TLDR #5 - Goodbye, Secret, Invisible Internet
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Up until this fall, there was a secret internet. You probably heard
about one part of it, the Silk Road, but that was just one secret
website among many. This week, we talk to Gawker's Adrian Chen about the
rest of the dark part of the internet, and how it's been damaged by the
Silk Road arrests.
TLDR #4 - The Unicorn
Monday, October 21, 2013
Millions of Americans don't use the internet at all. Some don't
have access because of poverty, geography, or age. But some just never
logged on. This week, Alex goes on a quest to find a unicorn -- someone
who lives a life just like his, but entirely without internet.
TLDR #3 - JOKES.TXT
Thursday, October 03, 2013
Daniel Drucker's father died earlier this year. Daniel was excavating
stuff on his Dad's computer when he found a file called JOKES.TXT. It
was filled with thirty one punchlines to jokes, but not the jokes
themselves. So he turned to the internet for help.
TLDR #2 - Stereotyped
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Christopher Hermelin has a project called "The Roving Typist," where he writes stories for people in the park on his typewriter. One day last summer, he found his photo posted to Reddit,
and suddenly his image was the butt of jokes all over the internet. We
talked to him about what it feels like to become a meme.
TLDR #1.5 - The Bonkers Conclusion of Pronunciation Book
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Consider this a mini-episode. The final update to episode 1 of TLDR. We all found out on Monday that Pronunciation Book (along with the Twitter account horse_ebooks)
were part of a collaborative stunt between Jacob Bakkila and Thomas
Bender to promote their art project Alternate Reality Game, Bear Stearns Bravo. The Daily Dot's Gaby Dunn,
who we spoke to for our original story, figured out that Bakkila was
the guy behind Pronunciation Book months ago. In order to convince her
not to publish her story, Bakkila manipulated Dunn with a very elaborate
series of lies. Weirdly, many of the people in her life were in on
those lies, in varying capacities. We did a follow-up interview with
Gaby about living her own personal version of the Truman Show, and you
should listen because it is bonkers.
TLDR #1 - Something is Going to Happen in 7 Days
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the TLDR podcast! Thanks for
listening, and please check out the TLDR blog at tldr.onthemedia.org. In
this episode - a YouTube channel dedicated to pronouncing words
suddenly starts issuing ominous warnings, and a reporter tries to get to
the bottom of it.
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