Even though I love, and use, RSS daily to read things from the human focused web, also known as the indie web, I’ve been taking some time to dive into alt media. By alt media, I mean the 1990’s definition of alt media, where people actually stood against injustice instead of bowing down to their billionaire investors.
I consume more podcasts than the average human, and I listen to a truck load of fiction podcasts, but I’m sorry to say, my podcast subscriptions is to vast for me to pick out snippets and suggestions. I’d give you my OPML file, but I turn YouTube channels into podcasts and those would all break if you tried to import them, so I’m going to stick to mostly print media for this post.
While I do watch YouTube videos and YouTube channels, I prefer podcasts because podcasts, including video podcasts, have a lengthier internet life than YouTube.
What’s even better about everything below? Most of the below are cooperatives and worker owned!
Enough of my waxing on, though! Here’s the alt media I subscribe to!
404 Media. this is an alt tech publication. They cover tech and have some really fantastic reporting and investigations!
Flaming Hydra. I admit, I don’t quite know what this is because I’ve seen everything from personal essays to deep dives about obscure communities, but they appear to cover pop culture. I just love their about page!
Defector. I don’t follow sports, at all, but this place has sports stuff and it actually made me want to kind of think about sports!
Aftermath. Covering TV, movies, and video games. This is where I go to get my video game fix.
Racket. A space covering food and drink, pop culture, TV, and movies.
Hell gate. Covering New York.
Colorado Sun. Covering the state and the surrounding areas!
Mystery AI Hype. Tackles AI and the use of AI in tech.