Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. – Details, episodes & analysis

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Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.

Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith

Technology

Science

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 362

Each Sunday, Brad Shoemaker and Will Smith discuss a new technology topic. Come for the long-form conversations about virtual reality, space travel, electric cars, refresh rates, and a whole lot more. Support the pod on Patreon: http://patreon.com/techpod

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🇨🇦 Canada - technology
19/08/2026
#86
🇺🇸 USA - technology
19/08/2026
#91
🇨🇦 Canada - technology
18/08/2026
#74
🇬🇧 Great Britain - technology
18/08/2026
#97
🇺🇸 USA - technology
18/08/2026
#78
🇨🇦 Canada - technology
17/08/2026
#61
🇺🇸 USA - technology
17/08/2026
#83
🇺🇸 USA - technology
11/08/2026
#80
🇨🇦 Canada - technology
10/08/2026
#70
🇺🇸 USA - technology
10/08/2026
#76

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https://archive.org/details/piratesofsiliconvalley_201908
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https://fosspod.content.town/
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https://amiaopensource.github.io/cable-bible/
6 shares

https://www.youtube.com/@tested
4 shares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2V9TFrmQ_Q
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh_6DtwmQXs
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250: The Arbiters of Authentication

Episode 250

Sunday, September 1, 2024 • Duration 01:04:25

This week we put our security expert* hats back on to talk about the latest hotness in login technology, passkeys. Find out how passkeys work, how they enable you to login without a password, which major platforms are supporting them, and where and how you should manage them. We also do a quick update on more traditional time-based authenticator apps, including the recent Authy data breach, and then -- whaddaya know, it's our 250th episode! -- we also reflect a little on a momentous five years of doing this podcast.

*not actual security experts

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, a monthly bonus episode, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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249: Good Enough Is Good Enough

Episode 249

Sunday, August 25, 2024 • Duration 01:15:21

The Qs that we attempt to A in this month's question-fest include: What are some less obvious benefits of portable apps? How trustworthy is a package manager? Is a Windows Pro license really worth it? What's your microwave technique for even, efficient heating? How do you stop analyzing products and just buy something already? Is a MagSafe connector like a cloaca? Fair warning, like half of this episode ended up being about food.

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240: The Mouse That Changed Everything

Episode 240

Sunday, June 23, 2024 • Duration 53:59

We're taking another close look at a product that broke out and redefined its entire category, this time the venerable IntelliMouse Explorer. These days it's hard to remember that it was Microsoft who banished the infernal ball and introduced the optical mouse to the mainstream, so we head back to 1999 and discuss what mice were like beforehand, how mechanical and optical sensors work, debate PS/2 versus USB, make an argument that the whole PC gaming accessory ecosystem owes its existence to this product, and more.

Our last game-changer product deep-dive, about the Xbox 360: https://techpod.content.town/episodes/183-hiroprotagonist-loves-an-inhale-a0zOAKKo

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Special FOSS Ep: OctoPrint With Gina Häußge

Sunday, October 2, 2022 • Duration 01:30:20

This week, we're checking back in with the FOSS Pod--now that we're several months (and more than a dozen episodes) into its run--by presenting our recent chat with Gina Häußge, founder and maintainer of OctoPrint, along with a new intro and outro by us. Gina covers topics like the work that goes into supporting endless printer models, transitioning from being the sole contributor on a project to managing contributors, doing open source work in Europe, why you shouldn't run your Raspberry Pi on an iPhone charger, and lots more.

Listen and subscribe to the FOSS Pod here: https://fosspod.content.town/

Learn more about OctoPrint: https://octoprint.org/

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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153: A Time for Questions

Episode 153

Sunday, September 25, 2022 • Duration 58:37

Summer may be over, but we're still here and ready to answer the hot questions from you, the listener. This month we field everything from automating household chores to HDMI-CEC woes, that time one of the Mythbusters (guess who!) built a buzzsaw-equipped drone of death, our dream interviews from throughout history, 140-year-old fire safe technology, a preemptive year-end performance review, plus other stuff!

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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152: Three Pfizers to the Wind

Episode 152

Sunday, September 18, 2022 • Duration 01:13:58

This past Friday EVGA made the shocking and abrupt announcement that it's exiting the GPU market after two decades of making Nvidia cards. We drew on Will's many years of reviewing PC hardware to look back on that span of time, ponder the circumstances around the decision, and consider what's next for all involved. Plus, we dig into the slightly less shocking reveal that the PlayStation VR2 will lack backwards compatibility with games from the previous headset. What a topical show!

Here's the Gamers Nexus video we referenced during the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV9QES-FUAM

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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151: A Dynamic Island Getaway

Episode 151

Sunday, September 11, 2022 • Duration 01:27:53

The annual Apple event has come and gone, and we're here to run down the goings on with the latest iPhones, Watches, and AirPods. Learn more about satellite SOS and crash detection, privacy concerns around body temperature sensors, camping out overnight at the Apple Store, the Apple Watch as status symbol, Will's secret history as a diver (!), Brad's shocking thoughts on the latest notch, and more!

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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150: Things You Plug Into Your TV

Episode 150

Sunday, September 4, 2022 • Duration 01:16:52

We're thinking a lot about the ways you receive and watch TV this week, with a look back at the last 20-ish years of set-top boxes beginning with the venerable TiVo. Remember paying a monthly fee for TV listings, or hacking your old Xbox to run an open-source media player? How frustrating is it that content has become so balkanized, just when all the apps are finally available everywhere? Are built-in TV apps ever going to be good enough to replace the boxes entirely? We consider these and a bunch of other subjects.

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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149: The Rhythm Nation Test Suite

Episode 149

Sunday, August 28, 2022 • Duration 01:08:05

We're doing some navel-gazing on this month's Q&A with a bevy of questions that came in about this very podcast: the business of hosting and advertising, research and production work, how we choose topics, and more. Plus: creating your own Wikipedia page (or not), Will's other life as an ageless and all-powerful being, too much discussion about software version numbering, and destroying hard drives with the power of pop music.

SHOW NOTES

Perfect Bid, the Price is Right documentary we mentioned: https://www.netflix.com/title/81092327

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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148: Neither Fish Nor Fowl: The Foo VR Story

Episode 148

Sunday, August 21, 2022 • Duration 01:12:02

Hey, did you know Will ran a VR animation company before we did this podcast? By popular request, this week we talk through the history of Foo VR start to finish, touching on all kinds of topics like leaving behind a steady paycheck to bet on an emerging technology, the overwhelming shininess of venture capitalist offices, the meaning of "bad signal," how rapidly three months can turn into a year, and more.

SHOW NOTES

The Foo Show: https://store.steampowered.com/app/411820/The_FOO_Show_featuring_Will_Smith/

Andre's original demo reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uru5Wp9oJA

Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. – Details, episodes & analysis

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Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. – Details, episodes & analysis

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