Ep. 291 - Do Facts Have a Half-Life? Sam Arbesman Says "Yes!"
TOPIC: We have a great interview today with the author of the book "The Half-Life of Facts," Sam Arbesman! It's a fascinating and deep book, and Sam does a wonderful job of explaining how all of the "facts" we know are constantly being overturned ... and that this is occurring at a mathematically definable rate. If that scares you, don't worry, we also spend a lot of time talking about Popeye, astronomy, and who e...

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Ep. 249 - Klout Exec Megan Berry
TOPIC: Wondering what your true impact in the (online) world is? Don't know how "social" you are? Klout exec Megan Berry is here to clear up any confusion you may have and help elevate you to 50+ Klout ranking overnight! OK, maybe not - even the guys at TechTalk can't seem to get higher than mid 40's - but Megan does a fantastic job of explaining what all the fuss is about and why you should be interested in i...

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Ep. 172 - Total Recall sans Arnie
TOPIC: Jim Gemmell scares the h-e-double hockey sticks out of Dave and our station manager when he talks about how the e-memory revolution, lifelogging, and cloud-based information storage is going to change your life! He and Gordon Bell, both of Microsoft, have written a not-so-little book called "Total Recall," and we really get into the nitty-gritty of what the coming decade could mean to you - and how you can g...

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Ep. 217 - Facebook for Old Folks!
TOPIC: Dave and Mike have a GREAT time with return victim ... errm, guest that is, Mike Miller! He talks to us about his new book Facebook for Grownups (or as I like to call it - "Facebook for Old Folks"). This wouldn't really be TechTalk without our good friend Jay Garmon as he asks us this toughy: What classic board game was used by the Allies to help rescue POW's during WWII? We wind up with just enough t...

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Episode 130 - Parry Aftab's Happy Safemas!
TOPIC: December 20 - It's almost Christmas, everyone's shopping is at full gear, and Parry Aftab, the "angel of the Internet", is here to make sure you surf safely into the new year! Plus a great holiday-themed Geek Trivia from Jay Garmon, and a very special guest contributor - "The Fixer" - with some fixer-approved cool sites! Have a merry, blessed and SAFE Christmas this year! Oh, and don't forget our very...

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Ep. 223 - Nextworth's Robert Wesley!
TOPIC: Dave's back and just in time for us to have a great show! Not only does Mike get in a nice rant on how not worth living life is without a smart phone, but Robert Wesley of NextWorth.com joins us for a fantastic discussion of what you should do with all that old - or gently used - tech ... including finding out if any of it is really worth anything at all! Of course we're able to find time for Jay Garmon w...

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Episode 114 - Matt Richtel and Your Email Footprint
TOPIC: August 16th, 2008 (A CLASSIC FROM OUR ARCHIVES) - This week's geek trivia winner receives a copy of Matt Richtel's "Hooked", and then we talk to the author himself about the craziness of a monkey-style brain trying to recreate it's arboreal roots via electronic stimulation. No, really. And yes, it does make sense! Of course we've got our awesome cool sites of the week - www.criminalsearches.com will expose...

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Ep. 247 - NYT Tech Writer Nick Bilton
TOPIC: Mike fights through a bad headcold to bring an excellent show to your ears - thanks mostly to his guests of course! Lead technology writer for the New York Times and author of the book "I Live in the Future & Here's How it Works" Nick Bilton comes on for a solid half hour of cerebral social networking discussion, and we have Scott Andraschko, Director of IT for the Round Lake Area Schools as a spec...

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Ep. 257 - 9 Algorithms That Changed the Future
TOPIC: Dave and Mike have a great time, joined by John MacCormick discussing his new book "9 Algorithms That Changed the Future"! John breaks down the basics of everything from Euclid's algorithm to modern day cryptography, web search and compression and somehow makes it accessible and easy to understand. If you've ever been mystified and impressed by all the goings-on that must be happening in that electronic ...

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Ep. 296 - Singularity Rising Author James Miller
TOPIC: The coming AI singularity - that point when the growth of non-human intelligence surpasses our ability to control (even understand it) is coming. Do you know how it will affect you, and what you can do about it? This week we have a fantastic conversation with author James Miller about his new book Singularity Rising ... tune in to find out if you should be excited, afraid, or both! Jay Garmon hits us up ...

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Ep. 235 - Matt Richtel's Idle Hands!
TOPIC: Pulitzer prize winning journalist and author Matt Richtel comes on-air to discuss his newest book and the fate of our brains, on tech! Plus, Jay Garmon gives us another zinger with this geek trivia question: How many mommies and daddies did Dolly, the famous cloned sheep have? We would've like to spend more time with Matt and Jay, but don't mind getting one coolsite in anyways: Intel's Museum of Me - I...

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Ep. 230 - Transhuman Much?
TOPIC: Just Mike this week, but in addition to all his regular junk he manages to squeeze in a fascinating interview with Braden Allenby and David Sarewitz, authors of the book "The Techno-Human Condition." Jay Garmon finally joins us again and regains our trust with some awesome geek trivia (as usual)! Why will the final shuttle mission in July have only 4 crew members? We have such a great conversation we d...

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Ep. 237 – Your WiFi Hacking Neighbors from Hell!

Jul 20th

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TOPIC: Dave and Mike get a little bit freaked out by the WiFi hacking neighbor from hell story, and a little more by the fact that Netflix is changing! Better yet, Spotify finally hits the US (if you want an invite, email Mike at techtalk@wrlr.fm).

Then there’s the always outstanding geek trivia from our good friend Jay Garmon:

Apollo 10 astronauts gave what unconventional call signs to their lunar and command modules, marking the last time astronauts were allowed to provide the names?

As if that wasn’t enough, we also get a couple of great coolsites of the week in with:

DIYorNot? – Not sure if you should tackle that project on your own? Check this site out to know for sure!
BetterPropoganda – Get your Indie fix on here, with stuff that’s new and cool and free to listen to and download!

The podcast only song of the week is “Migosa” by Amadou and Maryam. Enjoy!