Future Chat

Nick and Mike wrap up the summer with a discussion of their learnings from the Flying Into Hail event in Calgary, hosted by the Alberta Hail Suppression Project. We hear about how the project contracts Weather Modification International to reduce hail damage in an area of Alberta’s Tornado Alley by way of cloud seeding –… Continue reading Future Chat 155 – Fill Your BootsClick the icon below to listen.

Senior Correspondent Nick and Correspondent-in-Training Mike attend the June 6, 2018 Genome Alberta TasteTECH event at The Tastemarket by SAIT in Calgary.Click the icon below to listen.

Nick and Mike (along with a special appearance by Rob) discuss the Genome Alberta TasteTECH event during a live recording at the June 7, 2018 APN Podcasts Connect event.Click the icon below to listen.

In what appears to be becoming a more-than-occasional occurrence, Nick and Mike are joined by a special guest - Dan Shessel from the Northern Nerdcast. Click the icon below to listen.

As the Unwind Media DadRob season continues, Nick and Mike are joined by Trina from the Northern Nerdcast as they delve into the details of Facebook’s privacy predicament, as well as Google’s own issues with handling personal information online.Click the icon below to listen.

Our trio spends this episode talking about Soylent and the CFIA and Google’s quantum computer, and finishes up with the story of Nick’s and Mike’s Ex Raid adventure(s).Click the icon below to listen.

Future Chat celebrates its 150th episode by looking back at how far we’ve come with vaccines, wearable technology, and space exploration in the last 4 years. Also, Mike has a new phone, and Nick is back with an old carrier!Click the icon below to listen.

This week, after discussing follow-up on the 10GB/$60 data plans from the end of 2017, we catch up on Apple’s battery/performance situation, and update everyone on what Microsoft has been cooking up for the Office suite.Click the icon below to listen.

This week’s show features an update on the future of food, some of the ‘competition’ in the wireless industry in Canada, and a new poop story (finally)!Click the icon below to listen.

Our intrepid trio is reunited and discuss the new Tesla Roadster 2, new phones for ⅔ of us, and some of the strengths and weaknesses of two-factor authentication.Click the icon below to listen.

Rob and Nick get together to discuss the Canada Food Inspection Agency ‘banning’ Soylent, why spicy foods hurt, and a little Alberta politics.Click the icon below to listen.

This week, we discuss commutes and their modes of transport, Nick’s new phone, and briefly consider what could be in store for the Halloween Pokemon Go event.Click the icon below to listen.

After literally 3+ months, our hosts and senior contributor Nick Maddox return to talk about the most niche topics possible: audio treatments, Pokémon Go in the fall of 2017, and electric shavers. But we have a good time.Click the icon below to listen.

Rob takes some time at the end of the summer hiatus to review the Samsung Galaxy S8.Click the icon below to listen.

Rob takes some time at the start of the summer hiatus to review the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3.Click the icon below to listen.

With Nick basking in the post-Canada Day afterglow, Rob and Mike take some time to sum up the tech they are currently using and loving (or not).Click the icon below to listen.

Rob and Mike finally settle their WWDC draft (or do they?), before Rob heeds a tornado warning and Mike and Nick succumb to fake news about Pokemon Go. This was a weird one.Click the icon below to listen.

Our intrepid trio don’t quite reach critical Musk this week, instead spending the week talking about the ethics of drone warfare, Telus’ new Android TV service, and the next few months of Pokemon Go.Click the icon below to listen.

This week, Android Pay comes out in Canada, the founder of Android Andy Rubin releases a home assistant, and the University of Alberta lost some fish involved in research due to corrosion.Click the icon below to listen.

Rob and Mike take some time during the hustle and bustle of the week to do a fantasy draft of potential announcements at the WWDC keynote next week. What follows is a great in-depth look at what we might get to see on Tuesday, June 6, 2017.Click the icon below to listen.

The Canadian Conservatives have a new leader (with an interesting voting system)! Rob discovers (Columbuses?) OneNote! IFTTT opens its ‘Maker’ program to everyone!Click the icon below to listen.

On the show this week, we discuss the best aspects of Google I/O and Microsoft Build, along with some discussion of old violins and hot peppers.Click the icon below to listen.

Ransomware is sweeping across old versions of Windows in Europe this week, and the guys can’t agree on which voice assistant(s) will be the future of artificial intelligence.Click the icon below to listen.

For this week’s Future Chat, we reflect on the tech in our own lives, and specifically all the stuff that’s been going wrong with it, before setting out sights on the construction plans for a future Mars baseClick the icon below to listen.

This is Rob's review of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, marking a year since its release. Click the icon below to listen.

This week, we do a deep dive on Elon Musk’s newest venture, Neuralink. We talk about the viability of the concept, its implications, and how we feel about a future with brain-machine interfaces.Click the icon below to listen.

The gang gets back together for a new episode, tackling some more discussion on passwords (or lack thereof), the near future of airless tires, and a long-awaited CRTC corner (that’s why people tune in, right?).Click the icon below to listen.

With Nick sleeping off a long week, Rob and Future Chat make their triumphant returns to the airwaves.Click the icon below to listen.

After waking up an hour early for no reason (Daylight Saving notwithstanding), Mike suggests we get rid of time zones altogether. We also discuss some possible fixes for solar roadways, 'unlimited' data, and Uber's ethics woes.Click the icon below to listen.

