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20 Years Ago, Bloggingheads Was a Trailblazer, with Robert Wright

20 Years Ago, Bloggingheads Was a Trailblazer, with Robert Wright

Update: 2025-11-07
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Bob Wright reflects on the legacy of the Bloggingheads.tv, the pioneering website he co-founded in 2005. Aryeh and Bob discuss how the site and the technology that powered it anticipated modern trends in online media. They also consider whether Twitter still has any use for journalists, the pros and cons of Substack, and whether Culturally Determined should pivot back to video. 


Recorded October 28, 2025


LINKS


Robert Wright's Nonzero podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/robert-wrights-nonzero/id505824847


The Nonzero Newsletter

https://www.nonzero.org/


Max Read on his Substack stats

https://maxread.substack.com/p/four-years-of-read-max-on-substack


Andrew Thompson on the economics of Substack and money vs. attention

https://components.news/the-desire-distribution/


MeaningOfLife.tv

https://meaningoflife.tv/


Follow Bob on Twitter: https://x.com/robertwrighter

Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social


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20 Years Ago, Bloggingheads Was a Trailblazer, with Robert Wright

20 Years Ago, Bloggingheads Was a Trailblazer, with Robert Wright