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24 alternatives to 99% Invisible - Vox Ex Machina

How Homer Dudley won WWII & created the internet (sorta)

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 99% Invisible - Vox Ex Machina launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   ClickHole by The Onion▲173

   The most irresistibly shareable content on the internet

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Internet History Podcast #120 - Jason Calacanis▲63

   On silicon valley, the dot-com bubble and web 2.0

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Internet History Podcast #7 - Bill Gates "Gets" The Internet▲56

   The birth of Internet Explorer

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Secrets for Scaling: Ghost founder John O'Nolan▲68

   Building a profitable business w/ a counterculture approach

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Internet History Podcast #4 - Microsoft at the Dawn of the Internet Era▲60

   The road to IE

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Lighthouse▲76

   A hacker news for community builders.

   2013 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   BetaPage 2.0▲224

   Community of Hackers and Makers

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Web Rewind▲98

   An interactive journey through 30 years of the web

   Mar 2026 · web-rewind.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Discover by SumoMe▲174

   Get free traffic to your site

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Secret Cave Podcast #5: Final Fantasy, Content Discovery Algorithms, Radiohead▲61

    Thoughts on the changing face of tech and entertainment

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Without Permission▲147

    Lessons learned from reddit, hipmunk & YC - in book form!

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    reddit's upvoted podcast▲190

    A reddit podcast for all the stories behind the stories

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hardcore History▲158

    Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Utopia Is Creepy: And Other Provocations▲63

    Critical thoughts on the internet and its effects on society

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Internet History Podcast #124- Founder of ReadWriteWeb, Richard MacManus▲56

    Building a blog empire from New Zealand.

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Ezra Klein Show: Stewart Butterfield▲61

    On creating Slack, learning from games + online identity

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hunt the Truth — S1E1: A hairline fracture▲88

    The intro to Microsoft's "Serial"-style Halo podcast

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    HackToStart▲82

    A podcast on interesting people & how they achieve success

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Radiotopia▲112

    A podcasting revolution: remaking public radio

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Community Building on the Web▲86

    Secret strategies for successful online communities

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Foundr Podcast 108: The Next Web's Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten▲63

    The power of community and the future of media

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Surfkoll▲88

    Insights into your browsing history

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Building The Future - Episode 39 with Tim Sanders▲54

    He was an early stage member of Mark Cuban's Broadcast.com

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Real Illuminati▲90

    Get introed to someone awesome

    2014 · its alternatives →

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