Nick spends half of the episode regaling us with his Teksavvy/Shaw nightmare. We then spend the rest of the episode discussing Cloudbleed and web security.Click the icon below to listen.

Rob and Mike spend some time reflecting on news, media, and company-specific news publishing services like AMP, Facebook Instant Articles, and Apple News.Click the icon below to listen.

This week, Rob is back to complain about politics again, then the lighter side takes over and the 'future of messaging' is ridiculed, along with the new chairman of the FCC.Click the icon below to listen.

Mike and Nick take the reins this week and get wrapped up in the turmoil that is the state of science in the USA. They also find themselves discussing the impending rise of the machines, both in the office and on the baseball diamond.Click the icon below to listen.

Rob gets upset about disinformation in politics, Mike gets upset about disinformation in Ontario pollution, and Nick returns to the show, probably not upset about anything.Click the icon below to listen.

Nick's gone for the weekend, so of course Rob and Mike get distracted from the news and focus on a whole lot of the usual, including SpaceX, Tesla, Soylent, Climate Change, and smartwatches.Click the icon below to listen.

This week, the boys get reacquainted after a few weeks off, taking about their new wearable devices they got for Christmas. Then they get down to business and discuss art vs. pornography and a Indiegogo campaign exploring that idea with science. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit… Continue reading Future Chat 125 – Nick Wouldn’t KnowClick the icon below to listen.

This summer, Rob reviewed the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S, a Windows 10 laptop/tablet hybrid. As 2016 draws to a close, here it is! This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: Samsung… Continue reading Future Chat Review – Samsung Galaxy TabPro SClick the icon below to listen.

This week on the last episode of 2016, we discussed the federal electoral reform survey at mydemocracy.ca (go take it!), how the year went for the smartwatch industry, and finally, Gen 2 of Pokemon might be hitting Pokemon Go as early as this week. Who knows!? This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in… Continue reading Future Chat 124 – It’s WeathercockClick the icon below to listen.

Today’s discussion includes the latest pipeline projects from the Canadian West, talk about the sweetness of Nestle chocolate and other sugar, as well as a discussion of how we all deal with tech support. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook… Continue reading Future Chat 123 – Incidents Per Unit Volume Length OilClick the icon below to listen.

After a few weeks of decompressing post-election, the gang talks about the role of fake news in society, and then take another look into the future of messaging. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help… Continue reading Future Chat 122 – We Should Be A StartupClick the icon below to listen.

In an episode that seemed destined not to air, the guys discuss coffee, video calling in chat, and CRISPR on people. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: “Platooning” Autonomous Vehicles… Continue reading Future Chat 121 – I Still Have The DClick the icon below to listen.

This week, while all hell breaks loose around us, the boys tell their listeners to secure their communications, before having the all-electricity episode they promised last week. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support… Continue reading Future Chat 120 – Planning To Keep It On TrackClick the icon below to listen.

Once Rob gets his backup computer out to start the show after a crash, the guys talk about USB-C and its role in the future of computers, and discuss what Niantic has been doing lately to try to keep people coming back to Pokémon Go. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in… Continue reading Future Chat 119 – Down Dongle LaneClick the icon below to listen.

It’s a ceramic concept phone, some really old rocks, and this week’s Mac event on the show this week! This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: Uber’s Self-Driving Truck Makes Its… Continue reading Future Chat 118 – Super Fresh News For GeologyClick the icon below to listen.

It’s a solid week of car news, followed by a breakthrough in antibiotics research, and we finally talk about that ceramic iPhone! This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the show. Links: Full Self-Driving… Continue reading Future Chat 117 – Ripping Past Each Other With PrecisionClick the icon below to listen.

As Nick returns to the show with a new gadget in hand, the guys discuss Tesla as a luxury vehicle, carbon fiber in bikes and bringing prices down, and an in-depth discussion of the game many fans have given up on, Pokemon Go. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by… Continue reading Future Chat 116 – I Have To Touch Important Stuff LaterClick the icon below to listen.

As Nick celebrates his birthday with a trip to the mountains, Mike and Rob chat about Google’s approaches to updates, first thoughts on the Pixel, and how the Nexus will live on in our hearts. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free… Continue reading Future Chat 115 – Long Live The NexusClick the icon below to listen.

After finding Nick, the gents chat too much about phone hardware (for Nick), about the Mars colony that apparently didn’t inspire a majority of our hosts, and Mike and Nick wait for Rob to leave to talk Pokemon Go. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today… Continue reading Future Chat 114 – Solar Is Not RenewableClick the icon below to listen.

Google Allo, the Apple Watch, and thoughts on future electronics. We are missing one of our hosts, and, without him, we go deep on wearables. Oops. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free 30-day trial, and help support the… Continue reading Future Chat 113 – Off On A Secondary TangentClick the icon below to listen.

Foamy beer, mobile data caps, and alternative energy solutions. Our trio is back to their usual form, critiquing ISPs for their irresponsible billing, finding Teksavvy new customers, and spilling beer for science. This episode of Future Chat is brought to you in part by Audible.com. Visit audibletrial.com/unwind today and get a free audiobook and free… Continue reading Future Chat 112 – Four Inches of HeadClick the icon below to listen.