Tech Mirror
Episodes
China + Tech
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the next deep dive into tech and geopolitics, Johanna Weaver sits down with Tim Coghlan, an Australia global tech and China economy analyst living ...
Tech + Trump
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode in a deep dive into tech and geopolitics, Johanna Weaver sits down with Martijn Rasser, Vice-President of Technology Leadership a...
India AI Action Summit
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Johanna Weaver catches up with Jess Wilson, CEO of Good Things; David Masters, Head of Global Public Policy at Atlassian; Lizzie O&rsq...
2026 Preview
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
To start off our new season of Tech Mirror, we’re looking at 2026 and whether we can predict what the hot topic issues will be for the year. Wil...
Part 5: Next Steps
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final episode of TPDI’s 5-part Tech Mirror mini-series, Australia vs Social Media: Inside the world-first online safety experiment. ...
Part 4: Implementation
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is episode 4 of TPDi’s 5-part Tech Mirror mini-series, Australia vs Social Media: Inside the world-first online safety experiment.&nbs...
Part 3: The Law
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is episode 3 of a 5-part Tech Mirror mini-series, Australia vs Social Media: Inside the world-first online safety experiment. In this episode, we...
Part 2: The Politics
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is episode 2 of a special 5-part Tech Mirror mini-series, Australia vs Social Media: Inside the world-first online safety experiment. ...
Part 1: The Harms
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this 5-part Tech Mirror mini-series, Australia vs Social Media, we’re exploring Australia's world first online safety experiment. Across five...
Australia vs Social Media
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Australia passed its world-first law setting a minimum age for social media, the headlines were global - but the experts were divided. In this Te...
Liability Is Not A Dirty Word, with Casey Mock from the Centre for Human Technology
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chief Policy and Public Affairs Officer at the Center for Humane Technology, Casey Mock joins Johanna for a discussion on incentives for building safe...
Country, Kin and Technology
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Angie Abdilla, Professor and the ANU School of Cybernetics, founder of Old Ways, New, and co-author of the Indigenous Protocols for Artificial Intelli...
Plurality: A Vision of the Future of Democracy and Society
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Taiwan’s inaugural Digital Minister, Audrey Tang, and author and founder of RadicalxChange Glen Weyl, join Johanna for an in-depth conversation on u...
Cyber Power: Alliances and Accountability
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brendan Dowling Australia's Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology is Johanna's guest for this episode of Tech Mirror. Join them as they...
Privacy: We Can Have Our Cake And Eat It Too
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Carly Kind assumed her role as Privacy Commissioner in February this year. In this episode of Tech Mirror, Commissioner Kind and Johanna traverse: ...
Getting Under the Hood of Social Media with Frances Haugen
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Frances Haugen came to the world’s attention in 2021 as a whistle-blower, after filing a series of complaints about Facebook (now Meta) with the U.S...
TPDC's Brand New Education Program!
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re excited to announce that the Tech Mirror Podcast will be returning to its regular scheduling very soon - we’re cooking up a great season wit...
War Has Rules (yes, even in cyberspace)
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode of Tech Mirror on the imperative to protect civilians from digital threats during war. Johanna is in conversation with Dr. C...
Privacy: Move Fast and Regulate It
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Curious about the future of privacy in Australia? Join us as we delve into the world of privacy regulation in Australia. Our expert panel shares their...
Beyond the Pause: Australia’s AI Opportunity – Part 2
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wish you could sit down with a real-deal AI technologist and ask them what’s on earth is going on? In this double-episode of Tech Mirror, Johan...
Beyond the Pause: Australia’s AI Opportunity – Part 1
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wish you could sit down with a real-deal AI technologist and ask them what’s on earth is going on? In this double-episode of Tech Mirror, Johan...
Regulating Digital Empires
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this joint episode of Tech Mirror and the National Security Podcast, Anu Bradford and Johanna Weaver join Jennifer Jackett to discuss the global im...
Internet Governance is Sexy
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded on location in the margins of NetThing and the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Forum. Johanna, and guest co-host Tanvi Nair, canvass how the...
The Social and Moral Imperative to Act
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Johanna speaks with Alice Dawkins, Executive Director of Reset.Tech Australia, an independent, non-partisan policy initiative wrestling with questions...
Everything is Content Moderation
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Johanna speaks with Evelyn Douek, assistant Professor at Stanford Law School (and former corporate lawyer in Australia), about the public and private ...
Man-Made: How the bias of the past is being built into the future
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Johanna speaks with author and journalist Tracey Spicer about her new book, Man-made: how the bias of the past is being built into the...
Keeping Pace: The Case for Digital Regulation
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Mirror, Johanna is in conversation with Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair of the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission)...
