Stolendroids Podcast

On A Break

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:30:29 GMT

Do you know how sometimes life gives you lemons? They say to take those lemons and make lemonade with them, but have you ever made lemonade? Squeezing those lemons takes time! Plus, you have to add so much sugar that stirring it until it dissolves takes forever! My point is that making lemonade takes a lot of time and effort. (I am also now craving a glass of lemonade. What have I done?)

Anyway, life has gotten a bit too real for us here at Stolendroids Podcast, so we need to take a minute to catch our breath. But don't worry because we're not going anywhere! We're currently preparing for Salt Lake FanX on September 16th through the 18th at the Salt Palace Convention Center. We will be back in October doing what we love to do.

In the meantime, if you have suggestions for topics we should discuss upon our triumphant return, hit us up on Twitter or Facebook and let us know.

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The Episode with a List

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 22:01:38 GMT

Conventions appear to be happening again, which means people will be spending lots of money. And if you have ever been to a fan convention, you know that a good portion of that money will be spent by those who want to meet their favorite celebrities. But if you have ever paid for a photo op or an autograph, you know that the time you get to spend with the person you're paying to meet is fleeting. Sometimes, you may only get a few seconds with them! But what if you had more time? What if you could talk with them about anything that you wanted? If given the opportunity, what celebrities would you choose to hang out with for a few hours? What would you do with them? What questions would you ask?

Listen as our panelists discuss these very questions as they run through a list of celebrities with whom they would like to spend time. How many hobbits and dwarves are on their lists? And what about Norse gods? Check out the latest episode of Stolendroids Podcast, and then let us know who makes your list!

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The Loki and Sylvie (Not Mobius) Show

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:30:44 GMT

Another Marvel television show has come and gone, but this time things are different. Unlike WandaVision or The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki feels like an extremely important part of the MCU as we enter a new phase of storytelling. Why would we say that? Listen to week's episode of Stolendroids Podcast to find out.

But Loki isn't the only thing going on in the Stolendroids Universe. Black Widow is suing the Mouse, Kevin Smith's Masters of the Universe: Revelation is predictably angering fanboys everywhere, and LeBron James continues to show why he will never be better than Michael Jordan. And not just on the basketball court either. Yep! We're talking Space Jam!

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Black Widow's Box Office Bull's-Eye

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:43:17 GMT

After numerous delays, Marvel's Black Widow finally arrived in theaters. And Disney+. Yep. In addition to a theatrical release where the latest chapter in the MCU scored $158 million in its first three days at the global box office, Disney also released the anticipated film through Disney+ Premier Access. But the move appears to have been a wise one since it earned more than $60 million through the popular streaming service during its opening weekend.

Based on its earnings, it looks like Black Widow is a hit, but is it any good? We break it down on this week's episode of Stolendroids Podcast. Listen as we discuss what we like (and what we don't) about the movie, then let us know your thoughts. And do you think that this is a movie best watched in a theater, or is it okay to watch at home? Let us know! Send us a message on any of our social media accounts, or leave your thoughts in the comments below!

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Don't Be a Spoiler

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 13:17:00 GMT

It's Wednesday morning. You're at work sitting in another unnecessary Zoom meeting that really should have been an email. Hoping to make the next hour of your life more tolerable, you visit your favorite social media sites and begin scrolling. Within seconds you are bombarded with spoilers from the newest episode of Loki. Seriously? It has only been out for like six hours! How is the Internet already full of spoilers?

Does this sound familiar? Maybe it wasn't Loki that was spoiled. Perhaps it was a different movie or TV show. But you know the feeling. That feeling of anger and rage and disappointment in your fellow man. How could they do this to you? Shouldn't there be some sort of etiquette when it comes to this sort of thing? We're right there with you, which is why that's the topic of conversation on this week's Stolendroids Podcast.

What bothers you most about when people share spoilers? What rules do you think there should be about sharing spoilers? Hit us up on social media and let us know.

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Who Herds the Herder?

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:02:28 GMT

Who watches the watchmen? This is a popular translation of "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" from the writings of Juvenal and can be literally translated as "Who will guard the guards themselves?" It's a theme that has become a popular trope throughout pop culture, including movies, television, and comic books. It also happens to permeate our review of Pixar's Luca.

