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Don't Praise The Machine (DPTM)

Don't Praise The Machine (DPTM)

By: Alexander Holland & John Maloney
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Al and John grew up together in the 1990s but now live on opposite sides of the world. Each week, they get together through the magic of the Internet to catch up, make each other laugh and try to make sense of it all.


The result is a funny, surreal and thought-provoking excursion through the arcane recesses of pop culture and technology, and the mysteries of everyday life. What’s it like to have a virtual companion? Did Hilaria Baldwin really pretend to be Spanish? Why did movies used to have a rap in the credits to explain their own plot?


Get in touch at hello@dptm.org or find us on IG @dont_praise_the_machine.

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Episodes
  • Afroman’s Revenge & A Short History of Cops on Camera

    Afroman’s Revenge & A Short History of Cops on Camera
    Mar 30 2026
    In light of Afroman and Justin Timberlake's separate filmed run-ins with the law, this week we trace the wild history of dash cams and body cams and explore how one rapper turned his own police raid footage into certified internet gold. Justice never sounded so funky.

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    50 mins
  • JOHN & AL Together In Melbourne 2026

    JOHN & AL Together In Melbourne 2026
    Mar 23 2026
    The pod-brothers get together in the same room for a rare in-person off-the-cuff chat.

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    46 mins
  • The $200m Aussie Radio Death of Kyle & Jackie O

    The $200m Aussie Radio Death of Kyle & Jackie O
    Mar 16 2026

    After 27 years together, Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O — Australia's most dominant commercial FM breakfast duo — have finally parted ways. Jackie has declared she can no longer work with Kyle, who has been stood down for serious misconduct, and their $200 million, 10-year KIIS FM deal is now in tatters.

    We look back at how they built their partnership in Australian media, how they commanded eye-watering salaries that prime ministers and premiers couldn't afford to ignore, the failed Melbourne expansion that quietly began unravelling the whole machine, and what their spectacular split means for legacy commercial radio, and where the industry goes from here.

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    51 mins
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