Podcasts by Byte Into IT

Limiting The Impact of Data Breaches; Is TikTok The Threat Governments Think It Is? from 2023-03-22T19:00

Hosts Lily Ryan and Dan Salmon hear from Faculty Lead of UNSW Business School and UNSW Institute of Cyber Security, Dr Rob Nicholls, on preventing and limiting the impact of data breaches.
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Helping Communities Make Podcasts; DragonBear Studios Releases Innchanted from 2023-03-15T19:00

Hosts Jo Eaton, Dan Morganti and Dan Salmon are joined by audio engineer, podcaster producer and author of The Podcaster's Audio Handbook Cory Marie Green to talk...

IWD Special; Data Informed Design Conference from 2023-03-08T19:00

Our hosts Vanessa Toholka, Ro Murray and Lily Ryan are joined by Bonnie Shaw and Dr Alison Kealy to discuss data driven decision making and the built environment. Bonnie is the co-founder of Pla...

The LGBTQIA+ Twitch Streamer Experience; Developments in AI from 2023-03-01T19:00

This week, our hosts Vanessa Toholka, Paul Callaghan and Rachel Connor dive into the latest in AI developments; LGBTQIA+ twitch streamer Luna aka Luminumn is on the show to speak about her exper...

Privacy Act Review Report; The Emergence of The Digital Nomad from 2023-02-22T19:00

Presenters Warren Davies and Jo Eaton are joined by James Clark, executive director of Digital Rights Watch, to discuss the federal Attorney General's Privacy Act Review Report and what could co...

First Nations Tech Opportunities, Shared Logins Locked Down from 2023-02-15T19:00

Hosts Vanessa Toholka and Dan Morganti discuss the recent changes to the Attorney General's definition of piracy and its effects on streaming service account sharing; Malcom Kinns, CEO of educat...

Interactive Games Fund Revival and Data Protection Day 2023 from 2023-02-08T19:00

Hosts Rowena Murray and Warren Davies hear from senior specialist advisor in privacy and data protection, and Electronic Frontiers Australia board member, John Pane on Electronic Data Protection...

Indie Media Bootcamp Recap from 2023-02-01T19:00

On their first show back for 2023, hosts Lily Ryan, Rowena Murray and Vanessa Toholka are joined by Fishburners CEO Martin Karafilis, and founder of The Defrag and Lawson Media, Kristofor Lawson...

2022: The Year in Tech from 2022-11-30T19:00

Our hosts Vanessa Toholka, Lily Ryan and Rowena Murray break down the year that was with 2022's biggest winners and losers in the tech space, plus the latest local and global tech news.
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Videogames and Real World Violence; Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical from 2022-11-23T19:00

Hosts Dan Salmon and Warren Davies speak with Liam Esler from Summerfall Studios about their new interactive musical experience game, Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical; Laura Crawford, Swinbur...

Meena Thamarajah's Huey Books Bookbot, and The Field Job Hiring Service from 2022-11-16T19:00

Meena Thamarajah, CEO and founder Huey Books, an ed-tech start-up using machine learning to create a bookbot to make it fun for kids to find books they love; and our hosts are joined by Ben Pett...

Comparing Mastodon to Twitter from 2022-11-09T19:00

Hosts Ro Murray, Lily Ryan and Warren Davies are joined by Shlee, maintainer of aus.social Mastodon instance, and Aurynn Shaw, ma...

Get to know about Gubbins, Frog Detective 3 Review from 2022-11-02T19:00

Our hosts Dan Morganti, Lily Ryan and Adam Christou interview Darcy Smith from Studio Folly, creator of Gubbins - a friendly puzzle game described as Solitaire meets Scrabble with a psychedelic ...

Catering to Dietary Requirements with Foodini; The Budget Rundown from 2022-10-26T19:00

Our hosts Vanessa Toholka and Dan Salmon speak with app developer Dylan McDonnell about Foodini, the app that connects the 1 in 3 people with food intolerances and allergies with the restaurants...

