On the last episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture (RIP), Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman discuss dead internet theory, a conspiracy that posits the social web has been replaced by AI. Friends of Saved for Later also come on to say goodbye and eulogise their favourite online ephemera

Does the B in LGBTQ+ stand for brand? In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman chat about brand Twitter’s latest attempt at inclusivity and the online response. Plus: Alyx sits down with Johann Hari to discuss how technology has stolen our focus, and how we can get it back

In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun is joined by film history nerd – and Total Reboot host – Alexei Toliopoulos, for an extremely fun deep dive into the history of the world wide web on screen. Later, they chat about the main character energy of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis: a film that everyone loves to hate – despite not having seen it yet.

In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun is joined by former colleague Naaman Zhou – now of the New Yorker – to discuss the linguistic gymnastics involved in journalism, and a Twitter account documenting the best and worst of it. Plus – producer Miles Herbert joins the pod to talk about TikTok’s latest obsession

In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman are joined by Evan Collins and Froyo Tam – the internet archivists cataloguing every trend you’ve ever loved – to discuss the return of the Y2K aesthetic, and how new platforms like TikTok are causing a fad churn. Plus – unos, dos, tres, catorce, turn it up loud – Alyx and Michael share their iPod eulogies.

In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman are joined by Luke Winkie to discuss the QAnonification of the Depp/Heard court case and how the trial is playing out on TikTok. Plus stick around for a more cheerful topic as Alyx provides dispatches from Australian Fashion Week

In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman are joined by Benjamin Law and Beverley Wang from the ABC’s Stop Everything! podcast to discuss the unlikely star of a Better Homes and Gardens shoot: a hole in Harry Styles’s sock. For Law, whose feet have also been known to attract unwanted attention online, it’s personal

In the latest episode of Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun is joined by Matilda Boseley to dive deep on this election campaign’s best and worst #auspol posts. But first, an experiment with a new AI bot that answers Reddit’s favourite question – in which Michael reveals his most controversial opinion, which could actually get him fired

In Guardian Australia’s weekly podcast about internet culture, Annie Rauwerda shares the best facts she’s found while running our favourite Instagram account: Depths of Wikipedia. But first, Alyx tried something different last week: she barely picked up her phone. This has shaken Michael to his core

In Guardian Australia’s weekly podcast about internet culture, Mariam Mohammed and Mellisa Ma of MoneyGirl teach Alyx Gorman and Michael Sun how to spot a sketchy finfluencer. But first, Michael shows Alyx the only viral video trend he actually likes: parodies of the awful 3D animations that accompany a bowling alley strike. Unfortunately, she does not feel the same way

On Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman are joined by cooking video queen June Xie, of Delish and Budget Eats, to discuss her very personal journey with the genre – and how it went from hands in pans to Frankensteined food porn and on to racial politics. Plus: an epic rant from Michael about the bin chicken

In Guardian Australia’s weekly podcast about internet culture, JR Hennessy joins Alyx Gorman and Michael Sun to discuss the Will Smith/Chris Rock controversy that sent Twitter – and opinion writers – into exhausting overdrive. But first, a discussion about seasonal changes: hot girl summer is over. Make way for the short kings

This week, Steph Harmon and Michael Sun are joined by Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber of the US podcast Who? Weekly (no: not the Australian magazine), for a slightly unhinged chat about D-list celebrity culture in Australia and beyond. Also: the tabloid couples who were doing the absolute most in lockdown.

In Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Katie Cunningham joins Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman to explain the phenomenon that is Byron Baes in all its crystal-studded controversy. And Alyx tells Michael about why retail workers have had enough of elaborate Starbucks orders, gratuitous singing and other TikTok pranks

In Guardian Australia’s internet culture podcast, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman weigh in on the week’s silliest viral question. Then ‘chronically online goblin’ and writer Charlotte Colombo joins in to talk about the largely anonymous community of people acting, and talking, like small children online

In Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, flatmates and podcasters Marty Smiley and Nat Damena teach Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman how to furnish a house on a shoestring budget. And Michael gives Alyx a primer on the most-tweeted show of the decade (so far)

Michael Sun is flying solo this week on Guardian Australia’s online culture podcast, so he brings in two special guests. First, Matilda Boseley joins to mourn our fading relevance as we become victims of the vibe shift and ‘terminal trend velocity’. Then TikTok star Tom Cardy tells us about his overnight success, and the struggles of making money on the platform – even with 1 million followers

