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Queens of the Drone Age
How is technology impacting our lives, and the world? Catch up with your friends in tech as we share all the latest things we’ve learned and love about technology. Hosted by Angharad Yeo, Tegan Jones, Rae Johnston and Amanda Yeo, Queens of the Drone Age is a peek at the insider conversations happen...
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210 EpisodenDeep Dive Re-Release: Egg Tech
In this deep dive special from the archives, the Queens reveal some fun egg facts, the science behind Century Eggs, and share an Australian scientist...
🔥 Get Yourself A Cosplay Fireplace
In this episode, Rae tries out a "cosplay fireplace" aka the Dimplex Ritz Portable Electric Fire with Optiflame Log Effect Heater and Tegan gets behin...
Deep Dive: Hiking Tech
Anyone who follows us on social media knows we are keen hikers, and we love our hiking tech - so we thought we’d share with you all a few of the lates...
☕ The People Love Their Coffee (Grinders)
In this gadget chat, Rae looks at the Brydge 12.9 Pro keyboard for iPad, and Tegan reviews an $18 Kmart spice/coffee grinder.
If you want more Q...
😐 Your Face Is Not A Tech Experiment
In this gadget chat Tegan hits the road with the new Turo app, while Rae settles in for an evening with Sony's new TV range.
If you want more Q...
Droning On: Sustainable Design With Lenovo's Alden Rose
Introducing Droning On, a new interview-based Queens episode where we chat to fascinating experts about their jobs and relationship with tech.
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Deep Dive: Sustainable Design
Sustainability is not just incredibly important keeping the planet alive, it's also a fun corporate buzzword. So when tech companies say they are maki...
🎧 Megagamers With Solar-Powered Headphones
In this episode, Rae reviews a pair of solar-powered headphones while Tegan plays a Megagame (kind of a cross between live action roleplaying and mode...
👾 Breaded Fowl, Video Games & Uber Eats In Stadiums
In this catch up, Rae heads to gaming paradise (AKA Fortress Sydney), while Tegan tries out shiny new Uber features in the most unlikely (but coolest)...
Deep Dive: Space Tech
In this episode, the Queens take a look at Space Tech - things in our lives that exist because of space exploration, travel, or the agencies that look...
👺 Music Goblins
In this week's gadget chat, Rae has finally been able to connect her Audio-Technica record player with some decent speakers - she puts the Son...
Deep Dive Re-Release: Unethical Apps
Apps are great, except for when they’re not. And some are just downright dodgy.
So in this ep from the archives, the Queens put some unethical a...
Deep Dive Re-Release: Travel Tech
Travel is on the agenda again! But before you pack your suitcase, is there some tech you might need to consider making space for - or even some you mi...
Deep Dive Re-Release: Medical Tech
In this episode, we dig into weird as heck medical tech. From using frogs as pregnancy tests, to a wellness toilet that analyses your poop.
This...
Deep Dive Re-Release: Vapourware
Today we have a gift for you: we've dug into the Queens archives, and found a gem you may not have heard where we explore the wild world of vapourware...
🇯🇵 A Queen In Tokyo
In this week's episode Amanda regales the Queens with tales of her recent trip to Tokyo with Netflix.
There's a lot of anime talk off th...
🤖 Shoving ChatGPT Into Every Orifice
In this week's gadget chat, Amanda gets addicted to parenting in raising sim Volcano Princess, while Rae tries to help visually impaired people throug...
🪑 Deep Dive: Chairs!
Yes, this week's deep dive really is about chairs. This came about when Rad yelled out “chairs!” when we asked what she wanted to do. But you see, whe...
🚗 The Melbourne Of Cars
In this episode, Tegan is back in her happy place: the driver's seat of a bougie car. She reviews the brand new 2023 BMW 320i, which is the entry-leve...
🥩 Deep Dive: The Science Behind Fake Meat
In this episode the Queens take a close look at the alternative meats industry. It's become increasingly popular in recent years as more fake...
🍆If Your Mum Is Looking To Read $2 Smut
Your Queens have caught the travel bug, after a bit of jet-setting from the team! Amanda shares a super practical way to use your phone overseas, with...
Queen's Mother's Day Gift Guide 2023
Mother's Day is just over a month away so we're getting in early this year to give you plenty of time to buy something for mum.
Of course, as al...
🔫 Mindlessly Pounding Your Face
In this episode Tegan and Amanda return from their respective overseas trips and have brought some reviews back with them!
Amanda took th...
Deep Dive: Chocolate Tech
From scientists making chocolate easier to temper to making biofuel from its waste - this episode of Queens of the Drone Age is a celebration of the g...
⛰️ Emerging From Laptop Land
In this week's gadget chat, Rad emerges from laptop land to tell us all about the HP Spectre x360 14”.
Meanwhile, Rae explores Dyson's giant air...
Deep Dive: Dental Tech
From a magic lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel to adhesives that dissolve with light - this week we take a deep dive into the toothy world of dental...
🌱 Creepy Stick Fingers On Your TV
In this gadget chat, the Queens are getting comfy.
Rad invested in “the world’s most comfortable basecamp mat” – the Exped Megamat Duo LW+ air m...
Deep Dive Re-Release: Toilet Tech
We're taking a trip into the Queens of the Drone Age archives to re-visit one of our favourites that you also seemed to like.
That's right, it's...
Deep Dive Re-Release: Tech Gripes
We're digging into the archives with a Queens of the Drone Age classic!
From rubber going sticky to still having to charge all our devices every...
Deep Dive: The Science of Sleep
In this episode the Queens are heading off to the land of nod to explore the (sometimes terrifying) science behind sleep.
As it turns ou...
🛏️ Sausage Roll Pillow
Later this week the Queens are delving into the science of sleep. So Rad wanted us to try and review some sleep-related gadgets to match... with mixed...
📄 Deep Dive: Printing Tech
The Queens are firing up the dusty old printer in the corner of your office... or are they?
In this episode the Queens do tackle printing tech.....
🥞 GHD Pancake Maker
In this episode the Queens head to the South Pole as Amanda reviews survivor RPG The Pale Beyond.
Rae brings along a GHD Duet Style and...
Listener Question: Digital Storage Solutions
In this episode, the Queens answer a listener's question.
Our favourite (so far) three-and-a-half-star patron, Tracey, wanted to know all about...
🪄 Lightstick Faux Pas
This week the Queens are trawling the tepid depths of the ocean as Tegan drags them into her review of Eldritch fishing game, Dredge.
Full of my...
Deep Dive: Coffee Tech
Ah, the beautiful bean juice. We use it to increase our productivity, delight the tastebuds, and as a thinly veiled way to busy our hands when catchin...
☕ Coffee Snobs
We're kicking off an entire week dedicated to our favourite type of morning brown, coffee! More on that in the deep dive later in the week, but for no...
Deep Dive Re-Release: Fashion Tech
Technology, but make it fashion.
In this episode, the Queens are getting all stitched up about science and tech in clothing - from the Google x...
Deep Dive Re-Release: The Digital Divide
In this Deep Dive special from our archives, the Queens take issue with the internet and mobile connectivity being treated as a luxury.
Million...
Deep Dive: ChatGPT Explained
Since first launching at the end of November 2022, ChatGPT has taken over our news and social media feeds. While AI has been around for a while now, t...