Ethical Use Of Facial Recognition Tech, and Dishbrain Plays Pong from 2022-10-19T19:00

Hosts Paul Callaghan, Laura Summers and Jo Eaton speak to Professor Nicholas Davies from The Human Technology Institute at UTS, on building Australia's capability in ethical and responsible use ...

How to Combat Data Breaches from 2022-10-12T19:00

Hosts Dan Salmon and Rowena Murray are joined by Professor Carsten Rudolph, Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, to discuss wh...

Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW) Special from 2022-10-05T19:00

Presenters Vanessa Toholka and Dan Morganti bring us a Melbourne International Games Week special episode. Our hosts chat with Dan Golding, PhD, about the 2022 edition of local game-maker showca...

AI Perceptions of Gender and Australia's first Union for Games Workers from 2022-09-28T20:00

Melbourne contemporary artist J. Rosenbaum talks about their show, 'AI Perceptions of Gender', on at Melbourne Fringe Festival; plus an interview with Tim Colwill from Game Workers Australia, Au...

Cybersecurity on Private Message Apps and Startup Communities from 2022-09-21T20:00

Cybersecurity expert Dr Arash Shaghaghi from UNSW explores how messaging apps that don't offer end-to-end encryption means that private conversations might be accessed without your consent, and ...

Sex Ed and Wellness Tech and Digital Rights Roundup from 2022-09-14T19:00

Hosts Lily Ryan, Vanessa Toholka and Dan Salmon speak with Lucy Wark, founder CEO of sex tech startup NORMAL, a sexual wellness and sex education company on a mission to change the conversation ...

Workplace Surveillance and New Levels of Machine Intelligence from 2022-08-24T20:00

Hosts Lily Ryan, Warren Davies and Dan Salmon talk to Professor Peter Holland from the Business School at Swinburne University about post-pandemic workplace monitoring and what companies may hav...

Support for Entrepreneurs with Gary Williams and Unpacking the Metaverse from 2022-08-17T20:00

Hosts Rowena Murray and Vanessa Taholka talk to Garry Williams, founder of Tractor Ventures, about community building and support for entrepreneurs. Vanessa and Ro also unpack a recent publicati...

Elon Musk's Twitter Lawsuit and the Dangers of Human and Robot Integration from 2022-08-10T20:00

Hosts Lily Ryan, Dan Salmon and Warren Davies talk to Dr. Diana Bossio, Associate Professor of Media and Communication at Swinburne University, about Elon Musk's Twitter lawsuit; and Maria O'Sul...

Gaming Special: ACMI Acquisition of Untitled Goose Game and 'Risk of Rain 2' Review from 2022-08-03T20:00

Hosts Maize Wallin and Dan Morganti present their monthly gaming episode of Byte Into It, reviewing the game 'Risk of Rain 2' made by Hopoo Games. And Seb Chan, Chief Experience Officer from ACM...

Protection from Banking Scams and Unpacking Data Journalism from 2022-07-27T20:00

Hosts Rowena Murray, Paul Callaghan, Vanessa Taholka talk to Gerard Brody, CEO of the Consumer Action Law Centre about what banks could be doing to stop scams and protect their customers. Plus, ...

Melbourne Accelerator Program, Humanoids in Aged Care and Tragic Shitposting from 2022-07-20T20:00

Hosts Jo Eaton, Lily Ryan, and Rowena Murray talk to Grace Brown, co-founder of Andromeda, about The Melbourne Accelerator Program and how humanoid robots can improve lives in aged care; and tra...

Mobile Muster and Pros and Cons of 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Platforms from 2022-07-13T20:00

Hosts Lily Ryan, Paul Callaghan, and Warren Davies talk to Choice Journalist Jarni Blakkarly about 'Buy Now, Pay Later' platforms, their pros and cons, and what Australian consumers can expect f...

Gaming Special: Voice Control in Games and 'cohost' - the Algorithm-free Social Media Platform from 2022-07-06T20:00

Hosts Dan Morganti and Maize Wallin bring you their monthly gaming special, including interviews with Dr. Fraser Allison from the University of Melbourne, who explains the design and UX of voice...

