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Under the Heat Lamp is a weekly podcast where four friends take a humorous, sometimes thorough, look at various online communities, modern ubiquities, and lifestyles.

Under the Heat Lamp


    • Jul 15, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 45m AVG DURATION
    • 64 EPISODES


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    58 - Chat GPT

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 54:22


    As an AI language model, I cannot provide a "Sick Nasty" description but here is my attempt: "Join Under The Heat Lamp as we shine a humorous light on the latest developments, trends, and implications of AI technology. From wacky algorithms to the comical impact of AI on society, we'll bring you entertaining conversations and comedic takes"

    57 - Crypto

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2021 43:22


    Move aside Obama coin, Doge, and Cummies, $UTH is going to the moooon!!!! This week the guys talk about everything cryptocurrency. What it is, and why your college just bought £300 of something he doesn't know where it is. Sit back and listen as we take a deep dive of the strange, environmentally destructive currencies that have bought teenagers lambos and bankrupted their neighbors.

    56 - Clubhouse

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 46:57


    "Oh you want to listen to Under The Heat Lamp Podcast on clubhouse? We'll do you know any reptiles personally?? No? Then sorry" This week the guys are talking about new exclusive voice room semi-social media Clubhouse. What we think about the app, the people who use it, how it compares to other social media copying it and if we think it has a future.

    55 - Reborn Baby Dolls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 41:35


    A face only a mother can love, that new baby smell of plastic and silicone all wrapped up in a lifesized artisan placenta. This week the guys speak about Reborn Baby Dolls, fake babies made to look as realistic as possible. The people who make them, and the people who buy and sell them.

    54 - Habbo Hotel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2021 42:35


    Join the UTH agency for 1 coin an hour and maybe we'll promote you to the VIP recording area! This week to end 'Old Internet' block the guys are looking at the classic pixel at, skyscraper, social living simulator Habbo Hotel. Are the couches worth your dad's last remaining £20? Or are you content to just chat with your friends?

    53 - Neopets

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 45:49


    Let's all get transported back to 2002 with the third installment of our old internet block Neopets! This web-based pet care game has been going since 1999, and you can tell. Do you want to dress up a penguin in a suit but your parents blocked club penguin? Then do we have a game for you. This week the guys talk about playing Neopets as kids, its ups and down, strange business background, and more.

    52 - Yahoo Answers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 45:51


    Were can watch under hot lamp podcast??? PLeassee nneed to know!! This week in the second installment of 'Old Internet Block' the guys are discussing online relic Yahoo Anwers and its very imminent demise. Should it be kept for the good of the internet for its amazing intellectual discourse and pool of knowledge? Or is it time to say goodbye to many people's favorite place to ask 'Do ants pee?' Take a listen to find out.

    51 - Bebo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 46:00


    ***Please put us in your top 15*** ;-) The topic this week is about the relic social media of the past, Bebo, and their up-and-coming big re-launch which will surely break through the tik-toks and twitters this time. In this episode, we reminisce our online teenage years of instant messaging and the wild west of growing up online in the 2000s

    50 - Retrospective

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 52:39


    We did it!!!! Episode 50 is here with over 1 year of Under the Heat Lamp and with it our retrospective episode. Heatlampers rejoice and join us as we take a trip down memory lane and talk about our favorite episodes, host the Heat Lamp awards, and much more!

    49 - Parler

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 46:13


    Luckily we are not banned from every platform imaginable and forced to move to Parler, what's our secret? Being normal, rational, human beings! This week we take a look at Parler, a right-wing social media and 'freedom of speech' haven populated with everything from GOP senetors to Qanon bunker boys and just a certain game of thrones star you might recognise.

    48 - Whisper

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 45:47


    Shhh, don't tell anyone, except everyone on the entire internet... The second podcast in our app block is here and it's about Whisper! Where we take a look at this anonymous thought-sharing app and throwback to old chatrooms and online social spaces. We talk about why so many gravitate towards them, our own experiences using the app, and more.

    47 - TikTok

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 45:59


    We would make a pun or joke about Tiktok but to be honest, the last 4hours of scrolling was such a blur we can't remember a thing. Something about tomato town, I think someone died there? This week the guys look at the massive social media behemoth that is TikTok. Our own experiences using it, it's huge impact on current society during lockdown and more.

    46 - Royals

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 46:04


    God save our gracious pod! It's been a hot topic these few weeks, weirdly. But this episode is all about the British royal family and the guy's takes on what's going on. Should we kick her majesty the queen to the curb, forcing her to stream Fortnite to earn her keep? Or shall we give every member, 3rd cousins and all, a nice bonus of £30,000,000 for not saying anything too racist in one whole week? Come have a listen and find out.

