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Power User explores how technology and the internet are upending our lives and the world around us. Each week, tech journalist Taylor Lorenz explores everything from online fame to emerging platforms, viral phenomena to the creator economy, and much more. Tune in on Thursdays for the most influential stories that Silicon Valley often ignores. From the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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    Why Everyone Is Becoming Chinese Online w/ Caroline Kwan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026 38:36


    China is winning the culture war: From "galvanized square steel" to drinking hot water, why is the entire internet suddenly looking more Chinese?Support my independent journalism:

    Why Conservatives Hate Brooklyn Beckham [PATREON PREVIEW]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2026 9:22


    TO LISTEN TO THIS FULL EPISODE, SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz   Support my independent journalism: 

    How The Government Tracks Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2026 16:32


    [FREE SPEECH FRIDAY]Every single moment that you're online, you're feeding the data harvesting industry. Corporations then sell that data to the government, allowing them to target you for online speech, protesting, and more.Now, the government wants to build a single centralized platform where U.S. spy agencies and the government can easily buy highly private information about millions of people. Documents obtained by The Intercept reveal that the U.S. is seeking to establish a "one stop shop" for the U.S. government to buy American's most sensitive data. This sort of surveillance is a massive threat to free speech and expression. ***** Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!

    Why Everyone Is Suddenly Obsessed With 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2026 59:09


    Matt Bernstein, Kat Tenbarge and I dig into what the 2016 nostalgia is really about. Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with 2016? Hyper-saturated Instagram photos are back. The Snapchat puppy filter is everywhere again. Nostalgic edits are flooding TikTok. From the "King Kylie" era to Harambe, it feels like we're collectively regressing.Support my independent journalism:

    Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2026 64:14


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz Or buy a paid subscription to my Substack newsletter to support my work!!!!

    ICE's New Surveillance System Can Follow You Everywhere

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 30:36


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz     Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    Ashley St Clair's Political Awakening: Trans Rights, AI, and Elon Musk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 48:11


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz            Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    Congress Is Pushing Another Internet Censorship Law: The SCREEN Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2026 31:18


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz           Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    ICE Is Treating Immigration Raids Like Content

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2026 28:10


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON for ad-free and bonus episodes!!! https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    4Chan's Battle to Stop the UK From Censoring the Global Internet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 39:34


    >SUPPORT ME ON PATREON for ad-free and bonus episodes!!! https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz           Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    The Insane Overnight Rise of Clavicular: the black-pilled Gen Z looksmaxxer taking over the internet

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2025 60:53


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz⁠          Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    [BONUS] Why Everything Feels Life or Death Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2025 27:46


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz          Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    Is This The End of The Open Web?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2025 63:42


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz         Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    Elon Musk's God Complex

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 20:40


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz         Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    Is There A Vibe Shift in Silicon Valley? [PATREON EXCLUSIVE]

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2025 3:47


    [PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Subscribe on Patreon to listen to this and other bonus episodes of Power User!! SUPPORT ME ON PATREON.    Buy a subscription to my tech and online culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    Social Media Addiction Isn't Real— Here is What's Really Happening

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2025 27:53


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz         Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    How Charlie Kirk Memes Are Radicalizing Gen Z w/ Ryan Broderick

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2025 27:23


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz        Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    The Global Internet Is Dying: America Is Repeating China's Biggest Mistake

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2025 47:12


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz       Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    Everyone Is Wrong About The Olivia Nuzzi RFK Scandal w/ Kat Tenbarge

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2025 70:56


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz      Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    Congress Is About to Break the Internet

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2025 25:10


    Dark Woke and the Radicalization of Online Discourse

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 41:14


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz     Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    None Of This is About Online Safety

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 24:43


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz    Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    The MAGA Twitter Apocalypse w/ Charlie Warzel

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 26:30


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz   Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    [PATREON PREVIEW] How Zohran Won The Internet w/ the Creators 4 Zohran Founders

