/the-stack/ www.versobooks.com/products/2749-t…nge-of-the-real Trust: Inhumanism Rising - Benjamin Bratton mitpress.mit.edu/9781913029999/ma…on-is-not-final/
Benjamin Bratton on Artificial Intelligence (part 1)
November 30, 2023 12:00 - 41 minutes - 93.9 MBPhilosopher of technology, Benjamin Bratton, joins me to discuss AI, terraforming, geopolitics and planetary scale computation. Read his work and learn more about Antikythera in the links below: https://twitter.com/bratton https://antikythera.org/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262029575/the-stack/ https://www.versobooks.com/products/2749-the-revenge-of-the-real Trust: Inhumanism Rising - Benjamin Bratton https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781913029999/machine-decision-is-not-final/ https://autocatalla...
3.5 Years of the Podcast !
November 21, 2023 12:30 - 4 minutes - 4.47 MBThree and a half years https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella https://joshuacitarella.substack.com/
My Political Journey: G
November 15, 2023 12:00 - 17 minutes - 18.4 MBMy guest is a 22 year old from the Middle East. She has spent the last few years immersed in political meme culture and radical content online.
Platform Wars (part 4): StateBook
November 01, 2023 11:00 - 29 minutes - 30.9 MBWelcome to StateBook. A public option for social media. Read the full essay: https://joshuacitarella.substack.com/p/platform-wars-part-4-a-public-option
Platform Wars (part 3): TikTok & Geopolitics
October 18, 2023 10:45 - 17 minutes - 18.6 MBIf you’re just joining us, check out The Platform Wars part 1 & part 2. https://joshuacitarella.substack.com/p/platform-wars-part-3-tiktok-and-geopolitics https://www.patreon.com/posts/platform-wars-3-87023598
Dianna Lucia Dragonetti on Catholicism and the Operatic Voice
October 02, 2023 11:00 - 45 minutes - 47.1 MBDianna visits the podcasts to discuss trend cycles, faith, mythology and artistic practice. Hear about her upcoming performances: https://diannaluciadragonetti.substack.com/ Send professional inquiries: info-[at]-saras.world
My Political Journey: Z
September 13, 2023 11:00 - 17 minutes - 40 MBMy 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**
My Fitness Program & Syllabus 2023
September 01, 2023 11:00 - 36 minutes - 43.8 MBThis is an intermediate guide to weight lifting. https://open.substack.com/pub/joshuacitarella/p/fitness-program-and-syllabus-summer https://www.patreon.com/posts/fitness-program-85642009
The Platform Wars (part 1 & 2) audio
August 16, 2023 10:44 - 20 minutes - 46.5 MBWe’re at an inflection point for social media. Here’s what happens next: https://joshuacitarella.substack.com/p/the-platform-wars https://www.patreon.com/posts/platform-wars-82710977
Yancey Strickler on Metalabel and Post-Individualism
August 01, 2023 10:45 - 53 minutes - 123 MBYancey 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/ystrickler https://twitter.com/metalabel_xyz https://www.instagram.com/metalabel_xyz/ Read: https://onezero.medium.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-7dc3e68a7cb1 https://www.metalabel.xyz/magazine/features/after-the-creator-economy-the-zi...
My Political Journey: C
July 12, 2023 10:45 - 14 minutes - 14.1 MBMy 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**
Taylor Lorenz is Extremely Online
June 29, 2023 10:30 - 42 minutes - 96.8 MBTaylor 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/Taylor-Lorenz/9781982146863?fbclid=PAAabwR0m9uZEWA8QezCgGDgtvaoaANakECbyFpjQw0RtCpP1PNhPmXbTbMcU_aem_th_AZVRfoAGgDDaY6wUvMUNOEolpZ0uvZntAgBVoPf0FPCj8Wqg6HnkWXdg-okCBU2Jqe4 IG: https://www.instagram....
