''Diggnation'' was a weekly humor video podcast hosted by

Kevin Rose Kevin Rose is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Revision3, Digg, Pownce, and Milk. He also served as production assistant and co-host at TechTV's ''The Screen Savers''. From 2012 to 2015, he was a venture partner at GV. ...

and

Alex Albrecht Alexander Jennings Albrecht (born August 14, 1976) is an American television personality, actor and podcaster. He is known for co-hosting the former G4techTV television program ''The Screen Savers'', an hour-long computer and technology variety ...

. Broadcast on

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, the first episode aired on July 1, 2005 and the last episode on December 30, 2011. Producer David Prager suggested naming the ''Digg'' website "''Diggnation''". Rose decided on the simpler ''Digg'' for the website and ''Diggnation'' for the podcast. ''Diggnation'' usually starts with Rose and Albrecht reviewing beverages. These include beer, tea, coffee, and hard liquors such

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. The hosts continue consuming the beverages for the rest of the show. Rose and Albrecht then discuss

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stories from the previous week, with off-topic banter with each other and with Prager and camera operator Glenn McElhose. The intro sequence to the podcast was created by Eden Soto in collaboration with Prager. It was developed over a three month period, according to Eden Soto's website.

Episodes

The show begins with a short listing of the podcast's current sponsors, followed by a humorous fake advertisement (i.e. Bose's Noise Enhancing Headphones, "Days of our Prager", Cougars: Aged to Perfection, etc.). After the title video, the hosts introduce themselves, give the filming location, make any relevant announcements, and discuss the drinks they will have during the episode. The

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and beverage aspect of Diggnation is one of the show's unique aspects. The majority of the episode is dedicated to Rose and Albrecht discussing news items as well as providing personal commentary,

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s and unrelated banter. The show's humor is generally vulgar. At the end of the show, Rose and Albrecht mention their sponsors again, read the e-mail from fans, then conclude the show with a seemingly ad-libbed phrase or saying. In more recent episodes, bigger ''Digg'' stories are discussed after the ads, but before the emails. This is keeping in line with most other Revision3 shows.

Distribution

Diggnation episodes were released weekly on Wednesdays at 6 PM (EST). Previously, the show was released on Friday at the same time for paid members, and Sunday at 12:01 for everyone. There were an estimated 250,000 regular subscribers to the show during its peak. BitGravity handles iTunes and TiVo subscribers, downloads from the website, and RSS feeds. Repeats, edited for content, time and profanity, are also seen on

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. ''Diggnation'' hosted live shows at CES, SXSW,

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, Macworld,

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, E3, San Diego,

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, London, St. Louis, Amsterdam,

, Tokyo,

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, and New York City. On October 3, 2011, Prager announced that ''Diggnation'' would end with its 340th episode. The ''Diggnation'' finale was broadcast on December 30, 2011 at The Music Box in

Guests

Although hosting duties were typically split solely between Rose and Albrecht, a few "third-chair" guests were invited onto the program: * Episodes 185 and 251:

Jimmy Fallon James Thomas Fallon (born September 19, 1974) is an American comedian, television host, actor, and writer. He is known for his work in television as a cast member on '' Saturday Night Live'' and as the host of the late-night talk show ''The To ...

* Episode 220:

Adam Savage Adam Whitney Savage (born July 15, 1967) is an American special effects designer and fabricator, actor, educator, and television personality and producer, best known as the former co-host (with Jamie Hyneman) of the Discovery Channel televisi ...

* Episode 231: John Hodgman Other guests included Chris Hansen, Adam Carolla,

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and Candice Michelle, Gary Vaynerchuk,

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, Leo Laporte,

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and Tony Hawk.

Awards

* 2006: Podcast Award for best technology podcast. * 2007: Best in 2007 Podcast from iTunes. * 2008: People's Voice Winner for the Technology in Online Film and Video at the

Webby Awards The Webby Awards are awards for excellence on the Internet presented annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a judging body composed of over two thousand industry experts and technology innovators. Categories includ ...

. * 2009:

Streamy Award The YouTube Streamy Awards, also known as the Streamy Awards or Streamys, are presented annually by Dick Clark Productions and Tubefilter to recognize excellence in online video, including directing, acting, producing, and writing. The formal ...

for Best Hosted Web Series (nomination) * 2010: Streamy Award for Best Hosted Web Series (won)

Other shows

A spin-off show, ''The Digg Reel'' ran from January 2008 to September 2010, and was originally hosted by Jessica Corbin, followed by Andrew Bancroft. The show featured the week's top user submitted videos in comparison to ''Diggnation's'' primary focus on news articles. Both were produced by Revision3. On October 13, 2017, Rose and Albrecht released a "light Diggnation reunion" under the title of "Talking Tech", released within the "''Kevin Rose Show''" podcast. In the episode, the two hosts confirmed new episodes of "Talking Tech" would be released every 4 to 5 episodes of the "''Kevin Rose Show''."

References

External links

Diggnation website

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