About this podcast
Your friendly neighborhood pessimists, Andrew and Lauren, process the chaos of the modern world one anxiety-inducing nightmare at a time.
Each episode of Happy Doomsday strives to breakdown every gloomy, doomy, and otherwise unhappy topic of the modern world - coping through curiosity and exploration. Whether it be tech, science, social, or pop culture, no subject is too out there for Andrew and Lauren’s chaotic examinations. Come maniacally learn your way through each and every bleak week ahead with their thoughtfulness, humor, and potentially undiagnosed dissociative disorders.
Take a seat on the couch, enter the Dark Chat, and don't forget to wish you and your loved ones a very Happy Doomsday!
Episodes
- Oh no! End of Season One! · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 12We are seeing out our first season with a little recap and retrospective, through an open conversation about the making of the pod itself. Come take a peek behind the curtain as…
- Oh no! Autonomous Humanoid Robots! · 1 h 28 min · Season 1 Episode 11The spectre of humanoid robots in everyday life is closer than it's ever been. Tech companies seem to think we all want an autonomous robot living with us and doing our laundry…
- Oh no! Asteroids! · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 10It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a.... oh shit, it's an asteroid... RUUUUUUUNNNN!!!!! In this episode, Andrew and Lauren talk about how big or small of a threat asteroids…
- Oh no! Journalism! Part 2 · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 9In this episode, Lauren explains how the mainstream news media was miraculously saved from degradation and harmful incentives and is now in better shape than ever before!…
- Oh no! Journalism! Part 1 · 1 h 38 min · Season 1 Episode 8In Part 1 of this epic two parter, Lauren takes us through the storied history and modern pitfalls of journalism ethics while laying the groundwork for next week's internet…
- Oh no! Hypernormalisation! · 1 h 25 min · Season 1 Episode 7Does it feel like the whole world is gaslighting you? Do you feel a weird dissociation between the reality of your crumbling democracy and the monotony of your everyday life?…
- Oh no! Water Wars! · 1 h 12 min · Season 1 Episode 6In this episode, the Dark Chat sits in the splash zone and gets good and soppy. Prepare to drench yourself in an array of topics around California's water supply, from reserve…
- Oh no! Sports Gambling! · 1 h 35 min · Season 1 Episode 5In this week's Dark Chat, Lauren and Andrew spiral into the horrifically predatory world of online Sports Gambling! From history, to lobbying, to app design, to the psychology of…
- Oh no! Diddy! · 1 h 7 min · Season 1 Episode 4This week, Andrew and Lauren discuss the monstrous life of Sean Combs aka Puffy aka Puff Daddy aka Puff aka P Diddy aka Diddy aka Brother Love and use his story as a launching…
- Oh no! Drones! · 1 h 29 min · Season 1 Episode 3What in the hell was up with those drones in New Jersey anyway?! If there's anyone who can get to the bottom of it, it's the internet's greatest Doomers, Andrew and Lauren. Slip…
- Oh no! Organoids! · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 2In this episode, Lauren and Andrew talk about the freaky future of petri grown organic material known as Organoids and separate the study from its sensationalised depiction…
- Oh no! Introduction! · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 1Welcome to the Dark Chat! In this first teaser episode of Happy Doomsday, Andrew and Lauren claim to have invented dark workplace conversations and then get things rolling with…
