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by ABC Australia

Download This Show is your weekly guide to the world of media, culture, and technology. From social media to gadgets, streaming services to privacy issues. Each week Rae Johnston and guests take a fun, deep dive into how technology is reshaping our lives.

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1
Your free VPN might be spying on you
29:06 Mar 13, 2026
2
Trump's fight with Anthropic AI and Meta's AI Ray-Bans changing privacy
29:05 Mar 6, 2026
3
Why Trump is fighting with AI company Anthropic
29:00 Mar 6, 2026
4
Why Trump is fighting with AI company Anthropic
29:10 Mar 6, 2026
5
Why Trump is fighting with AI company Anthropic
29:05 Mar 6, 2026
6
Does Elon Musk's X make you more right wing?
29:05 Feb 27, 2026
7
Did AI secretly make your favourite video game?
29:02 Feb 20, 2026
8
How tech is changing how we watch the Winter Olympics
28:00 Feb 13, 2026
9
Are there more bots than people on the internet?
29:00 Feb 6, 2026
10
What is Upscrolled, Australia’s newest viral social media platform?
28:10 Jan 30, 2026
11
Spotify was copied by a piracy archive. Why does that matter?
29:00 Jan 23, 2026
12
Opt Out 05 | Can you ever really opt out of online life?
29:04 Dec 19, 2025
13
Opt Out 04 | What did I just agree to?
29:04 Dec 19, 2025
14
Opt Out 03 | How not to get hacked
29:03 Dec 19, 2025
15
Opt Out 02 | Can you delete yourself from the internet?
29:03 Dec 19, 2025
16
Opt Out 01 | The guide to taking back control of your online life
29:00 Dec 19, 2025
17
What were the biggest stories in tech for 2025?
29:03 Dec 12, 2025
18
Is the AI boom going to spell the end of democracy in Australia?
29:05 Dec 5, 2025
19
Do androids dream of electric housework? The liabilities of a $20k humanoid robot butler
29:06 Nov 28, 2025
20
Why is the government using AI to help create NDIS plans?
29:06 Nov 21, 2025
21
Is it possible for an AI to 'hasten the coming of Christ's return'?
29:05 Nov 14, 2025
22
Self-driving taxis could be coming to Australia, but are we ready?
29:06 Nov 7, 2025
23
Would you use ChatGPT now that it's in its horny era?
29:06 Oct 31, 2025
24
How did a global Amazon outage bring down almost 50 other major tech companies?
29:06 Oct 24, 2025
25
What happens when you try to ban a generation from the internet?
29:04 Oct 17, 2025
26
We've got tonnes of space waste orbiting our Earth, is there a way to clean up our act?
29:18 Oct 10, 2025
27
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28:59 Oct 3, 2025
28
If 'simulated gambling' is banned in kids games, why are we still seeing Loot Boxes everywhere?
28:59 Oct 3, 2025
29
Is it true that AI is going to add $60 billion to Australia's economy?
28:58 Sep 26, 2025
30
How fanfiction took over the world (and stayed free)
29:04 Sep 19, 2025
31
How did an Australian team make the biggest video game in the world today?
29:04 Sep 12, 2025
32
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28:57 Sep 5, 2025
33
Why is Australia spending a billion dollars on a quantum computer that doesn't exist yet?
28:57 Sep 5, 2025
34
Wimbeldon broke 148 years of tradition to replace 300 line judges with AI -- will it be worth it?
29:02 Aug 29, 2025
35
Wimbledon broke 148 years of tradition to replace 300 line judges with AI -- will it be worth it?
29:02 Aug 29, 2025
36
How do you protect yourself against AI voice scams?
29:06 Aug 22, 2025
37
How will ICE's deportation teams use iris scanning technology?
29:02 Aug 15, 2025
38
Would Cyberbrothel be more ethical than a traditional brothel?
29:04 Aug 8, 2025
39
Is Snapchat’s My AI a safe space or a slippery slope for teens?
29:07 Aug 1, 2025
40
ID, please? China’s new internet rules and what they could mean for us
29:05 Jul 25, 2025
41
How do we tell what's real and what's not, when the internet is flooded with AI slop?
28:35 Jul 18, 2025
42
With 9,000 new layoffs at Microsoft, is AI set to change the gaming industry forever?
28:36 Jul 11, 2025
43
An expert has quit over the government's planned social media ban, what now?
28:35 Jul 4, 2025
44
How are online tools being used to resist fascism across the globe?
35:43 Jun 27, 2025
45
Could a new copyright lawsuit from Disney change the way we use AI?
28:36 Jun 20, 2025
46
'Imperial Kitten' vs 'Fancy Bear': how are kooky hacker nicknames causing serious concerns for cybersecurity?
28:35 Jun 13, 2025
47
The human-AI conversation crisis: why we're choosing chatbots over people
28:35 Jun 6, 2025
48
Could AI be the 'person' deciding whether or not you get your dream job?
28:27 May 30, 2025
49
How did a haunted game cartridge take the internet by storm?
28:35 May 23, 2025
50
Which app is the latest to say it wants to be your everything?
27:03 May 16, 2025
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