A Podcast About Technology, Media, AI, and the Internet
Network Issues is a podcast about the systems shaping our digital lives—and what those systems are doing to our culture, careers, relationships, politics, and sense of reality.
Hosted by media scholar Jamie Cohen and marketing strategist Destinee Day, the show brings academic insight and real-world industry experience to the internet’s most urgent questions. Each episode explores how artificial intelligence, social media algorithms, online communities, digital advertising, influencer culture, misinformation, surveillance, and emerging technologies are changing the way we communicate and make decisions.
Network Issues goes beyond headlines and surface-level technology news. Jamie and Destinee examine the power structures, business models, cultural forces, and human behaviors behind the platforms we use every day. Their conversations make complex topics accessible without oversimplifying them—helping listeners better understand how the internet works, who benefits from it, and how to navigate it with greater agency.
Whether you work in media, marketing, education, technology, or simply want to understand the forces shaping life online, Network Issues offers thoughtful, candid conversations about the internet as it exists today—and where it may be taking us next.
Watch, listen, and explore every episode of Network Issues below.
Why Is the White House Posting AI Memes?
After Jamie Cohen appeared on RTL Nieuws to discuss the White House’s AI-generated social posts, he and Destinee Day examine what happens when an official government account communicates like a meme page. Is it humor, propaganda, rage bait, distraction—or all four?
Why Internet Culture Is No Longer a Side Story
A newly disclosed encounter involving Jeffrey Epstein and 4chan founder Christopher Poole forces Jamie Cohen to reconsider 15 years of internet-culture research. He and Destinee Day examine why internet studies matter, how digital activism shapes politics, and what students and professionals need to understand about personal brands, comments, employment, and online identity.
How Student-Athletes Can Build—and Protect—an NIL Brand
NIL allows student-athletes to earn money from their names, images, voices, appearances, and audiences. Jamie Cohen and Destinee Day explain how athletes can build recognizable brands, evaluate sponsorships, protect their digital identities, prepare for media attention, and avoid legal and reputational pitfalls.
How to Practice Media Literacy in the Age of Algorithms and AI
Traditional media literacy taught people to examine the author, source, ownership, and message. Today, audiences must also understand algorithms, clipping, context collapse, memes, synthetic media, and the business models determining what appears in their feeds.
What Is Looksmaxxing—and Why Is It Suddenly Everywhere?
Looksmaxxing is often presented as skincare, fitness, and self-improvement for men. Its deeper history leads through incel forums, pickup artistry, black-pill ideology, pseudoscience, body-image pressure, and influencers selling dangerous shortcuts. Jamie Cohen and Destinee Day explain how the term entered mainstream culture—and why context matters.
Why Are Men Obsessed With Testosterone?
Why has testosterone become a symbol of masculinity, attractiveness, and self-improvement online? Hone Health CEO Saad Alam joins Jamie Cohen and Destinee Day to discuss hormone testing, medically supervised treatment, looksmaxxing, peptides, bodybuilding culture, and the risks of building a health plan from TikTok or Reddit.