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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.
