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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, deep dive into how technology is reshaping our lives.
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Apr 11, 2025 • 29min
Why was there a big tech-sized hole in this year's budget?
Why there was no tech in the budget, super fund hacks, and what ever happened to the TikTok ban? This week on Download This Show.
Apr 4, 2025 • 54min
Download this brain: we're live from World Science Festival Brisbane!
This week on Download This Show, we're coming to you live from World Science Festival Brisbane, at the Queensland Museum, we're here to answer all your questions about the brain and technology, and the sometimes scary world where they interact.
Mar 28, 2025 • 29min
Could AI image generators be erasing Indigenous Australian culture?
AI generators impersonating Indigenous art, stealth recordings via smart glasses, and child gambling in the form of video games, this week on Download This Show.
Mar 24, 2025 • 0sec
Download This Show is doing a live show! Join us in Brisbane March 29
Download This Show is coming to World Science Festival Brisbane!Get your tickets here.
Mar 21, 2025 • 29min
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 for good, this week on Download This Show.
Mar 14, 2025 • 29min
Would you try a dating app for games?
AI designing video games, a new app to help you choose which ones to play, and a new way to defend against deepfakes, this week on Download This Show.
Mar 7, 2025 • 29min
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.
Feb 28, 2025 • 28min
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.
Feb 21, 2025 • 29min
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.
Feb 14, 2025 • 29min
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.
