About this podcast
How do we ensure technology makes our lives better? Tech Mirror is the podcast of the Tech Policy Design Institute. We explore how technolgy is shaping our lives, and how we - the humans- can shape technolgy back.
Episodes
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- Staying Human in the AI Era · 51 min · Season 3 Episode 18As AI becomes more embedded in our lives, how do we make sure we retain the capabilities, connections, and agency that make us human, and how do we find the courage to shape what…
- China’s AI Rulebook · 47 min · Season 3 Episode 17China has been regulating artificial intelligence for years, challenging the assumption that technology is evolving too rapidly to regulate. As concerns grow over tech company…
- Putting AI to Work for Australians · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 16“I wanted to make a difference, and I wasn’t getting that fulfilment in the private sector anymore,” says Lee Hickin. After decades at some of the world’s largest technology…
- OnlyFans · 49 min · Season 3 Episode 15OnlyFans is often immediately recognised as an adult content platform. Yet, according to digital culture scholar Dr. Emily van der Nagel, the company sidesteps embracing the…
- AI’s Diversity Problem · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 14Many believe that Artificial Intelligence will soon be embedded in nearly every aspect of the modern world. But how diverse are the people shaping this technology? In this…
- Can Industrial AI Rebuild Australia's Economy? · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 13Is Australia getting AI strategy right? Following the PM’s “AI In Australia’s Interests” speech on 15 July, much of the conversation has focused on data centres and ‘national…
- Building Matilda · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 12What would it take for Australia to build its own AI future? The Australian Prime Minister made a landmark speech on 15 July declaring that his government would shape Artificial…
- Human Choice and the Ethics of AI · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 11In a world of AI, what does it mean to be human? In this episode of Tech Mirror, host Johanna Weaver speaks with one of Australia’s foremost ethicists, Simon Longstaff, from the…
- AI Agency & Mythos 5 · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 10With countries and tech stakeholders rapidly moving to claim AI in their interest, such as the US government’s move to restrict non-citizens' access to platforms like Claude…
- Worker Futures & Digital Dignity · 53 min · Season 3 Episode 9The nature of work and jobs is being reshaped by artificial intelligence. Is it the building block to a worker utopia, or a more bleak, disruptive reality? In this episode of…
- Good Tech · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 8Prepare to meet some amazing individuals who are using technology for social justice. This episode was recorded live at the Technology for Social Justice conference - Australia’s…
- Earning trust · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 7This episode marks the launch of TIPD's new research around AI, trust and regulation on 5 May in Parramatta. It begins with Johanna speaking with the Assistant Minister for…
- Privacy + kids online · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 6Johanna discusses Australia’s draft Children’s Online Privacy Code with Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind and Director of the Code Taskforce Kate Bower. They discuss how the…
- How progress ends · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 5Johanna looks at whether the past can give us clues about the future with Carl Benedikt Frey, Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor of AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute and…
- China + Tech · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 4In the next deep dive into tech and geopolitics, Johanna Weaver sits down with Tim Coghlan, an Australia global tech and China economy analyst living in Beijing.They talk about…
- Tech + Trump · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 3In the first episode in a deep dive into tech and geopolitics, Johanna Weaver sits down with Martijn Rasser, Vice-President of Technology Leadership at the US Special Competitive…
- India AI Action Summit · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 2In this episode Johanna Weaver catches up with Jess Wilson, CEO of Good Things; David Masters, Head of Global Public Policy at Atlassian; Lizzie O’Shea, Chair of Digital Rights…
- 2026 Preview · 42 min · Season 3 Episode 1To start off our new season of Tech Mirror, Johanna Weaver is join by her co-founder at the Tech Policy Design Institute, Zoe Hawkins, and the pair look forward into 2026 and…
- Part 5: Next Steps - Australia vs Social Media · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 5This is the final episode of TPDi’s 5-part Tech Mirror mini-series, Australia vs Social Media: Inside the world-first online safety experiment. In this episode, we turn our…
- Part 4: Implementation - Australia vs Social Media · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 4This is episode 4 of TPDi’s 5-part Tech Mirror mini-series, Australia vs Social Media: Inside the world-first online safety experiment. In this episode, we do a deep dive into…
