Tech Hygiene

93: Unbound's Polly Rodriguez tells us about the future of sexuality

Polly Rodriguez is the co-founder and CEO of Unbound, an ecommerce site dedicated to women's sexuality. In this episode we talk about the future of human to human contact and what happens when you look beyond the cliches.

92: Monty Barlow talks about the future of AI

Machine learning expert has some fascinating things to say about the coming AI explosion and how we're more likely to see armies of smart systems rather than a unified artificial intelligence.

S1 Ep92: Monty Barlow talks about the future of AI

Machine learning expert has some fascinating things to say about the coming AI explosion and how we're more likely to see armies of smart systems rather than a unified artificial intelligence.

91: ICYMI - Jameson Lopp

Lopp is my favorite thinker in cryptocurrency and the information he shared with me back in 2016 is still applicable today. Take a listen as we gear up for fresh episodes in the new year.

S1 Ep91: ICYMI - Jameson Lopp

Lopp is my favorite thinker in cryptocurrency and the information he shared with me back in 2016 is still applicable today. Take a listen as we gear up for fresh episodes in the new year.

S1 Ep90: Leslie Berlin

90: Leslie Berlin

89: Tobias Stone

This week on Technotopia we talk to writer Tobias Stone whose focus on the future is tinged by lessons of the past. It's a fascinating discussion with a fascinating thinker.

S1 Ep89: Tobias Stone

This week on Technotopia we talk to writer Tobias Stone whose focus on the future is tinged by lessons of the past. It's a fascinating discussion with a fascinating thinker.

S1 Ep88: ICYMI - Rahul Sood

In this episode we talk to Rahul Sood, founder of Unikrn and creator of one of the most successful recent US ICOs.

88: ICYMI - Rahul Sood

In this episode we talk to Rahul Sood, founder of Unikrn and creator of one of the most successful recent US ICOs.

87: James Williams

James Williams is a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute. He studies the ethics of attention and persuasion in technology design and spoke with us about the rise of attention-grabbing advertising and media and how we can fight back against the onslaught.

S1 Ep87: James Williams

James Williams is a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute. He studies the ethics of attention and persuasion in technology design and spoke with us about the rise of attention-grabbing advertising and media and how we can fight back against the onslaught.

S1 Ep86: Tyler Cowen

This week I speak with Tyler Cowen, a professor of economics at GMU and and editor at MarginalRevolution.com, one of my favorite sources for amazing things. This wide ranging conversation covers income inequality, future economics, and the benefits of despair.

86: Tyler Cowen

This week I speak with Tyler Cowen, a professor of economics at GMU and and editor at MarginalRevolution.com, one of my favorite sources for amazing things. This wide ranging conversation covers income inequality, future economics, and the benefits of despair.

85: ICYMI - Baseem Hamdy

RERUN - This week we talk to Bassem Hamdy of Procore about the future of construction and the coming changes that will fix the way we build buildings.

S1 Ep85: ICYMI - Baseem Hamdy

RERUN - This week we talk to Bassem Hamdy of Procore about the future of construction and the coming changes that will fix the way we build buildings.

S1 Ep84: Mitch Goldstone

Mitch Goldstone runs ScanMyPhotos, a service that scans photos. This week we talk to him about the future of memory and media.

84: Mitch Goldstone

Mitch Goldstone runs ScanMyPhotos, a service that scans photos. This week we talk to him about the future of memory and media.

83: Chris Boos

This week we talk to Chris Boos, the man who trained a robot to beat humans at FreeCiv.

S1 Ep83: Chris Boos

This week we talk to Chris Boos, the man who trained a robot to beat humans at FreeCiv.

Episode 82 - Gil Penchina

Cryptocurrency expert Gil Penchina joins us this week to talk about the future of token sales. 

Episode 81 - Neil Feather

This week we talk about security with Neil Feather.

Episode 80 - Stephanie Alys

Stephanie Alys is a Co-founder and Chief Pleasure Officer (CPO) for British lifestyle brand, MysteryVibe. That's right: this episode is about robotic pleasure devices.

Episode 79 - Massimo Banzi and Fabio Violante

This week we talk to the creators of Arduino about their amazing platform.