    45 - Flat Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 42:24


    We swear we are not government agents spreading the round-y lie, trying to distract you with funny quips and jokes as the state re-fuels the spiders. This week is a re-do of one of our oldest, unreleased episodes 'Flat Earth' Come have a listen and take a dive into this confused and contradictory community.

    44 - Doomsday Preppers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 41:31


    Pack your beans, dried pasta, flares, guns, and every episode of under the heat lamp on cassette because we're going into the bunker to talk doomsday preppers. Were they right all along? Let's dive into this unique community of conspiracy theorists, doomers, and 30% off a 64 pack of toilet tissue.

    43 - Speedrunning

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 45:45


    *click click* "Got the intro music skip!" *clack* "...and the hosts' introductions" *click* "perfect fast forward press" "..and done 45:43! new PB" This week we talk speedrunning. What is it all about? The community, their events, controversies, and more.

    42 - Skating

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 46:34


    We went out skateboarding during quarantine and now we're totally sick! This time the guys take on the world of skateboarding. Talk of their dabbles on the board growing up, the skating culture, fashion, and everything in between.

    41 - Wall Street Bets

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 47:00


    $UTH to the mooon!!!! you've probably heard it in the news, but this week the guys are talking about the Reddit community Wall Street Bets. We walk through what happened, the type of rhetoric common on the forum, and how this meme fest of teenagers with grandpa's money may or may not have taken billions from wall st.

    40 - Crisps

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 45:38


    After 2 weeks of hard work, we present to you, the long-awaited, viewer suggested, Crisp episode. For episode 40 we talk Crisps, the place they have in British culture, our favorites and the horrible things we do with them.

    39 - Rust

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 51:00


    Fear not fellow naked, come into the warm shelter of Under the Heatlamp Ep 39! This week we talk about our crippling addiction to Rust, a survival game released in 2013 that is recently enjoying a renaissance thanks to a number of high-profile Twitch streamers discovering the game. Should it continue to thrive in its cutthroat nature, or should the players learn to play in more embrassive, welcoming ways?

    38 - Life Hacks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 45:22


    Get a hot glue gun, stick some headphones to your ears and enjoy episode 38 of Under the Heat Lamp in peace. This week the guys explore the questionable existence of Life Hacks, the presence they have on Youtube and whether they're pointless solutions, to pointless problems, aThe answer is yes.

    37 - New Years Resolutions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 46:01


    New year new pod. This week the men of under the heat lamp are talking weight loss, quitting smoking and hitting the gym. But has this year not shown more than ever that new years is all in our head?

    36 - Esports

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 48:58


    Is Fortnite the new Football? Put on your jerseys and get ready because the boys are finally making their Dads proud and getting into gaming. This week's episode is about the world of Esports, big money, big events, and no Mum I can't pause it to take out the bins.

    35 - Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 42:56


    HOHOHO Christmas will be a little bit different this year ;) whether you're staying inside, distancing from your distant relatives, or just going at is as usual (??) Why not get the family around the fireplace (on zoom) and listen to Under The Heat Lamp's Christmas special. Featuring comparisons of baby Jesus and his adult counterpart (adult Jesus would destroy his baby form in almost any metric), rapid-fire Christmas quiz with questions like what race was the grinch, and much much more.

    34 - The Fall of Game of Thrones

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 51:20


    Game Of Thrones was one of the most highly discussed and rejoiced TV shows in recent memory. An unpredictable, gripping fantasy drama that much like Ayra's wounds it's climax disappeared overnight. What happened? This week we discuss the show and how its audience who once praised it, turned on the series in it's final moments.

    33 - Pokémon Cards In 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 43:29


    Boys! Today we are opening a vintage box of discussion on Pokémon Cards in 2020. Will we pull that rare topic of streamers spending hundreds of thousands for content? Maybe we find a discussion on whether it's responsible to promote a kind of gambling to young audiences with the power of nostalgia? We're sure to have some talk on our own experiences with Pokémon Cards, as well as plenty of energy cards, in this week's episode of Under the Heat Lamp.

    32 - Gold Digger Pranks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 48:23


    What exotic or hyper car should we use the next time we expose a fake prank YouTuber? Should it be a Lamborghini Aventador? Lamborghini Huracan? Lamborginhini bikini? This week we discuss the popularity of YouTube prank videos, and the rise of the Gold Digger Prank subgenre. Are these video harmless fun or do they reinforce negative stereotypes and harmful world views?

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    Extra 6 - #FreeMelee

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 53:18


    This week we bring you a side podcast where we talk about the reason we all met, Super Smash Bros Melee, but while the game celebrates it's 19th birthday it has come under fire from the game's creator Nintendo in the #freemelee movement threatening the game and its community's future. Tune in to hear why so many people are still playing a game from 2001 against A multi-billion dollar companies wishes.

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    31 - Gamergate

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 44:58


    Gamers rise up, keep your virtue signalling to yourself game developers and let us play our non-political US Marine war simulator in peace. Tune in this week where the guys are talking about the Gamergate controversy, the types of reactionary content creators it produced, and more.

