Less Frictionful INTRO Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.

This week we talk about Amazon buying Whole Foods

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HOUSEKEEPING * Sorry folks, I think I was recording from an airplane bathroom. -KS

FEATURE Amazon buys Whole Foods, but what does it all mean?

LINKS * Introducing Amazon Go and the world’s most advanced shopping technology * AMAZON’S NEW CUSTOMER * Amazon Dash Wand

TITLES * Thanks, Local Government * The Supermarket Market * The Plumbing Level * Amazon Pig Farm * Customer Zero * Giant Network of Kudzu * The Most First-Worldy of Problems * Flick'm Bicus * Potty Couches * Amazon Middleware * Less Frictionful

CLOSING That's our show for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we hope you join us again next week for Terrifying Robot Dog. Bye!

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