Weird Tech

Technology EN ↓ 97 episodes

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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Weird Tech

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The Cowgorithm 08.07.2026 11:03

Want to hear something weird about cow surveillance? 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Numberless Phones 30.06.2026 15:24

Want to hear something weird about numberless phones? 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian Scientists Used Technology To Solve One of Stonehenge's Biggest Mysteries 24.06.2026 9:43

Want to hear something weird about stonehenge? Here's the paper here , if you want to have a read. 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/l...

Why The Macbook Neo Is Weird (In A Bad Way) 17.06.2026 14:51

Want to hear something weird about Tegan's adventures with tech's hottest new laptop? 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

Vacuum Shoes: Because What If Your Feet Were Also a Roomba 12.06.2026 13:43

Want to hear something weird Rae found on Pee-Wee Herman's blog? 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why 700k E.T. Videogames Were Buried In The Desert 02.06.2026 16:14

Want to hear something weird about over 700,000 game cartridges buried in the desert? 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

Robot Swarms Are Fighting Fires 27.05.2026 16:22

Want to hear something weird about robots that talk to each other? 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inside The Clear Gaming Consoles Used In Prisons 20.05.2026 16:53

Want to hear something weird about a gaming console that was only sold in prisons? 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Scientists Accidentally Explained Ghosts While Studying Office Air Conditioning 12.05.2026 11:44

Want to hear something weird about a scientific explanation for haunted buildings, which turns out to be significantly more depressing than ghosts? 👀 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: You...

How To Store Data For 10,000+ Years 05.05.2026 17:28

Want to hear something weird about the future of data storage? 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Garfield Phones Mystery, Solved 22.04.2026 11:10

Want to hear something weird about Garfield-shaped phones that kept washing up on a beach in France for decades? 👀 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   See om...

The Demon Box 07.04.2026 13:03

Want to hear something weird about about electromagnetic fields in all your appliances that can make music through something called...the demon box? 👀 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: Yo...

A Bracelet That Zaps Your Bad Habits 31.03.2026 16:42

Want to hear something weird about a wearable device you strap to your wrist so it can electrocute you? 👀 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   See omnystudio....

Spotify Urn 26.03.2026 15:25

Want to hear something weird about playing music from the afterlife? 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

The Doomsday Seed Vault 18.03.2026 22:03

Want to hear something weird about an under-ice lair that could save humanity? 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Superhuman Vision 10.03.2026 13:30

Want to hear something weird about a new computer-vision system can spot motion faster than humans can even notice 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 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW US: YouTube Instagram TikTok  ...

Cereal Phreakers 06.03.2026 10:36

Want to hear something weird about... breakfast cereal and hacking phones? 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

Wheelchair Tech...Literally Powered By Blinking 24.02.2026 8:02

Want to hear something weird about...blinking generating electricity than can power wheelchairs? 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/lis...

This App Lets You Anonymously Tell People They Might Have an STI 18.02.2026 9:06

Want to hear something weird about...using tech to tell someone you have a sexually transmitted infection? LoveHurts is here 👀 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 &...

Augmented Reality For Skiing Feels Like A Videogame With Consequences 13.02.2026 10:07

Want to hear something weird about a heads-up display on your ski goggles? 👀 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   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

Are You Dead? 05.02.2026 10:34

Want to hear something weird about an app that checks if you're alive? 👀 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/listener for privacy infor...

Someone Gave a Handbag a Touchscreen and Honestly… It Kinda Works 29.01.2026 15:53

Want to hear something weird about these handbags ? 👀 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/listener for privacy information.

Smart, Shiny LEGO ✨ 23.01.2026 12:22

Want to hear something weird about LEGO? 👀 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/listener for privacy information.

Tech To Get You Fit 06.01.2026 22:26

Want to hear something weird about Rae's favourite tech from 2025? 👀 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/listener for privacy informati...

Our Best Tech Of 2025 30.12.2025 18:57

Want to hear something weird about the best tech we used in 2025? 👀 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/listener for privacy informatio...