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Surprise - It's Not a Toaster — 58 episodes

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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

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Prediction: The House Always Wins

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Hard to Swallow News (and the Market That Broke It)

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Someone Updated Your Book While You Were Reading It

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The Algorithm Owns How We Think We Think

6

Wrapped With a Bow (and a Lock-In Clause)

7

The Holiday Gift Guide Nobody Wanted

8

How Streaming Became Cable, But Worse

9

(How) Will AI Kill Us?

10

Chatbait, Trick Questions, and Ultrasonic Wisdom

11

Cancel My Subscription (to Everything)

12

Taco Tuesday Goes Quantum

13

Big Buttons, Big Reports, and Bigger Personalities

14

FIlter Culture

15

Sludge Happens

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Liquid What Now?

17

The Seduction of Streaks

18

Zoom Sucks - Prove Me Wrong

19

Henry Winkler Is Not Dead (and Other Digital Lies)

20

Everything Everywhere All at Once

21

The Rise of Dumb Smart Appliances

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Watchbait Woes, Agentic AI, and the Art of Arguing with ChatGPT

23

The Internet’s Comment Section: Humanity’s Greatest Mistake?

24

Paywall Pandemonium, AI Tar Pits, and Tech Translations

25

EULAs, Elegance, and Epic

26

Moderation Meltdowns, Media Myths, and Machine Magic

27

Looking Back, Looking Inward and Looking Forward

28

Jargon, Just-in-time News and Juxtapositions

29

It’s All About the Algorithm

30

AGI, AirPod Adventures, and Aggravations

31

Artificial Sales Events, AI Agents and Apple Analysis

32

Falling Out of the Trough into The Valley

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From User Agreements to AI Shenanigans

34

Tech It or Leave It, this is the Recap Episode

35

Switcheroo Episode: Gamification, Gantt Charts and Guessing

36

CarPlay, Computer Monitors and Caterpillars

37

Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Humor

38

Existences, Enhancements and Eggs

39

Caps Lock, Crafting Customizations and Query Conservations

40

Tech No-no's, Tech Tips, and Tricky Queries

41

Switcheroo Episode - Credit Card Chaos, Cashless Charges and Cosmic Conundrums

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Design Delights, OS Obstacles, and Sandwich Shenanigans

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Social Shorts, Supported Sounds and Smarts

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Leasing, Streaming and PowerPointing our History

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Fake Snaps, Solar Apps and Santa Scruples

46

Switcheroo Episode: Surge Pricing…With a Punchline

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Vivid Visions and Virtual Vistas

48

Powerpoints, Pros and Pastiche

49

Portraits, Puzzles and Ponderings

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Building Communities by Auto-Filling their Online Bios

51

Passwords, Pipes and Self-Awareness

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Switcheroo Episode: Influencers, Browser Arcs and Influential Movies

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AI Toilets, Mini-PCs and What Annoys AI the Most

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AV Tech Gone Wild, Loud Amphibians and AI Ethics

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Double Opt-ins, Shut Your Pihole and AI Novelizations

56

Ratings, Rantings and Desert Islands

57

The Downfall of the Web - Are Toasters to Blame?

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Coming Soon: Surprise, It's Not a Toaster