In Guardian Australia’s podcast about internet culture, Patrick Lenton and Rebecca Shaw join us to explain why they are watching a deplorably compelling show – and why it’s a clickbait-y ratings hit. Also, we discuss the hottest new accessory of Hollywood, from Dua Lipa to the Hadids: literature

In Guardian Australia’s online culture podcast, Alyx Gorman and Michael Sun take a look at the NFT craze that celebrities simply cannot stop talking about. Then, ahead of Valentine’s Day, Steph Harmon joins them for a nostalgic chat about how meeting people online has changed – from ICQ to Tinder

In Guardian Australia’s online culture podcast, guest Anne Helen Petersen, co-author of Out of Office, talks about how instant messaging platforms can lead to Larping your job – making work more performative, more draining and far less efficient. Then she shares some tips for how to fix this problem. Plus Michael Sun finds an online puzzle game that’s even more addictive than Wordle, and plays it for 16 hours

Full Story host Laura Murphy-Oates and Saved for Later host Michael Sun look at the best and worst moments on the internet in 2021 – from senator Jacqui Lambie dancing on a table to shitposting comedians and the Instagram accounts bringing joy and community during lockdown

In Guardian Australia’s online culture podcast, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman bring in writer Alex McKinnon to dive into the chaotic world of mobile gaming ads littering the internet – and the surprising community around them. Then, Michael and Alyx turn their discarded thoughts – abandoned deep in their iPhone notes apps – into poetry

In Guardian Australia’s online culture podcast, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman bring in YouTube Asia-Pacific’s culture and trends lead Ashley Chang to discuss the best and worst of last year – and what to expect from 2022 across fashion, gaming and the internet. Then, writer Cam Williams joins Michael and Alyx to talk about why mortifying teenage email IDs are actually anti-capitalist

In Guardian Australia’s online culture podcast, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman bring in Vice Australia’s head of editorial Brad Esposito to chat about the evolution of brands on social media, from cringe-y posts to identity politics – including a tweet so tone deaf, Brad had to pull his car over to report on it. Then Michael teaches Alyx why breaking a Snapchat streak is an unforgivable faux pas

After Adele got Spotify to hide their album shuffle button, Alyx Gorman, Michael Sun and Steph Harmon called up Aria-winner Georgia Mooney, of All Our Exes Live In Texas, to talk about writing music for the world of streaming – and trying to make a buck from it. Later, Alyx quizzes Michael and Steph on Macquarie Dictionary’s new contenders for Word of the Year

In Guardian Australia’s podcast about the internet, Michael Sun, Alyx Gorman and Steph Harmon bring in pop culture expert and Directioner Brodie Lancaster to pore over the easter eggs of Red (Taylor’s Version) – and discuss the pros and cons of stan culture. Then, we set out on our stupid little daily walk with Maggie Zhou, who goes deep on a new TikTok trend that’s shifting the way we talk about wellness

In Guardian Australia’s new podcast, Steph Harmon, Michael Sun and Alyx Gorman bring in scam scholar Delia Rickard from the ACCC to explain how scams got smarter during lockdown – and how it’s not just boomers falling prey. Then, Michael troubleshoots a social media dilemma (in a thinly-veiled brag about his boyfriend)

In the third episode of Guardian Australia’s new podcast, Alyx Gorman, Michael Sun and Steph Harmon bring in colleague Josh Taylor to please for the love of god explain Facebook’s pivot – before we try a recipe TikTok can’t get enough of

In the second episode of Guardian Australia’s new podcast, Alyx Gorman, Michael Sun and Steph Harmon bring in Rashna Farrukh to discuss how TikTok is leaching into every corner of the internet – and the algorithms that know more about us than we do. Later in the episode: Michael gets trolled by a homeware meme

In Guardian Australia’s new weekly podcast, lifestyle editor Alyx Gorman, culture editor Steph Harmon and editorial assistant Michael Sun tackle the infinite scroll of the internet – and bring you the best of their tabs. In episode one, ‘real life influencer’ Flex phones in to explain how #sponcon is creeping into our everyday – and Harmon and Gorman subject Sun to a gentle Succession-themed quiz

Every Wednesday, Guardian Australia’s culture and lifestyle team read the internet and chat through the infinite scroll (so you don’t have to). Hosted by lifestyle editor Alyx Gorman, culture editor Steph Harmon and editorial assistant Michael Sun, each episode will catch you up on a week’s worth of zeitgeist – bringing the best, biggest and weirdest bits of the internet into your podcast feed.