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The Computer Room

Katherine Dee

A show about our lives online. default.blog

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00:48:51

Overworked, Overpaid, Undertaxed

The Computer Room ·

2023/01/13

Overworked, overpaid, and probably undertaxed: today, we dive into the world of /r/overemployed.

01:01:14

(ed)iets

The Computer Room ·

2023/01/06

Happy New Year! Steff and Katherine the wonderful world of Internet fad diets: keto, paleo, carnivore, frugivore, Bulletproof Diet, Ana Boot Camp, Ray Peatism, Raw Egg Nationalism, and Whole30.Correction: At some point, Katherine incorrectly states Susun Weed was pro-raw veganism! Susun Weed merely debated raw vegans. Stuff gets fuzzy that far back.Link:Salo Forum ArchiveTheme: Computer Love, covered by Envelope Generator (This is the final, static theme. I promise.)

61:14

(ed)iets

The Computer Room ·

2023/01/06

Happy New Year! Steff and Katherine the wonderful world of Internet fad diets: keto, paleo, carnivore, frugivore, Bulletproof Diet, Ana Boot Camp, Ray Peatism, Raw Egg Nationalism, and Whole30.Correction: At some point, Katherine incorrectly states Susun Weed was pro-raw veganism! Susun Weed merely debated raw vegans. Stuff gets fuzzy that far back.Link:Salo Forum ArchiveTheme: Computer Love by Kraftwerk, covered by Envelope Generator (This is the final, static theme. I promise.) This is a public

54:00

The Iowa Pariah

The Computer Room ·

2022/10/26

While Kat is in Colombia having a mental health episode, Steff interviews Alex Perez, "the Iowa Pariah," whose controversial interview with editor and writer Elizabeth Ellen inspired the entire staff of Hobart Magazine to resign. Read the interview here. Outro: "Guantanamera" by The Sandpipers This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit default.blog/subscribe

00:54:00

The Iowa Pariah ft. Alex Perez

The Computer Room ·

2022/10/26

50:02

Finally, Some Good News (An Episode)

The Computer Room ·

2022/09/30

Default Friend is joined by a new cohost, Poetry Grifter, to talk about two digitally native pieces of literature, Finally, Some Good News and Bronze Age Mindset. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit default.blog/subscribe

00:50:02

Finally, Some Good News (An Episode)

The Computer Room ·

2022/09/29

Default Friend is joined by a new cohost, Poetry Grifter, to talk about two digitally native pieces of literature, Finally, Some Good News and Bronze Age Mindset. The Rise and Fall of the Alt Right:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n887xDKppmE&ab_channel=BlitheringGenius Finally, Some Good News:https://www.amazon.com/Finally-Some-Good-Delicious-Tacos/dp/1790356229 Bronze Age Mindset:https://www.amazon.com/Bronze-Age-Mindset-Pervert-ebook/dp/B07DJQ89TD

01:06:06

Discord in the Dark Forest ft. Joshua Citarella

The Computer Room ·

2022/07/13

Joshua Citarella is an artist and researcher whose work focuses on the fringe political groups developing in cyberspace. I love his work, partially because it’s a reminder to me that there’s more to Internet politics than the Dissident Right. In fact, talking to Joshua was good reminder in general of the vastness of cyberspace. For me, I always think of it through the lenses of Twitter, Tumblr, and TikTok. Certain podcasts. Journalists.But there’s a whole other ecosystem on YouTube, Twitch, and

00:58:55

Posts That Never Happened

The Computer Room ·

2022/07/06

Jack makes a return and we discuss Tumblr fake stories, from Oppa Homeless Style to my personal favorite, Aceggots. What’s the difference between a fake story and just lying online? Is there a meaningful difference? Is there a taxonomy of fake posts? Beyond that, are there discrete genres?Theme: Are You Satisfied? by Marina Produced by: Will Kraus

01:16:09

Paint the Town Paul ft. Paul Town

The Computer Room ·

2022/06/29

Paul Town makes a return to my Substack for a conversation about writing books, moving to Southeast Asia, and killing time.Produced by: Will Kraus

00:46:21

That's right, I win! ft. Meme Analysis

The Computer Room ·

2022/06/22

From the “glow up” to main character syndrome, the internet loves a hero (or an anti-hero, as it were). I sat down with my dear friend Meme Analysis to talk about what this has to do with the persistent popularity of MGMT’s “Little Dark Age” on TikTok.Theme: Little Dark Age by MGMT

