Wearable tech, including smart watches in particular, are increasingly becoming a part of our everyday lives helping to track our movements, sleep, communications and a lot of other data, but have you ever questioned whether or not this is a good thing?

The Quicky speaks to self-confessed smart watch obsessive Jessie Stephens, and an expert in these new technologies to find out whether all of this information is making us feel better or worse about ourselves, and if this very personal data is in fact secure.

CREDITS 

Host/Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

Guests:

Jessie Stephens - Editor of News and Features at Mamamia, host of True Crime Conversations and The Delivery Room, and co-host of Cancelled and Mamamia Out Loud

Associate Professor Valerie Gay - Expert in Mobile Technologies, Digital Health and Social Innovation at the University of Technology, Sydney

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CONTACT US

Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Wearable tech, including smart watches in particular, are increasingly becoming a part of our everyday lives helping to track our movements, sleep, communications and a lot of other data, but have you ever questioned whether or not this is a good thing?
The Quicky speaks to self-confessed smart watch obsessive Jessie Stephens, and an expert in these new technologies to find out whether all of this information is making us feel better or worse about ourselves, and if this very personal data is in fact secure.
CREDITS&nbsp;
Host/Producer: Claire Murphy
Executive Producer:&nbsp;Siobh&aacute;n Moran-McFarlane
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
Guests:
Jessie Stephens - Editor of News and Features at <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/author/jessie-stephens-2/">Mamamia</a>, host of <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/true-crime-conversations/">True Crime Conversations</a> and <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/the-delivery-room/">The Delivery Room</a>, and co-host of <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/cancelled-podcast/">Cancelled</a> and <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/mamamia-out-loud/">Mamamia Out Loud</a>
Associate Professor Valerie Gay - Expert in Mobile Technologies, Digital Health and Social Innovation at the <a href="https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Valerie.Gay">University of Technology, Sydney</a>
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CONTACT US
Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at <a href="mailto:thequicky@mamamia.com.au">thequicky@mamamia.com.au</a>
Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Do you find the news cycle overwhelming?  Depressing? Confusing? Boring? Endless?
Then you need The Quicky.   Mamamia's daily podcast that gets you up to speed on the top stories, then deep dives on one topic you want to know more about.  
It's the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day.

The Quicky

Do you find the news cycle overwhelming? Depressing? Confusing? Boring? Endless?

Then you need The Quicky. Mamamia's daily podcast that gets you up to speed on the top stories, then deep dives on one topic you want to know more about.

It's the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day.

Do you find the news cycle overwhelming? Depressing? Confusing? Boring? Endless?
Then you need The Quicky. Mamamia's daily podcast that gets you up to speed on the top stories, then deep dives on one topic you want to know more about.
It's the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day.