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. 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. 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. 300 - Alex Knapp of Forbes and Asteroid Contingency Planning
TOPIC: Wow! Episode 300 ... and what a great one it is too! Oddly enough, our tricentennial goes unremarked, either through excessive humility or rampant obliviousness (long time listeners of the show will be placing their bets on obliviousness), but with Dave "Sparky" Saganaki, good friend Jay Garmon and new friend of the show Alex Knapp of Forbes magazine tech and blog fame, this is an outstanding reflection on t...

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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. 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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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. 194 - Tom Standage and The Economist's Technology Quarterly
TOPIC: The title of this one pretty much says it all, but doesn't give you a hint at what an awesome guest Tom was! We don't have nearly the time needed to get into all the cool stories from the Economist's special Technology Quarterly insert (though we give it that old college try), but Tom's promised to come back next quarter and fill us in again! Jay Garmon does his usual great job at keeping us on our g...

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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. 288 - Alexandre Montagu on Intellectual Property
TOPIC: Alexandre Montagu, founder of MontaguLaw - a leading intellectual property law firm - joins us to talk about all things IP! Did you know that the color red can be considered intellectual property, and sued over? We don't stick with fashion, but have a very interesting and in-depth discussion about what IP is and how it affects you and the technologies you use every day. We even have time to freewheel some ...

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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. 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. 232 – Bitcoins, Amazon and Education?

Jun 14th

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TOPIC: Dave and Mike try to figure out how many bitcoins make a kilocoin, which somehow leads Mike into (yet another) rant on Amazon and the public education system … a deep, deep rant on the public education system. But don’t turn that dial just yet, there’s even more great stuff to listen to!

Jay Garmon joins us again and asks the question: