Chris Egusa
@goosenaut.bsky.social
Audio storytelling / reporting on disability / novice composer / senior editor for Close All Tabs from KQED
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
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+1.
I’ll always be back for a podcast like “Close All Tabs” - sharing inquiring minds, lightly hosted.
Bonus: It makes me accountable for trying to close all my tabs!
I’ll always be back for a podcast like “Close All Tabs” - sharing inquiring minds, lightly hosted.
Bonus: It makes me accountable for trying to close all my tabs!
This is a fantastic episode! Question the AI inevitability narrative and humans are more than their output! I continue to be a big fan of all the work that @morgansung.bsky.social @goosenaut.bsky.social and the entire team does over at Close All Tabs
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Beyond the AI Hype Machine
Podcast Episode · Close All Tabs · 10/15/2025 · 39m
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November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
+1.
I’ll always be back for a podcast like “Close All Tabs” - sharing inquiring minds, lightly hosted.
Bonus: It makes me accountable for trying to close all my tabs!
I’ll always be back for a podcast like “Close All Tabs” - sharing inquiring minds, lightly hosted.
Bonus: It makes me accountable for trying to close all my tabs!
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Holy podcast whiplash Batman. My morning commute was an interview with the authors of “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want” followed by another with one of the authors of “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All.”
October 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Holy podcast whiplash Batman. My morning commute was an interview with the authors of “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want” followed by another with one of the authors of “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All.”
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I was on the most recent episode of close all tabs, @morgansung.bsky.social's excellent KQED podcast, talking about twitch's political reckoning. if you for some reason do not already get enough of me on aftermath hours, go listen!
www.kqed.org/news/1206199...
www.kqed.org/news/1206199...
A Political Reckoning for Twitch? | KQED
TwitchCon, Twitch’s annual convention in San Diego for all things streaming and gaming, is facing heightened scrutiny after streamer Emiru was assaulted there during a meet-and-greet. The incident occ...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I was on the most recent episode of close all tabs, @morgansung.bsky.social's excellent KQED podcast, talking about twitch's political reckoning. if you for some reason do not already get enough of me on aftermath hours, go listen!
www.kqed.org/news/1206199...
www.kqed.org/news/1206199...
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We (@emilymbender.bsky.social and I) joined @morgansung.bsky.social and team on @kqednews.kqed.org to talk about our book and AI hype --
www.kqed.org/news/1205991...
www.kqed.org/news/1205991...
Beyond the AI Hype Machine | KQED
When ChatGPT launched in 2022, it kicked off what some have called the “AI hype machine” — a frenzy of promotion and investment that has sent some tech companies’ valuations soaring to record heights....
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October 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We (@emilymbender.bsky.social and I) joined @morgansung.bsky.social and team on @kqednews.kqed.org to talk about our book and AI hype --
www.kqed.org/news/1205991...
www.kqed.org/news/1205991...
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This is a fantastic episode! Question the AI inevitability narrative and humans are more than their output! I continue to be a big fan of all the work that @morgansung.bsky.social @goosenaut.bsky.social and the entire team does over at Close All Tabs
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Beyond the AI Hype Machine
Podcast Episode · Close All Tabs · 10/15/2025 · 39m
podcasts.apple.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is a fantastic episode! Question the AI inevitability narrative and humans are more than their output! I continue to be a big fan of all the work that @morgansung.bsky.social @goosenaut.bsky.social and the entire team does over at Close All Tabs
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Hi! Have you had something high-protein today, drank a glass of water or gone outside? Many things are bad, but you still matter, and are someone worth taking care of. I know how hard you are trying. One thing at a time.
October 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Hi! Have you had something high-protein today, drank a glass of water or gone outside? Many things are bad, but you still matter, and are someone worth taking care of. I know how hard you are trying. One thing at a time.
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"I think the video game industry, as we know it today, might not be around for much longer [...] but I think video games as an art form and as a product are stronger than they've ever been and will only continue to be."
