Did The Feed Ruin Taste?

From Never Post by Charts & Leisure

June 3, 2026 · 27 min

About this episode

Georgia discusses the impact of algorithmic feeds on personal taste with guest Kyle Chayka.

Georgia talks to New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka about the state of personal taste on our algorithmic feeds. When popularity reigns supreme and it feels like everything is an ad online, how do we trust our own personal taste? – Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ 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 – Did The Feed Ruin Taste? Wired - Geese’s popularity is a psyop Vulture - The entire feed is fake Find Kyle: His column Infinite Scroll in The New Yorker Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture Bluesky – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and is distributed by Radiotopia

People in this episode

Hosts: Georgia, Mike Rugnetta

Guest: Kyle Chayka

Topics covered

personal taste
algorithmic feeds
online popularity
advertising
cultural impact

Keywords

algorithm
taste
advertising
culture
online feeds

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Organizations: New Yorker, Wired, Vulture, Charts & Leisure, Radiotopia