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TechStuff is getting a system update. Everything you love about Tech Stuff now twice the bandwidth with new hosts, Oz Woloshyn (Sleepwalkers) and Karah Preiss (Sleepwalkers). 

Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us. 

TechStuff is the podcast where technology meets culture. 

We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we love, how we work and even how we die. With a healthy dose of drama, too, as tech titans clash over their interstellar ambitions. 

Get in touch here: techstuffpodcast@gmail.com

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What was your tech takeaway in 2025? And what is going to be the big story in 2026? Oz sits down with the author of The Running Ground and The Atlantic’s CEO, Nicholas Thompson, to discuss the odd intersection between tech and religion, the tech to compensate media companies for AI training data, who OpenAI’s real rival is, why we don’t understand how AI works, and much, much more.

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Year In Tech: Will There Be An AI Catastrophe In 2026?

Could you resist falling for an AI companion? We’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes of 2025: author and journalist Sam Apple takes us on romantic getaway for people who are in love with their AI companions He wrote a piece for Wired about what he observed that weekend, whether the love between humans and AI is real, and what the future of dating could look like in a world with AI companions.

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TechStuff Redux: Inside a Couples Retreat for AI Companions

One of the companies you couldn’t ignore this year was NVIDIA, so we’re re-airing a conversation Oz had with Stephen Witt, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and author of The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip. They discuss what’s made NVIDIA the most valuable chip company in the world, how a single piece of hardware changed the world forever, and why data centers are shrouded in so much secrecy.

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TechStuff Redux: Will NVIDIA Save or Ruin The World?

What was your internet obsession this year? Karah is joined by writer and podcast host, Aminatou Sow, to talk about what they watched — and what rotted their brains — in 2025. They talk about niche internet obsessions, vertical shorts, AI depicting the oldest generation, and the never-ending Wicked press tour. 
 
Additional Reading/Watching: 
 
 Exploring My Mustard Collection | Tiktok Scottish Weather Rant | TikTok • 
 Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande vs Lie Detector | Vanity Fair Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande discuss their working dynamic Creepy AI Grandpa | Tiktok 
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The Year in Brainrot

Are you a gift go-getter, or a holiday procrastinator? This week, Karah spoke with Kyle Chayka, tech writer for The New Yorker and author of the book “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture”. They talk about his gadget gift guide, how analog products are back in style, and why books are his preferred gift of choice. Oz also shares the hottest toy of the year: a console that helps the whole family stay active. 
 
Additional Reading: 
 
 The Hottest Toy of the Year Is Made by a Tech Startup You’ve Never Heard Of A Holiday Gift Guide: The Newest Strangest Gadgets and Apps 
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Happy Gadget Season To All Who Celebrate!

Is nuclear fusion the clean energy we need? Oz speaks with Commonwealth Fusion Systems' scientist and engineer Alex Creely and fashion designer Gabriela Hearst about why the public should get excited about nuclear fusion. Together, they discuss what it will take to commercialize fusion, how Gabriela’s 2022 fashion show changed the public conversation, and whether we’ll have nuclear fusion by 2030.

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The Story: Will Nuclear Fusion Save the World?

Should LLMs monitor crime? This week, Oz tells us why the US pharmaceutical industry may have competition… and why we’ve yet to see a flood of new products from AI drug discovery companies. Then, Karah explains how a telecommunications company is feeding recordings of inmate phone calls into LLMs that can then monitor future calls for planned crimes. Also, the UK government wants to cross-reference CCTV footage with the passport photo database, there’s a new self-made female billionaire in town — the youngest yet — and the newest billion dollar company sells blueberries the size of golf balls. And then, on Chat and Me, a deep fake interview has international consequences. 
 
ADDITIONAL READING: 
 
 Art Basel show by Beeple has realistic Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg robot dogs pooping NFTs | Page Six • 
 Why is AI struggling to discover new drugs? | Financial Times • 
 Will the next blockbuster drug come from China? | Financial Times • 
 An AI model trained on prison phone calls now looks for planned crimes in those calls | MIT Technology Review • 
 Live facial recognition cameras planned for every town centre | Telegraph Kalshi’s Cofounder Is Now World’s Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire | Forbes • 
 Ray Dalio is backing a $1 billion blueberry unicorn that sells berries nearly the size of golf balls | Fortune 
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Week In Tech: Would You Rather Live in a World with No Privacy or No Crime?

What does the death of restaurants look like? Ellen Cushing, staff writer for The Atlantic, joins Karah to talk about the rise of delivery apps and the fall of the in-person dining experience. They discuss how delivery apps became part of the millennial lifestyle subsidy, how they reshaped what’s on the menu, and why this feels all too similar to what’s happening to movie theaters. 

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The Story: The Death of Dining In

Is unplugging from your phone the ultimate luxury? This week, Oz introduces us to the businesses that specialize in “dimming the sun” and Karah introduces us to “LinkedIn Face.” Polymarket’s bets lead to disinformation about Russia’s war with Ukraine. 23andMe reveals secret families — and secret inheritances. And Oz and Karah almost cry over the latest invention from Japan: a human washing machine. Finally, we celebrate ChatGPT’s 3rd birthday (and possible decline) with Axios technology reporter, Megan Morrone. 
 
If you’ve used a chatbot in an unusual or surprising way, send us a 1–2 minute voice note at techstuffpodcast@gmail.com.
 
Additional Reading: 
 
 Being hot is now a job requirement - Business Insider • 
 Climate Geoengineering: Dimming the Sun Is a Terrifying New Industry COP30 - Bloomberg • 
 What Really Happened in the Storm Clouds Over Dubai? - Bloomberg • 
 How Unplugging Became Luxury’s Most Valuable Currency - Vogue Business 'Unauthorized' Edit to Ukraine's Frontline Maps Point to Polymarket's War Betting - 404 Media • 
 Japan Launches Human Washing Machine For Public Use After Expo Success -NDTV They Found Relatives on 23andMe and Asked For A Cut of the Inheritance - WSJ 
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Week in Tech: Should Tech Bros Dim the Sun?

Can you run a billion dollar company with only one human employee? Journalist Evan Ratliff, along with technical advisor Maty Bohacek, join Oz to answer this question. Evan is host of the hit podcast Shell Game. In Season 1, he used AI agents to imitate his voice, which he sent out into the world to interact with customer service agents, scammers, and his own family and friends. This season, Evan co-founds a company… and employs five AI agents to keep it running. How effective are the agents at doing their jobs? And why do they love hiking so much?

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The Story: Will AI Agents Build a Unicorn?

Guest host Rueben Medina joins the show for an in-depth conversation about virtual reality and whether it's ready for prime time.

 
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