Is it no longer ‘borderline illegal’ to be Christian in Silicon Valley? This week, Oz and Karah are diving deep into Peter Thiel’s 4-part lecture series on the Antichrist and they unpack why the tech industry might be getting more religious. Plus, Oz spills the tea on the Dutch-China microchip drama. Space junk is falling from the sky. The cops are getting called over AI pranks gone wrong. And Karah updates Oz on the latest dating trend. For Chat and Me, one listener gets in over her head, and gives it all up.  

Additional Reading: 
Police Say People Keep Calling 911 Over an 'AI Homeless Man' TikTok Prank 
Christianity Was “Borderline Illegal” in Silicon Valley. Now It’s the New Religion | Vanity Fair 
What billionaire Peter Thiel said in his private ‘Antichrist lectures’ - The Washington Post 
Why has the Dutch Government taken control of Chinese Owned Chipmaker Nexperia | Al-Jazeera
Elon Musk's Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky 
‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Is it no longer &lsquo;borderline illegal&rsquo; to be Christian in Silicon Valley? This week, Oz and Karah are diving deep into Peter Thiel&rsquo;s 4-part lecture series on the Antichrist and they unpack why the tech industry might be getting more religious. Plus, Oz spills the tea on the Dutch-China microchip drama. Space junk is falling from the sky. The cops are getting called over AI pranks gone wrong. And Karah updates Oz on the latest dating trend. For Chat and Me, one listener gets in over her head, and gives it all up.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Additional Reading:&nbsp;
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://gizmodo.com/police-say-people-keep-calling-911-over-an-ai-homeless-man-tiktok-prank-2000671130">Police Say People Keep Calling 911 Over an 'AI Homeless Man' TikTok Prank</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/christianity-was-borderline-illegal-in-silicon-valley-now-its-the-new-religion?srsltid=AfmBOooP-RpVZbTQIH7oVxXC8mw8RuRgHF2gG_6Mst-Et7C-CXOtvohx">Christianity Was &ldquo;Borderline Illegal&rdquo; in Silicon Valley. Now It&rsquo;s the New Religion | Vanity Fair</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/10/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-leaked/">What billionaire Peter Thiel said in his private &lsquo;Antichrist lectures&rsquo; - The Washington Post</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/10/14/why-has-dutch-government-taken-control-of-china-owned-chipmaker-nexperia">Why has the Dutch Government taken control of Chinese Owned Chipmaker Nexperia | Al-Jazeera</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://futurism.com/space/elon-musks-satellites-falling">Elon Musk's Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/12/chatgpt-ed-into-bed-chatfishing-on-dating-apps">&lsquo;I realised I&rsquo;d been ChatGPT-ed into bed&rsquo;: how &lsquo;Chatfishing&rsquo; made finding love on dating apps even weirder</a></li>
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Behind every innovation is a new kind of power. TechStuff unpacks how technology reshapes influence, creativity, and control, from Silicon Valley’s rising moguls to the cultural forces they create. Because tech is the new religion, economy, and entertainment, all at once.

Each week, Oz Woloshyn and Karah Preiss dig into the weird, funny, and sometimes unsettling ways technology, AI, and the internet shape our daily lives. From AI and social media to privacy, digital burnout, and the creator economy, they ask how all this innovation is changing who we are, how we work, love, and make meaning. Smart talk, strange stories, and the questions everyone’s Googling: why AI feels human, why social media feels broken, and what it all says about us.

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Behind every innovation is a new kind of power. TechStuff unpacks how technology reshapes influence, creativity, and control, from Silicon Valley&rsquo;s rising moguls to the cultural forces they create. Because tech is the new religion, economy, and entertainment, all at once.
Each week, Oz Woloshyn and Karah Preiss dig into the weird, funny, and sometimes unsettling ways technology, AI, and the internet shape our daily lives. From AI and social media to privacy, digital burnout, and the creator economy, they ask how all this innovation is changing who we are, how we work, love, and make meaning.&nbsp;Smart talk, strange stories, and the questions everyone&rsquo;s Googling: why AI feels human, why social media feels broken, and what it all says about us.
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TechStuff is getting a system update. Everything you love about TechStuff now twice the bandwidth with new hosts, Oz Woloshyn (Sleepwalkers) and Karah Preiss (Sleepwalkers) 

Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us. 

TechStuff is the podcast where technology meets culture. 

We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we love, how we work and even how we die. With a healthy dose of drama, too, as tech titans clash over their interstellar ambitions. 

 

TechStuff is getting a system update. Everything you love about TechStuff now twice the bandwidth with new hosts, Oz Woloshyn (Sleepwalkers) and Karah Preiss (Sleepwalkers)&nbsp;
Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us.&nbsp;
TechStuff is the podcast where technology meets culture.&nbsp;
We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we love, how we work and even how we die. With a healthy dose of drama, too, as tech titans clash over their interstellar ambitions.&nbsp;
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Week in Tech: The Antichrist, the Billionaire and God in the Machine

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