Hello Internet

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Hello Internet

Presentation

• CGP Grey
Hosted by
• Brady Haran

Genre Discussion

Language English

Updates approx. twice per month; on hiatus since

May 2020

Length 38–169 minutes

Production

Theme music Alan Stewart

composed by

Audio format • MP3

• Vinyl (two-time special)

• Wax cylinder (one-time special)

 No. of episodes 136 (as of May 2020)[1]

plus 18 special episodes

Publication

Original release 31 January 2014 – present

Related shows • Cortex

• The Unmade Podcast

• The Numberphile Podcast

Website www.hellointernet.fm

Hello Internet is an audio podcast hosted by YouTube content creators Brady

Haran and CGP Grey.[2][3] The podcast debuted in 2014 and as of February 2020 it had
136 numbered episodes and 18 unnumbered episodes, when the last episode was
released. The podcast is currently indefinitely suspended and inactive.[4] Listeners of the
podcast are known as "Tims".[5] The episodes of the podcast are usually about the
interests of the creators and the differences between the hosts' lifestyles.

Contents

• 1Content
• 2History
• 3Episodes
• 4See also
• 5References
• 6External links

Content

As this fan art depicts, Haran and Grey often refer to themselves respectively as a caveman and a robot to
describe their differing personalities.

The podcast features discussions pertaining to their lives as professional creators for
YouTube, the content of their most recent videos as well as their interests and
annoyances. Typical topics include YouTube, technology etiquette, books, movie and
TV show reviews, plane accidents, vexillology, futurology, and the differences
between Haran and Grey's personalities and lifestyles.[6][7]

History

The "Nail & Gear", the podcast's official flag chosen by its listeners in a 2015 mail-in election

The podcast debuted in January 2014.[8] That year it reached the #1 iTunes podcast in
the United Kingdom.[8] It was also selected as one of Apple's best emerging new
podcasts of 2014.[9]
In 2015, Brady Haran was credited with re-introducing the word "freebooting" during a
podcast episode to describe copyright infringement via re-hosting videos on platforms
such as Facebook, a practice typically undertaken to profit from advertisements
alongside the content.[10] Facebook has since adopted tools to address this.[10][11][12]