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Hosted by Angharad Yeo, Tegan Jones, Rae Johnston and Amanda Yeo, Queens of the Drone Age is a peek at the insider conversations happening amongst some of Australia’s top technology experts.
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In the wave of Roe V Wade being overturned, the Queens cover how to keep your phone and computer data more secure - from VPNs and end-to-end encryption to signal-blocking Faraday bags for your device.
The Queens also take a look at Google announcing auto-deletion of sensitive data, and whether that might actually be a red flag.
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In this episode Rad and Tegan are left to their own devices, quite literally. Tegan breathes heavily over the brand new flagship Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones while Rad takes a look at the much smaller Sony LinkBuds S - the ones without the hole in them.
Rad also adds to her Vibe Kingdom with the Philips Hue Play Gradient Light Strip and Play HDMI Sync Box.
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In this Deep Dive special from our archives, it's all about the plants!
The Queens explore grow lights, hydroponic herb gardens, historical beauty poisons, modern medicinal discoveries – and even how they respond to music.
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In this Deep Dive special from the archives, the Queens fire up the old dial-up modem to regale us with tales of their early years on the internet.
Embarrassing childhood email addresses, roleplaying in Yahoo Chat, scamming people on Neopets… it’s a wild ride.
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The Queens go on a tour of one of Australia's most haunted locations - the Q Station at Manly. Armed with some ghost hunting tech and the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, they try their hardest to record a ghost without actually bringing one home.
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Later this week, we've got a super special ep where we go ghost hunting (cause bustin' makes us feel good). In preparation, please enjoy this vintage QOTDA episode that's all things paranormal. The only thing we didn't discuss was Paranorman (2012). It was a surprisingly good film.
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We take a look back at an early episode of QOTDA where we chatted about the pinnacle of cinema: video game movies. Move over Cannes and eat dirt Sundance, because the Queens have the real cinematic masterpieces.
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As part of Not E3, the Queens flew down to Melbourne to experience the Xbox Bethesda showcase at the very normal time of 3am because Australia. Rad couldn’t make it, so Amanda and Tegan make her real jealous with tales of new games, green fairy floss, and what they’re most excited to see from Xbox Bethesda over the next 12 months.
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Colour plays a huge role in the way we perceive the world, and in more ways than one. We use colour to signal our identity or membership of particular groups, to induce certain feelings or emotions in ourselves, and to tell when certain animals may not be safe to pick up and pet.
So in this episode, we're talking about colour, how we use it, and how it uses us - from Vanta black to Baker-Miller Pink and even how the colour gamut in televisions works.
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Rae unwinds with city-building ‘game’ Townscaper, while Amanda tries out the extremely shiny EPOS H3PRO hybrid headphones.
Rad also reaches her final form by inadvertently trying out the Boost Charger Pro portable wireless charger and the Boost Charge 20K power bank in the emergency room. Classic.
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