Archive - Webworm with David Farrier

Meeting the Master Baiters

Listen now | Why the worst people are just doing a bit - and why we're taking the bait.

Apr 17 •

24:25

A Dead Internet?

Listen now | I’m curious what your experience is like online - because for me, it's flatlining.

Apr 11 •

8:39

Grifters, Bigots & Booling With the Dawgs

Totally Normal 25 looks at how the web is poisoning people’s brains.

Apr 8 •

The Worst Urban Myths Never Die

Listen now | "I've also met a freak who thought she was a cat and her sick, goth mother allowed it!"

Apr 4 •

10:32

Why Do We Love True Crime?

Listen now | We can't get enough of it and I wonder where it's taking us.

Apr 2 •

9:34

March 2024

The Origins of Rage

I dyed my hair pink - then the angry comments began.

Mar 30 •

The American Nightmare

Listen now | Taxed here, taxed there, taxed everywhere. Alive or dead, America will tax you.

Mar 27 •

17:00

11 Hours & 23 Minutes of Lord of the Rings

Listen Now | Webworm watches New Zealand's most famous trilogy.

Mar 23 •

16:27

Why Are Bosses Nearly All Buffoons?

Listen now | On the incompetence of the executive class.

Mar 18 •

7:06

I Think I'm Done Flying Boeing

With 346 people already dead, what's one more life?

Mar 13 •

Wormy Encounters

After I told the story of Gary, you shared a bunch of your own "Garys".

Mar 11 •

17:24

Algorithms Are Eating Our Culture

"Art is a crucial part of a healthy society, but it can’t exist in a vacuum."

Mar 8 •

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