Episodes

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

    Is the internet secretly dead? Plus: bots and bye-byes on our final episode
    Jun 15 2022
    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culture (RIP), Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman discuss dead internet theory, a conspiracy that posits the social web has been replaced by AI.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
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    22 mins
  • Pinkwashing’s peak and the best of the backlash. Plus: who stole our focus?

    Pinkwashing’s peak and the best of the backlash. Plus: who stole our focus?
    Jun 8 2022
    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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    35 mins
  • From Hackers to Unfriended: the evolution of the internet on film. Plus: is Elvis the new Cats?

    From Hackers to Unfriended: the evolution of the internet on film. Plus: is Elvis the new Cats?
    Jun 1 2022
    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.
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    43 mins
  • Why is synaesthesia suddenly going viral? Plus: the poetry of the second mention – Saved for Later podcast

    Why is synaesthesia suddenly going viral? Plus: the poetry of the second mention – Saved for Later podcast
    May 25 2022
    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
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    29 mins
  • What is the Y2K aesthetic and why won’t it go away? Plus: extreme iPod nostalgia

    What is the Y2K aesthetic and why won’t it go away? Plus: extreme iPod nostalgia
    May 18 2022
    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.
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    34 mins
  • Depp v Heard: A trial by TikTok. Plus: Why is fashion week so boring?

    Depp v Heard: A trial by TikTok. Plus: Why is fashion week so boring?
    May 11 2022
    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
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    33 mins
  • Harry Styles and the internet’s foot fetish – with Benjamin Law and Beverley Wang

    Harry Styles and the internet’s foot fetish – with Benjamin Law and Beverley Wang
    May 4 2022
    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
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    25 mins
  • Why are Australian politicians so bad at memes? Plus: are you the asshole?

    Why are Australian politicians so bad at memes? Plus: are you the asshole?
    Apr 27 2022
    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
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    35 mins