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Hey, you wanna hear something weird? Us too! You might have noticed tech is getting a bit dull, stale and dystopian…but there’s so much fun, cool and just plain weird tech out there. So we’re gonna share it with each other - and you. Hosted by technology journalists Rae Johnston (Gizmodo Australia, Queens of the Drone Age, SBS) and Tegan Jones (Gizmodo Australia, SmartCompany, Queens of the Drone Age).
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Do you wanna hear something weird about something that's already pretty freaking weird (microrobots??!)? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW US: …
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Do you wanna hear something weird about a gadget designed to make your uterus feel good? That also happens to share a name with one of the hosts of this podcast??! 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler…
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Do you want to hear something weird about lo-fi hip hop beats to relax/study to? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW US: YouTube Instagram TikTok…
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Want to hear something weird about a VR controller you are supposed to lick? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW US: YouTube Instagram TikTok Twi…
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You wanna hear something weird about robots you bring into your home? This episode is sponsored by Roborock 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW U…
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Wanna hear something weird about a car in the 1950's that was made exclusively for women? In this episode, Tegan tells Rae about the Dodge La Femme, which they both now desperately want. 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker …
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Do you wanna hear something weird about playing video games with your mind? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW US: YouTube Instagram TikTok Twit…
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Hey, do you wanna hear something weird about tech at CES 2025 we just can't stop thinking about? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW US: YouTube …
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Hey, do you wanna hear something weird about how fitness trackers inspired a device that could save people with opioid addictions? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by Col…
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You wanna hear something weird about technology at CES 2025 that actually exists? Rae and Tegan are at the impossibly huge Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where a lot of concepts and ideas are thrown about. But in this episode, we share some of the incredible new tech products that are already here - or, just around the corner. Weird Tech is…
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Wanna hear something weird about how saying "ahhhhhhhhhhhh" into an app could save a life? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW US: YouTube Instag…
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Do you wanna hear something weird about Xmas? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW US: YouTube Instagram TikTok Twitter/X See omnystudio.com/liste…
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Do you wanna hear something weird about the way things were? Tegan and Rae get nostalgic. 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW US: YouTube Instagr…
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Do you wanna hear something weird about how custom digital avatars are helping people who hear voices? Rae tells Tegan all about an incredible new tech-based therapy technique. 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the P…
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Do you wanna hear something weird about "everyday" tech Tegan came across while she was in Japan? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW US: YouTube…
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Do you wanna hear about what artificial intelligence from the perspective of a chicken nugget would be like? Well, you're in luck - it exists, and it's...earrings? In this episode Rae tells Tegan all about it. 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻…
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Do you wanna hear about a weird little hacking tool you'll potentially become emotionally attached to? It's like a swiss army knife for electronics, and in this episode Tegan tells Rae all about it. 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by …
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Do you wanna hear something weird about plastic-producing bacteria? Besides the fact they exist? In this episode, Rae tells Tegan a surprising thing she has in common with a microscopic creature that has the potential to save the planet. 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Ra…
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Do you wanna hear something weird about the milky way, dung beetles, and Aussie Scientists? In this episode, Rae tells Tegan all about the incredible way the humble dung beetle is changing how we fly drones. 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 E…
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Want to hear something weird about ectoplasm? In our final Sppoktober special, Rae catches Tegan up on all the tricks and tech and science used by mediums during the spiritualist movement to produce the most earthly ghostly material ever - ectoplasm. Warning: we discuss, with as much politeness as possible, the...er... oricifices used for this proc…
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Wanna hear something weird about what looks like a river of blood seeping from a glacier in Antarctica? The spooktober specials continue as Tegan finds the creepiest waterfalls ever and horrifies Rae with their increasingly fascinating details. Are they cursed? Who can tell! 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud memb…
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Wanna hear about a weird way people communicate with the dead? The spooktober specials continue as Tegan discovers a very interesting gadget for "communicating with ghosts" while visiting Salem (yes, THE Salem). Also somehow Thomas Edison is involved??? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Netwo…
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Wanna hear something weird about forbidden music in the Soviet Union? Spooktober continues with Tegan telling Rae a Cold War story about records being bootlegged on x-rays. 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podca…
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Do you wanna hear something weird about ghost hunting TV shows? In the first of our Spooktober specials, Rae finds out the truth behind some of the gadgets and tech used to "detect spirits" on some ghost hunting TV shows. 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and T…
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Do you wanna hear about a weird gaming console? Turns out, North Korea made its own version of the Nintendo Wii and in this episode Tegan tells Rae all about it. 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵…
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ArcTeryx has taken high-end outdoor equipment to a whole new level with a $7500 exoskeleton for hiking. 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW US: Y…
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It's been exactly 10 years since U2's Songs of Innocence album was forced into everyone's iTunes library. Tegan tells Rae the story of how this happen and why Apple users were so angry about it. 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam …
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Tegan tells Rae about Waymo self driving taxis that won't stop honking at each other at 2am. 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW US: YouTube Inst…
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Rae tries to sell Tegan on the Monokey: a one key bluetooth keyboard that she found on Kickstarter. But what does it actually do? ✍️ SHOW NOTES The Monokey on Kickstarter The Tippy Type keyboard cover 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited b…
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Wanna hear something weird? Us too. You might have noticed tech is getting a bit dull, stale and dystopian. But there’s so much fun, cool and just plain weird tech out there. So we’re going to share it with each other - and with you. Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan …
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