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There’s new mind-bending technology that creates immersive media from scratch. 

It's called generative AI and it’s billed as the next big disruption.

In this episode of Radio National's Background Briefing, Schmeitgeist host Ange Lavoipierre investigates its rapid progress and whether we should worry about its destination.

The Millennial Era is coming to an end. But what's taking its place? Flawless Instagram face is being rapidly replaced by first take, blurry unedited and even deliberately unflattering posts, as a fever for apparent authenticity takes hold. The number one app in the world is BeReal, which promises to show a less filtered version of people's lives. In fact, the new gold standard is to keep your face and maybe even your real name off the internet altogether, with Gen Z opting for a more anonymous version of life online. Today on Schmeitgeist, for our season finale, we're zooming in on the new, less curated, more chaotic and honest way of being on the internet, and what it's doing for us.

Schmeitgeist is a weekly pop culture podcast from ABC Everyday about why we love what we love, hosted by Ange Lavoipierre.

After a lifetime of being dismissed as a guilty pleasure, pop music is currently cooler than it ever has been. Pop artists like Harry Styles, Doja Cat and Lil Nas X can do no wrong with both critics and audiences, and there's no end in sight to their reign. So how did pop come out on top? Did the genre change or did we? And is there a downside to global popification? Today on Schmeitgeist, we find out how pop music transformed its reputation and conquered the world.

Schmeitgeist is a weekly pop culture podcast from ABC Everyday about why we love what we love, hosted by Ange Lavoipierre.

In 2022 we all just want to be tucked into bed and told that everything's going to be okay, and who can blame us? Tech and culture is doing its best to transport us back to a simpler time in our lives: childhood. There's roleplay ASMR on YouTube, podcasts to soothe you to sleep, a 'womb noise' playlist and kidcore fashion, replete with dummies. At the same time, the number of subscribers to a subreddit for age regressors, who often involuntarily regress to ages as young as one, has more than doubled. Today on Schmeitgeist, we embrace our inner child to discover the ways we're regressing, and the appeal or otherwise going back.

Schmeitgeist is a weekly pop culture podcast from ABC Everyday about why we love what we love, hosted by Ange Lavoipierre.

It's hard to think of a shoe that's had a better decade than the Croc. So how did the widely reviled foam clog transform from dadcore into high fashion darling? The answer tells us a lot about how anything gets to be cool. Today on Schmeitgeist, the unlikely Crocs cult and the inner workings of the trend curve.

Schmeitgeist is a weekly pop culture podcast from ABC Everyday about why we love what we love, hosted by Ange Lavoipierre.

On paper, Gen Z & Millennials should not believe in magic. They were raised on a diet of climate and vaccine science, and they're nominally more secular than their parents and grandparents. So how did they get so into astrology that they decided never to date a Gemini? Is it possible to believe in both magic and science at the same time? Today on Schmeitgeist, the incredible rise of internet mysticism, and just how much we really believe.

Schmeitgeist is a weekly pop culture podcast from ABC Everyday about why we love what we love, hosted by Ange Lavoipierre.