Latest Adam dachis Podcast Episodes
182: The Amazing Internet, Part II: Learn All the Things, Experience the Strange, and REMIX!
Supercharged - December 28, 2017 17:45 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsTommy and Adam continue discussing how the Internet has impacted them (find the full list in the previous episode) and speak with Richard, host of Interview with a Nerd, about Disney's acquisition of Fox Entertainment.
181: The Amazing Internet, Part I: BAD Coinbase, No More DRM, and Your Online Diary
Supercharged - December 21, 2017 23:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsTommy and Adam discuss the resurgence of problematic copy protection, discuss Coinbase's alleged insider trading (or whatever it is), and remember the ways the Internet has had a profound impact on their lives.
180: Bad News Everyone!
Supercharged - December 15, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsTommy and Adam discuss the unfortunate news out of the FCC: the very likely—but hopefully temporary—end of net neutrality in the US.
179: Explain Me Please!
Supercharged - December 08, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsTommy and Adam speak to the young creator of Wikipedia-alternative Explain Me Please, Faateh Mohammad.
178: When Plants Sing
Supercharged - November 30, 2017 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsTommy and Adam talk to Jon Pattitucci and Joe Shapiro (Data Garden), creators of the MIDI Sprout: a device that translates the biofeedback of your plants into MIDI data! Or, in short, it makes your plants sing. :)
177: Mixing the Oil and Water of New Hollywood
Supercharged - November 14, 2017 22:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 23 ratingsTommy and Adam attend HETFest (Hollywood Entertainment Technology Festival), a collaborative effort between America and China created to examine how two vastly different cultures found a way to work together to create the future of entertainment. At least, that's the story through a romantic len...
176: Now!
Supercharged - November 14, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Tommy and Adam discuss the upgrade treadmill and the negative effects our urgency for novelty has on us and the companies who seek (and often fail) to fulfill it.
175: The Facebook Facade
Supercharged - November 04, 2017 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsTommy and Adam discuss the recent Facebook "fake news" hearings and what they reveal about the nature of the company.
174: Bigger Data
Supercharged - October 22, 2017 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsLiam Broza (of Bitscoop) joins Tommy and Adam to talk about all this data that's been going around in our digital lives.
173: Shockhammer: Titor Popper's Replicants of 2149
Supercharged - October 13, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsDarren returns to join Tommy and Adam to talk about Bladerunner, AI, and obviously a lot of unrelated things.
172: The Encyclopedia of Human Terror
Supercharged - October 06, 2017 04:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsOn this week's Supercharged, Tommy dives deep into the machinations of Marvel Comics and Adam dreams of owning a new Pixelbook.
171: Productivity II: The Sequel
Supercharged - September 28, 2017 21:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsWhitson Gordon (editor-in-chief of HowToGeek) joins Tommy and Adam to continue the discussion about finding a solid productivity balance in a world saturated with work tools and life hacks.
170: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to VR...
Supercharged - September 24, 2017 23:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 23 ratingsAfter many, many tangents, Tommy and Adam wonder what happened to VR and when it'll finally become a household norm.
169: Scammerbait
Supercharged - September 17, 2017 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsAdam pranks a handful of Craigslist scammers, and Tommy discusses the wide world of similar pranks that span many platforms. Is it stranger there's a giant industry of scammers across the globe, or that these types of pranks are nearly as prevalent?
168: Lyrebird
Supercharged - September 17, 2017 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsTommy and Adam discuss the impending identity crisis as technology approaches the ability to simulate everything about us with surprising simplicity and accuracy—inspired by the beta version of Lyrebird.
167: A Petscop Preview (and Other Tangents)
Supercharged - September 07, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsIt's a tangent show this week! We discuss the Petscop phenomenon Since the schedule of guests has gotten a little messy, next time we'll be talking about how technology is about to make your identity obsolete. Hooray!
166: An Honest Funeral
Supercharged - August 26, 2017 22:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 23 ratingsAre ethics ethical? Is normal normal? Is anything actually real? Maybe, but as people we're not always the best judges of that. So let's judge amorally and see what happens...
165: Productivity Problems
Supercharged - August 21, 2017 05:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week on Supercharged, Tommy and Adam consider productivity, and when to much effort to be productive exacerbates the problem the effort attempts to solve.
164: Kidneys with Mikey!
Supercharged - August 12, 2017 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Tommy and Adam talk to Mikey about living life with a chronic illness. Health is something many of us take for granted, even when we have our own issues, and Mikey has managed to handle such a huge challenge extraordinarily well. There's a lot to learn from his story—plus, he knows Bub...
163: Wandering Ben and a Case of Distrust
Supercharged - August 03, 2017 23:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsTommy and Adam speak with game developer Ben Wander, creator of the unique and interesting noir narrative game A Case of Distrust. Questions/comments? Call/text 509-AWKWARD or visit awkward.email for options. :)
162: Wet Blanket
Supercharged - July 27, 2017 22:45 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsTommy and Adam take off the rose-colored glasses and look at science and technology through a more pessimistic lens for a change...for the most part. :)
161: Systems of Consciousness, Part III: Heisenberg in the Machine
Supercharged - July 22, 2017 15:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 23 ratingsTommy and Adam continue last week's discussion on machine consciousness by examining a bizarre eight-month experiment with Google's recommendation algorithm and the application of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle.
160: The Starcat's Prisoner Dilemma
Supercharged - July 15, 2017 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsTommy and Adam speak with three of the creators of the indie game Starcats (Quentin Young, Ryan Hughes, and Gage Melton) about game development and the complex ideas behind cooperative gameplay.
159: Systems of Consciousness, Part II: Small Talk into the Void
Supercharged - July 11, 2017 18:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 23 ratingsTommy and Adam continue last week's discussion on machine consciousness by examining a bizarre eight-month experiment with Google's recommendation algorithm and the application of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle.
158: Systems of Consciousness, Part I: Playing with Customer Service
Supercharged - July 05, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Tommy and Adam discuss customer service systems—both human and robotic—and how knowing the rules of these systems leads to predictable results. And this, in a strange way, leads to questions of consciousness in a system. Next week the discussion continues with an unusual application o...
157: Accidental Robot Mario
Supercharged - June 22, 2017 22:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week we meant to talk about the law, but we ended up discussing artificial intelligent and mixed reality through the medium of Nintendo's Mario. Obviously, no one should be surprised. :)
156: Meeting Mr. Bowser: An E3 Story
Supercharged - June 17, 2017 04:45 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week, Tommy tells his tales of E3, featuring Doug Bowser, and Adam shuts up for once.
155: Reality Distortion Fields
Supercharged - June 12, 2017 19:15 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Tommy and Adam take a look at Apple's announcements and the political landscape to consider one question: what is truth?
154: Social Network Support (with Koko!)
Supercharged - June 01, 2017 21:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 23 ratingsJust like the real world, activity on social networks can lead to depression and other unpleasant emotional issues. Unfortunately, online support systems rarely exist in an official capacity if at all. Tommy and Adam discuss this problem with Robert Morris, the co-founder of Koko, which aims to...
153: Hacking and Corporate Ethics
Supercharged - May 29, 2017 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 23 ratingsHowToGeek editor Whitson Gordon joins Tommy and Adam for a discussion of corporate ethics in the wake of hacks both widespread and personal. We end this episode on an important question.
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