Hello Internet is an audio podcast hosted by
YouTube content creators CGP Grey and Brady Haran, creator of many different channels like Numberphile and Periodic Videos. It debuted in 2014 and, as of now, has over a hundred episodes, of which one was exclusively released as a vinyl record.
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 technology etiquette, movie and TV show reviews, plane accidents, vexillology, futurology, and the differences between Grey's and Haran's personalities and lifestyles.
In 2015, Haran and the podcast were credited with reappropriating the word "freebooting" to describe copyright infringement via re-hosting videos on platforms such as Facebook, a practice typically undertaken to profit from
advertisements alongside the content. Facebook has since adopted tools to address. Hot Stopper is a more recent word brought to life by the podcast, mainly due to CPG Grey's frustration with the (lack of) Hot Stoppers in Starbucks.
The Podcast was selected as the best New Podcast of 2014 by Apple, as well as being included in the top 50 podcasts of Guardian in 2016. Furthermore, Brady Haran won the Radio Times "Radio and Podcast"
competition, CPG Grey was also a nominee.