@jasonschreier.bsky.social
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@jasonschreier.bsky.social
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October 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"I think the video game industry, as we know it today, might not be around for much longer [...] but I think video games as an art form and as a product are stronger than they've ever been and will only continue to be."
@jasonschreier.bsky.social
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@jasonschreier.bsky.social
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joined @morgansung.bsky.social on Close All Tabs at KQED to talk about the AI situation
AI Prophets and Spiritual Delusions | KQED
AI delusions, chatbot psychosis, AI-induced religious mania… The phenomenon goes by many names, but the common thread is the same: someone starts talking to an AI chatbot, the conversation turns spiri...
www.kqed.org
September 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
joined @morgansung.bsky.social on Close All Tabs at KQED to talk about the AI situation
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I'm interviewing Paulina Borsook for the Nerd Reich podcast on Friday. Got any questions for her/us?
Let me know—and sign up to get notified when it gets published.
Newsletter (paywall-free!): www.thenerdreich.com
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Let me know—and sign up to get notified when it gets published.
Newsletter (paywall-free!): www.thenerdreich.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TheNerdReic...
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
October 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I'm interviewing Paulina Borsook for the Nerd Reich podcast on Friday. Got any questions for her/us?
Let me know—and sign up to get notified when it gets published.
Newsletter (paywall-free!): www.thenerdreich.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TheNerdReic...
Let me know—and sign up to get notified when it gets published.
Newsletter (paywall-free!): www.thenerdreich.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TheNerdReic...
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we did it guys we explained the difference between OwO and uwu on the npr app
September 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
we did it guys we explained the difference between OwO and uwu on the npr app
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Close All Tabs is an instant-subscribe podcast
we did a big deep dive with @aidanwalker.bsky.social explaining the meme references found on the bullet casings, the groyperfication of young people, and why this shooting was, ultimately, a shitpost: disruptive and incoherent
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
Groypers, Doxxing and Charlie Kirk’s Death as a S***post | KQED
What is a “groyper?” The term began trending on Google in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death. Kirk, the right-wing podcaster and Turning Point USA co-founder, was fatally shot last Wednesday during...
www.kqed.org
September 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Close All Tabs is an instant-subscribe podcast
Super proud of the team for pulling this together in just a few days. Always insightful to hear from @aidanwalker.bsky.social
we did a big deep dive with @aidanwalker.bsky.social explaining the meme references found on the bullet casings, the groyperfication of young people, and why this shooting was, ultimately, a shitpost: disruptive and incoherent
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
Groypers, Doxxing and Charlie Kirk’s Death as a S***post | KQED
What is a “groyper?” The term began trending on Google in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death. Kirk, the right-wing podcaster and Turning Point USA co-founder, was fatally shot last Wednesday during...
www.kqed.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Super proud of the team for pulling this together in just a few days. Always insightful to hear from @aidanwalker.bsky.social
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we did a big deep dive with @aidanwalker.bsky.social explaining the meme references found on the bullet casings, the groyperfication of young people, and why this shooting was, ultimately, a shitpost: disruptive and incoherent
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
Groypers, Doxxing and Charlie Kirk’s Death as a S***post | KQED
What is a “groyper?” The term began trending on Google in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death. Kirk, the right-wing podcaster and Turning Point USA co-founder, was fatally shot last Wednesday during...
www.kqed.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
we did a big deep dive with @aidanwalker.bsky.social explaining the meme references found on the bullet casings, the groyperfication of young people, and why this shooting was, ultimately, a shitpost: disruptive and incoherent
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
www.kqed.org/news/1205620...
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Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
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July 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Beautiful piece from Close All Tabs producer Maya Cueva
new episode of close all tabs is sooo sweet - our producer maya profiles her dad, who grew up in a rural village in peru and went on to work on the early microchips that paved the way for today's computers
July 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Beautiful piece from Close All Tabs producer Maya Cueva
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"close all tabs" is so good. the multi part series on spotify's algorithm and the hyper-specific genres they pigeonhole artists into is really fascinating, and @morgansung.bsky.social interviews really interesting artists with earned insight on this stuff
The Spotify Effect, Pt 2: Micro-Genre Madness — Close All Tabs
Spotify didn’t just change how we listen to music — it changed what a genre even is. In this episode, producer and rapper Quinn reflects on being thrust into the spotlight at age 15 as one of the brea...
