Disconnected

About Disconnected

Disconnected shines a light on the secrets and the impact that social media and technology is having on our society, culture, politics, human interactions, and behaviour. My name is Jag Sharma - and I’ve spent the last 12 years creating, developing and executing social media strategies for a number of global brands across a variety of industries, and have witnessed first-hand the impact that algorithms, behaviour modification, negative feedback loops, ad targeting, and mass data collection have had on shaping our world in a new direction. This podcast is all about making you aware - giving you the insight, a look behind the giant tech curtain - and allowing you to make your own fully-informed decisions on how you strategically play (or don’t play) their game. This is not about advocating for going dark or deleting your accounts, this is about looking under the hood and getting more informed about what’s really happening to us on a societal level as result of our tech driven lives. I’ll be producing a new episode regularly, so be sure to subscribe to receive a notification for a new release - you can also follow me on either Instagram (@jagsharma) or add me on LinkedIn, where I’ll be conducting debates and social experiments from the discussions within the episodes. I’d love for you to join the conversation and share your thoughts and opinions on how social media and technology is influencing our lives.

Publisher

Jag Sharma

Category

business · society & culture · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 May 2021

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

124 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Lost to Time: Which Tech Deserves a Revival in 2027? with Jason Kapadia, Matt Webster and Jag Sharma #122

   What if progress gives us more convenience, but takes away what we used to love about technology? In a nostalgia-filled episode of Disconnected this week, we’re doing the opposite of Room 101, and reviving technology that we think deserves a place in today’s world. Jag, Matt and Jason look back at Blockbuster, removable phone batteries, LaserDiscs, SD card slots, and ask what it is that we truly miss about old tech. This episode of Disconnected covers: The trade-offs of technological pr...

2. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Bioweapons, Biomarkers, and Bargaining with Cows: AI’s Impact on Biology with Jay Wang, Jen Campbell, Jason Kapadia, Jag Sharma and Matt Webster #121

   AI isn’t just writing emails and generating pictures anymore - it’s starting to design the molecules that go into our bodies. In this special episode of Disconnected, we sit down with young scientist Jay Wang to explore how generative AI is helping create new proteins, accelerate drug discovery, and whether we should be concerned about bioweapon risks and health inequality. We also end the episode with a wonderfully weird look into the emerging world of AI that tries to open up two-way ...

3. 

   9 Sept 2026

   Disconnected Room 101: Killing AI Slop, Pointless Apps, and Fake Notifications with Jason Kapadia, Jag Sharma and Jen Campbell #120

   It’s time to reopen the doors to Disconnected’s Room 101, and this time, Jen Campbell is in the judge’s chair… AI customer service chatbots, AI-slop social posts, compulsory apps, cookie walls, and Captcha tests all go on trial in this special episode of the podcast. While Jen makes the final call, Jag and Jason offer up their picks for the tech that promised to make life smoother but instead buried us in friction, fake empathy, and notification spam. This episode of Disconnected covers: AI S...

Who has been a guest on Disconnected

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jag Sharma
• Jen Campbell
• Jason Kapadia
• Matt Webster

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

57

Social presence

97

YouTube

0

Engagement

71