While we do manage to talk about Luca, there is just so much more to talk about than just one movie. Seriously, we had the new trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings drop right before we recorded, so you know we had to discuss that. We also had follow-up news from a previous episode that we felt should be talked about. Throw in some Disney+ and Netflix chatter, and where to get a cold drink on a hot day, and you've got this week's episode of Stolendroids Podcast.

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Mr. Game and Watch Exhales E3

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:10:09 GMT

Utah Remote-Con 2 has come and gone meaning it's time to get back to our somewhat regular schedule. And what better time to get back into the swing of things than right after E3 2021?

With the video game industry's biggest event of the year firmly in the rearview mirror, the Stolendroids panelists recap some of this year's highlights as only they can. With some entertaining discussion surrounding E3, video game updates (inspired by Nintendo's lack of Animal Crossing news), and video games in general, you really don't want to miss this episode.

And do you remember Gambit from Nintendo's Game & Watch and Super Smash Bros.? Neither does anyone else. Well, maybe one person does. Seriously. This is a fun episode. Give it a listen then and let us know what you think.

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Raya and the Last Dragon

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 10:00:53 GMT

Disney has been making classic animated films for decades. You could even say that it's what they're known for. I mean, they did make Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated feature film, way back in 1937, and they've been cranking out the classics ever since. Sure, they've stumbled along the way, but they always seem to recover.

With that in mind, why would you think that a global pandemic would prevent Disney from releasing another animated classic? No, it's not a classic yet, but Raya and the Last Dragon is good enough to be one. From the story to the animation, it is a classic in the making. Unfortunately, it may be one that many people sleep on. DON'T SLEEP ON IT!

On this week's episode of Stolendroids Podcast, we share our thoughts on what could be one of Disney's best films in years. Have you seen Raya and the Last Dragon? What are your thoughts? Send us a message through social media!

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Saturday Morning Cartoons

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:00:41 GMT

Remember the days when you would wake up at 6:00 on a Saturday morning, grab a giant bowl of cereal, and plop onto the couch where you would watch cartoons for the next four hours? As a kid, those were the best days. Saturday mornings were yours, and nobody was going to take them away from you. Until they did…

On this week's episode of Stolendroids Podcast, we reminisce about the days when it was okay for a kid to watch hours and hours of television. We remember the memory and mourn the loss of the Saturday morning cartoon and all that went with it. The sugar cereal. The amazing commercials. The freedom from having to worry about doing your chores for just a few hours. Saturday mornings were the best!

What were some of your favorite Saturday morning cartoons? Did you have any that you just had to watch? And did you have any Saturday morning cartoon rituals? Let us know in the comments or through social media!

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A Tale As Old As Time Turns 30

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 10:30:08 GMT

Can you believe that it's been 30 years since Disney released their masterpiece, Beauty and the Beast? Well, it has. And despite its age, the film still holds up quite nicely. In fact, some would even say that out of the entire Disney animated library, it is one of their best. And don't we deserve the best?

We're a few hosts down this week, but Craig Price joins us to help celebrate three decades of that tale as old as time, Beauty and the Beast. Listen as we discuss our memories of this Disney classic, what makes it so good, and how Marlee is so very, very young.

After you're done listing to this episode, be sure to check out Craig's shows: Matinee Heroes and Matinee Heroes Presents Castoff! And don't forget to let us know what you think! We want you to let us know your thoughts and feelings about Beauty and the Beast. Where do you think it ranks in comparison with other Disney films? Let us know in the comments, or send us a message via social media.

And if you enjoyed Craig's wit and wisdom, we're happy to announce that he has joined the Stolendroids family! He will be producing a weekly show that recaps the week in geek. He will also be joining us for Utah Remote Con 2 in May. Be sure to stay tuned for more information on both of these exciting developments!

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What's Up With Black Widow?

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 10:00:27 GMT

With an original release date of May 1, 2020, Black Widow became one of the first summer blockbusters to change its release schedule due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. With the closure of movie theaters worldwide, the highly anticipated film was moved to a November release date, pushing back Marvel's Eternals until 2021.

But with the world still in an upheaval that September, there were rumors that Disney was considering rescheduling Black Widow again. These rumors proved true when Disney announced that the film's new release date would be May 7, 2021. Unfortunately, this new relate date not only delayed Marvel's Eternals again, but it also pushed back the release of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

Despite its previous delays, Disney said that Black Widow would still debut in theaters. However, at the time, there were reports that the film would instead be released on Disney+. Ultimately, both were proven true in late March when Disney announced that the film would be released in theaters and on Disney+ (with Premiere Access) on July 9, 2021.

