
A podcast about the future of social media and reclaiming our digital communities. Revolution.Social is hosted by technologist and community advocate Rabble, a.k.a. Evan Henshaw-Plath — who was Twitter’s first employee and hired Jack Dorsey. In weekly interviews, Rabble will interview thought leaders, technologists, academics, and more about the need for a new social media "bill of rights." Just a... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 51 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Technology | |||

At VidCon 2026, journalist Taylor Lorenz, sat down with Rabble and creator, Reggie COUZ, to discuss social media’s bad reputation and explore whether it’s possible for social media to actually be good for you.
In their chat, they make a case for a ... more
The tables have turned! In this episode, CEO of VidCon Jim Louderback asks Rabble about his time as Twitter’s first employee, the chaotic rise of social media, and what the future of a decentralized social media world can look like.
Rabble talks ab... more
What happens when the person who once architected one of social media’s biggest platforms decides it needs to be entirely re-thought?
From day one Blaine Cook helped build Twitter creating the @ mention, OAuth, and numerous technologies that still q... more
From sitting next to Bezos to fighting from outside The Washington Post, Karen Attiah refuses to give up.
Karen Attiah went from a grad student cheering on the Arab Spring to The Washington Post’s Global Opinions editor who hired Jamal Khashoggi. Wh... more
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Here’s the thing. Social media has been around for decades. Revolution.social is exploring its origins. Why things are the way they are, and what can be done to make change. Rabble has been on the frontline from the beginning and he’s working toward a better future. Context is everything. Understand the past to change the future.
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This show centers on the evolving architecture of social media, with a strong emphasis on openness, decentralization, and user ownership. Episodes explore open protocols, interoperability, and regulatory design as counterweights to centralized platforms and surveillance capitalism. Guests range from journalists and technologists to investors and open-web advocates, all discussing practical paths to a more humane, user-controlled internet, including how communities can build resilient ecosystems, reclaim digital spaces, and monetize without curbing freedom of expression. A notable through-line is the tension between traditional gatekeepers and open networks, plus a persistent optimism that mission-driven tech and community governance can res... more
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Recent guests on Revolution.Social include:
1. Kara Swisher
2. Taylor Lorenz
3. Brewster Kahle
4. Joel Roth
5. Ed Williams
6. Blaine Cook
7. Karen Attiah
8. Eric Artell
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