Not The Darkest Timeline

Baldur Bjarnason and Tom Abba•www.notthedarkesttimeline.com

Society & Culture

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A podcast on remarkable digital media

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Episodes

Ep. 2: The New York Times Snow Fall

Episode 2 : The New York Times Snow Fall. Nine years ago, the New York Times published a landmark multimedia feature by John Branch. This story ended up becoming one of the most influential articles in the history of interactive media. This episode was recorded over a year ago. Some of the references may seem odd or out of place.

May 26, 2021•47 min

Ep. 1: The Silent History

Episode 1 : The Silent History is a remarkable piece of work. Originally published in serialised form in 2012-13, it imagines a near-present generation of children born lacking any facility for speech or, by extension, communication of any kind. The form - daily instalments delivered to a subscriber's tablet/phone was not especially radical, rather the considered form of the app, and the potential for reader contribution enables it to stand out as a piece of digital-first literature. It is also ...

May 04, 2020•47 min

Ep. 0: Introducing Not The Darkest Timeline

Episode 0 : Wherein we introduce the series and give you an overview of what the next few episodes will be about (we recorded two versions of the introduction - this is the second).

May 03, 2020•40 min

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