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#27 - Elon Musk & Twitter: What happens when a cool and funny guy liberates free speech Nov 01, 2022

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Elon's first few days at Twitter HQ have been eventful.

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#26 - Productivity software: Another day, another dollar Oct 27, 2022

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Productivity software. Our many and valued white collar listeners will know it very well. But will they be able to respect Microsoft Teams after the Down Round boys give it a skewering?

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#25 - Peaceful Rain Sounds to Sleep/Study to - beautiful, ambient, relax, chill Oct 25, 2022

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Streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are changing the way music is made. We discuss.

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#24 - Meta's Metaverse: A 10 minute long game of beer pong where no one speaks Oct 20, 2022

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We've plugged into blockchain metaverses, but how is Facebook/Meta's multi-billion dollar attempt going?

Company Documents Show Meta’s Flagship Metaverse Falling Short - Wall Street Journal ($)

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#23 - Kanye West (Ye): Is Yeezus going to finally solve social media's moderation conundrum? Oct 18, 2022

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Kanye says he's going to buy Parler, the 'free speech'-focused Twitter clone. But more broadly, what is a platform's responsibility when it comes to removing speech? Do we want our tech overlords to determine what is allowed to be said and what isn't? If not them... then who?

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#22 - AI: Is it (finally) coming for our jobs? ft. Dan Nolan Oct 13, 2022

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AI is once again all the rage – with investor money, engineering talent and media interest flooding into the sector once again. What does the future hold?

Dan Nolan, notorious poster and AI entrepreneur, joins us to discuss.

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#21 - Alt-Tech: This episode is strictly NOT for soy drinkers Oct 11, 2022

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An anti-woke bank, a conservative safe-space for the desperate and dateless, a censorship-proof YouTube and a free speech Twitter.

We check in on right-wing tech.

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#20 – Google: Whistling through the graveyard Oct 06, 2022

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Google. You know it as a search engine, an email provider, a cloud hosting service, a mobile operating system, a friend. But did you know that Google is also a killer? Join us on a spooky pre-Halloween journey into the many products Google has unceremoniously killed before their time.

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Google Is Killing Stadia, And Refunding Every Purchase Ever Made - Forbes

Killed by Google

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#19 - Elon Musk: What's going down in the DMs of the richest people on the planet? Oct 04, 2022

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As part of the ongoing 'Does Elon Have to Buy Twitter?' drama a court has ordered the messages between Elon and many wealthy business leaders and VCs to be made public. It's a treasure trove.

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#18 - Love: What happens when you give a "one click checkout" guy LSD? Sep 29, 2022

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The relationship between frictionless payment, recreational drugs and attempting to find a greater purpose. Silicon Valley's weird relationship with drugs.

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