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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49 Feeding the 38 trillion creatures in your co...
95 min
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48 What to Do When AI Ads Steal Your Face and V...
44 min
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47 Talking About Sex With Internet Strangers Is...
72 min
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46 How a Minecraft Server for Autistic Kids Bec...
117 min
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45 Shocker: Mental Health Information On TikTok...
32 min
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44 The Big Ideas That Changed YouTube Forever |...
86 min
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43 This Lawyer/Comedian Might Be Our Secret Wea...
76 min
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42 How "Minesweeper" Changed the Internet As We...
63 min
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41 How "No Kings Day" Became a Huge Anti-Fascis...
50 min
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40 This Banned "True Crime" YouTube Channel Was...
34 min
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39 Billionaires Destroyed the Web, But Rebuildi...
63 min
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38 Why the Weirdest Parts of Medieval Life Are ...
73 min
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37 Why DeepSeek Is Making Tech Billionaires Shi...
47 min
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36 Fostering Shelter Dogs Is Easier & More Rewa...
101 min
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35 This Is the Worst (and Also Best) Advice to ...
82 min
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34 The Internet Is Obsessed With His Tiny Video...
89 min
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33 How They Beat All 800,000 Remaining "Mario M...
102 min
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32 The Internet Has Been Searching for the Name...
71 min
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31 WikiProject AI Cleanup: Why Humans and Bots ...
71 min
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30 Skip the Script: How Karen Cassady Built an ...
86 min
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29 Upcoming Episodes & Happy Thanksgiving!
46 min
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28 My Doctor Fat-Shamed Me, but TikTok Knew It ...
77 min
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27 Whoopsie: These "Wicked" Dolls Have a Naught...
59 min
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26 From Immigrant to Icon: How Yaya Han Built a...
123 min
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25 How Patreon Fosters Creative Diversity in an...
62 min