INFLUENCE
What does it really take to make a living (and an impact) on the Internet today?
Join Matt Silverman (who has been covering online culture for 15+ years) in conversation with YouTubers, musicians, podcasters, streamers, journalists, TikTokers and more about turning creativity into a job, building community on ever-changing platforms, and their complex relationships with huge online audiences.
INFLUENCE is the relaunch of 2 GIRLS 1 PODCAST, a weekly comedy/interview show about fascinating online communities, which ran for 7 years and nearly 300 episodes.
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[Encore Episode] 51 The Birth of Online Dating ...
The '90s email that launched millions of marriages.
67 min
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122 Civ Battle Royale
Who are you rooting for in Season 3?
56 min
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121 Gone Wild Audio
Fine erotic audio for porn connoisseurs.
60 min
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120 Genyus Network is a safe social space for s...
"You don't have to do this alone."
63 min
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119 How one woman hacked online dating to find ...
Data says: Be MORE picky.
65 min
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118 Sign Language Is Rapidly Evolving in VR
Inside the wholesome world of volunteer interpreters.
49 min
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117 Urban Exploring
The beauty and terror of abandoned places.
53 min
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116 The man who sold shares of himself on the I...
How do you valuate a human?
59 min
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115 Lissa Explains it All
The Web was so much smaller in 1997.
61 min
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114 Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
Everything you thought you knew about romance fiction is wrong.
75 min
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[Encore Episode] 42 Bronies
Internet friendship is magic.
76 min
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113 ClausNet: The Social Network for Santas
There's more to being Santa than "Ho, ho, ho!"
65 min
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112 The Cottage Industry of Custom VR Sex Avatars
Do you own the rights to your virtual body?
56 min
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111 @MugJerry and the Quest for Instagram Justice
Because #FuckFuckJerry
63 min
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[Encored Episode] 82 God
He works in mysterious ways.
46 min
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110 THE GREATEST PRANK IN PODCAST HISTORY
Got 'em.
52 min
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109 The Teens of TikTok
The kids are alright.
59 min
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108 Virtual Reality Therapy Sessions
Pouring your soul out as a drunk, floating anime girl.
61 min
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107 'World of Warcraft' Reunions
Finding your old friends and enemies in WoW Classic.
57 min
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106 Deepfakes (with Sham00k)
Is media literacy doomed? Or is it the same as it ever was?
53 min
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[Encore Episode] 01 Is 'Furry' a Sexual Orienta...
Revisit some classic 2G1P.
60 min
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105 Virtual Reality: Sex, Marriage, and the Fut...
Virtual insanity.
89 min
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104 One Red Paperclip (Kyle MacDonald)
From paperclip to house in 14 easy steps
61 min
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103 Selling $80 Used Tissues on the Internet
A social experiment for the age of misinformation.
61 min
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102 Reborns
Goo.
60 min