A weekly podcast by your friends in tech
This week the Queens get behind the wheel to talk about cool car stuff, including the science of behind why car trips make you sleepy, that time BMW made a car with in-built flamethrower and Henry Ford and Thomas Edison being glamping buddies in the early 20th century. Meanwhile, Rad reviews the Oppo Find X3 [...]
This week the Queens are firing up the old dial up modem to regale us with tales of their early years on the internet. Embarrassing childhood email addresses, roleplaying in Yahoo Chat, scamming people on Neopets... it's a wild ride. Meanwhile, Rae tests an app for upgrading your Zoom call game, Tegan has some thoughts [...]
Mother's Day is around the corner, which means the Queens have some tech gift ideas that have nothing to do with cleaning the house or losing weight. Meanwhile, Amanda has become obsessed with a trapped Russian contestant on a Chinese reality show, Tegan tests the new Nissan Leaf e+ and Rad plays with Logitech's new [...]
This week the Queens get excited about the latest Apple announcements. They're especially amped colours returning to iMacs and what different Apple products would taste like. And a trip to the theatre to see Mortal Kombat results in a big discussion about video game movies: the good, the bad and the very ugly. This episode [...]
This week, the Queens roll around in all things plants, without getting itchy. Grow lights, historical beauty poisons, modern medicinal discoveries - and even how they respond to music. Speaking of music, Rae checks out the high-quality streaming service Qobuz, while Rad takes unboxing to a whole new level. This episode was sponsored by Shure [...]
This week Rad and Rae have a smart speaker showdown between Google and Alexa while Tegan gets overly excited about MONA's museum app. And later in the episode the Queens were supposed to look at ancient tech that has been lost to the ravages of time, but go a little off brief because you can't [...]
This week Rae checks out the AllTrails hiking app, Rad has a play in the Oppo ecosystem and Tegan exposes a new text message scam. Later on, the queens chat about some spectacular tech fails over the last few years - like 3D movies and TVs, Juicero, Hoverboards and the ill-fated Quibi. This episode was [...]
This week Amanda tames cows in the latest Story of Seasons, Rad isn't impressed by her latest wireless headset and Tegan gets on the space wines. And later in the show the Queens divulge their best tips on what to do before you buy new tech. This episode was sponsored by Shure and Jands. Show [...]
The Queens are excited this week as they get their first listener question. This has them diving into the world of autonomous and electric vehicles, from legislation and job displacement to off-roading and safety. A koala-seeking drone even sneaks in. Meanwhile, Amanda electrocutes her face on purpose and Rad has a crack at a posture-fixing [...]
Things are a little different this week as the queens attempt a digital detox. While all four turned up feeling like failures, it turns out it's a little more complicated. And by popular demand they also tackle the complex and ethically questionably topic of NFTs - from minting dumb memes (including a tweet of Tegan's [...]
