Sinopsis
A thoughtful, unpretentious, mostly weekly conversation about the companies, ideas and products that are transforming our world. We look at what it is, why it matters and where it fits in the broader business of consumer technology. So, grab your favorite Blue Barn sandwich, put the Giants game on mute and join us.Hosted by Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez.
Episodios
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Episode 309: Very Precedented
17/03/2022 Duración: 01h53minTurns out the key to making pineapple on pizza tolerable is to make the pizza a square. Who knew? Detroit knew. This week: apartment hunting on Sesame Street, recycled John Mulaney bits, and a couple of creative professionals talk extensively about the new Mac Studio.
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Episode 308: Bespoke Romaine Lettuce
24/02/2022 Duración: 01h31minHypothesis: more people can locate Bolivia on an unlabeled map than can tell Bobby Flay and Tyler Florence apart. This week: unlit cigars, unwatched Olympic games, and unverified Apple rumors.
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Episode 307: Is Pepsi Okay?
16/02/2022 Duración: 01h06minFor a limited time, check under the lid of select gallons of Magnolia Home paint for your chance to win a free year of Discovery+! This week: cafeteria food, Mac rumblings, and good news coming out of New Mexico.
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Episode 306: Mad About 8K
10/02/2022 Duración: 01h47min“So Tim, it says you’re getting an A in Macs but in Services, the teacher wrote “is greedy and anticompetitive, at risk of being held back.“ This week: morning CEO habits, twenty seven percent, and Ryan demands to see figure skating in no less than IMAX resolution.
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Episode 305: The Food Pyramid Is Cancelled
03/02/2022 Duración: 01h40minThe 5. The Safeway. The Batman. Sure, why not? This week: coin flips, fast casual Nashville tendies, and a reverse mortgage for your Google Calendar.
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Episode 304: Lucy With the Football
27/01/2022 Duración: 01h41minKate Chopin’s novel The Awakening, but this time Edna is a gingerbread mug cookie.* This week: dark patterns in the snack aisle, the exposure triangle of cocktails, and taste testing the Animal Crossing game cartridge.
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Episode 303: The One That’s Not EA
20/01/2022 Duración: 01h44minSome folks are worried that 1Password, our north-of-the-border password manager friends, just raised a huge round and might be abandoning their everyday users. We disagree. Their history of sustainable growth and most notably, having rebuffed a hostile takeover bid Bublé/Drake Partners in 2017, speaks volumes. This week: gin and juice, sick Beats, and Microsoft’s M&A bet on Call Of Duty 3.11 for Workgroups being the cornerstone of its subscription gaming ambitions.
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Episode 302: Hamper Free Throw Percentage
13/01/2022 Duración: 01h44minWith this week’s news that The New York Times intends to acquire The Athletic in an all cash deal, the sports site has rapidly begun to beef up their laundromat beat coverage. Turns out Scott P. in Brooklyn is shooting 98% from the line and can’t stop won’t stop.** This week: East Bay pretzels, Elon goes to the DMV, and The Lakers land a brand partnership with Donkey Diesel.
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Episode 301: Coffee Bros
06/01/2022 Duración: 01h13minClearly, George Clooney’s best role was that time in Ocean’s Fifteen when he robs the Bellagio by turning all the chips into worthless NFTs of tequila bottles. Wait, no that’s not fiction. All NFTs are BS. Like pogs, but digital. This week: Keanu left his heart in San Fran, celebrity booze, and Amazon breaching the trust of the local area network.
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Episode 300: The Matricies
22/12/2021 Duración: 01h31minThey say good things come in threes — what about three hundreds? This week: Chipotlanes at the Silos, Peloton Wrapped, and a brief look back with a nod to the future.
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Episode 299: Buzz Lightyear's LEGO Adventure
09/12/2021 Duración: 01h25minWith IKEA dipping more than a toe these days into the smart home world, how long until the meatballs get HomeKit compatibility? This week: unfettered rodent capitalism, hard-coded subs, and clickbait push notifications.
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Episode 298: Chocolate Minefield
02/12/2021 Duración: 01h12minIn the surprise collaboration nobody saw coming, Nintendo and Peloton are teaming up to bring MarioKart 64 to the Bike+. Rumble pack sold separately. This week: egg whites, pineapple coffee, and the friction tape for your AirBuds.
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Episode 297: Lower Frequencies Can Swim
18/11/2021 Duración: 01h36minYou can spend $700M to call it the Crypto.com Arena, but to true Los Angeles sports fans, it’ll always be known as the Dunder Mifflin Center. This week: Comcast house calls, Red re-release merch, and Big Mac headphones.
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Episode 296: Shaq Prime
11/11/2021 Duración: 01h14minDue to unforeseen supply chain issues, this week’s show doesn’t come with quality show notes. Apparently creativity is heavily reliant on “legacy nodes”. Who knew? This week: free throws, college housing, and getting back on that bike.
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Episode 295: Throw It In a Vitamix
04/11/2021 Duración: 01h45min“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” — Mitt Romney, as quoted by Wayne Gretsky This week: beach tacos, water parks, and first impressions of the new MaxBook Pro.
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Episode 294: Water on the TiVo
28/10/2021 Duración: 01h49minScheduling note: next week's 49ers game will be exclusive to Discovery+ subscribers who are wearing 3D glasses while petting a cat. This week: AirBud socks, rainy Sundays, and initial impressions of the latest Watchmen release. ⌚.
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Episode 293: Fan Service
21/10/2021 Duración: 01h43minTurns out John Ternus was never a big fan of The Rolling Stones, but he took a shot at rewriting the lyrics to one of their hit songs. “You can’t always get what you want... But if you try sometimes, well, you might find... You get a pro laptop that doesn’t compromise on performance and has a feature set and design that matches the needs of its end users for the first time in six years.” A little wordy but we like this version way better. This week: measuring cups, spicy tweets, and oh hey — a new laptop.
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Episode 292: Subsidizing ESPN
14/10/2021 Duración: 01h08minWe shaved off some extra battery, chamfered some edges to give you a lean episode this week. ⚾. Perhaps that will give you extra time to watch baseball. Or you could spend it reviewing your customer sat numbers. Seems like as a good a time as any to make some french fries! Even if you don’t have fresh garlic, pretend you’re at the ballpark. You just need to save some for your old pal Buster.
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Episode 291: Pet Owner Official Promise
07/10/2021 Duración: 01h32minWhen the MLB inevitably shoe-horns corporate sponsors on the uniforms, we think Picco should get first dibs for the Giants. The A's get Homeroom. None of this Rakuten and Bumble nonsense. This week: playoff bandwagoning, vanity stock picking, and paternity leave guest hosting.
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Episode 290: The Rita Drinks
30/09/2021 Duración: 01h37minYou know how they say never meet your heroes? That, but sparkling water. This week: it’s new iPhone week, smartening up the ghost lights, and Amazon throws more Echo spaghetti at the wall.