Hello Internet
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| Hello Internet | |
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| Genre | Discussion |
| Language | English |
| Updates | approx. twice per month; on hiatus since May 2020 |
| Length | 38–169 minutes |
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| Theme music composed by | Alan Stewart |
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| No. of episodes | 136 (as of May 2020)[1] plus 18 special episodes |
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| Original release | 31 January 2014 – present |
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| Website | www |
Hello Internet is an audio podcast hosted by YouTube content creators Brady Haran and CGP Grey.[2][3] The podcast debuted in 2014 and as of February 2020 it had 136 numbered episodes and 18 unnumbered episodes, when the last episode was released. 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
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 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 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 August 2020, Hello Internet has had 136 normal numbered episodes, as well as 18 special unnumbered episodes. 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.
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