The Implications of Roe v. Wade on Australians from 2022-06-29T19:00

Hosts Vanessa Toholka, Rowena Murray, and Maize Wallin explore the serious implications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court overturning of abortion rights for women, what that could mean for Austra...

Sentience in AI and Centrelink's new PBAS system from 2022-06-22T19:00

Ethicist and philosopher Dr Simon Coghlan from Melbourne University to discuss sentience in artificial intelligence; and Tess O'Brien and Daniel Levi from The Australian Unemployed Workers Union...

Dark patterns: Website Design Tricks with Chandni Gupta from 2022-06-15T20:00

Hosts Jo Eaton and Vanessa Taholka talk to Chandni Gupta, Policy and Program Director at the Consumer Policy Research Centre, about a recently released report outlining the ways in which Austral...

Online Presence When We Die and She's a Crowd from 2022-06-08T19:00

Hosts Paul Callaghan and Dan Salmon speak with Zoë Condliffe, data activist, gender advocate researcher and founder of She's A Crowd -  a feminist tech startup that aims to close the gender data...

Monthly Games Special and a chat with Siddhartha Barnhoorn from 2022-06-01T19:00

Despite achieving critical acclaim, The Last of Us Part II attracted heated debate and was "review bombed" when it was released in 2020. Presenter Dan Morganti gives the third-person action game...

The Cognitive Science of Misinformation and Digital Rights and the new Federal Government from 2022-05-25T19:00

Hosts Vanessa Toholka, Lily Ryan and David Nichols speak with Associate Professor Andrew Perfors from the University of Melbourne about how we can identify and navigate misinformation; and James...

Dealing with Online Rejection and A Rundown on NFTs from 2022-05-18T19:00

 Presenters Warren Davies and Dan Salmon speak with Kath Albury, Media Professor from Swinburne University, about crushedbutokay.org.au, an initiative...

"Facebook Doesn't Know What it Does With Your Data", Plus a Chat with Vidya Rajan from 2022-05-11T19:00

Presenters Vanessa Toholka, Jo Eaton and Lily Ryan discuss the leaked internal report from Facebook engineers admitting their lack of control over how user-generated data is used; and Vidya Raja...

Gaming Reviews Special and Cecile Richard's New Game from 2022-05-04T19:00

Maize and Dan return with their monthly games special. We hear about a couple of free, browser based games they've uncovered, Narrow One, and Titanic II - Orchestra for Dying at Sea, and we catc...

Creating pathways into tech for Indigenous youth and the rise of AI influencers on social media from 2022-04-27T20:00

Hosts Rowena Murray, Warren Davies and Paul Callaghan talk to Matt Ngamurarri Heffernan from Indigital about new pathways for young Indigenous people around the country to get into technology; S...

Melbourne in Minecraft and Comedians Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh from 2022-04-20T19:00

Presenters Dan Salmon and Vanessa Taholka interview guests Cherida Longley and Murphy Whitmore from Rail Projects Victoria, about a project in which 600,000 square metres of Melbourne’s city cen...

Climate-tech and Food Waste Management Tech from 2022-04-13T19:00

Hosts Warren Davies, Laura Summers, and Rowena Murray discuss all things climate tech on this episode with guest Jas Moore, RRR presenter and graduate of UTAS Sustainability course, focusing on ...

Gaming Special: Invisible illnesses in 'But You Seem Fine' and HYPER//ECHO at ACMI from 2022-04-06T19:00

Hosts Maize Wallin and Dan Morganti present the monthly gaming episode of Byte Into It. Maize reviews the game 'But You Seem Fine' by KJAM. The game is a visual novel based on one of the develop...

Unpacking the Federal Budget and Comedians Eden and Josh Porter from 2022-03-30T19:00

Hosts Vanessa Taholka, Rowena Murray and Paul Callaghan chat to brothers Eden and Josh Porter about their Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, 'Escape to the Megaverse'; Vanessa and Row...

