The Internet Wouldn’t Exist Without Sex

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Entertainment News, News, Tech News, Society & Culture

3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode Rachelle interviews Vice senior editor Samantha Cole about her forthcoming book How Sex Changed the Internet. The two talk about the role of sex in internet technology like videoconferencing, affiliate links and online credit card transactions. Cole also explains how lifecaster Jennifer Ringley is a predecessor to modern vloggers and livestreamers. This podcast is produced by Kevin Bendis, Daniel Schroeder, Daisy Rosario and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Goals!
0:03.4	It's bed.
0:04.3	Bed time.
0:05.6	One more, Ray!
0:06.7	I'm almost done!
0:08.2	Okay, kiddos.
0:09.0	That's enough.
0:09.5	Time's up.
0:10.2	On to the app.
0:11.4	Your Wi-Fi is going off.
0:13.2	Going off.
0:14.2	Off.
0:14.3	Oh.
0:15.1	Oh!
0:17.4	Manage your kids' time online with EE Wi-Fi controls,
0:21.9	helping them to switch off and drift off.
0:25.4	Search EEE Broadband.
0:27.2	Eligibility criteria apply.
0:28.7	New EEE broadband customers. Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I-M-I.
0:47.5	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:51.4	And it is day 2,567 in the long Twitter siege.
0:57.9	For now, I still have a blue check.
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