Goddess of Technology

Have you ever met somebody and suddenly found yourself discovering new ideas, interests, ambitions or even entirely new parts of yourself? Perhaps you became fascinated by their profession, started seeing the world differently through their perspective, or felt unusually alive whenever you exchanged ideas. Now comes the provocative question: are you falling in love with the person, or with the exp...

Why might you disclose something deeply personal to somebody online whom you have never met, yet struggle to communicate the same thought face to face? Goddess, this episode explores one of the foundational concepts of cyber psychology: the Online Disinhibition Effect . It is a psychological phenomenon that can help you understand your own digital behaviour, recognise patterns in the behaviour of...

Happy Halloween week, Goddess!  In this final episode of Halloween month at Goddess of Technology, we’re entering the disturbing territory between fictional horror and real-life documented history.  The film The Purge imagines a society in which crime becomes legal for one night. Yet in Montreal, Canada, and Espírito Santo, Brazil, protection suddenly weakened in real life – and certain people tre...

Welcome back to Halloween month at the Goddess of Technology podcast, beautiful. The lights are going out, the screen is glowing red, and somewhere inside an old computer a tiny window has appeared that you were never supposed to see. In this podcast episode, we’re entering the disturbing world of the Japanese ‘Red Room Curse’, or ‘Akai Heya’: one of the early internet era’s most memorable digital...

Welcome, Goddess, to the special Halloween month series of the Goddess of Technology podcast. Imagine losing someone you love. You know that this person is gone. You attend the funeral. You understand what death means. Then your phone lights up. Their name appears on your screen. And they type: ‘I missed you.’ This is no paranormal encounter. No ghost has entered your phone. What you are seeing co...

Welcome to Halloween month at Goddess of Technology! Your smartphone knows where you go, whom you contact, what you search for, which photographs you take, and how you communicate. That makes it extraordinarily useful. It can make it extraordinarily revealing, too.  In this podcast episode, we’re exploring stalkerware and digital surveillance: software and technologies that can transform an everyd...

Transparency and politeness both sound like universally positive qualities in business. Yet what happens when one professional culture interprets honesty as respect – while another interprets politeness as respect? In this podcast episode, we’re exploring the conflict between more direct Central European business communication and the more diplomatically coded communication frequently encountered...

Many people immediately recognize explicit racism. Far fewer recognize covert racism because it frequently appears subtle, socially acceptable, or even complimentary. Statements such as ‘All Asians are brilliant at mathematics,’ ‘All Indians are excellent IT professionals,’ or ‘All Vietnamese people are talented nail technicians’ may sound positive on the surface. Nevertheless, reducing millions o...

Female leaders spend decades navigating physiological changes that influence energy levels, concentration, sleep, emotional regulation, physical comfort and overall wellbeing. Nevertheless, many organizations continue designing workplaces as though every employee experiences identical biological realities. This gap between scientific knowledge and organizational practice represents a significant o...

Every experience tells a story. Surprisingly, your brain does not remember that story by calculating the average of every moment you experience. Instead, psychological research demonstrates that two specific moments often influence your memories more strongly than the countless ordinary moments in between. In this podcast episode, we're exploring the Peak-End Rule, one of the most fascinating...

Panic attacks in the workplace are a reality that many professionals experience, yet they remain surrounded by misunderstanding, stigma and uncertainty. In this podcast episode, I’m exploring what panic attacks are, why they can happen during professional situations, how employees can respond when experiencing one, and how managers can create workplaces where people feel supported and respected. I...

What if we've been asking the wrong question about Artificial Intelligence? Instead of asking whether AI will replace our jobs, perhaps we should ask whether there are parts of our jobs we should be relieved to let go of. This isn't an episode about replacing humanity. It's an episode about replacing ego. And perhaps that's the most human conversation we could have.

AI writes emails, summarizes meetings, generates ideas and answers questions within seconds. It is becoming one of the most powerful technologies humanity has ever created. Yet an important question deserves our attention: what happens when convenience slowly replaces cognitive effort? In this podcast episode, we’re exploring how artificial intelligence influences memory, critical thinking, creati...

