Queens of the Drone Age – Details, episodes & analysis

In this deep dive special from the archives, the Queens reveal some fun egg facts, the science behind Century Eggs, and share an Australian scientist who has defied nature itself...by inventing a gadget that unboils eggs.

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In this episode, Rae tries out a "cosplay fireplace" aka the Dimplex Ritz Portable Electric Fire with Optiflame Log Effect Heater and Tegan gets behind the wheel of the 2022 Mustang. 

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In this week's gadget chat, Rae has finally been able to connect her Audio-Technica record player with some decent speakers - she puts the Sonos Era 100 and Sonos Era 300 through their paces with all manner of music. She also digs into the new sustainability considerations of the latest Sonos offerings. 

Meanwhile, Amanda has been trying out not one, but two Mophie Snap+ chargers - the Multi-Device Travel Charger and the 4-in-1 Wireless Charging Mat. One she loves, one not so much. For dubious reasons. 

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In the wave of Roe V Wade being overturned, the Queens cover how to keep your phone and computer data more secure - from VPNs and end-to-end encryption to signal-blocking Faraday bags for your device.

The Queens also take a look at Google announcing auto-deletion of sensitive data, and whether that might actually be a red flag.

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In this episode Rad and Tegan are left to their own devices, quite literally. Tegan breathes heavily over the brand new flagship Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones while Rad takes a look at the much smaller Sony LinkBuds S - the ones without the hole in them.

Rad also adds to her Vibe Kingdom with the Philips Hue Play Gradient Light Strip and Play HDMI Sync Box.

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In this Deep Dive special from our archives, it's all about the plants!

The Queens explore grow lights, hydroponic herb gardens, historical beauty poisons, modern medicinal discoveries – and even how they respond to music.

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In this Deep Dive special from the archives, the Queens fire up the old dial-up modem to regale us with tales of their early years on the internet.

Embarrassing childhood email addresses, roleplaying in Yahoo Chat, scamming people on Neopets… it’s a wild ride.

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The Queens go on a tour of one of Australia's most haunted locations - the Q Station at Manly. Armed with some ghost hunting tech and the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, they try their hardest to record a ghost without actually bringing one home.

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Later this week, we've got a super special ep where we go ghost hunting (cause bustin' makes us feel good). In preparation, please enjoy this vintage QOTDA episode that's all things paranormal. The only thing we didn't discuss was Paranorman (2012). It was a surprisingly good film.

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We take a look back at an early episode of QOTDA where we chatted about the pinnacle of cinema: video game movies. Move over Cannes and eat dirt Sundance, because the Queens have the real cinematic masterpieces.

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