Saved for Later

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.