- 35
- Episodes
- 26
- Transcribed
- 14
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Ruined By The Internet?
Is the internet really ruining everything, or are we just looking at it wrong? Ruined By The Internet? uses technology as a lens to investigate its effects on society, culture, and modern life. Not products. Not industry news. The human costs of the digital world we all inhabit - whether we wanted them or not. Through conversations with psychologists, musicians, political scientists, FBI investigators, anthropologists, economists, researchers, and experts from every field technology has touched, each episode takes a social or cultural focal point and examines it from every angle. How is social media changing us? Is AI reshaping human behaviour? And what are the real consequences of our very online lives? Ruined By The Internet? is created, hosted and produced by Gareth King. New investigations drop regularly - follow or subscribe wherever you listen. Visit us: https://www.ruinedbytheinternet.com/ Share your thoughts: https://www.ruinedbytheinternet.com/survey/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/rbtishow/
- Publisher
- Gareth King
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 13 Jul 2025
- Latest episode
- 18 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
26 of 35 episodes have a transcript.
18 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Criminal Investigations: Has Crime’s Digital Trail Gone Dark? | FBI, Cybercrime, Encryption & Digital Privacy
4 Aug 2026
Science: Has Rigour Been Sacrificed for Reach? | Predatory Publishing, AI-Generated Research, Scientific Fraud & Public Trust
19 Jul 2026
Helping Others: Has Empathy Turned Us into Targets? | Online Scams, Digital Deception, Cyber Safety & the Psychology of Trust
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Criminal Investigations: Has Crime’s Digital Trail Gone Dark? | FBI, Cybercrime, Encryption & Digital Privacy
Published 18 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And if people are thorough with it, yep, they can beat law enforcement easily. Right. But most people aren't. It does make it, you know, your point around the burner phones, as long as I can remember as well, like Every criminally adjacent person seemed to like those old Nokia brick phones for some reason. […]
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- Kent Anderson
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- Travis Simcox
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- 4.1 / 5
- 9 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 5 ratings
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