Download This Show

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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... more

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March 28, 2025Could AI image generators be erasing Indigenous Australian culture?
What happens when the world's oldest continuous living culture gets recreated by AI image generators?
Also, an American content creator uploaded a video of a woman recorded using stealth smart glasses. Was the recording illegal? And how can we stop this from happening again?
Plus, just how much dirt does your smart speaker have on you? And, which children's video game has been called "literally just child gambling"?
GUESTS:
Lisa Sarago, founder and CEO of Land on Heart and the Land on Heart Foundation
Fergus Halliday, tech and games journalist and editor at Reviews.org
This episode of Download This Show was made on Gadigal land.
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March 24, 2025 Download This Show is doing a live show! Join us in Brisbane March 29
Download This Show is coming to World Science Festival Brisbane!
Bring yourself along to our live podcast recording at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
Rae will be chatting about the weird world of tech and how it relates to our brains, alongside expert in neurotechnology Dr. Erica Mealy and cognitive neuroscientist, Dr. Kiley Seymour.
Come along to get answers to your burning tech questions, and ours! Who owns the data from our brains? Can machines really interpret human thoughts? And what happens as AI and neuroscience collide?
Get your tickets here.
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March 21, 2025 Could a brain in a dish be the next big thing in computing?
Computers made of brain cells, a new Meta whistleblower, and AI being used fr good. This week on Download This Show.
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March 14, 2025 Would you try a dating app for games?
Explore the latest in technology, social media, consumer electronics, digital culture and more.
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March 07, 2025 Have you ever wanted a virtual boyfriend to remind you about your period?
IVF health data hacked, virtual boyfriends, the death of Skype and solar-powered laptops, this week on Download This Show.
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February 28, 2025 Could this colourful robot solve the loneliness crisis?
A worsening climate, loneliness-fighting robots, supersonic jets, and the final consensus on whether AI is making us more stupid on Download This Show this week.
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February 21, 2025 Why did Google scrap their 'don't be evil' motto and start using AI in weapons?
Google is using AI in weapons, Meta is laying undersea cables, and teleportation could be on the horizon this week on Download This Show.
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February 14, 2025 Why is hardcore porn showing up on Australian government websites?
There's porn on government websites, millions of extra dollars in STEM, and a debatably effective AI summit this week on Download This Show.
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February 07, 2025 We've only got 89 seconds to save the world, and tech could be partially to blame
The Doomsday Clock ticks ever closer to midnight, and tech could be the only thing keeping us warm in the harsh light of day.
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January 31, 2025 What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI that has the world talking?
DeepSeek's AI assistant became the number one downloaded free app this week, what does this mean for the future of AI?
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FAQs about Download This Show:

How many episodes does Download This Show have?

The podcast currently has 693 episodes available.