Dot Social Podcast
1) Rediscovering the Magic of the Blogosphere, with John O’Nolan and Matthias Pfefferle
Ghost’s John O’Nolan and WordPress’s Matthias Pfefferle want to help blogs and long content thrive on the open social web. Meet “the longformers.”
Rediscovering the Magic of the Blogosphere, with John O’Nolan and Matthias Pfefferle
55:36 | Jun 27th, 2025
2) Digital Sovereignty Is the New Influencer Status, with Citation Needed's Molly White
Thanks to the open web, it’s more viable than ever for creators to take back ownership and control of their work, their audience, and their livelihood. No one knows this better than Molly White, a res...Show More
Digital Sovereignty Is the New Influencer Status, with Citation Needed's Molly White
1:03:22 | May 27th, 2025
3) Architecting a New Era of Community, with Blacksky’s Rudy Fraser
Built on the AT Protocol, Blacksky isn’t tethered to the Bluesky app or team. Founder Rudy Fraser is carving out an independent, replicable model—one made possible by the openness of a decentralized w...Show More
4) Move Fast and Break Kings, with Cory Doctorow
Recorded live at the Fediverse House at SXSW 2025, author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow breaks down the concept of “enshittification” and explores how we can challenge tech monopolies through...Show More
5) Creating an ATmosphere of Possibility, with Bluesky’s Paul Frazee
Recorded live at the Fediverse House at SXSW '25, Bluesky CTO Paul Frazee explains how the company, powered by the AT Protocol, is rethinking the internet’s architecture to create a more flexible, use...Show More
6) Turning Moments Into Movements, with Hashtag Inventor Chris Messina
Chris Messina goes wide to explain where this next 20-year cycle of the internet is taking us. From the community-organzing power of the hashtag to decentralization and the massive shifts ignited by A...Show More
7) Leaving the City of Big Social, with Fediverse Enthusiast Chris Trottier
Chris is an early adopter who makes smart observations and has a 10,000-foot view of all the innovation happening on the open social web — not to mention a few ideas of his own.
8) Making Better Networks for Humans, with Erin Kissane and Darius Kazemi
When it comes to the wellbeing of the fediverse, Erin Kissane and Darius Kazemi are big thinkers, tireless researchers, community practitioners, and thoughtful human beings.
9) How Decentralization Benefits Publishers, with 404 Media’s Jason Koebler and ProPublica’s Ben Werdmuller
Newsrooms need to build direct relationships with their communities, and the fediverse is one way to do this. Hear from two men at the forefront of the future of publishing.
10) Make Identity Central Again, with Bluesky’s Jay Graber
Bluesky founder and CEO Jay Graber illustrates what it looks like to free our social identities from large walled gardens and leverage open source software for a better internet.