Surveillance at Work and Designing Queer Spaces Online from 2022-03-23T20:00

Presenters Dan Morganti, Warren Davies and Rowena Murray are joined by Professor Peter Holland, who talks about surveillance at work, particularly E-monitoring and surveillance; guests Samantha ...

Data Ethics, The Ethics of Invention and Risk Assessment in Machine Learning from 2022-03-16T20:00

Dan Salmon, Laura Summers and Vanessa Taholka interview Viveka Weiley from CSIRO about data ethics and the ethics of invention; host Laura Summers puts her guest hat on to talk about an open sou...

Tech in the Russia-Ukraine War, Future of AI and Digital Rights Watch from 2022-03-09T20:00

Presenters Jo Eaton, Warren Davies and Lily Ryan explore how technology is playing a role in the Russia-Ukraine war and how the big tech platforms can play a more active role in policing misinfo...

Gaming Special: Brave Mouse Cartographer and Anne Charleston on voicing characters from 2022-03-03T20:00

Our monthly show dedicated to all things gaming with hosts Maize Wallin and Rowena Murray. A look at world-building game 'Brave Mouse Cartographer' and Australian actress Anne Charleston talks a...

Electric Vehicles in Australia and the Online Safety of Sex Workers from 2022-02-23T19:00

Dr. Saad Mekhilef, Professor at Swinburne University, talks about the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia. Eliza Sorensen, founder of Switter, a sex worker friendly social networking site, ...

Digital Strategist Olivia Yallop on Breaking the Internet and Artist Ellis Moseley from 2022-02-16T20:00

Hosts Dan Salmon, Laura Summers and Warren Davies talk to Digital Strategist, tech expert, and author Olivia Yallop about her new book 'Break the Internet: In Pursuit of Influence'; and artist E...

A Review of GOTY - Hades, and an Interview with Frank Gafa. from 2022-02-09T19:00

On this games special, Couch Co-Op episode with presenters Dan Morganti and Maize Wallin, we get an overview of single-player, story-driven adventure game Wayward Strand, a review of GOTY award...

The Open Practice Library; E-Scooters for Hire Arrive in Melbourne from 2022-02-02T19:00

Hosts Vanessa Toholka, Lily Ryan and Jo Eaton discuss the arrival of Melbourne's latest alternative transport option, e-scooters; and they interview Donna Benjamin from the Open Practice Library...

New Dating App BOOP and State Library Scholarships from 2021-11-10T20:00

Presenters Lily Ryan, Jo Eaton & Warren Davies speak to Rowan Castan, the founder of new dating app BOOP; the team discuss the latest NFT news; and they speak with StartSpace Community Lead,...

Gaming Special: Gems on itch.io, Michaela Ledwidge and a VR documentary from 2021-11-03T20:00

Our monthly games special with hosts Dan Morganti and Maize Wallin talking about itch.io and their favourite games on the site, followed by an interview with Michae...

Fighting Hayfever with Technology from 2021-10-27T20:00

Presenters Laura Summers, Vanessa Toholka and Dan Salmon delve into the work of the University of Melbourne’s Victorian Pollen Forecast with Dr. Edwin R. Lampugnani. Plus the latest news from th...

Extended Reality Filmmaking, and Podcasting 101 from 2021-10-20T20:00

Presenters Rowena Murray, Paul Callaghan and Warren Davies explore some of the new content generating technology keeping us creating during lockdown, featuring chats with Melbourne filmmaker and...

Focus on China: Cryptocurrency and WeChat from 2021-10-13T20:00

Presenters Vanessa Toholka, Jo Eaton & Lily Ryan explore the complex relationship between the Chinese state and technology, featuring interviews with Dr Dimitrios Salampasis, Cryptocurrenci...

Gaming Special: Melbourne International Games Week from 2021-10-06T20:00

Our monthly games special with hosts Dan Morganti, Maize Wallin and Lily Ryan discussing Melbourne International Games Week, and featuring an interview with Riley Neville and Noah Seymour, the c...

Games for Change&the Australian Ad Observatory Project from 2021-09-29T20:00

Dr Stefan Schutt chats about upcoming Games For Change Asia-Pacific virtual festival; and Monash University’s Mark Andrejevic explains what the Australian Ad Observatory Project is and why makin...

