Curious about how humans interact with technology? HCI Explained breaks down complex Human-Computer Interaction topics into clear, engaging stories. From agency and automation to design ethics and UX psychology, we explore how tech shapes what it means to be human. Whether you're a student, designer, or tech enthusiast, join us weekly to learn how interaction design influences our everyday lives.Support the show on Buy Me a Coffee to help keep new episodes coming: https://buymeacoffee.com/hciexplained. 💙🚀
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Signup to Generate a PitchCurious about how humans interact with technology? HCI Explained breaks down complex Human-Computer Interaction topics into clear, engaging stories. From agency and automation to design ethics and UX psychology, we explore how tech shapes what it means to be human. Whether you're a student, designer, or tech enthusiast, join us weekly to learn how interaction design influences our everyday lives.
Recent episodes include "The Invisible Math of Human Frustration: The Three Kinds of Cognitive Load #HCIExplained S2E14" (15 July 2026, 50 minutes), "The Map in the User's Head #HCIExplained S2E13" (13 July 2026, 21 minutes), and "What Norman Meant by Affordance #HCIExplained S2E12" (11 July 2026, 34 minutes).
HCI Explained publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 36 minutes across 30 episodes.
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HCI Explained is a science podcast with 30 episodes published.
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Episode #14
Your brain has a budget. Good design either spends it wisely or blows it. Not all mental effort is the same — and that distinction turns out to matter enormously for how we design things people actually want to use...
Your mental model of an app and the designer's rarely match — and that gap explains a lot. Every time you tap something and get a surprise, every time a feature hides somewhere you'd never look, every time a tool feels...
The word "affordance" is everywhere in design — and almost always wrong. Don Norman borrowed a term from ecological psychology, put it at the heart of design thinking, and then watched it get mangled for three decades...
Episode #11
What makes a button feel clickable — and what happens when it doesn't? A button seems like the simplest thing in design. Press it, something happens. But beneath that transaction sits a surprisingly rich set of...
Episode #10
Your font is already talking. The question is whether you're listening. Before you read a single word, the typeface carrying it has already made an impression — formal or casual, trustworthy or playful, easy or...
Your eye moves before your brain does. Visual hierarchy is why. Every screen you use has been designed — consciously or not — to pull your attention in a particular direction. The size of a heading, the weight of a...
Your eyes decide what matters before your brain knows you're looking. Most of us assume we read a screen the way we read a book — left to right, top to bottom, taking it all in. But decades of eye-tracking research tell...
<p>Why does a button feel clickable?<br>Why do some interfaces feel intuitive almost instantly?<br>And why can cluttered apps feel exhausting to use?</p><p>The answer often comes back to a set of ideas from early...
<p>User research did not always look like Zoom calls, heatmaps, and analytics dashboards.</p><p>In this episode of HCI Explained, we trace how researchers studied people and technology from the 1980s to today. We...
<p>Failure is not an edge case. It is part of every user experience.</p><p>In this episode, we unpack why designing for failure is essential in modern UX. From broken flows and system errors to unexpected user...
<p>Modern technologies don’t always know, and pretending they do can be risky.</p><p>From AI predictions and recommendations to navigation and health apps, uncertainty is built into how many systems work. The real...
<p>Good UX is meant to help users — but what happens when it doesn’t?</p><p><br></p><p>Many design patterns celebrated as “good UX” are optimised for engagement, speed, and convenience. Over time, these same choices can...
<p>Automation promises speed, efficiency, and scale — but it also raises a difficult question: how much control should humans give up?</p><p><br></p><p>As AI systems increasingly make decisions, take actions, and...
<p>Why do we trust some technologies and hesitate with others?</p><p>As AI systems become more autonomous, adaptive, and opaque, trust has become one of the most complex challenges in Human–Computer...
<p>As we look beyond 2025, the question isn’t what will definitely happen, it’s what might become possible.</p><p>In this episode of HCI Explained, we explore what could be in store for technology in 2026, drawing on...
<p>2025 was a defining year for technology, marked by major breakthroughs and equally notable missteps.</p><p>In this episode of HCI Explained, we examine the biggest tech successes and failures of 2025, delving beyond...
<p>Want to find usability problems before they frustrate your users?<br>That’s where heuristic evaluation comes in — a quick, expert-based method that delivers powerful UX insights without needing large-scale...
<p>Ever tapped through an app and thought, who tested this?<br>That’s where usability testing comes in — one of the most practical and powerful methods in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and UX design.</p><p>In this...
<p>Every day, you’re already engaging in multimodal interaction, whether you’re tapping on a screen, speaking to a virtual assistant, or combining gestures and voice commands in your car. But what does it really mean...
<p>What if your body wasn’t just a tool to operate technology but the interface itself? From swiping on a touchscreen to moving through a VR world, your body is already shaping how you experience the digital. This is...
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