Download This Show

About Download This Show

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.

Publisher

ABC Australia

Category

news · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Feb 2023

Latest episode

18 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

100 of 182 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How much do our devices know about us?

   Host Marc Fennell interviews AAP specialist reporter Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson and cybersecurity expert Alex Hope about how devices track our habits and secure our data.

2. 

   11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Roblox under pressure from Australia's eSafety Commissioner over child safety

   Edmond Tran and Gemma Driscoll discuss Roblox's new child safety plan and the future of cloud gaming.

3. 

   4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What Australia's Privacy Act reforms mean for the tech you use

   Alice Clarke and Karin Verspoor discuss Australia's Privacy Act reforms and their impact on everyday tech, exploring wearable camera debates and the rise of AI-powered oral health gadgets.

Inside a recent episode

How much do our devices know about us?

Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I've always thought that there might be a possibility that one of those apps could be continuously recording something in the background and we don't know about it. So it might not be Apple or Samsung that's listening to us, but it might be one of those apps. Is that a possibility? Those permissions look very scary. It can access all your files and it can access your microphone and it can access your camera and all that stuff is true. But I think it's really hard for those apps to do that in the background without you knowing. Usually it means this app can access your camera means it's like a QR code scanner app and it means it can look at your camera when you're opening it to open the app. […]

Who has been a guest on Download This Show

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

• Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
• Alex Hope
• Edmond Tran
• Gemma Driscoll
• Alice Clarke

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

25 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

139 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

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

Quality

83

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

98