    30 - US Election

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 51:44


    This week to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the podcast, the guys discuss the American election and how everything is going back to normal and maybe normal isn't so great. Congratulations president Buttigieg for being the 34th rodent in office.

    29 - Livestream Fails

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 40:45


    Get your pogchamps ready. Did you hear what Caelen said about Jonny8Ball!? Listen to this podcast to find out! This week we look at the subreddit LiveStreamFails and the culture around e-celebs and Twitch drama.

    28 - Subscription Boxes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 41:46


    Your weekly delivery of the Under The Heat Lamp podcast box has arrived. What will you pull today? One of Caelen's famous collectable introductions? 'Why capitalism is the root of all evil' mug? Or a special Under The Heat Lamp hall of fame shirt with all our favorite special guests. Join us as we talk subscription boxes, aspirational living, and more.

    27 - Male Contraception

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 42:44


    This week the guys discuss Male Contraception. We cover heated underwear, unfair gender dynamics in contraception and finally take a stance on the WAP debate.

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    26 - Battle Royales

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2020 45:01


    This week we're dropping at podcast pond then making our way to heat lamp hill talking battle royale games along the way, Are they here to stay? Are their business models exploitative? And what are their impact on the wider gaming industry? Also in this episode, we discuss the famous Fyre fest of Fortnite in our hometown Norwich.

    25 - Designer Fashion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 44:15


    Can you tell your balenciaga t-shirt from a primark special? Is Hugo boss playing you like a fiddle? Was Don's yeezy jumper really worth the money? This week we talk designer fashion, the problematic nature of the industry's approach to exclusivity, and question the origin of trends and the pieces that define them.

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    Extra 5 - Console Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 43:27


    Speaking about the new upcoming consoles and their companies sometimes questionable decisions, also stick around till the end for the elusive egg segment.

    Extra 4 - Full House

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 47:59


    Pret subscriptions, the varus, and the art of the cinne

    24 - Biohacking

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 47:20


    The future is here! Are you ready to get the contents of your pockets implanted into your hands? Don't worry about the lifesaving potential of technology when you can wave your hand over a sensor and have it play the terminator theme!

    23 - Billionaire Saviours

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 39:31


    Is Elon Musk a real-life Tony Stark? Is Jeff Bezos Dr. Doom? This episode the guys take a look at the impact of billionaires on modern society, from their innovations and inventions to the way their workers are treated. We discuss the fandoms and haters for these billi-boys and try to see why they are more popular than ever.

    22 - Netflix

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 48:18


    Grab your popcorn and give us your full undivided attention as this week the guys talk Netflix, and how streaming platforms have molded how we consume art and media. Or just listen on x2 speed while you scroll on reddit.

    21 - QAnon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 42:13


    Donald Trump is fighting a pedophile cannibal cabal and the only thing stopping those rampant Satanist Democrats from eating your babies is to vote Republican! This week is QAnon and we wish this description was a joke.

    20 - Home Automation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 48:31


    Podcast, the guys//. For this week332 and HOME AUTOMATION hope you enjoy. Sent from Amazon Alexa(TM).

    19 - Anti-Mask

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 39:29


    After a long hiatus, the boys dive back into their weekly discussions by talking about anti-masks, 5G conspiracies and more.

    Extra 3 - 3 Amigos

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 37:44


    David's on the move so no intro music this time. Lockdown life, Caelen's new hobby, merch ideas, and more. Join us as we hang out and chat on this week's side pod.

    18 - Cringe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 47:31


    It's the podcast baby! Recoil back in your chair as the guys tackle cringe culture, popular awkward moments we've seen online, why people are drawn to such embarrassing moments, and more.

    17 - Minions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 45:46


    Minions

    16 - Vaping

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 41:44


    Juice up your Juul, sit down, and rip a fat cloud as this episode takes a look at vaping. From apothecary to apple-like, the guys discuss how the stores foster vastly different cultures around e-cigarettes, their own experiences with vaping, and whether vape culture is here to stay or simply a way to quit smoking.

    15 - Minimalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 49:28


    This episode is about Minimalism

    14 - Self Improvement

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 52:05


    For your next recreational self care session, why not learn something from Episode 14 of Under The Heat Lamp? This week the guys explore the practices and methods of Self Improvement. We look into Caelen's recent foray into time management, and don't mention capitalism at all....

    13 - Mukbang

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2020 39:53


    Get your 13 ramen packets on the stove and have a virtual meal with the guys as we talk about the Mukbang community. How did this humble form of social eating turn into someone consuming 20 tonnes of crab legs, with a couple bargain buckets on the side, for our entertainment?

    12 - StoryFire

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 46:30


    For this episode, we decided to play characters who hate StoryFire. Any opinions expressed are those of fictional characters.

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