Episode 78 - Emilio Ferrara

This episode we talk with Emilio Ferrara, a researcher who has discovered that botnets can be used for good.

Episode 77 - Abe Burmeister

This week we talk to Abe Burmeister of Outlier clothing, a company that looks to the future when it comes to spider silk and goat hooves.

Episode 76 - Sarah Blincoe

In this episode we talk about trusting humans to do a computer's job. 

Episode 75- Zoe Quinn

This week we talk to independent game maker Zoe Quinn about her new book, Crash Override.

Episode 74 - Paul Walsh

On this episode we learn about some real tools that can prevent us from getting hacked.

Episode 73 - Kristoffer Lawson

In this episode we talk to Kristoffer Lawson, the creator of one of the coolest user interfaces I've seen in a long time. Lawson also talks about the future of personality transplants.

Episode 72 - Ed Zitron

Ed Zitron is a PR professional with an interesting view on the future. In this episode we talk about power, network, and bread. 

Episode 71 - Ofir Barzilay

Ofir Barzilay works for Cyberbit, a company that manages IOT for big buildings. In this episode we talked about how to protect buildings in the future.

Episode 70 - Rabbi Cooper

In this episode I talked with Rabbi Abe Cooper, Associate Dean, Director Global Social Action Agenda of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Rabbi Cooper's insight on hate groups, cyberterrorism, and good childrearing are a wonder and he turned this podcast into a really nice monologue. Enjoy!

Episode 69 - Rob Reid

Rob Reid is the former founder of Rhapsody and an accomplished fiction author. His new book, After On, is available now and he has a lot to say about art, design, and the future.

ICYMI - Cindy Gallop

This week we'll rerun an amazing episode I recorded with Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn. Enjoy!

Episode 68 - Rahul Sood

Rahul Sood is the former CEO of VoodooPC and now runs an e-sports betting system called Unikrn. He has been doing some deep thinking about the future of cryptocurrency and has some fascinating things to say about our wallets.

Episode 67 - Jakub Krzych

Founder of beacon company Estimote talks about the softness of our future and how knowledge workers can join the machine. 

Episode 66 - Bassem Hamdy

This week we talk to Bassem Hamdy of Procore about the future of construction and the coming changes that will fix the way we build buildings.

Episode 65 - Jim Poole

In this episode Jim Poole talks about the future of sensor networks.

Episode 64 - Susan Danziger

This week we talk about the future of video with Susan Danziger.  

Episode 63 - Stephen Forsey

This week we feature Stephen Forsey, co-founder of high-end watch company Gruebel Forsey. These watches are miracles of mechanical engineering and it's fascinating to hear Stephen talk about the future of watchmaking.

Episode 62 - Bryony Cole

Bryony Cole is the founder of the Future of Sex podcast and she joins us to talk about, well, the future of sex and to let us know about a sex tech hackathon happening in New York THIS WEEKEND.

Episode 61 - Kara Goldin

This week we talk to the founder and CEO of Hint, Kara Goldin, about the future of water and diet.

Episode 60 - Sarah Kaufman

This week we're talking to Sarah Kaufman, Assistant Director at the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation. Kaufman believes that transportation is about to experience a sea change and that, in the end, New York and other urban areas will have to adapt or fail. 

Episode 59 - Cindy Gallop

This week on Technotopia we present Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn. We talk about sex tech and the problem of connection in an over-connected society.  

Episode 58 - Andrew Zimmern

On this week's show we talk with Andrew Zimmern, a chef and traveler. Zimmern believes that food culture is now the driving force behind the future of ecology and the environment and that everyone has the right to good, wholesome food.

Episode 57 - Richard Clarke

Richard Clarke is a former White House cybersecurity expert and one of the most interesting people I've talked to on the podcast. His next book, Warning, will be out May 23. In this episode he talks about the "sentinel personality" and what it takes to tell the world something terrible is about to happen.

Episode 56 - Greg Mark

This week on Technotopia I talk to Greg Mark, founder of Markforge. Mark has made 3D printers that can make carbon fiber and true metal parts at a fraction of the cost of traditional printers. It's an amazing technology and he's a really cool guy.

ICYMI - Bre Pettis

This week we bring back a great interview with Makerbot founder Bre Pettis on the future of manufacturing.