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
Want to hear something weird about...using tech to tellsomeone you have a sexually transmitted infection?
👀 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 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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Want to hear something weird (in a good way) about...eSIMs?
👀 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 a dingo, a single-pixel camera, and something called ghost imaging?
👀 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...in bad way?
👀 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 gadget names?
👀 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 a sandwich made from solar panels?
👀 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 a keyboard that works like a rotary phone?
👀 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 tree-counting lasers?
👀 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 regrowing teeth?
👀 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 ectoplasm?
In our final Spooktober special from the archives, 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 process.
👀 WHO ARE WE?
Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media pr...
Wanna hear something weird about what looks like a river of blood seeping from a glacier in Antarctica?
The spooktober specials from the archives 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 member of the iHeart Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
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Wanna hear about a weird way people communicate with the dead?
The spooktober specials from the archives 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 Network.
🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones
💻 Edited...
Wanna hear something weird about forbidden music in the Soviet Union?
Spooktober continues with this classic from the archives: 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 Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm ...
Do you wanna hear something weird about ghost hunting TV shows?
In this Spooktober special from the archives, 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 Tegan Jones
💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler
🎵 Music: More Tha...
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