Permanently Moved is an audio-only essay podcast from the frontier of digital culture; written, recorded and edited by @thejaymo since 2018.
Produced since 2018, Jay Springett’s podcast Permanently Moved is a long-running audio essay show exploring digital culture, internet culture, and the changing shape of the web; regularly appearing in iTunes Top 100 rankings around the world for its category.
For its first run (2018–2025), Permanently Moved was a weekly essay show exactly 301 seconds long. Any given episode might explore an aspect of the internet and how it changes us; stories about long-dead saints and why they matter; or the existence of a wild crisp conspiracy in the heart of UK supermarkets. Tightly scripted, yet nakedly transparent about the creative process, it was a small, sharp thing you could finish before the kettle boiled.
Now the show has changed pace and scale. It is now a quarterly release; longer-form, and more willing to take the long way round.
Episodes are still tightly written, but with more space for detours, context, and the odd obsession to fully unfold. These days the show explores internet culture, artificial intelligence (AI), worldrunning, and the shifting tides of social media; life lived online in the shadow of the stack, and what all of that does to the way we live and think.
In January 2020 Permanently Moved broke into the iTunes UK Top 50 Personal Journal podcasts chart for the first time; only 43 places behind 301’s bête noire Desert Island Discs.
It has since appeared in the Top 50 podcast charts in countries including Brazil, South Africa, and Sweden; and in January 2023 Permanently Moved reached #1 in Personal Journals in Iceland, a small but very pleasing moment for an independent audio essay podcast.
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Newest Episode
King of Mind | 2518
The glowing screen does not possess the king of mind. You merely have rehearsed the reflex of the infinite scroll.
Episode Archive
Web Surfin’ UXA | 2216
After you reduce your social media intake. You need to re-learn how to use the Internet.
Travelling Gadgetman | 2215
Coming home on the train I felt a bit like a ‘travelling gadgetman’. A condition that has crept up on me in…
Theatre’s Royal | 2214
Have you ever wondered why so many towns and cities in Britain have a building called the Theatre Royal? I have.
From Penny Theatre to Social Media | 2213
TikTtok is like an algorithmically weaponised talent show from the 18th century.
DAOs: Governance vs Coordination | 2212
21st century meme culture and real-time chat have combined in DAOs to create the rolling AGM as a novel participatory form
New App in the Alms Race | 2210
The Alms Race is the financial expansion of Web2 social platforms. Allowing users to earn directly from other users. Web 2.5 if…
Things (Un)finished | 2209
With everything going on in the world over the last few years it has felt selfish to work on creative the things…
Say.Act.Feel | 2208
A recognition that not one of us knows what the fuck is going on. The past 2 years should have made this…
Inauthentic Internet | 2207
It’s ironic that Boomers spent the 00’s telling kids to not believe everything they read on the internet. Now the situation is…
Aphantasia (Experience pt3) | 2206
I just found out that most of you can just shut your eyes and see a pyramid any time you want? What…
Rock Fandom | 2205
What subject I wondered, could potentially be more entertaining than Twitter? Without thinking, I typed the words Rock Polishing into Youtube.
One Thing at a Time | 2204
This is by no means a world shattering observation. But have over 50 things on my list of things to do means…
Some Things to Get Done | 2203
I woke up this morning with no idea what I was going to talk about on the show today. As it turned…
Lost in MySpace | 2202
Upon hearing the MySpace sever news, my first thought was ‘I’m glad all posts and DMs are gone forever’. My second thought…
The Fear of Finding Out | 2201
The Long Fear. It’s the question in the dead of the night. It’s there when things are going well, it remains unanswered…
EOY 2021 | 2148
2021 has been a terrible year, far worse than 2020. There is no point in dwelling on it. The next year will…
Urgent Anxiety | 2147
The dream about running and not getting anywhere has escaped the night. We are living it.
In The Edit | 2146
Lack of copy editing is extremely transparent to a reader. Editing on the other hand is invisible to the reader, but transparent…
Dealing With Procrastination | 2145
The horror as my depression lifted at the beginning of the UK lockdown. It wasn’t depression stopping me. It was something far…
St Edmund the Martyr | 2144
In preparation for the rootlessness of England post Union. St Edmund should be retrieved from deep cultural memory.
Do the Things That Need Doing | 2143
The work of body one leaves behind after action, is not left behind in the past. It is a nest of materials…
I Ain’t Reading All That | 2142
The other night I had a dream. I opened a letter and read it out loud on camera for this weeks show.…
What Happens When the Queen Dies? | 2141
The reality field produced by the British State will come crashing into contact with the State of Britain.
The Light Is a Headlight | 2140
If you think that you see any kind of light at the end of the tunnel at all, you are mistaken.
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[Guest Episode] Pit Of Snakes | 2139
This weeks show is hosted by Laurie Pike creator of The Night Dream Podcast. Pit of Snakes is a story about how…
Recommendations | 2138
In no particular order, here’s some recommendations of things from friends and acquaintances that I think you should check out.
Dyslexia | 2137
I was introduced on call the other day as an essayist. The idea that someone would describe me as one left the…
New Glasses | 2136
I have two new pairs of glasses. For the first time in a long time I’ve been feeling self conscious. But this…
This Week’s Podcast | 2135
Behind today’s 5min of content is about Five hours of work, and about 4.5k words. 3.5k of which I threw away.
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