The GeekBits Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Geek Pub
Mike Murray of The Geek Pub and David Murray of The 8-Bit Guy host a podcast where we talk about life, technology, and philosophy: A chance to move slightly off-topic.
We thought the internet would unlock the potential of humanity by making information quickly and freely available to everyone. But that hasn't really been the case.
Are species/entities like the Star Trek's Borg, Landru, Terminators, Battlestar Galactica's Cylons, The Matrix AI, Doctor Who's Cybermen and Daleks, etc actually evil? Have you considered things from their perspective?
With the rise of the electric car on an unstoppable and legacy automakers failing to see the future, it may be game over for them!
How will the economy of the future shape up? With automation, robotics, AI, and machine learning will there even be any jobs?
How would the world be today if technology as we know it had stopped advancing in the 1980s? Maybe not as different as you think!
Many people don't understand that there was a digital world before the internet. A very different digital world called the BBS!
Bad Movie and TV Show Science. It's all around us. Every one of our favorite science fiction shows is riddled with bad science. Let's talk about it!
Many nerds who grew up in the 1970s or 1980s played a role-playing game called Dungeons & Dragons. When computers starting hitting the scene, people quickly began adapting...
We often think of who we are as a soul. We somehow separate the mind from the brain. But is that really the case? Is your brain YOU?
Some may not realize, but growing up as a nerd in the 80s wasn't like it is today. In our High School of just 500 kids, there were only 4 or 5 nerds in the entire school. They were not considered cool.
In this episode we take a look at piracy from our perspective. The good, the bad, and the ugly. And let's be honest. It's mostly ugly. We talk about our lives as teen pirates with the Commodore 64; the ridiculous ways...