So now the question is: will Black Widow actually be shown in theaters? The odds are looking better than they did last year, but I guess we'll have to wait and see. But if it only premieres on Disney+, will you still be excited to see it? Come to think of it, are you even as interested in watching it after more than a year of delays? And are you still as excited about the MCU's future as you were pre-pandemic? How do you think that Marvel and Disney should continue to develop the MCU? Listen as we discuss these things and more on this week's episode of Stolendroids Podcast, and then let us know what you think!

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On the First Season of WandaVision...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 03:38:26 GMT

Someone once said that WandaVision is one of those shows where you either love it, you hate it, or you fall someplace in between. So it's like most television shows. But the difference with WandaVision is that most people seem to be on either end of the spectrum, with not a lot going on in the middle. It's a show that doesn't generate much apathy from viewers. While it succeeds in invoking viewers' emotions weekly, fans remain on the edge of their seats waiting to see what will happen next, while haters take to the Internet to rage about what they just witnessed.

So now that the final episode has aired, what does the Stolendroids crew think about the show? Which fan theories did they want to see turn out to be true, and which plot twists left them feeling as dead inside as Tommy and Billy's dog, Sparky?

The gang is all here for this special live edition of Stolendroids Podcast. If you missed our live stream, here is your chance to catch up on all of the chaotic magic. Spoilers abound, but so does the fun! Sit back and enjoy the show, then be sure to let us know what you thought of WandaVision!

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Marvel Madness

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:30:10 GMT

Welcome to March! The month of college basketball tournament brackets and office betting pools. The month when nobody judges you for taking time off work to stay home and watch sports for days.

But why should sports fans be the only ones to have fun with brackets? The answer is that they shouldn't, so we came up with one of our own. Well, we didn't come up with it. We actually found one on the Internet, but you get my point...

Anyway, to kick off Marvelous March, we ask the question, "who should have the Infinity Gauntlet?" We know who shouldn't have it. **cough** Thanos **cough** But if somebody should take possession of the thing that removed half of humanity from existence, who would you want that person to be?

Listen as things get messy while our panel tries to determine who is worthy to wield all of the Infinity Stones. Sure, the rules may keep changing, and there may be some "fatal" flaws with the brackets, but Jake gets to make top-tier dad jokes which makes it all worth it.

Once you're done listening to how our bracket ended up, let us know how yours would have differed. Leave us a message through social media!

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#FreeBritney

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:30:40 GMT

Of everything that has been discussed on Stolendroids Podcast over the years, I never would have thought that we would do an entire show on Britney Spears. Yes, you read that right, and no, this isn't April Fool's Day.

With the New York Times Presents episode "Framing Britney Spears" captivating viewers everywhere, it was decided that it was something that our panelists needed to discuss. While it's surprising that we are talking about Britney Spears, the show prompts some serious discussion that is always applicable.

For those unfamiliar with it, "Framing Britney Spears" discusses the pop star's rise to fame. But what goes up must come down, and the show goes into great detail surrounding her mental health issues, run-ins with the paparazzi, and ultimate downfall. We also learn what prompted the conservatorship that she has been living under since 2008. And if you haven't heard about it yet, it is the conservatorship that has sparked the fan-driven #FreeBritney movement.

Have you had a chance to watch "Framing Britney Spears" yet? If so, what are your thoughts on her current situation? Let us know through social media or in the comments below!

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The Great Quarantine Catch Up

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:30:58 GMT

Do you remember the before times when you could basically go anywhere you wanted with anybody? We do. We also realize that it's been about a year since COVID-19 sent people into a full-blown quarantine situation eliminating this possibility for people on a global scale.

At the time, it was expected that quarantines would last for a few weeks, and then life would return to normal. Obviously, that hasn't been the case as we've seen our way of life disappear and become what is referred to as "the new normal."

Unfortunately for many, this new normal involves isolation, frustration, and despair. And since it's been a year, we wanted to do a quick check-in. How has the quarantine impacted our panelists? How have they adjusted to the new normal? And most importantly, how have they avoided going insane? Well, more than they already are…

So take a break from the monotony of the new normal and enjoy this week's episode. And be sure to let us know how you've survived the pandemic. What have you been doing during this time in hopes of retaining your sanity? We would love to hear from you, so hit us up on social media.

