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Episode 40: A People’s History of the Internet: The Dotcom Bubble

In this double-stuffed episode, we talked to Financial Guru Gregg Gethard about the Dotcom Bubble, the various ways early internet companies were always doomed to fail, and how their impact echoes through the too big to fail tech giants of today. Links to our sources can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pets.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberian_Outpost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flooz.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelon https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/rx-for-trouble/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfodESl2Dww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sICSyC9u5iI Our website: vaguebooking.net Our email: vaguebookingpod@gmail.com
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Episode 39: John Cullen: Everything is Just Porn

We were so pleased to get the chance to talk to John Cullen from the excellent podcast Blocked Party! A very lively discussion of what makes people post the way they post, how the internet economy works, and some of the worst things John has been subjected to for the entertainment of his audience. Check out Blocked Party here: https://blockedparty.libsyn.com/ Follow John: @cullenthecomic Our website: vaguebooking.net Our email: vaguebookingpod@gmail.com
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Episode 38: A People’s History of the Internet: .txt files: A Brief Verbal History

This week we take on you on a journey into the wild west of .txt files. We want to thank our friends Pat, Rob, Austin, Z Kelly, Heaven, Shawn, Caleb, and Three Raccoons in a trench coat for lending their voices to make this episode happen! Our website: vaguebooking.net Our email: vaguebookingpod@gmail.com
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Episode 37: A People’s History of the Internet: Warez

This week we talk all things warez, the evolving system of game piracy that impacted a lot of hacking culture as a whole. We also talk a good bit about the graffiti-adjacent art style that developed within the warez community. You can find more from Brenden Becker AKA InversePhase in his 2018 presentation at Hackers on Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpu5IxLIPR8 The Lost Art of Warez by Kevin Bouton-Scott: https://vimeo.com/341663153 Our website: vaguebooking.net Our email: vaguebookingpod@gmail.com