00:54:47

The Android and the Human

The Computer Room ·

2022/06/15

Today, Emmet Penney, host of ex.haust, and I discussed PKD's sprawling 1972 speech from the Vancouver Science Fiction Convention, "The Android and the Human."I encourage everyone read the whole piece here, but it's perhaps best summed up by the following quote:Our environment — and I mean our man-made world of machines, artificial constructs, computers, electronic systems, interlinking homeostatic components — all of this is in fact beginning more and more to possess what the earnest psychologists

00:59:26

Digital Confessional ft. Atoosa Rubenstein

The Computer Room ·

2022/06/08

I have a backlog of episodes! This is a conversation I did with Atoosa Rubenstein, former Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen and founder of Cosmogirl, in January (😅) about her career, the importance of content curation, and her wonderful Substack, Atoosa Unedited. P.S. I was sick once again while recording and there are a lot of "I'm sick" noises in this episode. I'm sorry.

72:18

Broadcast Yourself: Fandom and YouTube

The Computer Room ·

2022/06/08

As a paying subscriber, you receive this episode a week early. Last week’s episode with Oliver Bateman is now available for free. Listen here:In this episode, I talk to the YouTube personality and fellow Fan Studies guy, Peter Coffin about YouTube, politics, and the mob. Check out Peter across the web:* Twitter * YouTube And his books here:* Cancel Culture: Mob Justice or a Society of Subscriptions? * Custom Reality and You Subscribe and receive early podcast releases, a link to my Discord

141:34

u mIRCin', brah?

The Computer Room ·

2022/06/08

As a paying subscriber, you receive this episode a week early. Last week’s episode with Rayne Fisher-Quann is now available for free. Listen here: Subscribe and receive early podcast releases, a link to my Discord community, movie nights, the advice column, and a whole lot about Internet culture. This was a wide-ranging conversation. We talked about mIRC WWE roleplays, the impossibility of creating a genealogy of bodybuilding forums, how trolling evolved from Usenet to Twitter, the implicit

01:20:40

Welcome to the Group Chat ft. Nymphet Alumni

The Computer Room ·

2022/06/01

On this episode, I talk to the hostesses my favorite podcast, Nymphet Alumni. We talk about the lolcowification of TikTok, Marshall McLuhan, what would happen if Tavi Gevinson met Curtis Yarvin, incel ascension, digital game, and a hell of a lot more. One of my favorite episodes yet. Also, I quote a hypothetical Russian person at some point. I'm not Russian. The person I made up for my example is!Listen to Nymphet Alumni here. Other relevant

01:19:15

I Am Jack's Emergent Fandom

The Computer Room ·

2022/05/25

Jack Crum of 404Tales joins me for a conversation about internet ethnographies, the history of Tumblr, and what nobody had the balls to say about #GamerGate.Theme: The Great Fairy Fountain Etude

59:00

Casual Sex Doesn't Exist

The Computer Room ·

2022/05/25

One of my favorite TikTokers, Rayne Fisher-Quann, joined me to talk about TikTok, cancel culture, the futility of the culture wars, how people talk about casual sex, and a shared favorite topic, the Internet.You can find Rayne’s reading recs, advice column, and internet culture observations here (and you can follow her on TikTok here). Theme: You’re Standing On My Neck by Splendora This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

01:02:20

#MeToo'd In the Metaverse

The Computer Room ·

2022/05/18

Promoting this episode of ex.haust on The Computer Room's feed. Emmet Penney and I talk about one of my favorite pieces of tech writing of all time, Julian Dibbell's essay, "A Rape in Cyberspace." (As an aside, where has all the tech writing like this gone?) Read "A Rape in Cyberspace" here.Listen to ex.haust here.

46:12

The Tokenization of Everything

The Computer Room ·

2022/05/18

Meta-Nomad, the host of another one of my favorite podcasts, Hermitix, and I talk about cyclicacklashes, the frontiersmen of the Metaverse, walking the walk, and the importance of starting a garden. I cut this one a little short because towards the end, it got a little inside baseball and we went on a long tangent about a specific book. Initially, I was planning on this being released in written format but was pleasantly surprised that the audio quality wasn't too too bad. Theme: Telekon by Gary

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