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Don't Praise The Machine (DPTM)

Don't Praise The Machine (DPTM)

De: Alexander Holland & John Maloney
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Al and John grew up together in the 1990s but now live on opposite sides of the world. Each week, they get together through the magic of the Internet to catch up, make each other laugh and try to make sense of it all.


The result is a funny, surreal and thought-provoking excursion through the arcane recesses of pop culture and technology, and the mysteries of everyday life. What’s it like to have a virtual companion? Did Hilaria Baldwin really pretend to be Spanish? Why did movies used to have a rap in the credits to explain their own plot?


Get in touch at hello@dptm.org or find us on IG @dont_praise_the_machine.

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Alexander Holland Arte Ciencias Sociales
Episodios
  • When the Famous Turn to GoFundMe

    When the Famous Turn to GoFundMe
    Mar 2 2026

    Why on earth are the world’s most famous people haunting GoFundMe?


    We’ve seen a string of tragic headlines lately, from James Van Der Beek to Eric Dane, but in the wake of the sadness comes a strange new reality: your famous heroes are asking you to help them out financially. Is this a genuine community safety net for those slipping through the cracks of a broken healthcare system, or have our parasocial relationships just turned even stranger?


    We ask the question more broadly: when is it okay to ask, what makes us feel we should give, and is there a better way of doing both?

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    49 m
  • How Internet Culture Ruined The Winter Olympics

    How Internet Culture Ruined The Winter Olympics
    Feb 23 2026
    The most intimate of filler injections, credit card fraud , Jake Paul crying at ice skating events and Snoop D-O-Double-G's minders getting physical with Dutch winter Olympic Royalty. How did this Blue Ribbon event turn into a low-brow meme-fest?

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    51 m
  • Our Matcha Obsession Tells Us Everything

    Our Matcha Obsession Tells Us Everything
    Feb 16 2026
    Matcha's been absolutely everywhere for a while. How did we get here? What cultural, commercial and psychological forces sit behind matcha's runaway success? And what is the next matcha?

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    58 m
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