My Political Journey: U
June 13, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes - 18.9 MBMy 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**
Lil Internet on the Physics of Social Media
June 01, 2023 13:40 - 49 minutes - 114 MBFrom 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/ https://twitter.com/lilinternet https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io/ https://twitter.com/NEWMODELS_IO newmodels.io/ channel.xyz/
Cryptids and Conspiracy in the Technocene w/ Nadim Samman
May 17, 2023 11:14 - 19 minutes - 45.4 MBNadim 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: https://www.hatjecantz.de/nadim-samman-8254-1.html socials: https://www.instagram.com/nadim.samman/ https://www.instagram.com/kwinstitutefcontemporaryart/
Catherine Liu on the Professional Managerial Class
May 01, 2023 10:45 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBCatherine 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). https://cliuanon.substack.com/ https://twitter.com/bureaucatliu https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/virtue-hoarders
My Political Journey: N
April 13, 2023 10:55 - 16 minutes - 36.8 MBMy 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**
Infowars & Goop: Wellness Products
April 01, 2023 12:00 - 49 minutes - 55.7 MBAll 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-goop its real folks Auto-Experiment: Hyper-Masculinity: https://www.patreon.com/posts/auto-experiment-55888347
My Political Journey: J
March 15, 2023 10:50 - 17 minutes - 40.1 MBMy 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. **recorded: August 5, 2020**
Caroline Busta on Linear Media and the Public Sphere
March 01, 2023 11:50 - 48 minutes - 111 MBCB 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/cbcb2000 https://twitter.com/cbcb2000 https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io https://twitter.com/newmodels_io https://newmodels.io/ www.channel.xyz/
Proof of Body (audio)
February 21, 2023 11:50 - 14 minutes - 34.3 MBI wrote the unthinkable (but true) take for the new issue of Document Journal. Read the piece online alongside a beautiful series of photographs by Bobby Doherty. https://www.documentjournal.com/2022/12/raw-eggs-pink-pills-and-embodied-identity-online-communities-create-their-own-proof-in-a-vacuum-of-truth/
My Political Journey: R
February 14, 2023 12:10 - 8 minutes - 8.32 MBMy 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, schizoposting, e-boys, accelerationism and mental health. **recorded: June 9, 2020**
Leigh Phillips on Nuclear Power and Eco-Austerity
February 01, 2023 11:50 - 53 minutes - 55.5 MBPeople's Republic of Walmart co-author Leigh Phillips joins me to discuss eco-austerity, neo-malthusianism, degrowth, socially necessary atmospheric carbon and the on going debate around economic planning vs. neoliberalism. Follow on socials: https://twitter.com/Leigh_Phillips Get the books: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-of-walmart https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/austerity-ecology-collapse-porn-addicts
New Models: Bonn After Hours w/ artists Dena Yago & Joshua Citarella
January 19, 2023 12:30 - 51 minutes - 53.9 MBNew Models co-hosts Carly and Julian join artist & consultant Dena Yago (formerly K-HOLE) and Josh for a real-talk-debrief post panel discussions at Bundeskunsthalle. We unpack the the knock-on effects of “anti-gatekeeping”, speculative near-future museum defense strategies, and the alt paths of young artists. This is a cross over episode with New Models. Subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/newmodels New Models patreon.com/newmodels Tw: https://twitter.com/newmodels_io IG: https://www.i...
Mat Dryhurst on Platform Populism
December 01, 2022 11:30 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBSpawning.ai, 20th century bohemianism, the ‘brahmin left’ vs. the ‘merchant right’. Join us to discuss how new technologies and class interests are shaping creative practice in 21st century. This episode is part of a new series of one-on-one conversations with Channel creators. Follow: https://twitter.com/matdryhurst https://www.instagram.com/matdryhurst/ https://twitter.com/hollyherndon https://www.instagram.com/holly_herndon/ https://twitter.com/spawning_ https://twitter.com/hollyplus_ ...
