AOL Underground
Steve StonebrakerInterviews with users, hackers, and staff of America Online (AOL), covering the 90’s/Early 2000’s.
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 44 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Technology | |||
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Fibra grew up a Mac kid in a PC-dominated warez scene, tinkering in HyperCard before discovering AOL4FREE and the elite Mac chat crews of the mid-'90s. He walks through the Mac side of AOL hacking, including FDOs, ResEdit, tokens, and "hells" like On... more
The president of the ARiSE warez group tells us about his experience with BBS, Prodigy, QuantumLink, AOL, and IRC. He also talks about the early days of the warez scene, notable groups at the time, what it is like running a warez group, and his exper... more
Pwning AOL with pure FDO. Hacking employee accounts. Downloading AOL files and posting them to aol-files.com. BMB recounts his amazing story
Guest: BMB
Host: Steve Stonebraker
Audio Editor: Sam Fox (sam.fox.london@gmail.com)
CoverArt: Created b... more
Creator of Millennium, Blizzard, and Code Genie. Despite facing relentless criticism and accusations of code theft, his software gained widespread use. He remains active in coding today, applying lessons from the AOL scene to modern projects like his... more
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- Blast from the past!
Easily one of the most interesting podcasts I’ve ever listened to. Especially the episodes regarding the history of AOL. I remember seeing old AOL floppies for DOS when I was a 12 year old in 1995, but never realized how far back they actually went with Qlink. I wish something like AOL existed today but I know even if it did, it wouldn’t be the same.
AOL warez and prog scene, and IRC are 100% responsible for my career in computers.
Apple Podcasts5DanMitt
United States4 months ago - _=*•¥ A/S/L ¥•*=_
AOL Progz er Proggies got me through some really dark years during my parents divorce. Love reminiscing about it all and hearing fresh perspectives. A+
Apple Podcasts5SirMattikusUnited States2 years ago - Thank you for this!
This podcast perfectly taps into the nostalgia of my scene days.
Apple Podcasts5birardisUnited States2 years ago - Loved every episode
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 well done
Apple Podcasts5ItsjinxUnited States2 years ago - ao-throw back ayyy
Lool nice
Apple Podcasts5guy😊😊😊😊United States3 years ago
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What is AOL Underground about and what kind of topics does it cover?
A nostalgic, deeply technical look at AOL's online history, focusing on the mid-1990s to early 2000s era through conversations with early hackers, warez groups, and tool developers. Episodes center on private rooms, token-based exploits, mass mail campaigns, and the social dynamics of the AOL ecosystem, often weaving in later career pivots into software, security, and open-source projects. A notable hook is the first-person storytelling from insiders who built or exploited internal tools, offering both technical depth and cultural context that appeal to tech historians, security practitioners, and retro computing fans. Expect candid anecdotes, timeline-rich histories, and reflections on how these early online practices shaped modern hacker ... more
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