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Hello Internet
The Hello Internet logo

Nail & Gear – official flag of the Hello Internet podcast.
Presentation
Hosted by
GenreDiscussion
LanguageEnglish
Length38–169 minutes
Production
Audio format
No. of episodes85
1 bonus episode
1 vinyl record
Publication
Original releaseJanuary 31, 2014
Related
Related showsCortex
Websitewww.hellointernet.fm

Hello Internet is an audio podcast hosted by YouTube content creators CGP Grey and Brady Haran.[1][2] It debuted in 2014 and currently has 85 episodes, 1 bonus episode, and 1 episode which was released exclusively as a vinyl record.[3][4][5] Grey reported a podcast listenership of approximately "a quarter million" downloads per episode as of September 2015.[6]

The podcast features discussions pertaining to their lives as professional creators for YouTube, the content of their most recent videos as well as their interests and annoyances. Typical topics include technology etiquette; movie and TV show reviews; plane accidents; vexillology; futurology; and the differences between Grey's and Haran's personalities and lifestyles.[7][8] Listeners can discuss the podcast in CGP Grey's subreddit,[9] or in the Hello Internet subreddit.[10] Each episode usually starts with Grey's and Haran's opinions and comments on such feedback. The podcast has an official flag called the "Nail & Gear".[11]

In 2015, Haran and the podcast were credited with reappropriating the word "freebooting" to describe copyright infringement via re-hosting videos on platforms such as Facebook, a practice typically undertaken to profit from advertisements alongside the content. Facebook has since adopted tools to address this.[12][13][14]

Reception

The podcast peaked as the #1 iTunes podcast in the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Canada, and Australia.[15] It was selected as one of Apple's best new podcasts of 2014.[16] The Guardian included the podcast among its 50 best of 2016, naming episode 66 ("A Classic Episode") its episode of the year; the paper described the podcast as having "in-depth debates and banter that is actually amusing".[17]

The podcast's Reddit community used bots to repeatedly vote for Haran for Radio Times's poll for their Radio and Podcast Championship.[18] Haran won the poll.[19]. During the poll, Steve Allen posted "it's another person I've never heard of"[20] Brady Haran saw this, and said "If its any consolation...(snip) never heard of you either"[21]. As discussed on Episode 85[22] of the podcast, this tweet gave impetus to the community to win that round.

There were complaints to the Radio Times regarding the use of multiple voting from supporters of Brady Haran; a response was given to the supporters of Steve Allen that they had set up the poll intentionally to allow repeat votes.

File:Facebook screenshot regarding the radio times poll.png
Multiple Voting is Allowed

See also

References

  1. ^ "15 Podcasts for Extremely Specific Kinds of Nerds". Mental Floss. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  2. ^ "The 43 best websites for learning something new". Business Insider. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Hello Internet". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  4. ^ "Hello Internet". Podcast Chart. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  5. ^ "H.I. #68: Project Revolution". Hello Internet. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  6. ^ Haran, Brady; Grey, CGP (2015-09-29). "Grumpy About Art". Hello Internet (Podcast). No. 48, 58:05. Hellointernet.fm. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  7. ^ "Top 3 Podcasts You Must Listen To In 2016". Intention Deficit. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  8. ^ Wellhofer, Jack. "Hello Internet piques interest". The Polytechnic. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  9. ^ "/r/cgpgrey". reddit. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  10. ^ "Hello Internet • r/HelloInternet". reddit. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  11. ^ Haran, Brady; Grey, C.G.P. (2015-12-16). "Two Dudes Counting". Hello Internet (Podcast). No. 53. Hellointernet.fm. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  12. ^ Oremus, Will (8 July 2015). "Facebook's Piracy Problem". Slate. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  13. ^ Foxx, Chris. "Facebook announces new tools to tackle video theft". BBC News. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  14. ^ Perlberg, Steven (12 April 2016). "Facebook Launches Tool to Combat Video 'Freebooting'". Wall Street Journal.
  15. ^ "CGP Grey & Brady Haran - 'Hello Internet' American iTunes Chart Performance". iTunesCharts.net. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  16. ^ Singh, Manish (8 December 2014). "Apple reveals the top apps, games, music and movies on its Indian Store in 2014". BGR India. BGR Media, LLC. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  17. ^ "The 50 best podcasts of 2016". The Guardian. 2016-12-21. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  18. ^ Leyden, John (26 July 2017). "Time-rich netizens marshall ballotstuffing bots against Radio Times contest". London, United Kingdom: The Register. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  19. ^ "Radio Times Radio and Podcast Champion Final". radiotimes.com. London, United Kingdom: Radio Times. 25 July 2017. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  20. ^ ""Steve Allen's Tweet"". 2017-08-06. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06.
  21. ^ ""Brady Haran on Twitter"". 2017-08-06. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06.
  22. ^ "H.I. #85: Another Person I've Never Heard Of — Hello Internet". 2017-08-02. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02.
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