Joshua Citarella

Austin Robey, co-founder of Metalabel, joins me to discuss alternative models for the internet. We explore “Ampled”, a cooperative platform for musicians that existed from 2018-2023 and theorize about the next generation of platforms. Follow: https://twitter.com/austinrobey_ https://www.instagram.com/michaelcoors/ https://twitter.com/metalabel_ https://www.instagram.com/metalabel__/ Read: https://austinrobey.xyz/

Get the game: https://joshuacitarella.metalabel.com/class-fantasy Class Fantasy is an action RPG card game that pairs fantasy character classes with political ideologies. Your goal is to defeat other players in battle and achieve utopia. Inspired by games like Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering and World of Warcraft, Class Fantasy explores the essential role playing and world building process that links the game space and the real world. Finally, a game that unites the whole political spectrum (and family) by forcing them into irreconcilable conflict.

Exploring the political arc of the social media decade. Get the books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/vincent-bevins/if-we-burn/9781541788985/?lens=publicaffairs https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374610326/doppelganger Links: https://youtu.be/6FCYcfiVqYQ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/05/leftwing-vulkan-group-claim-responsibility-tesla-factory-pylon-arson-attack-berlin https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/the-anarcho-liberal/ https://www.youtube.com/live/cI7iyo2wv18?si=ilEl4ylOge0bJ8kf

Simon Denny's Metaverse Landscapes unpack historical resonances between territory, abstraction and financialization. Links: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/arts/design/simon-denny-art-computers-gaming-review-musk-grimes.html https://www.instagram.com/sden023/ https://www.instagram.com/juliaxgulia/ https://www.instagram.com/joshuacitarella/ https://www.instagram.com/dunkunsthalle/ https://www.instagram.com/petzelgallery/ https://www.instagram.com/sorry_press/ https://www.sorry-press.com/landscapes https://dunkunsthalle.substack.com/p/simon-denny-exhibition-read-write https://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/simon-denny5 https://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/multi-user-dungeon-mud

Artist Paige K.B. calls into the stream to discuss three major exhibitions: “Cute” at Somerset House in London, “Poetics of Encryption” at KW Institute of Contemporary Art in Berlin, and Simon Denny’s shows in New York. Follow: https://www.instagram.com/guiltgroupe/ Exhibitions: https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/cute https://poeticsofencryption.kw-berlin.de/src/html/Exibition.html https://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/simon-denny5 https://www.petzel.com/exhibitions/multi-user-dungeon-mud https://dunkunsthalle.substack.com/p/simon-denny-exhibition-read-write

My guest is a 20 year old Marxist. At age 12, he began exploring niche circles of Tumblr, YouTube and Wikipedia.

@dnlklr joins me to discuss the For-You-Pagification of the internet, hyper polarization online, network states, AI vs. climate and building new institutions. https://twitter.com/DnlKlr https://www.instagram.com/dnlklr https://twitter.com/__vaporware__

My guest ran a collaborative role-playing game that turned political meme accounts on Instagram into an MMO for fantasy nation-states.

Her new book is out now from MacMillan Press: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250269621/dirtbag Amber A'Lee Frost is a writer and co-host of Chapo Trap House. Find her writing in Jacobin Magazine, Catalyst, Damage Magazine, The Baffler, American Affairs and many others. IG: https://instagram.com/amberaleefrost

Philosopher of technology, Benjamin Bratton, joins me to discuss AI and planetary scale computation. Read his work and learn more about Antikythera in the links below: twitter.com/bratton antikythera.org/ mitpress.mit.edu/9780262029575/the-stack/ www.versobooks.com/products/2749-t…nge-of-the-real Trust: Inhumanism Rising - Benjamin Bratton mitpress.mit.edu/9781913029999/ma…on-is-not-final/

Philosopher of technology, Benjamin Bratton, joins me to discuss AI, terraforming, geopolitics and planetary scale computation. Read his work and learn more about Antikythera in the links below: https://twitter.com/bratton https://antikythera.org/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262029575/the-stack/ https://www.versobooks.com/products/2749-the-revenge-of-the-real Trust: Inhumanism Rising - Benjamin Bratton https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781913029999/machine-decision-is-not-final/ https://autocatallaxy.com/

Three and a half years https://www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella https://joshuacitarella.substack.com/

My guest is a 22 year old from the Middle East. She has spent the last few years immersed in political meme culture and radical content online.

Welcome to StateBook. A public option for social media. Read the full essay: https://joshuacitarella.substack.com/p/platform-wars-part-4-a-public-option

If you’re just joining us, check out The Platform Wars part 1 & part 2. https://joshuacitarella.substack.com/p/platform-wars-part-3-tiktok-and-geopolitics https://www.patreon.com/posts/platform-wars-3-87023598

Dianna visits the podcasts to discuss trend cycles, faith, mythology and artistic practice. Hear about her upcoming performances: https://diannaluciadragonetti.substack.com/ Send professional inquiries: info-[at]-saras.world

My guest is a 19 year old left-wing Islamic nationalist from Tennessee. His account attracted lots of attention and controversy online. **recorded: Dec 12, 2020**

This is an intermediate guide to weight lifting. https://open.substack.com/pub/joshuacitarella/p/fitness-program-and-syllabus-summer https://www.patreon.com/posts/fitness-program-85642009

We’re at an inflection point for social media. Here’s what happens next: https://joshuacitarella.substack.com/p/the-platform-wars https://www.patreon.com/posts/platform-wars-82710977

Yancey joins me to discuss the “Dark Forests” of the internet. We explore new, post-platform guilds and digital native institutions for the 21st century. Browse the links below for his excellent writing on these topics: Follow: https://twitter.com/ystrickler https://twitter.com/metalabel_xyz https://www.instagram.com/metalabel_xyz/ Read: https://onezero.medium.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-7dc3e68a7cb1 https://www.metalabel.xyz/magazine/features/after-the-creator-economy-the-zine https://www.metalabel.xyz/ https://www.newcreativeera.com/ https://www.documentjournal.com/2021/01/the-internet-didnt-kill-counterculture-you-just-wont-find-it-on-instagram/