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  • 15: Snapewives: Fandom Turned Religious

    15: Snapewives: Fandom Turned Religious
    2026/08/26
    This week’s episode is all about the niche community of Snapewives/Snapeists — a corner of the early 2000’s Harry Potter fandom that religiously engaged and transformed the narratives of Severus Snape. Following Henry Jenkins framework of fandom analysis, we delve into the interesting dynamics of online communities interactions with fictional texts...even to the point of religious devotion. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    22 分
  • 14: Internet Horrors (Part II): Chain Letters

    14: Internet Horrors (Part II): Chain Letters
    2026/08/12
    SEND THIS EPISODE TO 20 PEOPLE IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES OR THE HOST WILL GET YOU!!! A.K.A part two on the topic of creepypasta and how the Internet is a reflection of our human fears. This week we’re talking about email and text chain letters! The episode features: the strange history of chain letters (“the original meme”), Carmen Winstead, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, r/nosleep, my clown collection, and the debut of my audiobook narration career. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    18 分
  • 13: Internet Horrors (Part I): Creepypasta

    13: Internet Horrors (Part I): Creepypasta
    2026/07/29
    This week’s episode of Virtuality gets a little creepy...pasta. The episode features: the origins of Slender Man (Slendy), 4chan (again), true crime, and the Internet phenomenon known as “creepypasta”. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    24 分
  • 12: Futurism: A Cult of the New

    12: Futurism: A Cult of the New
    2026/07/15
    Speed, violence, war, and hot new tech! This weeks episode is all about FUTURISM — the artistic movement of the 20th century that foregrounded the tone of technological accelerationism today, all with a splash of misogyny (fun!) Tune in as I talk about poetic cult manifestos and get increasingly more insecure about how I pronounce words! This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    20 分
  • 11: Bias in the Code

    11: Bias in the Code
    2026/07/01
    Algorithms don’t exist in a vacuum, they code and curate the biases of humanity. This episode is based on Ghanian-American computer scientist and poet Dr. Joy Buolamwini’s concept of the Coded Gaze! This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    17 分
  • 10: Hacking Into the Mainframe (Hackers Pt. II)

    10: Hacking Into the Mainframe (Hackers Pt. II)
    2026/06/17
    Welcome to Part II of the Hackers series! (You won’t be surprised that I once again manage to relate this to cyberpunk.) This episode of Virtuality features: Anonymous, the Backflip Kids of hacking, Operation Payback, Americas obsession with masked men, and Revenge of the Nerds. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    21 分
  • 9: The Geeks Manifesto (Hackers Pt. I)

    9: The Geeks Manifesto (Hackers Pt. I)
    2026/06/03
    Phreaks, geeks, and sneaky MIT undergrads. This week, we’re talking about hackers. From campus pranks to phone phreaks to writing manifestos in a jail cell, the hackers have a colorful history. This is part one of badly explained history around hackers, featuring an excerpt of my Computer x Hacker Nerd fanfiction and, finally, you guessed it, a permanent Webpage of the Week segment theme song, composed by my very own kin (shout out to Diego—love ya...I guess). This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    18 分
  • 8: High Tech, Low Life

    8: High Tech, Low Life
    2026/05/20
    Neon signage, cybernetic augmentations, multi-colour holograms, clusters of projected billboards, dingy motels, low lives, sinister corporations, hustling mercs...and...oriental ‘othering’ that can be historicised in the post-war anxieties circling the U.S. economy in the 1980’s??? You guessed it — this weeks episode is all about the Cyberpunk genre and its prolific authors and adaptations, as well as the historical foregrounding of its trope-y narratives and visuals. The episode features: my poor excuse of sci-fi prose, a lesson on Techno-Orientalism (because I’m doing a presentation on it Friday afternoon), a special Webpage of the Week intro, and my fatigue-induced rambling (complaining) at the end that may or may not be cut by Arina since I low-key went overtime. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz and made thanks to the support of NZ on Air.
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    26 分