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Collin's THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Panel

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:00:00 GMT

Due to some seriously inclement weather at the Stolendroids Texas Chapter, we're digging into the archives for this week's episode of Stolendroids Podcast. No, this isn't going to be a rerun of a previous episode. But if you missed it during Utah Remote-Con, now is your chance to listen to "Collin's The Rise of Skywalker Panel" in all its podcast glory.

Now sit back and enjoy as Collin does the equivalent of herding a bunch of loth-cats.

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WONDER WOMAN 1984 Brings Much "Meh..."

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:06:55 GMT

In 2017, Wonder Woman, a film that had been stuck in development since 1996, finally exploded into theaters. The wait was worth it as the film went on to earn more than $820 million at the box office. Additionally, it showed that a female-led superhero movie with a good script could be entertaining and successful.

Considering the overall success that the film enjoyed, a sequel was inevitable.

That sequel came out in December 2020. With simultaneous releases to the home streaming market and theaters, Warner Bros. did all they could to ensure that fans were actually able to see Wonder Woman 1984. Unfortunately, like with so many other DC superhero movies, they missed the mark with certain things. The special effects and story immediately come to mind.

While Wonder Woman 1984 could have been so much more, it wasn't "Martha" bad. Listen as we discuss what was both good and not so good, about WW84 then let us know your thoughts. Are we being too harsh? Not harsh enough? Let us know in the comments below, or send us a message through social media!

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Let's Not Go to the Movies

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:46:42 GMT

Do you remember the before times when people would leave their homes to do things other than going to work or get food? How people went to dinner with friends or even to the movies? Well, it seems that those times are gone, at least for the present. But what about those movies that people still want to watch? Or those that filmmakers want to produce? If people no longer go out to see movies, then what is the future of the movie-going experience?

The popularity of streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+ may hold that answer.

Nobody can argue that world-wide COVID-19 quarantines haven't been made easier for those who watch movies. And it was only a matter of time before movie studios, such as Disney with Mulan and Warner Bros. with Wonder Woman 1984, figured out how to not lose everything on films by simultaneously releasing them in theaters and on streaming platforms. But is how we will continue to watch new-release blockbuster movies?

Listen as we talk about what we liked and what we didn't with some of the more notable big-budget films that premiered on streaming services. We also make a few predictions as to what movie fans can expect when it comes to "going to the movies."

And once you have finished listening, let us know your thoughts. Do you like how things are now, or do you just really want to go and see a summer blockbuster in the theater? Tell us in the comments below, or message us on social media!

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Ready, Set, Roll!

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:24:18 GMT

When Dungeons & Dragons was first published in 1974, the 1,000-print run sold out in the first year. The adventure game continued to gain popularity throughout the 1980s until it came under an extraordinary assault from groups who feared that it promoted devil worship and witchcraft.

Like so many other pop-culture controversies of the past, these claims were found mostly to be without merit. But enough parents had heard the news reports, and the damage was done. Those who played D&D and other tabletop role-playing games were ostracized. Doomed to spend Friday nights in their parents' basement battling orcs and trolls.

Over time, the moral panic over Dungeons & Dragons shifted to other things, including movies and especially video games and RPGs began to enjoy a resurgence.

Fast forward to today, and people from all walks of life can be found playing tabletop role-playing games to escape the high-stress world in which we live. Add a global pandemic and the ability to play these games remotely into the mix, and you have a recipe for an RPG renaissance, which is what's happening. And that brings us to our first Stolendroids Podcast episode of 2021.

Listen as we discuss our experiences with tabletop role-playing games. We also get into what some of the different game systems are and why we believe TTRPGs are seeing such a surge in popularity. And you know that we're going to talk about the newest addition to the Stolendroids family, The Lettuce Inn, as new Game Master Erika joins the conversation.

So give the episode a listen, and then let us know what you think. We also want to know what your experiences with role-playing games are. Message us with your thoughts on social media!

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The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special Miracle

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 05:54:02 GMT

In 1978, hot on the heels of Star Wars, fans received their first spin-off. Set between the events of the original film and The Empire Strikes Back, the Star Wars Holiday Special somehow managed to reunite the main cast for a television special. But since the year was 1978 and TV variety shows were all the rage, they were joined by the likes of Bea Arthur, Art Carney, Diahann Carroll, and Harvey Korman.

