Everyone’s tech has a secret life … what’s yours?
The Secret Life of Tech is a weekly podcast and media project that explores the hidden ways technology is changing how humans work, live, love, and hate. Host Eric Anctil examines the secret lives beneath – and because of – the technology we use every day.
Sex, social media, politics, relationships, parenting and more … because all around us there is a world of secrets just waiting to be told.
Be part of the show by sharing the secret life of your tech. Leave a voice message or submit a written secret – no matter how you share, we promise to keep you anonymous if you ask, just let us know in your message. This is your chance to share something you could never imagine sharing with anyone in the “real world” and to hear others doing the same.
You make this our show. Share your secrets, listen, subscribe and review wherever you get your podcasts.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SHARING
“I still look at my ex's Instagram with a fake account even though I have a new girlfriend now.”
“I played a female avatar in RuneScape so other players would give me money.”
“I write positive anonymous reviews about myself at work.”
“I looked up porn on the family computer when I was little and blamed it on my older brother. They believed me and he got grounded.”
“I use ChatGPT to do most of my work. If my students knew, they would be so pissed because it’s banned at our school.”
“I used to run a fan twitter account for Justin Bieber but it got shut down for harassment.”
“I have an OnlyFans that none of my family or friends know about.”
“I log in to my remote job an hour early every morning and set it up to show that I am active and then go back to bed. I’m thinking of getting a second remote job.”
“I stalk my kids’ locations all day every day.”
“I’m addicted to online gambling and I’m in a ton of debt and royally fucked because of it.”
“When I was 13 (in 1998), I spent all my time in AOL chatrooms pretending I was 25 with mostly guys and some girls. I got off on it all the time and some of the relationships I got into lasted for years. I never told anyone my real age.”
PRODUCTION TEAM
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Host | Producer | Writer | Editor
Eric Anctil is the producer and host of The Secret Life of Tech podcast, a professor of media and technology at the University of Portland, and a public speaker and author. A technology provocateur – with a sharp focus on the nexus of media, technology, and humans – Eric works to shed light on the shadows of change as humans evolve side-by-side with their technological creations.
Eric believes that to thrive as a species, humans must be intentional in their humanity, especially when it comes to how we use technology. Through his work, he invites us to consider how we can consciously shape the technology landscape to enhance, rather than eclipse, our human experience.
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Producer | Writer | Social Media Manager
Dagny Battaglino is producer, writer, and social media manager for The Secret Life of Tech podcast. She loves a good secret — scandalous or mundane, she wants to know them all. Got something salacious to share? She’s the one to tell.
A creative force who knows how to tell a good story, Dagny has a get-shit-done personality and she hasn’t met an Excel spreadsheet she couldn’t fall in love with.
Dagny is the energy that powers the show’s machine.
Contact her directly here.
Contact Us
Got a secret to share? Need to tell us something else? Drop us an email, we’d love to hear from you.