Jen Pan on the New Old Left
November 01, 2022 10:30 - 48 minutes - 111 MBJen Pan, former host of the Jacobin Show, joins me to discuss YouTube political messaging, elite activist language and what social democracy can do for art. Stay tuned for her forthcoming book from Verso. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JacobinMag Read: https://jacobin.com/
New Models: Creator Core w/ Joshua Citarella & artist Rachel Rossin
October 20, 2022 10:30 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBCrossover episode with New Models! Jump into a freestyle audit of the 2022 cultural ecosystem. We discuss how the creative economy, both on and off-platform, is evolving post-lockdown. Subscribe: https://www.patreon.com/newmodels Follow: https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io/ Follow: https://www.instagram.com/rachelrossin/ More: https://rossin.co/ New Models, along with Joshua Citarella and Interdependence (Mat Dryhurst & Holly Herndon), is part of the channel.xyz network.
Jack Wagner on Posting
October 06, 2022 10:30 - 1 hour - 92.2 MBFormer basement dwellers discuss the shifting landscape of today’s social media platforms. We recap the art of posting (RIP) and how politics transformed pop culture, comedy and entertainment. Check out episode 1 of Jack's brand new podcast: Otherworld Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/otherworld/id1647611444 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1w0bwmnSZQLnMbVtr2RUg1?si=28b8c88acc5046b2 Follow: https://twitter.com/jackdwagner https://www.instagram.com/versace_t...
Audiobook: Politigram and the Post-left
September 15, 2022 10:00 - 52 minutes - 121 MBA unique look into online memetic subcultures where Gen Z teens explore radical politics like eco-extremism, neoreaction, anarcho-primitivism, transhumanism, anarcho-capitalism, the alt-right, the post-left, egoism and cyber-nihilism.
My Political Journey: Actual Collapse
September 01, 2022 10:30 - 32 minutes - 74.4 MBFrom Anarcho-primitivist Instagram to local hardcore vegan straight edge. My guest talks eco-extremism, anti-work, climate collapse and the nihilism of extremely online communities.
Yung Chomsky on Physical Fitness and the Left
August 18, 2022 10:30 - 1 hour - 161 MBYung Chomsky joins me to talk physical fitness and left wing politics. We discuss the strategic importance of contested spaces online and why we shouldn’t cede this valuable territory to the right. https://twitter.com/yungchomsky https://www.instagram.com/yungchomsky/ https://soundcloud.com/yung-chomsky https://twitter.com/TrueAnonPod
Meme Insider: Joshua Citarella and Aidan Walker
August 04, 2022 10:30 - 24 minutes - 56.3 MBI speak with Aidan Walker, a writer at KnowYourMeme.com, for the 67th issue of Meme Insider. Meme Insider #67 : https://memeinsider.com/releases/whitney-chewston Follow Aidan’s work: https://knowyourmeme.com/news/staff/aidan-walker https://wordways.us https://vibechecks.substack.com more: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/capitalist-realism-by-mark-fisher https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-plant-64821014
Are Millennial Leftists Aging into Right-wingers? w/ JJ McCullough
July 21, 2022 10:30 - 1 hour - 146 MBWhat will the declining middle class mean for U.S. party affiliations in the near future? I speak with YouTuber and political commentator J.J. McCullough about his recent column in The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/09/are-millennial-leftists-aging-into-right-wingers/ https://www.youtube.com/c/JJMcCullough https://twitter.com/jj_mccullough https://www.patreon.com/jjmccullough/posts https://www.instagram.com/jjmccullough/
Rhizome Presents: Do Not Research Book Launch 2021-22 at New Museum w/ Lauren Boyle
July 06, 2022 10:20 - 55 minutes - 127 MBAudio from the live event: June 6th 2022 at New Museum in NYC. Buy the book (direct link): https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/9534669/716219b59180600693f98dda95d2c5ba49427e23 Thank you to Michael Conner from Rhizome. https://www.instagram.com/rhizomedotorg/ Thank you to Lauren Boyle from Dis. https://www.instagram.com/dis/ https://dis.art/ https://www.instagram.com/everythingbuttheworld/ https://youtu.be/TZOChrVFehw http://disimages.com/ follow Do Not Research: https://www...