20 Years Ago, Bloggingheads Was a Trailblazer, with Robert Wright
From Culturally Determined by Aryeh Cohen-Wade
November 7, 2025 · 1h 6m
About this episode
Bob Wright discusses the legacy of Bloggingheads.tv and its impact on modern online media with Aryeh Cohen-Wade.
Bob Wright reflects on the legacy of the Bloggingheads.tv, the pioneering website he co-founded in 2005. Aryeh and Bob discuss how the site and the technology that powered it anticipated modern trends in online media. They also consider whether Twitter still has any use for journalists, the pros and cons of Substack, and whether Culturally Determined should pivot back to video. Recorded October 28, 2025 LINKS Robert Wright's Nonzero podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/robert-wrights-nonzero/id505824847 The Nonzero Newsletter https://www.nonzero.org/ Max Read on his Substack stats https://maxread.substack.com/p/four-years-of-read-max-on-substack Andrew Thompson on the economics of Substack and money vs. attention https://components.news/the-desire-distribution/ MeaningOfLife.tv https://meaningoflife.tv/ Follow Bob on Twitter: https://x.com/robertwrighter Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Aryeh
Guest: Robert Wright
Topics covered
- blogging
- online media
- journalism
- Substack
- video content
Keywords
- Bloggingheads.tv
- Culturally Determined
- media trends
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Substack, Twitter, Bloggingheads.tv
Books & works: Bloggingheads Was a Trailblazer
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