Don't Praise The Machine (DPTM)
By Alexander Holland & John Maloney
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Al and John grew up together in the 1990s but now live on opposite sides of the world. Each week, they get together through the magic of the Internet to catch up, make each other laugh and try to make sense of it all.
The result is a funny, surreal and thought-provoking excursion through the arcane recesses of pop culture and technology, and the mysteries of everyday life. What’s it like to have a virtual companion? Did Hilaria Baldwin really pretend to be Spanish? Why did movies used to have a rap in the credits to explain their own plot?
Get in touch at hello@dptm.org or find us on IG @dont_praise_the_machine.
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| Episode | Date |
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1 in 8 Americans On Ozempic. And It's Just Beginning
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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The Tattoo Plateau: How The Ink Ran Dry
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Michael Jackson: We Chose Music Over Truth
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Steven Bartlett, Wine, & The Over-Optimized Trap
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Rebel Wilson's Defamation Disaster — A Lawyer Explains
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Kid Rock: Rap-Rock Rebel to MAGA King
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May 25, 2026 |
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Why Is Hollywood Obsessed With Business Stories?
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May 18, 2026 |
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How Banksy Became the Establishment's Favourite Rebel
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May 11, 2026 |
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Financial Journalist Tom Maloney Explains Prediction Markets
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May 04, 2026 |
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Paid Virality Machine: How Clippers Took Over Your Feed
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Pamela Anderson: From Blonde Bombshell to Earth Mother
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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The Infuriating Genius of Keinemusik
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Lawyer Explains Sovereign Citizen Pseudolaw
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Afroman’s Revenge & A Short History of Cops on Camera
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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JOHN & AL Together In Melbourne 2026
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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The $200m Aussie Radio Death of Kyle & Jackie O
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Generation Alpha Arrives
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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When the Famous Turn to GoFundMe
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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How Internet Culture Ruined The Winter Olympics
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Our Matcha Obsession Tells Us Everything
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Why Hollywood Men Wear Fake Packages
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Kick Streaming: High Stakes, Chaos & No Rules
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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When Movie Soundtracks Ruled The World
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Is Your Face "Correct"? The Dystopian Cult of Looksmaxxing
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Start 2026 By Remembering 1996
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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DPTM Christmas Special / 2025 Wrapped
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Namecore: The Internet's Obsession With Naming Everything
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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White Lies: The Psychology of Faking Race & Identity
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Australia's Social Media Ban: Lawyer Explains
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Khruangbin Unleashed the A.I. Music Apocalypse
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Tom Green IS THE REASON You Know Joe Rogan
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Insane Clown Posse & the Juggalo Movement
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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The Country That Can’t Stop Gambling
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Adelaide: Nostalgia Overdose
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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IRL Streaming: It's SO Much Worse Than You Thought
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Australians Didn’t Deserve Steve Irwin
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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How Saudi Money Bought Your Favourite Comedian
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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God in the Algorithm: How the Rapture went Viral
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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The Terrible Fame Of Wisdom Kaye
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Jim Carey's 1996 ‘Flop’ Is A Gen X Masterpiece
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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The Rise of 'Wildly Hysterical Man' Reels
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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FBB Growth – AI Giantess Fantasy Unlocked
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Big Bang Theory – How TV’s Worst Show Took Over the World
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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How The Ibiza Final Boss Won
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Australia Forgot Its Greatest Song Ever
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Jojo Siwa: Cringe For Cash
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Who Killed Late Night TV?