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June 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"close all tabs" is so good. the multi part series on spotify's algorithm and the hyper-specific genres they pigeonhole artists into is really fascinating, and @morgansung.bsky.social interviews really interesting artists with earned insight on this stuff
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Modern life is quietly crying at a public radio podcast about furry funerals while driving to a screening of Waterworld at a non-profit theater after grabbing an Andromeda Strain 4k from the public library
July 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Modern life is quietly crying at a public radio podcast about furry funerals while driving to a screening of Waterworld at a non-profit theater after grabbing an Andromeda Strain 4k from the public library
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new close all tabs! this is a deep dive into why animators suck at getting Black hair right. we also profile two researchers who developed a new way to animate 4c hair — but faced immense resistance in academia in the process. plus, we get into killmonger locs lol
www.kqed.org/news/1204576...
www.kqed.org/news/1204576...
Curls, Coils, and Pixels: Researchers Crack the Code on Black Hair Animation | KQED
The animation industry has long struggled to get Black hair right — from the infamous “Killmonger locs,” named after the Black Panther character and copied across video games, to the stiff, oversized ...
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June 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
new close all tabs! this is a deep dive into why animators suck at getting Black hair right. we also profile two researchers who developed a new way to animate 4c hair — but faced immense resistance in academia in the process. plus, we get into killmonger locs lol
www.kqed.org/news/1204576...
www.kqed.org/news/1204576...
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The past couple of months, I've been listening to as many different podcasts as I can stomach. Close All Tabs has been (by far) the best new addition to my weekly playlist. This episode is a great example of why.
new close all tabs! this is a deep dive into why animators suck at getting Black hair right. we also profile two researchers who developed a new way to animate 4c hair — but faced immense resistance in academia in the process. plus, we get into killmonger locs lol
www.kqed.org/news/1204576...
www.kqed.org/news/1204576...
Curls, Coils, and Pixels: Researchers Crack the Code on Black Hair Animation | KQED
The animation industry has long struggled to get Black hair right — from the infamous “Killmonger locs,” named after the Black Panther character and copied across video games, to the stiff, oversized ...
www.kqed.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The past couple of months, I've been listening to as many different podcasts as I can stomach. Close All Tabs has been (by far) the best new addition to my weekly playlist. This episode is a great example of why.
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If ever a graphic could convince me to listen to something
new close all tabs episode out today :) come for the yuri representation, stay for the thoughtful discussion about how the streaming industry is throttling the art of animation
May 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If ever a graphic could convince me to listen to something
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Listened immediately
Subscribed immediately
Learned stuff about hentai immediately
Subscribed immediately
Learned stuff about hentai immediately
May 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Listened immediately
Subscribed immediately
Learned stuff about hentai immediately
Subscribed immediately
Learned stuff about hentai immediately
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It's Friday. Close that tab you never look at. Close those articles you'll never read. Make a plan for something fun offline this weekend. And don't forget to drink a big glass of water today.
February 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It's Friday. Close that tab you never look at. Close those articles you'll never read. Make a plan for something fun offline this weekend. And don't forget to drink a big glass of water today.
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If you are in the Midwest, I would strongly recommend getting a Covid-19 booster, masking again everywhere and avoiding eating in restaurants indoors due to very high levels of Covid-19 detected in wastewater: www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...
Wastewater COVID-19 National and Regional Trends
CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System, U.S. National trends
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February 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If you are in the Midwest, I would strongly recommend getting a Covid-19 booster, masking again everywhere and avoiding eating in restaurants indoors due to very high levels of Covid-19 detected in wastewater: www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...