On Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman are joined by cooking video queen June Xie, of Delish and Budget Eats, to discuss her very personal journey with the genre – and how it went from hands in pans to Frankensteined food porn and on to racial politics. Plus: an epic rant from Michael about the bin chicken

In Guardian Australia’s weekly podcast about internet culture, JR Hennessy joins Alyx Gorman and Michael Sun to discuss the Will Smith/Chris Rock controversy that sent Twitter – and opinion writers – into exhausting overdrive. But first, a discussion about seasonal changes: hot girl summer is over. Make way for the short kings

This week, Steph Harmon and Michael Sun are joined by Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber of the US podcast Who? Weekly (no: not the Australian magazine), for a slightly unhinged chat about D-list celebrity culture in Australia and beyond. Also: the tabloid couples who were doing the absolute most in lockdown.

In Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Katie Cunningham joins Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman to explain the phenomenon that is Byron Baes in all its crystal-studded controversy. And Alyx tells Michael about why retail workers have had enough of elaborate Starbucks orders, gratuitous singing and other TikTok pranks

In Guardian Australia’s internet culture podcast, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman weigh in on the week’s silliest viral question. Then ‘chronically online goblin’ and writer Charlotte Colombo joins in to talk about the largely anonymous community of people acting, and talking, like small children online

In Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, flatmates and podcasters Marty Smiley and Nat Damena teach Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman how to furnish a house on a shoestring budget. And Michael gives Alyx a primer on the most-tweeted show of the decade (so far)

Michael Sun is flying solo this week on Guardian Australia’s online culture podcast, so he brings in two special guests. First, Matilda Boseley joins to mourn our fading relevance as we become victims of the vibe shift and ‘terminal trend velocity’. Then TikTok star Tom Cardy tells us about his overnight success, and the struggles of making money on the platform – even with 1 million followers

In Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Patrick Lenton and Rebecca Shaw join us to explain why they are watching a deplorably compelling show – and why it’s a clickbait-y ratings hit. Also, we discuss the hottest new accessory of Hollywood, from Dua Lipa to the Hadids: literature

In Guardian Australia’s online culture podcast, Alyx Gorman and Michael Sun take a look at the NFT craze that celebrities simply cannot stop talking about. Then, ahead of Valentine’s Day, Steph Harmon joins them for a nostalgic chat about how meeting people online has changed – from ICQ to Tinder

In Guardian Australia’s online culture podcast, guest Anne Helen Petersen, co-author of Out of Office, talks about how instant messaging platforms can lead to Larping your job – making work more performative, more draining and far less efficient. Then she shares some tips for how to fix this problem. Plus Michael Sun finds an online puzzle game that’s even more addictive than Wordle, and plays it for 16 hours