The plot of the special was simple: Han Solo and Chewbacca are on their way to Kashyyk to celebrate Life Day with Chewbacca's family. While en route, they encounter the Empire, and misfortune ensues. Also, songs are sung, we learn that Chewie's dad has a thing for Diahann Carroll, Boba Fett makes his first appearance, and other stuff happens. Just go watch it if you have never seen it. You will regret it, but you really should if you're a Star Wars fan.

Anyway, the original Star Wars Holiday Special is such a hot mess that it's been buried in the dustbin of history for more than four decades. Enter The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special.

It's possible that the only reason that The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special was made is to erase the Star Wars Holiday Special from the memories of anyone who may have seen it. But here's the kicker, that may actually happen. Will it become a Life Day classic? Does it surpass the original? Listen as our panelists discuss their thoughts on this new iteration, then share your thoughts with us via social media.

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The Next-Gen Console Wars Begin Now

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 06:30:32 GMT

Remember when Yoda said, "Begun, the Console War has" at the end of Attack of the Clones? Or maybe it was something about the Clone War. I don't quite remember. Anyway, with Sony and Microsoft both recently releasing their next-gen consoles, the debate of which is better: Xbox or PlayStation has new fuel added to the fire. Of course, many gamers will say that PC is the Master Race, but I digress.

In this week's episode of Stolendroids Podcast, our panelists discuss their recent console purchases. Find out who bought what and why they chose what they did. They also discuss some of the pros and cons of the different consoles, what games they are looking forward to, and the hits and misses from the previous generation of gaming consoles.

But that's not all! To help turn the fun up to 11, we have not one, not two, but three special guests! Listen now to find out who they are but be warned; entertainment lies ahead.

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Fictional Presidents

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 05:43:02 GMT

Every four years, citizens in the United States go through the time-honored tradition of selecting who will be our next Overlord, I mean President. And every four years, these contests become more and more heated as the margins of victory grow tighter and tighter. In fact, as time has passed, election season has started to resemble something from a young adult dystopian novel. But we're not here to talk politics, or are we?

In this week's episode of Stolendroids Podcast, our panelists take advantage of the timely presidential elections by discussing their favorite fictional presidents. Not only are those who have held the highest office in the land talked about at length, but they also talk about those whom they would like to see become President of their respective imaginary universes.

Who was missed? Who would you have put on the list of best and worst fictional President? Let us know on social media!

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Our Favorite Halloween Movies

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:00:55 GMT

In this episode, Zach is back! And in addition to the rest of our panel, we're joined by Tracy from Movies That Make Us. Listen as we discuss some of our favorite Halloween movies, TV shows, and... other things. We go from horror to cute and fun and just slightly spooky.

What are some of your favorite movies and other Halloween traditions? Let us know in the comments below, or send us a message on social media!

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Avatar: The Last Retrospective

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:28:11 GMT

There are some who would argue that Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the greatest cartoons since The Flintstones, and those people are probably right. But what makes it so great? Why does the series still hold up after so many years?

Come listen to our panel discuss how the Avatar: The Last Airbender manages to tell stories that are fun and entertaining for kids, but still intricate and interesting enough for adults. And true to form, our panelists manage to get sidetracked a time or two. Or three.

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Creepy Toys

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:53:19 GMT

As children, we all had our favorite toys. Some were awesome, some weren't. And then some needed to be burned and sent back from whence they came. You know the ones: the porcelain doll with the dead eyes, the teddy bear that reads you stories with its dead eyes, Furby. The nightmares were real, but toy manufacturers didn't always instill fear in children on purpose. And that's what we're talking about on this episode of Stolendroids Podcast.

Listen as our panelists run through some of their favorite unintentionally creepy toys while also asking for large corporate sponsorships and discussing the house-breaking of children. (Yep, you read that right.) And once you're done listening, let us know what some of your favorite nightmare fuel playthings were/are.

