Burnt Toast Audio Says “🖕 Your Levels” [Archive Pull]

From Never Post by Charts & Leisure

June 11, 2026 · 22 min

About this episode

Georgia and guest producer Luis López discuss the phenomenon of intentionally poor audio quality, coining the term 'burnt toast audio'.

Originally published on March 27th, 2024, enjoy this episode where Georgia and guest producer Luis López wonder why there is so much audio online that seems to sound bad on purpose, and decide to give this practice a name: burnt toast audio. – Become a Never Post member for an ad-free version of the show and all kinds of bonus content – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com – Burnt Toast Audio https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_ https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4WXquxJWxG/ https://www.tiktok.com/@cbc/video/7285762769880714501 https://www.tiktok.com/@theporktornadoes/video/7179733641092746542 https://www.tiktok.com/@inf1n1temusic/video/7195244395220749574 https://www.tiktok.com/@cchiphop/video/7232580386759380267 https://www.tiktok.com/@epic.cammy1933/video/7348992219698826539 https://www.tiktok.com/@notamine/video/7347043430738054406 https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7310222966363573537 https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7313244933232676129 https://www.tiktok.com/@tiaraskye_/video/7173471436479139078 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzzUPZs5l1Y…

People in this episode

Host: Georgia

Guest: Luis López

Topics covered

audio quality
burnt toast audio
online audio
sound design
podcasting

Keywords

audio
burnt toast audio
sound quality
podcast
Georgia
Luis López

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