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For Tech’s Sake

by Elaine Burke & Kelly Earley

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Tech Treehouse of Horror II

October 29, 2026 · 43 min

We’re back with another Halloween-themed episode, this time sharing stories of the tech that scares us, like the terror of going viral, the shock of Sims making WooHoo on your family computer, the horror of talking dolls, the creep of…
I know what you did last summit

October 22, 2026 · 50 min

Elaine went to a week of AI summits and events and found the best conversations were happening outside of the sanitised headline event in Dublin, which felt like a day-long ad with little space given to critical thinking on the topics and…
Panopticontent

October 15, 2026 · 53 min

The modern-day panopticon is not a circular prison with a central guard tower, it’s a network of connected devices capturing and tracking our every waking minute and collecting copious amounts of data to share with the highest bidders – or…
What have data centres ever done for us? (with Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie)

October 8, 2026 · 46 min

Are data centres central to the Irish economy? Or is that just some inflated bluster from the government on behalf of Big Tech? A recent report from Maynooth University has debunked some of the government’s claims around the benefits we…
How easy is it to scam a bot?

October 1, 2026 · 34 min

This week, Kelly and Elaine are talking about the emergence of the ‘AI shelf’, where products are marketed specifically at large language models (LLMs) so that they are recommended by chatbots and even purchased by automated ‘agents’. And…

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AI’s doomer cult

September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

This week we dust off our corkboard and thread to connect the dots between problematic Silicon Valley ideologies and the doomsday AI talking points that have been gripping the world of late. Yes, this explanation of a cult-like culture…
Game over for discs

September 17, 2026 · 42 min

With the impending release of GTA VI looming large over the video games industry, Kelly and Elaine discuss how the trend towards disc-less gaming represents a loss of consumer power and ownership for gamers. But good gaming is not out of…
Back to school!

September 10, 2026 · 42 min

We’re back, and the kids are back in school, so we are packing your lunchbox with some food for thought on tech in schools. We’re weighing up screen-free childhoods, debunking the myth of ‘digital natives’, doling out advice on…
What social media bans get wrong

June 18, 2026 · 43 min

The UK’s upcoming social media ban for under 16s has been labelled an insufficient “political band-aid” that prioritises business as usual over online safety, and creates a “false sense of safety” for parents. Kelly and Elaine discuss the…
Are data centres a drain? (with Prof Hannah Daly)

June 11, 2026 · 39 min

In this episode, Elaine is joined by energy researcher Prof Hannah Daly to discuss the energy strain data centres represent for Ireland, the greenwashing that enables their proliferation in the face of climate concerns, and the real costs…
Is technology making us lonely? (with Dr Colman Noctor)

June 4, 2026 · 46 min

Are we in danger of becoming a contactless society? That’s the concern of psychotherapist Dr Colman Noctor, who joined Elaine to explain why we need to push ourselves beyond the isolated safety of socialising through screens and flex our…
Get your clips out (with Aoife Barry)

May 28, 2026 · 43 min

This week, Kelly has lost her voice! So Elaine is joined by cultural commentator, previous guest, and co-host of Get Around to It, Aoife Barry, to discuss why our feeds are filled with short video clips, and how ‘clipping’ is used to…

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Join Elaine Burke and Kelly Earley for a weekly edition of the people’s tech podcast, where they demystify the news and help you decode your digital life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.