Queens of the Drone Age

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.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. We may earn a small commission on some links. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.This episode is sponsored by Samsung. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the history of geography to Google Maps, sat-nav systems, geocaching, and international security issues - in this episode the Queens take a deep dive into the wide world of Map Tech.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rad answers a listener's question with a review of the Apple HomePod Mini. Will it fit into her vibe kingdom? Or will it be too large of a tennis ball?Plus, Tegan tests out instant grocery apps like MILKRUN and Voly that promise delivery in 10 to 15 minutes.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Queens deep dive into tech...for our pets! What works? What doesn't? What do we wish we had?Also: can those buttons really teach your dog to "talk"?This episode is one of our new deep dive specials, where we dig into the archives and pull out the segments our OG listeners have loved the most.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Queens dive deep into some retro-futurism; what people in the past thought the future would look like!Featuring the 'house of the future' from 1950s Disneyland, electro-shock haircuts, Lunar Olympics and VR cycling from the 1890’s. That's not a typo.This episode is one of our new deep dive specials, where we dig into the archives and pull out the segments our OG listeners have loved the most. Warning: we were just over a month into lockdown at the time of recording, so things get a bit...loose.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we answer a question from one of our loyal listeners - and it's all about how we came to do what we do!Please enjoy the Origin Stories of the Queens of the Drone Age, filled to the brim with tips and tricks about some of the many ways to be a STEM journalist.And if you have a question for us for a future episode, send us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's gadget chat Amanda learns to stop worrying and love wireless tech with the Belkin 2-in-1 Wireless Charger.Meanwhile, Rae tries out A Kinder World, aka therapy disguised as a mobile game, and Rad’s freakishly sensitive ears compared Sonos’ Arc and Beam soundbars.Full show notes are on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week the Queens reveal their best online bargain-hunting tips, from websites and browser extensions to visiting the decrepit bowels of Facebook Marketplace.This episode is one of our new deep dive specials, where we dig into the archives and pull out the segments our OG listeners have loved the most.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) coming up, the Queens chat cool accessibility tech out in the world right now.Rae checks out a handless gaming bracelet, while Tegan falls in love with the Dot braille watch.Rad also looks at some of the iPhone’s accessibility features, and Amanda attends a virtual concert because real-world ones can be risky with epilepsy.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While Rad froths over the very fancy STM Dux backpack, Tegan deep dives into the Oppo Find X5 Pro. That’s right, backpacks count as tech - because we said so.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Queens delve into fitness tech - beyond just exercise tracking. From accelerometer and GPS tech, to how analytics and vitals monitoring brought Tegan and Rad peace of mind during Covid. Amanda also looks at sleep tracking while Rae swears she isn't possessed.This episode is sponsored by Whoop.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mothers Day is coming up - so the Queens took the opportunity to recommend some gadget shaped gifts for any special person in your life who deserves a treat - including yourself!Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age Website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another week, another gadget chat! In this episode Tegan gets the fancy new Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 in her ear holes. Meanwhile Rad compares two wireless charger bluetooth speaker combos - the Laser Fabric and Tivoli Revive. Amanda also shares her latest Facebook Marketplace find - an 11 year old steam cleaner - and Rae tests the HyperX Streamer Starter Pack. We may receive a small commission from some links. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this deep dive special, the Queens reveal some fun egg facts, the science behind Century Eggs, and share an Australian scientist who has defied nature itself...by inventing a gadget that unboils eggs.Full show notes are available at the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amanda gets swole with the NordicTrack Vault while Tegan puts the new Samsung Neo QLED 8K TV through its paces.Meanwhile, Rae tackles a bunch of KitchenAid accessories, including the pasta maker and meat grinder. She swears she isn’t throwing serial killer vibes but we’re not sure.Full show notes are available at the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robots may be the future, but this week the Queens examine some of the things they’re not so good at – from crafting jokes to the nuance of translating languages.This episode is one of our new deep dive specials, where we dig into the archives and pull out the segments our OG listeners have loved the most.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Queens classic, we get in the bin to talk e-waste.What big companies like Apple and Samsung are doing about the growing problem, and how hungry little microorganisms might be able to help.Meanwhile, Rae tries the new Facebook x Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses and Tegan plays with a new De'Longhi manual coffee machine.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 episode is one of our new deep dive specials, where we dig into the archives and pull out the segments our OG listeners have loved the most.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 might consider ditching?In this deep dive, the Queens look at our favourite gadgets and gizmos to take on the road/water/plane.Full show notes are available at the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we explore the wild world of vapourware - looking at some of our favourite gadgets and games that never got released - from the infamous Nintendo PlayStation to a printer that used reusable plastic sheets rather than paper.This episode is one of our new deep dive specials, where we dig into the archives and pull out the segments our OG listeners have loved the most. Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rad tries out the new and unique Sony linkbuds, while Amanda checks out Ghostwire: Tokyo.Meanwhile, Rae has a crack at hiring electric scooters on the street.