Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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Before the web became the way we tend to view most the content on the internet, there was another technology that was taking off and was becoming the default way people would search and view the internet, and that was gopher. Why did gopher take off, and what stopped it and allowed the web to become the thing it is now.

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00:00 - Intro
00:21 - A word from our sponsor
00:43 - The internet before Gopher
03:09 - What is gopher
05:21 - How did gopher come to be
06:40 - Whats this web thing
12:22 - What happened to gopher
13:47 - Is gopher dead
17:34 - Thanks