Allan Boyd Talks to Experts About Things cover art

Allan Boyd Talks to Experts About Things

Allan Boyd Talks to Experts About Things

Written by: Allan Boyd - Journalist RTRFM Perth Western Australia
Listen for free

About this listen

West Australian Independent Journalist Allan Boyd talks to actual experts about interesting things for about 15 minutes. Also on RTRFM!


I source a lot of content via the excellent academic-journalism website, The Conversation.


The things I cover are wide...


Including Cyber-security, Surveillance-capitalism, Media, Arts, Politics, Internet Stuff, AI, Big Tech, Science, Ecology, Social Justice, Human Rights, Activism...


I have a solid background in web development, arts, comms, politics and media. In particular, independent community arts. Been broadcasting on and off since 1996 with RTRFM. Serial student at ECU in Media and Cybersecurity. Lapsed sessional academic of Experimental, Performance Poetry and Creative Writing at Curtin. Ex-tree-planting contractor. Was a Perth Indymedia OG at the birth of Open Publishing. I'm a rogue web developer by trade. Muso. Building the internet with my bare hands since 1998! Aka the antipoet. Perth Slam co-host.

© 2026 Allan Boyd Talks to Experts About Things Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Rob Nicholls – Landmark Social Media Addiction Case

    Rob Nicholls – Landmark Social Media Addiction Case
    Apr 17 2026

    Dr Rob Nicholls - expert in Media and Communications at RMIT, talking with RTRFM’s Allan Boyd about the recent landmark social media case against Google and Meta in the United States.

    ==

    INTRO: A recent US court case saw big tech giants, Meta and Google, pay out six million dollars to a single plaintiff for mental health damage - citing dangerous and addictive design features in the social media platforms. The case is seen as a precedent to many more to come. On The Record’s Allan Boyd caught up with an expert in tech law to find out what’s going on…

    LENGTH: 15:37

    --

    Source: The Conversation - Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout - March 26, 2026

    Send me a message
    Show More Show Less
    16 mins
  • Lisa Given - Social media giants not complying with teen social media ban

    Lisa Given - Social media giants not complying with teen social media ban
    Apr 15 2026

    Dr Lisa Given - Professor of Information Sciences at RMIT University - talks with RTRFM’s Allan Boyd on the latest report on Australia' teen social media ban.

    Professor Lisa Given - Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University

    ==

    INTRO: It’s been four months since Australia banned under-16s from social media, and now the online regulator has released its first report on how the world-first policy is progressing. To find out where we’re at with the ban and if the big social media platforms are complying, RTRFM’s Allan Boyd caught up with an expert…

    LENGTH: 12:40

    ==

    Conversation Article: Social media giants are not complying with under‑16s social
    media ban, new report finds - March 31, 202

    Send me a message
    Show More Show Less
    13 mins
  • Denis Muller - Unpacking the Vulgar: Kyle and Jackie O Suspended

    Denis Muller - Unpacking the Vulgar: Kyle and Jackie O Suspended
    Mar 27 2026

    Controversial Sydney radio duo - Kyle and Jackie O - have been in the news recently after Jackie O left the show following claims of online bullying by co-host Sandilands. Sandilands has since been suspended and their 200-million-dollar national contract is in doubt. What’s going on? On The Record’s Allan Boyd spoke with a media expert to find out…

    Dr Denis Muller - Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne.

    Source: The Conversation


    Send me a message
    Show More Show Less
    13 mins
No reviews yet