Friend of the pod and accidental tech historian Amelia Lester is back — and this time, it's with an insider take on an event that's shaped history.
Amelia was there when Facebook launched. At Harvard. With that Mark Zuckerberg. And claims the title of being the 60th person to ever sign up to what was then known as The Facebook.
Jessie Stephens and Holly Wainwright sit down with Amelia to unpack how a girl from North Sydney ended up in the front row of the social media revolution — navigating post-9/11 America, the Ivy League, and a campus buzzing with the energy of something huge.
She shares what young Zuck was really like, what no one knew back then, and how it felt to watch the internet change — from right inside the room where it all started.
Buckle up, Outlouders. You’re about to hear Facebook's real origin story.
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