Battle Trolls Commercial:

https://youtu.be/WLfva0HQsN4

Jolly Chimp without Fur:

https://youtu.be/IOBhPcxsWEA

Little Miss No Name:

https://youtu.be/oaMbBTmbS20

Seinfeld The Doll:

https://youtu.be/8gbM2Kr3RdI

Hydraulic Press Furby:

https://youtu.be/DkMVw_0xKn4

Teddy Ruxpin Commercial:

https://youtu.be/8EshrR-xk2E

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The Mandalorian

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 21:36:02 GMT

The trailer for the second season of The Mandalorian on Disney+ is here! We have some thoughts, and you know that we can't pass up an opportunity to discuss them. In this episode, we have a trailer viewing party, talk about what we are most looking forward to in the upcoming season, and what characters we are excited to see and why.

But before that, we discuss the show's first season and the impact it had on the Star Wars fandom itself. And we can't talk about Mando without talking about Baby Yoda. (Yes, nerds, we know he's called The Child, and that Baby Yoda isn't his name. Or is it?)

Now come and listen to our conversation all about why The Mandalorian is the best Star Wars in years.

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Utah Remote-Con 2020: The Fast and Furious in SPACE!

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:27:44 GMT

Welcome to Utah Remote-Con 2020! This was our first panel of the convention. We kick things off with a bang as we look back on the Fast and Furious franchise and look forward to the future. From the original film through Hobbs and Shaw, all your favorites are here.

This panel was moderated by Steve and Izzy from Everything I learned from Movies Podcast, and included as panelists Val Cameron from Movies That Make Us and Multiplane Podcasts, Craig Price from Matinee Heroes, Be Fuller of SLCNerd, and Robert Neal.

The panel discusses some of the highlights of the series, some of their personal favorite moments, favorite films, and maybe even some of the stinkers. In addition, the team discusses the future of the Fast and Furious franchise. Will FF beat Mission Impossible to space? Clearly, this is the most important space race in the history of the world.

Utah Remote-Con 2020 was a virtual pop culture convention focused on panels that occurred September 7-September 12, 2020. The panels were free to view live on YouTube and Facebook. The hope was to get together and discuss geeky and nerdy topics throughout the week and have fun, as well as helping to raise money for a good cause. The charity we chose to focus on for this convention was the American Cancer Society. Thanks to generous donations from those that attended the panels and enjoyed the show, we were able to raise $2,890 for the fight against cancer.

Over the coming weeks, we will be adding these panels to our Stolendroids Podcast feed to be enjoyed wherever you listen to podcasts. In addition, you can subscribe to our Stolendroids YouTube channel and relive every fun and entertaining moment of our first Utah Remote-Con.

Utah Remote-Con will return March 8-March 13, 2021 with Utah Remote-Con 2!

#utahremotecon #thefastandthefurious #2fast2furious #thefastandthefurioustokyodrift #fastandfurious #fastfive #fastandfurious6 #furious7 #f8 #thefateofthefurious #hobbsandshaw

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Hot Takes

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 09:00:34 GMT

The 2020 Emmy nominees have been announced, and we have some thoughts. In fact, some people (Jake) might even say we have some hot takes. Of course, the hot takes aren't really pertinent to the Emmys, but when has that ever stopped us?

Also, Collin hates Dustin from Stranger Things. This means that he also hates everything good in this world. Let him know why he's wrong on our social media pages.

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Cartoon Crushes

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 14:48:49 GMT

You still remember your first cartoon crush, right? Who doesn't? We all had at least one that stands out that we will never forget. It's not weird. Cartoons are often the first characters we connect with as kids. The first stories we connect with, so it makes sense that we had a crush at some time or another on a cartoon character or two, right? Join our panel as they break down some of their memorable cartoon crushes on this episode of Stolendroids Podcast.

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Nine-Nine

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 02:21:35 GMT

Every now and then you learn that one of your friends hasn't watched a movie or a TV show that you absolutely love. You may feel shocked, dismayed, or even betrayed. That's what recently happened when the Stolendroids team realized that Zohner has never seen Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It was at that moment that it was decided that this wrong must be righted. This episode is the result.

What TV shows do you love that have flown under someone else's radar? Let us know because this was a fun show that we'd like to do again. Obviously, though, we need another topic so send us your thoughts in the comments, on social media, or at feedback@stolendroids.com!

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Stop It

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 19:38:51 GMT

Although the media has been more prevalent in showing cases of police brutality and systematic racism in recent weeks, these are problems that have plagued our communities for years. And it is becoming increasingly difficult to watch our friends, neighbors, and loved ones suffer repeated injustices based solely on the color of their skin. Unfortunately, the source of this mistreatment isn’t exclusive to government offices or police units… sometimes it’s ordinary citizens perpetuating this appalling behavior.

