# What Kind of Place is the Internet?

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Podcast: [Never Post](https://stenobird.com/podcast/never-post-6706484)
Published: 2026-02-19T20:54:27+00:00
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## Resource

Producer Georgia Hampton looks to writer and blogger Katherine Dee and academic Charles Soukop to help her figure out how to visualize the internet. As in, what kind of a place is it, if it’s even a space at all? – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to an ad-free feed, and member-only episodes. – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Find Charles Soukop: Charles’s 2006 study on virtual third places Find Katherine Dee: default.blog NYT: The phone as a portal to the Otherworld – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

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