The Dark Art of Facebook Marketing from 2021-09-22T20:00

The Dark Art of Facebook Marketing

Monash University Communication & Media Studies Lecturer Dr Robbie Fordyce talks about his recent research into the impact of Facebook marketing on o...

Vaccine Certificate Tech and SYSTEM_ERROR from 2021-09-15T20:00

Artists Tamara Saulwick and Alisdair Macindoe talk about their cutting-edge multimedia performance work SYSTEM_ERROR; and cybersecurity expert Ajay Unni discusses security concerns over the deli...

Gaming Special: Queer Games Festival&Hunt: Showdown review from 2021-09-08T20:00

Presenters Dan Morganti and Maize Wallin host the Byte Into It monthly gaming special, featuring an interview with Melbourne Queer Games Festival lead organiser Luke Miller and a review of PvPvE...

Designing for Digital Safety&Tik-Tok’s Data Harvest from 2021-08-25T20:00

Author of ‘Design for Safety’ Eva PenzeyMoog talks designing digital products with the most vulnerable users in mind; and Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law at the Melbourne Law School, ad...

Calibrating the Eye of our Digital Beholders from 2021-08-18T20:00

The team explore the many flaws present in machine learning and AI with Monash University Department of Neuroscience’s Dr Jarrel Seah and Ines Montani from Explosion AI & Prodigy. Featuring...

Cybercrime in China&the Possibilities of Self-tracking Devices from 2021-08-11T20:00

Author Suneel Jethani discusses his recent publication ‘The Politics and Possibilities of Self-Tracking Technology’; and Senior Criminology Lecturer at Monash University, Dr. Lennon Chang, prov...

Gaming Special: Sunless Skies, Frog Detective, and Grace Bruxner from 2021-08-04T20:00

Presenters Dan Morganti and Maize Wallin present BIIT’s monthly gaming special, featuring reviews, interviews, and news for the gaming community. The team take control of some steampunk flying t...

Gastrointestinal Gaming&the Citizen Scientists Keeping the Net Neutral from 2021-07-28T20:00

The team talk ingestible tech and gaming with artist Zhuying Li ahead of her exhibit at RMIT’s Future U; and a chat with Professor Mark Andrejevic, from Mon...

On Becoming a Teenage IT Prodigy in Northcote and AirSticks from 2021-07-21T20:00

Otto CEO Milan Rajkovic talks about starting an IT support business in Secondary school; and instrument designer and researcher Dr Alon Ilsar talks about AirSticks. Plus the latest in tech news,...

Older Australians Online and The Way We Pay from 2021-07-14T20:00

Swinburne lecturer in Media and Communications Dr Diana Bossio talks about new research into why 50% of older Australians want to do more on the internet, but are reluctant to take selfies and s...

Exploring Generative Landscapes and Mealmates from 2021-07-07T20:00

Indie game creator Ian MacLarty talks about capturing the wonder of exploration in his upcoming Mars First Logistics; and the team review the surreal party game Mealmates and discuss everything ...

Julian Burnside QC on Julian Assange, and the Future of E-Waste from 2021-06-30T20:00

University of Swinburne Professor in Extractive Metallurgy and Metals Recycling, Akbar Rhamdhani, talks e-waste recycling; and QC Julian Burnside talks about his client Julian Assange. Also feat...

Emerging Technologies&their Impact on Human Rights from 2021-06-23T20:00

Australian Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow speaks about the just-released 2021 Digital Rights Report, exploring the fairness of emerging technologies and how that could impact human righ...

Computer Love: an Interview with Rob Brooks from 2021-06-16T20:00

What happens to our libido after our brains, evolved over eons, collide with modern technology? Deep dive into the world of artificial intimacy with author and Scientia Professor of Evolution at...

The Cutting Edge of Pediatric Surgery&that Milkshake video from 2021-06-09T20:00

Technology needed to perform surgery on teeny, tiny babies is explored with Wei Xin Sue and Mubin Yousuf from Navi Medical Technologies; and a discussion with Usabilityhub.com Director of Produ...

