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Don't Praise The Machine

Don't Praise The Machine

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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Episodes
  • How Italian Brainrot Changed Memes Forever

    How Italian Brainrot Changed Memes Forever
    Jul 7 2025
    Italian brainrot is here, and nothing will ever be the same. We go through what it means, where it comes from, and what it signals for the future of memes.

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    36 mins
  • How We Fell Into OpenAI's Trap

    How We Fell Into OpenAI's Trap
    Jun 30 2025
    Recently, a seemingly average guy named Chris Smith proposed to his A.I. chatbot. Weird, yes. But in letting ChatGPT into our lives, have we all become more like Chris than we care to admit?

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    45 mins
  • Peter Andre: from Mysterious Girl to Jafaican

    Peter Andre: from Mysterious Girl to Jafaican
    Jun 23 2025

    Peter Andre's been in hot water for his role in 'Jafaican' (2025). But that got us thinking: just who is Peter Andre? How did he rise from a humble Aussie boyhood to become a staple of the British tabloids? Is there more to him than washboard abs?


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    1 hr and 3 mins

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