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A broadcast engineer's podcast on how radio really works — the signal chain, the gear, the industry that built him, and the AM/FM radio he got as a kid that started it all.
EP 47 24:30
The conversation explores the resurgence of physical media, particularly vinyl, CDs, and cassettes, and discusses the growing consumer preference for ownership over subscription models. It highlights the unique position of radio in the media landscape and suggests that radio can learn from the…
EP 46 24:45
Meta's new Muse AI agent handled a Facebook Marketplace sale for a guy named Matt Rob, and it gave a complete stranger his home address without asking first. The guy shows up expecting to buy a keyboard, and Rob has no idea any of this happened until there's a knock on his door. That's not a…
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Drones hit three Yandex data centers and automated traffic from its network collapsed. Bots vanishing worldwide is a bigger claim, and I’m curious what you noticed.
Bonus 18:15
A low power FM station in Valdosta, Georgia has a real interference problem. Instead of accepting the engineering explanation, they decided to accuse broadcast engineers, large radio conglomerates, and apparently the atmosphere itself of running a coordinated campaign against them. I break down…
EP 45 23:15
Kids are not going to stop talking to each other just because you blocked an app. I get into the story of how a group of teenage girls turned NPR 's podcast comment section on Spotify into a full blown underground group chat, complete with its own routing system, and why they picked the most…
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