Shutdowns and spyware: Human Rights in the Digital Era
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Johanna speaks with Brett Solomon, co-founder and Executive Director of Access Now, about the state of digital rights in 2023. The pair discuss critic...
Tech & Democracy: Brain Surgery in a Taxi
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Mirror, Johanna speaks to Nitin Pai, co-founder and director of the Takshashila Institution, an independent think tank and sch...
Digital Identify: Waking Sleeping Gorillas
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Mirror, Johanna speaks to Amit Singh, a member of the expert panel appointed by the Australian Federal Government to oversee a...
BONUS EPISODE: Cracking the Code: IWD 2023
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The theme of IWD this year is Cracking the Code: Innovation for a gender equal future. In this episode Johanna interviews leading women in tech policy...
Privacy is Not Dead
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Johanna brings together a group of Australian privacy experts to discuss the Federal Government’s Privacy Act Review and to share t...
Converge
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Catherine Ball, businesswoman, futurist, and ‘dame of drones’ sits down with Johanna Weaver in the studio to discuss her new book ‘Converge’...
Security by Design or Disaster?
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Lee Bygrave, Director of the Norwegian Research Centre for Computers and Law in the University of Oslo, joins Johanna in the studio to discu...
NetThing 2022
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are bringing you a discussion that we recorded as part of NetThing 2022 – Australia’s Internet Governance Community Forum. Johann...
Conditions of Possibility
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Johanna sits down with Professor Elanor Huntington FTSE, Executive Director of Digital, National Facilities & Collections at CSIRO, an...
Public Technology and Public Policy
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Johanna sits down with Sharad Sharma, a distinguished evangelist of public interest technology in India. Sharad co-founded the non-pro...
Diversity in Tech
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Johanna interviews Luli Adeyemo, Director of TechDiversity and Founder of marketing firm Best Case Scenario. Prompted by Luli’s pie...
The Digital Republic
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Johanna interviews Jamie Susskind, barrister and author of The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st century. The...
Hactivists, Hackers & Mercenaries
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Johanna interviews Professor Ciaran Martin, former CEO of the UK’s Cyber Security Centre, and Professor of Practice in the Manageme...
Australia’s Quantum Advantage
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Professor Johanna Weaver interviews Professor Michelle Simmons AO, world-leading quantum pioneer and Director of Sydney-based manufac...
Tech Mirror
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Tech Policy Design Centre is proud to introduce our new title Tech Mirror: Reflecting on technology and society with Johanna Weaver. To launch our...
The Great Tech Game
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we bring you Johanna’s discussion with Anirudh Suri, Managing Partner at India Internet Fund and author of the new book, The Great Tech G...
Bombs or Bytes – International Law Applies
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tech Policy Design Centre Director and host of the pod, Johanna Weaver, was invited to deliver a keynote address at NATO’s annual International Conf...
Cyber Partisans
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Spokesperson for Belarusian digital resistance group Cyber Partisans, Yuliana Shemetovets, joins Johanna on the sidelines of CyCon. The pair dive into...
Tech Wars and Anti-Trust Laws: How Great Power Competition Is Reshaping Regulation
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Tech Mirror, Johanna does a speed chat with Angela Zhang, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Chinese Law at the Uni...
Optimism, Climate Change & Start-ups
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Mirror, Johanna sits down with Professor Lachlan Blackhall, Entrepreneurial Fellow and Head of the Battery Storage and Grid In...
eSafety: Powers + Responsibility
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Australia was the first country in the world to establish the position of eSafety Commissioner. In this episode of Tech Mirror Julie and Johanna dis...
Defending the Rules-Based International Order
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a special episode of Tech Mirror, Johanna is joined by Michele G Markoff, Deputy Coordinator for Cyber Issues at the US Department of State, and He...
Digital fever dreams?
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth episode of Tech Mirror, Johanna is joined by Justin Warren, Chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia. The pair discuss live issues in tec...
The Art of Engagement - with Atlassian’s David Masters
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of Tech Mirror, Johanna sits down with David Masters, Head of Global Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Atlassian. The pair dis...
Replumbing Power
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of Tech Mirror, Johanna is joined in conversation by Melinda Cilento, CEO at CEDA and host of the Economist’s Corner; Stilgher...
Taking Stock of Aussie Tech Policy with Minister Fletcher
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the inaugural episode, Johanna Weaver, Director of the Tech Policy Design Centre at ANU, sits down with The Hon Paul Fletcher MP, Minister for Comm...
Introducing Talking Tech Policy
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The introductory episode of the talking tech policy podcast (now Tech Mirror).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.