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Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet

Long Lead PROJECT
Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet by Long Lead

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Title
  • Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet
Entrant
  • Long Lead

About This Project

Summary

LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET retraces 30 years of web history to answer the bewildering question many ask when they go online today: “How did we get here?” Telling the story of mankind’s greatest invention, the limited series podcast chronicles innovations, revolutions, cyber attacks, and meltdowns, to explain how a tool with the power to fuel democracy, became a weapon aimed at the very heart of it.

Goals & Objectives

Across seven episodes, LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET explains how the web has slowly but clearly changed American life in the 21st century. From the heights of internet virality to the depths of social media's depravity, the podcast outlines the biggest crisis facing society today.

Results & Impact

The response to the show has been fantastic. With podcast app placement from Apple, NPR, and Amazon, among others, the show reached more than a half million listeners withinin two months of launching. A robust social campaign amplified the podcast, and media across the political spectrum covered it.

the team

John Patrick Pullen
  • Executive Producer
  • Long Lead
Garrett Graff
  • Host
Ryan Sweikert
  • Producer
  • Long Lead
Emily Barone
  • Managing Editor
  • Long Lead
Will DiGravio
  • Fact Checker
  • Long Lead
Jensen Rubinstein
  • Audience Development
  • Long Lead
Kevin Shepherd
  • Associate Producer
  • Long Lead
Ula Kulpa
  • Associate Producer
  • Long Lead
Sarah Rogers
  • Creative Director
  • Long Lead