{"podcast":{"title":"This Week in Retro","slug":"this-week-in-retro-1052400","podcast_index_feed_id":1052400,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml","website_url":"https://TWIR.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14670378/This_Week_In_Retro_Podcast_Logo9mtfm.png","author":"Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles","episode_count":281,"summary":"Get up to speed with the hottest news in the world of retro gaming and computing. Submit your own stories and upvote your favourites at r/ThisWeekinRetro. Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. A relaxed and light hearted chat on the subjects that YOU choose on our Reddit page. With the occasional special guest and a Community Question Of The Week where you get to have your say and share stories.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T08:20:56.062979+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400"},"episode":{"title":"Australia’s Computing History - This Week In Retro 252","slug":"australia-s-computing-history-this-week-in-retro-252","published_at":"2026-01-24T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400/australia-s-computing-history-this-week-in-retro-252","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400","url":"https://TWIR.podbean.com/e/australia-s-computing-history-this-week-in-retro-252/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/gu2sztyji3wkuzcg/TWIR-Episode252.mp3","summary":"Australia's rich history of technological innovation gets the spotlight this week as Chris explores The State of Electronics, a channel dedicated to computing Down Under. Jason looks through the history of Leader Board golf and a comprehensive analysis of the \"sunset-and-grids\" aesthetic which has come to symbolise the 1980s, poking fun at international interpretation of the iconic Trapper Keeper along the way. And a treasure trove of Amiga Format magazines shared on the This Week in Retro subreddit sparks a discussion led by Dave of the golden age of tech publications. We conclude with listener submissions for the best era of Sega and wrap up with a brand new Community Question of the Week. You can order the latest issue of Pixel Addict fresh and wrinkle free, with the optional physical cover-disk, direct from the source by visiting https://www.addict.media/ 00:00 - Show Opening 01:57 - Australian Computer History DocosStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/@StateofElectronics/videos 14:50 - Golf & GridsStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_bBkKo8b74 Additional links:https://bit.ly/TWIRGuide 31:46 - Housekeeping - News links found below 39:25 - Amiga DoormatStory Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1qdulaa/an_unexpected_find_during_my_evening_run_in/ 50:02 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts!Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube:Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMAJason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton Audio Podcast:https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/ Subscribe to the audio ver…","meta_description":"Australia's rich history of technological innovation gets the spotlight this week as Chris explores The State of Electronics, a channel dedicated to compu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3265,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-retro-1052400/episodes/australia-s-computing-history-this-week-in-retro-252/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400/australia-s-computing-history-this-week-in-retro-252.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}