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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169 Why the Creator of Nyan Cat Could Have Made...
Nyan Cat turns 10 and the rise of NFT art.
55 min
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168 Dogecoin and the Decentralized Dance Party
Wow. Much value.
43 min
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167 Ships of the Northern Fleet
Button up, 'Cap!
62 min
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166 How 'Blaseball' Fans Help Create the Game T...
64 min
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165 Consensus-Based Reality: How Blockchain Com...
Crypto is about way more than day trading.
69 min
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164 Why Disinformation Spreads So Quickly in On...
72 min
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163 The_Donald
Reddit's most heinous posters had a pipeline to Pennsylvania Avenue.
60 min
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[Encore Episode] 111 @MugJerry and the Quest fo...
#FuckFuckJerry
65 min
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162 Something Awful
Maybe we built the Internet wrong?
48 min
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161 Buy Nothing
It's easy if you try.
54 min
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160 How the Internet Is Changing Language (with...
Because Internet
61 min
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159 Blasphemy Fetishes
46 min
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158 COVID Long Haulers
When doctors didn't know, they turned to Facebook.
49 min
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Your Response to Our 4chan Episode
Emails, voicemails, and chats, oh my!
24 min
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157 Reddit Gifts (Internet Secret Santa)
'Tis better to give ... to online strangers
45 min
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[Encore Episode] 113 ClausNet: The Social Netwo...
Ho, ho, ho!
66 min
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156 4chan: The Birthplace of All Memes
You're nothing but a wall of text.
73 min
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[Encore Episode] 94 Sweepers (Originally Publis...
71 min
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155 Modern Families Are Easier to Make Thanks t...
51 min
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154 Financial Domination (Allie Eve Knox Returns!)
More like sustainable capitalism.
47 min
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153 OnlyFans Culture (with Allie Eve Knox)
Nice work if you can get it.
47 min
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152 Political Humiliation with Empress Delfina
Sex banking for Biden.
37 min
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151 Why Tech Companies Won't Let You Fix Your O...
You can probably fix it yourself.
51 min
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150 Virtual Funeral Services (Gathering Us)
Mourning in the time of COVID-19.
50 min
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149 QAnon Casualties: How to Save a Loved One F...
The rabbit hole is deeper than you can imagine.
83 min