After 200 episodes of Goddess of Technology, I realized something surprising: The most valuable lessons I learned were not actually about technology. They were about people. In this special 200th episode, I’m reflecting on 6 lessons that technology taught me about being human and why I believe our humanity will become even more important in the age of AI. I'd love to hear your thoughts. What h...

The crisis of Missing and Missed Indigenous Persons, often abbreviated as MMIP, affects countless Indigenous families and communities across North America. Despite decades of advocacy, many disappearances remain unsolved, many victims remain unidentified, and many families continue their search for answers, justice and healing. In this podcast episode, we’re exploring how historical injustices, ju...

In this podcast episode, we’re learning about one of the largest pharmaceutical disasters in modern history: the Thalidomide scandal. We’re exploring how a medicine that is marketed as safe and revolutionary becomes responsible for thousands of devastating birth defects around the world and how this tragedy fundamentally changes drug safety forever. Moreover, we’re examining a question that is sur...

In this podcast episode, we’re learning about the Radium Girls, the young women who painted luminous watch and instrument dials in the United States during the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s, and whose work became one of the most devastating workplace safety scandals in modern industrial history.  We’re exploring the discovery of radium, the glamour of the radium trend, the tragedy of radium jaw, the role...

In this podcast episode, we’re exploring how social media amplifies eating disorders, body dysmorphia and unhealthy relationships with food, fitness and self-worth. From the rise of the looksmaxxing movement and hyper-curated beauty standards to toxic fitness culture, orthorexia disguised as ‘clean eating’ and the deeply disturbing persistence of pro-anorexia communities online, we’re uncovering h...

Anonymous is one of the most mysterious and controversial collectives in the history of the internet. In this podcast episode, we’re exploring how an online movement originating from anonymous internet forums transforms into a globally recognized hacktivist phenomenon associated with cyberattacks, digital protests, political activism and international controversy. We’re uncovering the origins of A...

In this podcast episode, we’re exploring the psychology behind the ‘Messiah Complex’ and understanding how individuals come to see themselves as saviors, leaders, or ‘chosen’ figures. We’re uncovering how these dynamics influence relationships, reshape identities, and in certain cases, evolve into cult-like environments where control, dependency, and emotional manipulation take place. We’re diving...

In this podcast episode, we’re exploring the history of pizza—one of my absolute favorite foods—and uncovering how a simple dish evolves into a global cultural and economic powerhouse. We’re diving into its ancient origins, tracing its transformation in Naples, and understanding how it expands across continents to become a symbol of both tradition and innovation. Furthermore, we’re discovering the...

In this podcast episode, we’re learning about coping with toxic workplace environments, identifying whether you should stay or leave, understanding the psychological effects of unhealthy organizations, recovering during job hunting, rebuilding trust after negative professional experiences, and protecting your mental health if you decide to remain in a harmful work culture. Many professionals exper...

In this podcast episode, we’re exploring autistic masking and camouflaging—understanding how individuals on the autism spectrum consciously or unconsciously adapt their behavior to meet social expectations, and uncovering the profound psychological, emotional, and professional implications of this phenomenon. We’re examining why masking often develops, how it presents in high-performing environmen...

In this podcast episode, we’re exploring nostalgia marketing as a strategic and psychological tool, understanding how emotional memory shapes perception, trust, and decision-making in professional environments. We’re uncovering how nostalgia is being used by global brands to create deep emotional resonance, and how you, Goddess, can translate these same principles into your personal brand to stren...

In this podcast episode, we’re exploring how community marketing is redefining modern brand building, examining how fitness brands such as ESN, More Nutrition, OACE, Teveo, Gymshark, and AYBL are transforming transactional audiences into deeply engaged communities. We’re analyzing how social media and in-person events are being leveraged not merely as marketing tools, but as cultural infrastructur...