Tom and Molly are back for some new things! Today, they’re talking about 90s nostalgia via discovery TV (RIP Luke Perry), the phenomenon of fauxtography, olive drab jackets, Weezer, plus the sub-thing of The Three-Body Problem.
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The War-ren Big Tech – DTNS 3484
US Senator Elizabeth Warren released a Medium post outlining her plans to breakup Big Tech companies and foster increased competition. Is it workable and more importantly is their enough support for her proposition?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Len Peralta, Roger Chang and Brian Brushwood.
David Spark’s Tales of RSA – DTNS 3483
David Spark from Spark Media Solutions is back with a full roundup from this year’s RSA conference.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang and David Spark
Your Reputation Precedes You – DTNS 3482
The latest Axios Harris poll shows that Facebook has dropped from 51st place to 94th in 2018. Is this something Facebook should be worried about and how do other tech companies stack up in the same rankings?
Starring Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang.
#347 – Interview with S.A. Chakraborty
Author S.A. Chakraborty joins us on the show to talk about the inspiration for her two recent books: The City of Brass and The Kingdom of Copper.
It’s Spoilerin’ Time 257 – True Detective (304-305), The Office (UK) (101)
True Detective channels its intimate energies and we’re introduced to the world of The Office (UK) with a hint of longing.
00:54 – Summer Movie Draft
03:32 – True Detective (304-305)
14:10 – The Office (UK) (101)
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Chuckable Cheetah – DTNS 3481
Scientists from Heriot-Watt university in Edinburgh to weld glass to metal. Corning is developing a new Gorilla glass that can bend. Plus MIT’s mini-cheetah robot can doing a standing back-flip.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang.
Cordkillers 257 – I’m Sure Your Movies Are Fine, Mr. Spielberg
A Netflix-Spielberg fight! HBO is changing in big ways. BritBox coming to the Brits!
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Inductive Seasoning! – DTNS 3480
How induction burners will replace stoves, Google’s Project Zero finds kernel flaw in MacOS, and Facebook still targeting ads at folks who use phone number based 2FA.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang.
#346 – Accio Book Pick!
So many good TV shows based on books that we love are coming, and we even got a movie with a casting announcement that made Tom very excited! Plus, our final thoughts on The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal and the kick off of what we assume is a re-read for most of you, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling. Come on. Read it again! It’s fun!
We are GO for March Madness! Head to Goodreads or find the link on swordandlaser.com to vote for your favorite books.