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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DIY DJs On TikTok Are Sparking A Grassroots Revolution
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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The 'Pizza Effect' Behind Everything
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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How Italian Brainrot Changed Memes Forever
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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How We Fell Into OpenAI's Trap
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Peter Andre: from Mysterious Girl to Jafaican
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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OnlyFans: Power, Paradox, & The Parasocial
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Hollywood's Addiction to Sequels
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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The Beauty Gap: Why Celebs Will Always Look Better
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Lies, Loonies & Light Language
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May 26, 2025 |
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The Last Survivors of Dead Games
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May 19, 2025 |
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How The Shameful Met Gala Lives On
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May 12, 2025 |
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YouTube Turns 20
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May 05, 2025 |
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The Problem With Cloning Dead Loved Ones
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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"Connected to Love": Katy Perry in Space
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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These New ASMR Chiro Niches Are WILD!
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Trolling in VR Is Hilarious
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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City Link Ups
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Why Is A 1990 Phil Collins Concert Going Viral?
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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How Did Disney's 'Snow White' Go So Wrong?
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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The Oscar Winners Sucked
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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AL Watched TLC's The Baldwins - Their Masterclass in Milking Tragedy
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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'Mystery' + the Legacy of 2000s Pick-Up Artists
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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When Faking Cultural Confusion Pays : 'The Baldwins' Arrives on TLC
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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The Strange, Addictive Spectacle of Onijah Robinson
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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GPT Voice - True Companion Or Shaping A Generation of Loners?
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Australia's Social Media Ban: Brave Or Stupid?
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Hilaria Baldwin - Secret Marketing Genius?
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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DPTM Christmas Special / 2024 Wrapped
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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RayGun: It's Over
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Chatbot Beat My Doctor - Are Healthcare Costs About to Plummet?
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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The 'Wicked' Press Tour Is Hollyweird's Death Spiral :: The Secrets Of Cutting Edge Cosmetic Surgery
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Blocked For Trolling a Beef Industry Exec on LinkedIn
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Ultrarunner & Husband Made 300 Wikipedia Edits to Boost Her Image
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Raygun’s Secret New Payday Playbook Revealed:: Texted My GF But Sent To My Lawyer By Mistake
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Lily Allen's OnlyFans Account :: What Happened To Soylent? :: The Rise of Barron Trump
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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A.I. vs Artists: The Protest Letter With 10k Signatures :: 10 Drunk Cigarettes :: McDonald's Robots
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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A Stand By Me Sequel? :: A Terrible Haircut :: Monster Trucks and Marvel IP
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Google Becomes Cheugy :: Airline's Adult Film Mishap :: The Mystery of 'Mood Residue'
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Starlink Takes Over The World :: A Forgotten Character Actor :: A Godox S.A.D. Lamp?
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Google NotebookLM :: Diddy's Comeuppance :: The AFL Grand Final and the Berlin Wall
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Crazy Fast Food Price Hikes :: Was Ben Lee An Auto-tune Pioneer? :: Middle-Aged Marketing
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Boomer Phone Habits :: The Weirdness Of 40-Hour Famines :: A Huge Announcement
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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New Surveillance Satellites + Sunlight On Demand :: ChatGPT Is Now Second Nature :: Raygun Interview
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Stranded NASA Astronauts :: Spotify's 'Guilty Pleasures' Function :: Ethical Eavesdropping
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Are Celebrities Being Cloned? :: Celebrity Clone Theory Explained:: Bennifer Get Divorced
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Raygun Is A Rorschach Test :: Racewalking Is Bizarre :: Australia's Wild Medal Tally
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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The Olympic Breaking Fiasco :: Is 'Raygun' A Real Professor? :: The Cycle of Schadenfreude
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Do The Olympics Still Matter? :: Defunct Olympic Sports :: Australia's Nikki Webster
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Robot. vs Human Artists :: Childhood Fame :: Startup Culture
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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A.I Language Translation Revolution:: Robot Drive-Thrus:: & Why Are We Still Using Floppy Disks?
