Logged On is Dazed’s monthly podcast series exploring all things internet culture, from memes to emerging trends, deep web conspiracy theories and beyond. Hosted by features editor Günseli Yalcinkaya, each episode will include leading voices from the frontlines of internet discourse, and give trusted insight into some of the terminally online topics facing young people today.

For episode three, we’re joined by artist and researcher Jak Ritger to discuss how aliens are fuelling a new wave of government disinformation. From last month’s landmark US congressional hearing to UAP sightings and technologies of unknown origins, aliens have crash-landed back into the mainstream – but what’s the real reason behind all this talk of non-human intelligence and unexplained phenomena?

Tune in to episode three “UFOria: why aliens are fuelling a new era of disinformation” below, and read our longread on the topic here. You can also find it on Audible, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.