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Hello Internet
Presentation
Hosted by
GenreDiscussion
LanguageEnglish
Updatesapprox. twice per month; on hiatus since May 2020
Length38–169 minutes
Production
Theme music composed byAlan Stewart
Audio format
No. of episodes133 (as of May 2020)[1]
plus 18 special episodes
Publication
Original release31 January 2014 (2014-01-31) –
28 February 2020 (2020-02-28) (on hiatus)
Related
Related shows
Websitewww.hellointernet.fm

Hello Internet is an audio podcast hosted by educational YouTube content creators Brady Haran and CGP Grey.[2][3] The podcast debuted in 2014 and released 136 numbered episodes and 18 unnumbered episodes until February 2020, when the last episode was published. The podcast is currently indefinitely suspended and inactive.[4] Listeners of the podcast are known as "Tims".[5] The episodes of the podcast are usually about the interests of the creators and the differences between the hosts' lifestyles.

Content

As this fan art depicts, Haran and Grey often refer to themselves respectively as a caveman and a robot to describe their differing personalities.

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 YouTube, technology etiquette, books, movie and TV show reviews, plane accidents, vexillology, futurology, and the differences between Haran and Grey's personalities and lifestyles.[6][7]

History

The "Nail & Gear", the podcast's official flag chosen by its listeners in a 2015 mail-in election

The podcast debuted in January 2014.[8] That year it reached the #1 iTunes podcast in the United Kingdom.[8] It was also selected as one of Apple's best emerging new podcasts of 2014.[9]

In 2015, Brady Haran was credited with re-introducing the word "freebooting" during a podcast episode (episode 5, "Freebooting", released in 2014) to describe copyright infringement via re-hosting videos on platforms such as Facebook, a practice typically undertaken to profit from advertisements alongside the content.[10] Facebook has since adopted tools to address this.[10][11][12]

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".[13]

Beginning with episode 123 ("Pop Quiz"), after-show episodes titled Goodbye Internet were released as companion podcasts with the main episodes, exclusive for Patreon supporters of the "Goodbye Internet" tier.[14]

The podcast has been inactive since 28 February 2020, when episode 136 was released.[4] On 18 May 2020, Haran said on Reddit that they were taking a break.[15]

Episodes

As of January 2023, the most recent episode of Hello Internet is numbered 136. However, there are only 133 normal numbered episodes of Hello Internet as the numbering sometimes, although inconsistently, skips a number to accommodate the inclusion of one or more special unnumbered episodes, of which there are 18. These specials include one bonus episode, three Christmas specials discussing Star Wars movies, twelve episodes released during the end of 2018 as the "12 Days of Christmas," and two episodes that were not released digitally. The two non-digitally released episodes are available exclusively on physical media, the first on a vinyl record and the second on a wax cylinder.

The first 10 episodes (1–10) of Hello Internet were referred to as season 1, and the second 10 episodes (11–20) were referred to as season 2. Episode 21 was referred to as the first episode of season 3, and at the beginning of Episode 29, Episode 30 was referred to as the season finale of season 3 and Episode 31 was referred to as being in the 4th season, but the topic of seasons relating to the podcast was not discussed again until one hour into Episode 115, "Pink Flamingo."

No. Title Run time Original release date

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archive". Hello Internet. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  2. ^ Higgins, Chris (15 December 2014). "15 Podcasts for Extremely Specific Kinds of Nerds". Mental Floss. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. ^ "The 43 best websites for learning something new". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Hello Internet Nerd Stats". Nerd Stats. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. ^ Leyden, John (26 July 2017). "Time-rich netizens marshall ballot-stuffing bots against... Radio Times contest". The Register. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  6. ^ Wellhofer, Jack (15 February 2017). "Hello Internet piques interest". The Polytechnic. Troy, United States: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  7. ^ Adams, Josh (31 December 2015). "Top 3 Podcasts You Must Listen To In 2016". intentiondeficit.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "iTunesCharts.net: 'Hello Internet' by CGP Grey & Brady Haran (British Podcasts iTunes Chart)". itunescharts.net. Itunes Charts. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  9. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Oremus, Will (17 July 2015). "Facebook's Piracy Problem". Slate. The Slate Group LLC. Archived from the original on 18 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  11. ^ Foxx, Chris (31 August 2015). "Facebook announces new tools to tackle video theft". BBC News. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  12. ^ Perlberg, Steven (12 April 2016). "Facebook Launches Tool to Combat Video 'Freebooting'". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  13. ^ "The 50 best podcasts of 2016". The Guardian. 21 December 2016. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Goodbye Internet: 123 | Hello Internet on Patreon". Patreon. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  15. ^ Brady Haran [u/JeffDujon] (18 May 2020). "The show has never had a schedule but we are having a HI-atus". Reddit. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  16. ^ Hello Internet [@HelloInternetFM] (29 November 2016). "All pressing complete and dispatching of vinyl has commenced. More info to follow" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 June 2019 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ Brady Haran [@BradyHaran] (9 June 2019). "To celebrate the wax cylinders being posted (tomorrow), here's the ultimate HI pack – vinyl and wax, plus extras! :)" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 April 2020 – via Twitter.
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