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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#170 - The Coffee Pod(cast)
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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#169 - I Only Have PimEyes For You
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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#168 - Sue, Sue Udio
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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#167 - That's So Coldplay
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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#166 - The Wintour of Our Discontent
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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#165 - The Saints Come Streaming In
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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#164 - ICQ No More
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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#163 - Portal Kombat
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May 27, 2024 |
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#162 - Bing's Copilot Abyss
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May 20, 2024 |
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#161 - Mo' Money, Mo' Mayo
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May 13, 2024 |
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#160 - The Great Danish Dash
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May 06, 2024 |
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#159 - Mummified Big Macs
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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#158 - Beautiful Cabin Crew, Scarlett Johansson
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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#157 - Cracking Supermarket Secrets
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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#156 - Junior Boost Junior
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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#155 - Unexpected Items of the Bagging Area
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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#154 - Root Rat Rupert
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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#153 - The Reincarnation of Mr Peanut
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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#152 - Betty White and the Purgatorium
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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#151 - Stock Snaps & Star Maps
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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#150 - A Magnificent Milestone
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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#149 - After The Float, All The Colours Came Out
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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#148 - Psychopathy Is In
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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#147 - Bob The Builder Deconstructed
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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#146 - Threads of Irony
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#145 - The Quencher's Gambit
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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#144 - Plot Twists and Rhinoplasty
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#143 - Puzzle Prodigy & Prompted Pop Progress
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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#142 - The Annual Holiday Schplargtacular
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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#141 - Live from Adelaide
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#140 - Cut Copy Kiedis
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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#139 - Turn Those Machines Back On
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#138 - Kanban Fever
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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#137 - Ralpher On The Roof
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#136 - Commentlord
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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#135 - The Discover Dilemma
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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#134 - Memoirs of a Jada
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#133 - The Production Room
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#132 - Breads of a Feather
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#131 - My Neck, My Back, My New Fjallraven Pack
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#130 - Chasing The Rainbolt
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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#129 - Marathons and Mambos
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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#128 - Frasier On Ice
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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#127 - BlackRockin’ Beats
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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#126 - Tomb of the Axolotl
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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#125 - A Hard Day's Nightcore
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#124 - B-Grade Beatmatchers
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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#123 - Spring Roll Mountain
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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#122 - The Tail of Toco
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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#121 - Dolls' Digest
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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#120 - The Nanny Strikes Again
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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#119 - Get Him To The Therapist
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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#118 - Degeneres Gambler
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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#117 - Gushbuzz
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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#116 - Thirty Seconds to Schplargs
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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#115 - Down the 'Tube
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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#114 - He Ain't Woody, He's My Brother
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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#113 - Say Hello To My Little Friend
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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#112 - Moonshot
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May 29, 2023 |
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#111 - Rib Rumours
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May 22, 2023 |
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#110 - All Mets Are Off
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May 15, 2023 |
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#109 - Sultans of Schplarg
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May 08, 2023 |
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#108 - You Wouldn't Download A Podcast
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May 01, 2023 |
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#107 - Add to Blart
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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#106 - Jaffee and the Jets
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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#105 - The Cable Guy Delusion
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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#104 - Chatbotomy
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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#103 - Caribbean Blueprint
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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#102 - Lava Will Tear Us Apart (Again)
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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#101 - Oscar and the Grouches
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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#100 - A Century of Schplargs
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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#99 - Dirty Samples
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#98 - Buzz's Lunar Glow-Up
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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#97 - Spark Joy Or Die Tryin'
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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#96 - Simpocalypse Now
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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#95 - We Forgot To Remember The 90s
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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#94 - Keeping Up With the Baldwins
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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#93 - Bavarian Swing Daddies
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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#92 - From Laos With Love
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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#91 - The Annual Schplargmas Special 2022
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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#90 - Ozempic Spirit
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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#89 -Don't Praise The Machine, Let's Chat Instead!