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 1:26


    SUBSCRIBE TO MY PATREON to listen to the full episode and more bonus content and to ensure that this podcast remains alive. Since Kamala Harris lost the election, there's been an endless debate among the Democrats on how to best reach young people online. Many centrists have claimed liberals need a "Joe Rogan of the left" and by left they usually mean center right. Others have leaned into memes and shitposting like Gavin Newsom. Zohran Mamdani didn't do any of that and he won young voters, and especially young men, in a landslide. His digital strategy leaned into creator-style content and leveraged a ton of influencers, but in a way that felt natural, organic and centered his policies, which were the real engine behind his success. Part of his success was due to Creators For Zohran, an influencer-led coalition aimed at boosting Zohran's messaging online, and Emilia Rowland, Zohran's new media and creator partnerships advisor, who led creator partnerships for Mamdani's campaign. Emilia, along with Aiden Kohn Murphy and Alexis Williams, co-founders of Creators for Zohran, joined me to pull back the curtain on the work they did with Zohran, talk about what made his creator strategy so effective, and discuss how to build relevance and mobilize people in an increasingly fractured online world.Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    A Former Obama Speech Writer Went Mask Off About Online Censorship

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 16:35


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz  Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    The Epstein Saga Is Sending the Internet Into Chaos w/ Brace Belden

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 38:58


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    The Government Is Spying on College Football Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 16:40


    FREE SPEECH FRIDAYSUPPORT ME ON PATREON!!!! Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    How Sydney Sweeney Lost The Culture War

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 35:55


    ​​SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz   Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    He Was Tortured in an Israeli Prison for Speaking Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 30:23


    FREE SPEECH FRIDAY SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz  Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    Why Every Hit Pop Song Sounds the Same Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2025 38:48


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    The New Legal Fight to Destroy Super PACs Forever

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 31:04


    FREE SPEECH FRIDAY SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz   Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    Has Taylor Swift Finally Peaked? Why Billionaires Can't Make Good Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 40:37


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON!!!!!!Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine, to support my work!!!!

    A Woman Streamer Was Assaulted, Is Twitch To Blame?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 46:10


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON!!!!!! https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    Can Twitch Survive? CEO Dan Clancy at Twitchcon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 27:23


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON!!! Get bonus episodes and more. Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    Fighting For LGBTQ Rights is Terrorism Now: NSPM-7 Explained w/ Ken Klippenstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 16:28


    Hasan Piker and the Future No One Is Ready For

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 19:31


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON. Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    [PATREON PREVIEW] How Raunchy AI Country Songs Took Over The Internet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 2:46


    To listen to this full episode support me on Patreon. SUPPORT ME ON PATREON.Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    You Are Probably Being Tracked By ICE Right Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 12:06


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenz Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    A Crypto Convict's Spectacular Comeback Tour: How Ross Ulbricht Became A Powerful MAGA Influencer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 33:09


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON!!Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    The Shocking Plan to Kill Online Privacy: A VPN Ban Will Break the Web

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 18:11


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    The AI Slop-pocalypse: How The Slop Economy Took Over

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 30:11


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    How To Become Invisible Online (Delete Your Digital Footprint and Protect Your Privacy Forever)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 40:08


    Visit https://joindeleteme.com/Taylor20 and use code Taylor20 for 20% off and protect yourself today! SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenzAds are following us everywhere, data brokers and hackers are stealing our info, social media companies and AI are hoovering up our data. It can all feel SO overwhelming. In this final installment of my data broker series, I sat down with two of the top security experts on YouTube, John Hammond and Josh from All Things Secured, to break down how vulnerable you might be and what practical things you can do to protect your information online. If you like this video, please support me on Patreon!! https://www.patreon.com/c/taylorlorenzFollow me:https://www.instagram.com/taylorlorenz https://www.instagram.com/taylorlorenz3.0 https://www.tiktok.com/@taylorlorenz

    The Truth About Nepal's Gen Z Uprising

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 38:43


    Visit JoinDeleteMe.com/Taylor20 and use code Taylor20 for 20% off and protect yourself today! SUPPORT ME ON PATREON.Buy a subscription to my Tech and Online Culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    The Secret Role Of Influencers In Global Propaganda

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 22:54


    SUPPORT ME ON PATREON.Buy a subscription to my tech and online culture newsletter, User Magazine to support my work!!!!

    Trump's Censorship of Jimmy Kimmel Is Just The Beginning

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 26:10


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