# Download This Show

A podcast by ABC Australia. Download This Show is your weekly guide to the world of media, culture, and technology. From social media to gadgets, streaming services to privacy issues. Each week Rae Johnston and guests take a fun, deep dive into how technology is reshaping our lives.

Feed: https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/12801214/podcast.xml

## Latest episodes

- [How technology is changing democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/0027a9244137) (2026-10-30, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/pu/Z/uh.mp3
- [Is this the end of software?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/2ae6f695d3d5) (2026-10-23, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/pn/Z/nd.mp3
- [The surveillance technology watching Australians](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/f1e2d3367dc1) (2026-10-16, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/pg/Z/gb.mp3
- [Could your AI agent end humanity?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/7c64fac44917) (2026-10-09, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/p9/Z/cc.mp3
- [Can technology save us from climate change?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/e7fd640aee47) (2026-10-02, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/p2/Z/mk.mp3
- [The Renter Algorithm: 2Apply responds to privacy concerns](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/30aa14226f3e) (2026-10-01, 15 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/pd/Z/jq.mp3
- [Can books survive the age of algorithms?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/8d110fd8f8fd) (2026-09-25, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/oq/Z/ee.mp3
- [How much do our devices know about us?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/20005514e767) (2026-09-18, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/ok/Z/7a.mp3
- [Roblox under pressure from Australia's eSafety Commissioner over child safety](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/2d4964bb90bf) (2026-09-11, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/od/Z/gp.mp3
- [What Australia's Privacy Act reforms mean for the tech you use](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/e23a682faeb6) (2026-09-04, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/o6/Z/f5.mp3
- [How Ukraine's military drones are changing warfare forever](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/0e433b41b2f0) (2026-08-28, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/nv/Z/4d.mp3
- [How WA police are using facial recognition technology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/b11ad64b713f) (2026-08-21, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/nn/Z/ph.mp3
- [The Renter Algorithm: Dark patterns and the illusion of choice](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/20ff878b354c) (2026-08-14, 29 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/ng/Z/en.mp3
- [The Renter Algorithm: The invisible system judging tenants](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/7d36353b742a) (2026-08-07, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/n7/Z/rb.mp3
- [Have AI models truly "gone rogue"?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/2db474aa4c23) (2026-07-31, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/n1/Z/ma.mp3
- [What is Q-Day and how scared should we all be?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/6bfba0fdcf60) (2026-07-24, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/mq/Z/8m.mp3
- [(Nearly) everything that happened in AI this week](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/63765356f403) (2026-07-17, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/mj/Z/13.mp3
- [The UN calls for a ban on 'killer robots'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/50699485d7a5) (2026-07-10, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/mc/Z/74.mp3
- [Will fining social media companies make them uphold the ban?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/a7c28779d8a5) (2026-07-03, 29 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/m5/Z/21.mp3
- [How do you stop being addicted to your phone?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/c46ff34bdbaf) (2026-06-26, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/lt/Z/vp.mp3
- [Is it wrong to have robots take care of our parents?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/392d618fcf40) (2026-06-19, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/lm/Z/pc.mp3
- [Leaked document reveals Microsoft wants you "addicted" to their product](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/fcb3fd236341) (2026-06-12, 28 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/lh/Z/l5.mp3
- [Would you pay to use Instagram?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/04ac26370ffd) (2026-06-05, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/l8/Z/99.mp3
- [Can the Pope influence the future of AI?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/86f37aaaf8c2) (2026-05-29, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/l1/Z/81.mp3
- [Is your podcast host... human?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/cb418d3427d4) (2026-05-22, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/kq/Z/l4.mp3
- [Are we nostalgic for a 90s that didn't exist?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/3f542e5d1639) (2026-05-15, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/ki/Z/k6.mp3
- [Can we force data centres to clean up their act?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/d0b42dd49596) (2026-05-08, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/kb/Z/bv.mp3
- [Why Elon Musk is taking OpenAI to court](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/1922cc6cc5ae) (2026-05-01, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/k4/Z/17.mp3
- [Will you send an AI twin to work for you?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/e701794cec1e) (2026-04-24, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/js/Z/tc.mp3
- [The AI model “too dangerous” for the public](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/f7c2193a49b8) (2026-04-17, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/jm/Z/3v.mp3
- [Artemis II isn't the only cool thing happening in space tech at the moment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/9325ff609cd9) (2026-04-10, 29 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/je/Z/ii.mp3
- [Does Australia have the energy and water to power the AI data centre boom?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/aa0262dd7e55) (2026-04-03, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/j7/Z/62.mp3
- [On the down-low: Do tech companies have a duty of care when it comes to kids?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/085b9e9452af) (2026-03-31, 15 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/ir/Z/0h.mp3
- [Is Australia's social media ban *actually* working?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/163a6923269a) (2026-03-27, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/j1/Z/2q.mp3
- [Who owns art created inside video games?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/4c77cfd4a65b) (2026-03-20, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/iq/Z/o8.mp3
- [Your free VPN might be spying on you](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/a5c36190cca9) (2026-03-13, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/ij/Z/gg.mp3
- [Trump takes on Anthropic AI and Meta's AI glasses changing privacy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/a3b95b48e0d0) (2026-03-06, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/in/Z/pa.mp3
- [Does Elon Musk's X make you more right wing?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/ee72f45eb10b) (2026-02-27, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/i3/Z/vo.mp3
- [Did AI secretly make your favourite video game?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/cc8a3684ea36) (2026-02-20, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/hs/Z/mu.mp3
- [How tech is changing how we watch the Winter Olympics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/1feafa99e7d0) (2026-02-13, 28 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/hk/Z/d2.mp3
- [Are there more bots than people on the internet?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/9d96c1821a38) (2026-02-06, 29 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/hd/Z/28.mp3
- [What is Upscrolled, Australia’s newest viral social media platform?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/1648634ad92c) (2026-01-30, 29 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/h6/Z/4r.mp3
- [Spotify was copied by a piracy archive. Why does that matter?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/d048be1f7e44) (2026-01-23, 29 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/gv/Z/bm.mp3
- [Opt Out 05 | Can you ever really opt out of online life?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/47c55792c33c) (2025-12-19, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/g2/Z/mk.mp3
- [Opt Out 04 | What did I just agree to?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/ef3af08fe1f2) (2025-12-19, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/g2/Z/ml.mp3
- [Opt Out 03 | How not to get hacked](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/00aedc59dfbe) (2025-12-19, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/g2/Z/mn.mp3
- [Opt Out 02 | Can you delete yourself from the internet?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/4f3a06f9bcee) (2025-12-19, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/g2/Z/mp.mp3
- [Opt Out 01 | The guide to taking back control of your online life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/674b45592fac) (2025-12-19, 29 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/g2/Z/mq.mp3
- [What were the biggest stories in tech for 2025?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/46e7d1e70b01) (2025-12-12, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/g6/Z/di.mp3
- [Is the AI boom going to spell the end of democracy in Australia?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499804600/0fde235223da) (2025-12-05, 30 min): audio https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/fl/Z/ml.mp3

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