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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#88 - In A World
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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#87 - The Jaw of Attraction
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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#86 - The Gospel According to Mark(y Mark)
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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#85 - Playback Politeness
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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#84 - Pandora's Omelette
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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#83 - 1-900-SCHPLARG
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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#82 - Corden Blues
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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#81 - I Don’t Know What’s Real At All Anymore
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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#80 - Ich Bin Ein Don’t Praiser
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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#79 - Creaking on Sunshine
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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#78 - Comedy Bonus
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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#77 - Now That's What I Call A Hot Schplarg
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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#76 - Ploofman’s Platter
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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#75 - Flirtual Insanity
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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#74 - Yes, My Gatekeeper
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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#73 - Birthday Beans
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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#72 - Topes and Dreams
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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#71 - Hulks In Law
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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#70 - The Return of the Somerton Man
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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#69 - The Life Macquatic
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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#68 - C:\DPTM\ep_68.exe
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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#67 - Concrete Jungle Where Pods Are Made Of
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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#66 - Diamond Boy
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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#65 - 20th Century Silver Fox
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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#64 - Biff Tech
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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#63 - Breathe With Jar Jar Binks
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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#62 - The Video Store Special
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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#61 - Roll Credits
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May 30, 2022 |
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#60 - Handsome Neville
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May 23, 2022 |
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#59 - Dinosaur on the menu
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May 16, 2022 |
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#58 - Can I leave that with you?
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May 09, 2022 |
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#57 - Conflict onions
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May 02, 2022 |
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#56 - Honey, I Schplarged the Kids
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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#55 - Slip of the Tongue
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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#54 - The Art of Almost Touching
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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#53 - Moon Mask
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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#52 - Bonne Workversaire
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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#51 - Just Go In
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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#50 - The 50th Episode Spectacular
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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#49 - Pepperoni Hawk’s Pro Skater
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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#48 - Busey Pageant
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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#47 - Turn on, tune in, hop out
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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#46 - Prince Soundcheck Japan
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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#45 - For Sale: Trombone, Never Played
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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#44 - Low Five
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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#43 - The Wrap-Up Rap
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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#42 - Moneghetti Spaghetti
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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#41 - Where My Party People At
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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#40 - A Very DPTM Christmas
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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#39 - Slip, Slop, Schplarg
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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#38 - Jah Jah Joo Jie
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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#37 - The ASMR Special
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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#36 - GP in Marseille
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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#35 - Mullets Of The Sixth Borough
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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#34 - Bots, Batts and Beaches
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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#33 - Gettin’ Cheugy With It
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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#32 - Hilaria Ensues
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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#31 – Neolithic Impulses
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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#30 – Modern Lovers
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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#29 – Say It Wasn’t You
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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#28 – No More Superheroes
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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#27 – Golden Thread
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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#26 – Hologram Manslaughter
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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#25 – Honky Horns and Squelches
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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#24 – Fool I Gotta Get Mine
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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#23 – Hooky Dollar Bill
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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#22 – Whisper Jumanji
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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#21 – Explore the Space
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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#20 – On Location
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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#19 – Elevator Pitch
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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#18 – Sisyphus emoji
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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#17 – Who Knows Where This Douchery Will End
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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#16 – The Haycast
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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#15 – Like I Am You, And You Are Me
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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#14 – Apologies and corrections
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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#13 – He Thinks He’s a Lawyer
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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#12 – Let’s Burn Some Bridges
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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#11 – What Will Future Be Like?
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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#10 – Episode Ten
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May 31, 2021 |
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#9 – Tamam Shud
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May 24, 2021 |
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#8 – And That's A Solid Friend
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May 17, 2021 |
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#7 – Treat You Like My Sticky Icky
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May 10, 2021 |
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#6 - This Purple Hamburger Blob Has Inspired Me
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May 04, 2021 |
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#5 – God Has Tendered His Resignation
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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#4 – Pizza Dude’s Got Thirty Seconds
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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#3 – Dub Chiggy Surprise
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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#2 – The Man Who Breathes Through His Eyes
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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#1 – A Licky Boom Boom Down
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Mar 22, 2021 |