Gaming Special: Unreal Engines, Ekphrastic Poetry&Gemma Madaheo from 2021-06-02T20:00

Presenters Dan Morganti, Rowena Murray & Maize Wallin present our monthly gaming special; featuring the latest in gaming news, a review of roguelike RPG The Binding of Isaac, and an intervie...

Using AI to predict the future of transport and ease congestion from 2021-05-26T20:00

Ricardo Garcia Rosas, the CEO of Virtetic VR Prosthetic Rehab, talks about how virtual reality can be used in the rehabilitation process for patients who have lost limbs in traumatic accidents. ...

Protecting Children’s Online Data From Big Tech from 2021-05-19T20:00

The team catch up with Rys Farthing, Children’s Data Policy director at Reset Australia, to talk about whether proposed privacy laws should be extended to all children under 18, which would proh...

Tech Addiction&the Ethical Dilemmas of AI from 2021-05-12T20:00

The team catch up with Dr Kim Lee, a psychiatrist specialising in technology and gaming addiction in children and adolescents, to talk about the impact of smartphone addiction on well-being, cha...

Using AR to Investigate Spine-tingling Crimes from 1899 from 2021-05-05T20:00

The team catches up with Emma & Andy from True Crime Games to talk about their new augmented reality game, Eastern Market Murder. Delve into a world of fortune-tellers and phrenologists in t...

Unpacking Surveillance and Intrusive Tech from 2021-04-28T20:00

The team catch up with data scientist, entrepreneur, and director of Women Who Code, Akanksha Malik to talk about her career path, and her new podcast 'Paths Uncovered'; and Dr. Xin Gu, Lecturer...

The Science Behind Data from 2021-04-21T20:00

Dr Linda Mclver joins the team to discuss the skepticism people have towards data, how it is used, and what we can learn from it. Dr Lina Mclver is the Executive Director at the Australian Data ...

How Do Emojis and Dating Work? from 2021-04-14T20:00

Professor Kath Albury, Co-leader of Swinburne University's Digital Inclusion Program, discusses navigating dating communications and the latest research into particular trends within dating, inc...

Machines Making Art from 2021-04-07T19:00

Hosts Dan Morganti, Maize Wallan and Warren Davies present gaming news, reviews and interviews featuring games producer Mitchell McCausland from Blowfish studios; and Doctor Ollie Brown from the...

The Real Cost of Cryptocurrencies and Transgender Visibility Day from 2021-03-31T19:00

Swinburne University Dean of Digital Research, Yang Xiang, explains the environmental implications of blockchain, NFTs and crypto; then, We celebrate Transgender Visibilty Day 2021 by talking wi...

Safety Vs Censorship from 2021-03-24T19:00

Gala Vanting, National Programs Manager of the Scarlet Alliance and escort/ProDom performer Sia Jaden Lilleth join the byte team to chat about how changes to the Online Safety Act may impact sex...

How Much Can Machines Really Learn? from 2021-03-17T19:00

Dr Lea Frermann from the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne talks about bias in tech language; and PhD researcher Emma Ahmed-Rengers from the University o...

Digital Inclusion for Older Australians from 2021-03-10T19:00

Anthony McCosker, Deputy Director of Swinburne’s Social Innovation Research Institute, discusses a new Department of Social Services report on digital inclusion for older Australians; and hosts ...

New Surveillance Powers Legislation from 2021-03-03T19:00

New powers in surveillance legislation are discussed by Kieren Pender, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre; and presenter Maize Wallan reviews a selection of independent Australian game...

Phone Addiction and Tracking Wage Theft from 2021-02-24T19:00

Professor John Howe, Director of the University of Melbourne School of Government, explains how we can use data science to track wage theft. Eric Bigalk, CEO of Smart Solutions discusses MoodOff...