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Metaverse isn’t a new concept, and it certainly isn’t one exclusive to the blockchain space. Over the years, there have been plenty of online communities and spaces that fit the brief.In this deep dive, the Queens revisit the metaverses we used to haunt online - from Habbo to Second Life - while also taking a look at the mental health impacts of these spaces.Full show notes are on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rad and Tegan try out the new baby iPhone SE (2022), Rae falls in love with a PlayStation 5 console cover, Amanda uses a Mitsubishi dehumidifier after her house floods and Tegan takes her first flying lesson.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's poo-demonium this week as the Queens get right down into the bowels of toilet tech.We're a wee bit excited about this and don’t want to s(p)oil the episode in advance - but we’ll be looking at stuff like algae that turns waste into drinkable water and future toilets that will be able to detect diseases.Full show notes are available at the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tegan backflips on the vanilla Samsung Galaxy S22 and argues why smaller is sometimes better.Meanwhile, Rad adds to her ever-growing Vibe Kingdom with some decor tech straight out of the 60s.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Queens classic episode, we get in the kitchen to chat about our favourite gadgets to make a meal.Plus: Rae and Tegan took a flight to the Super Blood Moon while Amanda and Rad checked out a fancy Samsung Fridge.Also, we tried out some Sony TVs becasue of course, we did.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the original eyeglasses and questionable 19th-century contacts to bionic eyes; this week the Queens are all about pimping your peepers.Full show notes are available at the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this gadget episode the Queens chat about the allure of surround sound at home thanks to Sonos, specifically the second-gen Sonos Beam. Meanwhile, Rad and Amanda review the Elgato FaceCam and Wave XLR, neither of which was actually used for streaming. We may receive a small commission from some links.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Millions of Australians are unable to get online in a reliable way, or at all in some communities. This is called the digital divide and the Queens take issue with the internet and mobile connectivity being treated as a luxury. They chat about it in this episode and perhaps also suggest a cheeky government overthrow totally as a joke, officer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tegan reviews the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, while Rae parties like its 1984 with mobile Tetris.Meanwhile, Rad becomes the villain of her own story by playing with a weather station and claiming to have a deeply specific superpower... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Queens chat cult tech. And no, not tech used specifically cults for some reason.Instead, it's those products that people get super intense about, like Tesla, Peloton and Vitamix.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rae very legally tests an Unagi electric scooter, while Rad and Amanda try two Samsung products that aren't the Galaxy S22: the Samsung Freestyle projector and the Odyssey G7 monitor.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Queens Classic Episode, we look into the future of food production - including plant-based meat, insect flour and why you should check your soil before planting veggies.Meanwhile, Tegan tests the new Jabra Elite 3 earbuds, Rae uses Plex for social distance movie nights and Rad judges Apple’s Spatial Audio.Full show notes are available at the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

February is just around the corner, which means you may be on the lookout for some presents for Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day or even for yourself because you deserve a treat.And boy do the Queens have some gift ideas...that are mostly stuff they want for themselves.Full show notes are available at the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tegan avoids getting beat up the gym with the Skullcandy Push Active earbuds, while also turning her life into a 90s sitcom with the Jabra PanaCast 20 webcam.Meanwhile, Rae tries to not drop the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition in the bath, and Amanda plays You Will (Not) Remain.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's back to school time for a lot of kids and because it is 2022, that can mean having to shell out for new classroom-friendly tech.So the Queens have some advice on what's worth buying, what laptop specs actually mean, and how to not get swindled by your offspring.Rae also reviews the Belkin Soundform Mini wireless headphones for kids (or adults with tiny heads).The full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Queens are getting comfy with some fancy new Ergotune Supreme chairs.Rae takes issue with the Spotify Enhance feature, and Rad turns her house into a "vibe kingdom" with some Philips Hue smart lights.Full show notes are available at the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Queens are back from a break and itching to chat about all the gadgets they got their hands on over the holidays! Rae took a working holiday in gentle indie game Lake, Tegan tried out the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G, Amanda poked a stick at Roccat's new desktop mic, and Rad played around with some speakers because of course she did.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Queens Classic episode, Rad's vacuuming dreams come true this as she and Amanda review the Dyson V15 Detect.Then, the Queens head over to the Zero Latency free-roaming virtual reality arena to kill pirates after an island party goes awry in the new Far Cry: Dive Into Insanity VR game.We then chat about all things VR and its use in everything from therapy to real estate.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Queens Classic episode, we delve into the world of germ tech - including anti-microbial phone cases, a bacteria-sucking wound dressing and virus-attacking fabric.Meanwhile, Rad reviews the Fujifilm X-E4 camera, Rae checks out LG's new rollable TV and Tegan discovers how badly the internet thirsts after an invisible man.Full show notes are available on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the 2021 hellscape draws to a close, the Queens deep-dive into the history and science behind fireworks and new drone alternatives. Rad also insists that humans are descendants of moths while Tegan and Rae discuss homemade sparkler bombs with a suspicious amount of detail.Read the show notes for this episode over on the Queens of the Drone Age website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.