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.

In episode five, we’re joined by LA-based director and internet personality Jack Wagner (AKA @versacetamagotchi) behind Otherworld podcast to explore why everything feels so weird right now. From the ‘middenning’ of mass culture to AI upending our perceived reality, and conspiracy theories hitting the mainstream, a lot of things formerly thought to be marginal, fringe and countercultural are now common consumption. At the same time, there seems to be a pervasive sense of weirdness in the air, which is apparent in the content we share, the memes we consume and a general shift towards the supernatural, the paranormal and occultic.

Tune in to episode five “When did everything get so weird?” above. You can also find it on Audible, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.