#296 The Great Flattening

February 11, 2021

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Our digital worlds are collapsing. Jon Kay is on Fox News complaining about Seth Rogen, while celebrities are sharing the stage with normal people on Clubhouse to talk about ramen. What is Clubhouse anyway? And why did China ban it? Plus, a student journalist files a human rights complaint against his school paper, claiming they fired him over his Catholic beliefs.

Jesse Brown

Host & Publisher

Tiffany Lam

Producer

Kevin Sexton

Producer

Andréa Schmidt

Managing Editor, Podcasts

Freelance writer Roger Huang co-hosts.

This episode is brought to you by Rotman, Kilne, Manscaped and HelloFresh.

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