Weird Tech

Weird Tech

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).

Episodes

June 24, 2026 9 mins

Want to hear something weird about stonehenge?

Here's the paper here, if you want to have a read.

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🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones

💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler

🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music

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Want to hear something weird about Tegan's adventures with tech's hottest new laptop?

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Want to hear something weird Rae found on Pee-Wee Herman's blog?

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Want to hear something weird about over 700,000 game cartridges buried in the desert?

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🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones

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May 26, 2026 16 mins

Want to hear something weird about robots that talk to each other?

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🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones

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Want to hear something weird about a gaming console that was only sold in prisons?

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🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones

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

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🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones

💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler

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Want to hear something weird about the future of data storage?

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April 22, 2026 11 mins

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

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🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones

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April 7, 2026 13 mins

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

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March 31, 2026 16 mins

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

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March 26, 2026 15 mins

Want to hear something weird about playing music from the afterlife?

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🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones

💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler

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March 18, 2026 22 mins

Want to hear something weird about an under-ice lair that could save humanity?

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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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March 10, 2026 13 mins

Want to hear something weird about a new computer-vision system can spot motion faster than humans can even notice it?

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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

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March 5, 2026 10 mins

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

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Want to hear something weird about...blinking generating electricity than can power wheelchairs?

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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

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Want to hear something weird about...using tech to tell someone you have a sexually transmitted infection?

LoveHurts is here

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🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones

💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler

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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

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February 5, 2026 10 mins

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

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Want to hear something weird about these handbags?

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🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones

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