Digital Rights Watch Annual Report and Linux Conference Swag Badge from 2021-02-17T19:00

Privacy and Technology Specialist, Samantha Foriani, and Electronic Frontiers Australia Board Member, Justin Warren, present the findings of the Digital Rights Watch annual report; FastMail chie...

Julian Burnside on Wikileaks; Venessa Paech on Online Abuse of Women Journalists from 2021-02-10T19:00

Julian Burnside, QC, human rights advocate and contributing author to the new book ‘A Secret Australia’, reflects on the impacts of Wikileaks; Venessa Paech, community expert and University of S...

Biggest Tech Stories of 2020 from 2020-12-16T19:00

From Zoom bombing to election fraud; Hosts Vanessa Toholka, Paul Kellahan, Dan Morganti & Warren Davies look back over 2020’s greatest tech news in chronological order, and review gift ideas...

Can freedom of speech laws be applied to coding? from 2020-12-09T19:00

Special guest Rob Kovacev of Norton Rose Fullbright questions whether freedom of speech can be applied to the language of computer programming. And Karen Bentley, CEO of WESNET, shares findings ...

Drone Piloting&NBN from 2020-12-02T21:00

We speak to The Sizzle reporter Anthony Agius and learn about the big trends in renewable energy and where Australia is at with the NBN rollout. Then, Joseph McMahon, Program Director at Suas Ro...

Collaborating with AI&Big Sur Privacy Issues from 2020-11-25T21:00

We explore how AI and ideas come together with Dave King, founder and CEO of machine intelligence company Move 37; and we speak to Lucie Krahulcova from Digital Rights Watch about the kerfuffle ...

Spams, Scams, and The Lab Network from 2020-11-18T20:00

Nicola Nye, Chief of Staff at FastMail, explores the rise of spam and scams in the time of COVID; and Stefan Schutt and Alan Morgan from The Lab Network, talk about the technology clubs they run...

Brain-Machine Interaction and The End of the World from 2020-11-11T20:00

Tali Faulkner, director of Origame Digital, talks about Umurangi Generation, a photography-based game where users create beautiful portraits of the end of the world; and Tan Le, former Young Aus...

Online Learning&The Tertiary Sector from 2020-11-04T20:00

Dr Matthew Butler, Deputy Dean of Education at Monash University, explores tertiary education as it intersects with technology in the unusual year that has been 2020; and Monash lecturer Dr Emil...

Australian Cyber Week&the National Missing Persons Hackathon from 2020-10-28T20:00

AustCyber CEO Michelle Price talks about what’s been going on during National Cyber Week; and we speak to National Node Manager and founder of the Australian Cyber Week’s National Missing Person...

Get Online Week&Exit Interviews from 2020-10-21T20:00

Good Things Foundation's Jess Wilson tells us about Get Online Week, a campaign to support the 2.5 million Australians who are not online; and we speak to Noon van der Silk and Gala Camacho, to ...

Digital Rights Update&Moving Australian Schools Online from 2020-10-14T19:00

Digital Rights Watch Programme and Partnerships Director Lucie Krahulcova discusses new measures to secure our metadata; and Associate Professor Therese Keane of Swinburne University explains th...

How to Decode Reality&Rig an Election from 2020-10-07T19:00

The director of RMIT's Centre for Cyber Security, Research and Innovation, Professor Matt Warren, discusses the cyber threats facing the upcoming US election; and artist and game designer Dr Tro...

Digital Mischief-Makers from 2020-09-30T19:00

Journalist Johanna Leggatt unpacks the unique harassment faced by women on Twitter; and ‘Code name Alex’ shares details of his career as a hacker. With presenters Warren Davies, Ro Murray and Da...

Are Australians Suspicious of Artificial Intelligence? from 2020-09-23T19:00

Professor Neil Selwyn Of Monash University’s Education faculty discusses a nationwide survey of Australian attitudes to artificial intelligence; and the team talk about the highs and lows of bei...

Smart Design for a Utopian Future from 2020-09-16T19:00

Dr. Jenny Kennedy, co-author of new book The Smart Wife, explains why Siri, Alexa and other smart home devices need a feminist reboot; And the team critique Listen