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The Guardian

Guardian Australia’s culture and lifestyle team chat through the infinite scroll, bringing you the biggest – and weirdest – bits of the internet

31 episodi

Is the internet secretly dead? Plus: bots and bye-byes on our final episode
15/6/2022
21:31
On the last episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture (RIP), Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman discuss dead internet theory, a conspiracy that posits the social web has been replaced by AI. Friends of Saved for Later also come on to say goodbye and eulogise their favourite online ephemera
Pinkwashing’s peak and the best of the backlash. Plus: who stole our focus?
8/6/2022
35:24
Does the B in LGBTQ+ stand for brand? In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman chat about brand Twitter’s latest attempt at inclusivity and the online response. Plus: Alyx sits down with Johann Hari to discuss how technology has stolen our focus, and how we can get it back
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From Hackers to Unfriended: the evolution of the internet on film. Plus: is Elvis the new Cats?
1/6/2022
43:21
In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun is joined by film history nerd – and Total Reboot host – Alexei Toliopoulos, for an extremely fun deep dive into the history of the world wide web on screen. Later, they chat about the main character energy of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis: a film that everyone loves to hate – despite not having seen it yet.
Why is synaesthesia suddenly going viral? Plus: the poetry of the second mention – Saved for Later podcast
25/5/2022
29:26
In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun is joined by former colleague Naaman Zhou – now of the New Yorker – to discuss the linguistic gymnastics involved in journalism, and a Twitter account documenting the best and worst of it. Plus – producer Miles Herbert joins the pod to talk about TikTok’s latest obsession
What is the Y2K aesthetic and why won’t it go away? Plus: extreme iPod nostalgia
18/5/2022
33:45
In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman are joined by Evan Collins and Froyo Tam – the internet archivists cataloguing every trend you’ve ever loved – to discuss the return of the Y2K aesthetic, and how new platforms like TikTok are causing a fad churn. Plus – unos, dos, tres, catorce, turn it up loud – Alyx and Michael share their iPod eulogies.
Depp v Heard: A trial by TikTok. Plus: Why is fashion week so boring?
11/5/2022
32:31
In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman are joined by Luke Winkie to discuss the QAnonification of the Depp/Heard court case and how the trial is playing out on TikTok. Plus stick around for a more cheerful topic as Alyx provides dispatches from Australian Fashion Week
Harry Styles and the internet’s foot fetish – with Benjamin Law and Beverley Wang
4/5/2022
25:16
In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman are joined by Benjamin Law and Beverley Wang from the ABC’s Stop Everything! podcast to discuss the unlikely star of a Better Homes and Gardens shoot: a hole in Harry Styles’s sock. For Law, whose feet have also been known to attract unwanted attention online, it’s personal
Why are Australian politicians so bad at memes? Plus: are you the asshole?
27/4/2022
34:36
In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun is joined by Matilda Boseley to dive deep on this election campaign’s best and worst #auspol posts. But first, an experiment with a new AI bot that answers Reddit’s favourite question – in which Michael reveals his most controversial opinion, which could actually get him fired
Mining for gold in the Depths of Wikipedia. Plus: what happens if you stop looking at your phone?
20/4/2022
37:55
In Guardian Australia’s weekly podcast about internet culture, Annie Rauwerda shares the best facts she’s found while running our favourite Instagram account: Depths of Wikipedia. But first, Alyx tried something different last week: she barely picked up her phone. This has shaken Michael to his core
Should you get money advice from TikTok? Plus: the cursed bowling animations going viral
13/4/2022
36:14
In Guardian Australia’s weekly podcast about internet culture, Mariam Mohammed and Mellisa Ma of MoneyGirl teach Alyx Gorman and Michael Sun how to spot a sketchy finfluencer. But first, Michael shows Alyx the only viral video trend he actually likes: parodies of the awful 3D animations that accompany a bowling alley strike. Unfortunately, she does not feel the same way

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Saved for Later

The Guardian

31 episodi

Is the internet secretly dead? Plus: bots and bye-byes on our final episode

Pinkwashing’s peak and the best of the backlash. Plus: who stole our focus?

From Hackers to Unfriended: the evolution of the internet on film. Plus: is Elvis the new Cats?

Why is synaesthesia suddenly going viral? Plus: the poetry of the second mention – Saved for Later podcast

What is the Y2K aesthetic and why won’t it go away? Plus: extreme iPod nostalgia

Depp v Heard: A trial by TikTok. Plus: Why is fashion week so boring?

Harry Styles and the internet’s foot fetish – with Benjamin Law and Beverley Wang

Why are Australian politicians so bad at memes? Plus: are you the asshole?

Mining for gold in the Depths of Wikipedia. Plus: what happens if you stop looking at your phone?

Should you get money advice from TikTok? Plus: the cursed bowling animations going viral