Media Mothership
Media Mothership
Media Mothership explores how media can shape our understanding of the world through interviews and discussions with content makers, critical thinkers and forensic fans of movies, TV shows, video games, etc. Host Dr Craig Norris discusses the latest news, absurdities and trends in modern media and culture.Follow the podcast:
Media Mothership 9 July 2026
56:12
Who creates meaning? Humans, AI, audiences, or accidents?
Who actually creates culture. Is it authors? Fans? AI? Governments? Or sometimes complete accidents? Whether it's Star Wars fan fiction becoming a Hollywood film, governments subsidising AI translation, or gamers discovering their favourite Batman moment was actually a bug, today's stories all circ…
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Media Mothership 2 July 2026
1:00:00
How digital culture is reshaping reality, authority, and meaning
Digital spaces are no longer separate from society. Games, fandoms, memes, wikis, and AI systems have become places where governments govern, citizens socialise, stories are told, and institutions make decisions. For more information on this episode visit Media Mothership Media Mothership: https:/…
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Technology changing culture and communication
Bots now outnumber humans online, AI is changing how we write, and major corporations continue to expand their grip on beloved cultural properties. This episode was recorded live at Edge Radio 99.3FM studios in Hobart Tasmania, and first aired on 18 June 2026. More information: Media Mothership: h…
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Media Mothership 18 June 2026
56:43
Media Mothership 11 June 2026
1:00:00
Backrooms, Ghibli and AI Chaos
We discuss the surprise success of Backrooms and what it means when a YouTube creator and a creepypasta can outperform major Hollywood franchises. We also examine Studio Ghibli's controversial restrictions on photography at Ghibli Park, and look at a recent experiment where AI models were placed in…
45:21
Media Mothership 4 June 2026
1:15:00
Living Inside the Media Machine
Exploring some of the internet's most interesting recent stories: the pope quoting Gandalf while warning about AI, Red Dead Redemption 2's rise through the all-time sales charts, prediction markets turning into spoiler machines, and whether modern media increasingly requires homework to fully parti…
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