This disrespect, prejudice treatment, and hate speech is also prevalent throughout the geek community. Whether it's due to sexual orientation, gender, or skin color, geeks have become known for their gatekeeping and overall general toxicity.

This week we are extremely acknowledged to have three special guests: Malinda Money, Stephan Watson, and Jay Whittaker. Each of them is a person of color who is willing to share their experiences with being black in both the geek community and in modern America. And what's best is that they all bring a unique perspective to things that many of us take for granted.

Our first guest is Malinda Money. She is an actor, singer, performer, cosplayer, and self-professed geek. In addition to making some pretty epic cosplays, she has also worked with hundreds of talented artists in both professional film and theatrical productions. You can follow Malinda on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Next up is Stephan Watson. Stephan is the founder and CEO of Cracked Brain Productions and hosts Cracked Brain Podcast. He also works as a voice actor for games, commercials, audiobooks, short stories, audio dramas, and more! Be sure to follow him on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

And finally, Jay Whittaker is an award-winning stand-up comedian, actor, and podcast producer. He is also one of the co-hosts of Geek Show and an avid birdwatcher who hosts Full Feather Friday where he educates viewers about the amazing world of birds. Check out Jay's website and be sure to follow him on social media at @itsjaywhittaker.

Now, if you take anything from this episode, let it be this: please hear our guests. Take their words to heart and strive to be better. Though each of us may look different, come from different places, and have different backgrounds, we are more alike than not. Simply being kind goes a long way. So does listening. Your perspective isn't the only one out there. Your stories aren't the only ones that matter. Take some time to get to know and understand those who are different from you. You'll be glad you did.

And one more thing, Jay mentioned a video of Kimberly Jones during the show. Please take a few minutes and check it out here (language warning).

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Marvel vs. DC vs. Starstriker

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 18:53:22 GMT

Just when we thought things were starting to calm down, 2020 struck again. But we're back, and on this episode, we're discussing a classic argument: Which is better: DC or Marvel?

Of course, as we find out, it's not that simple. To pit one entertainment powerhouse against the other and call the matter settled doesn't work. And while the argument was once pretty straightforward, things have become vastly more complicated as each company's reach has grown.

DC and Marvel both bring something unique to the table. However, what that is varies depending on which medium we're discussing. Comic books? Video games? What about movies?

Listen as the Stolendroids panelists break down each company's strengths and decide who is the better of the two as only we can. And then, after you have finished listening, let us know what your thoughts are either on social media or at feedback@stolendroids.com!

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Release the Snyder Cut!

Thu, 28 May 2020 06:50:32 GMT

Two years after Justice League disappointed fans worldwide at the box office, the demand for Zack Snyder's original vision for the film finally reached a crescendo. Fans had been demanding the "Snyder Cut" for long enough. Even stars of the film such as Gal Gadot and Ben Affleck took to Twitter to lend their voice to the #ReleasetheSnyderCut movement. Their voices were heard and it was soon announced that the fabled "Snyder Cut" would air on HBO Max in 2021.

Some would see this as the successful campaign of a devoted fanbase. Others look at it and see a studio who caved into fan demands. While both may be true, the "Snyder Cut" movement isn't the first time that something like this has happened in recent history. Is that necessarily a bad thing though? Our panel discusses some recent examples and shares their thoughts on "fan service" versus succumbing to fan demands.

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Collect 'Em All

Thu, 14 May 2020 14:42:13 GMT

Jake has been watching Prop Culture on Disney+ recently. (For those who are unfamiliar with the show, it follows film historian and prop collector Dan Lanigan as he reunites iconic Disney movie props with the filmmakers, actors, and crew who created and used them in some of Disney’s most beloved films.)

That brings us to this week's topic of discussion.

Watching Prop Culture put has put Jake in the mood to discuss the things that he likes to collect with others. But it's not just about him. He also wants to know what others collect and why.

We all know that person who collects stuff to the extreme. They're the ones who visibly cry when a kid a birthday party actually opens the toys that they received as gifts. Maybe it's your best friend or your significant other. Maybe that person is you. Or maybe that person is one of the Stolendroids Podcast hosts. Listen to find out.

NOTE: In this episode, we show off a lot of stuff that doesn't always translate well to an audio format. If you'd like to see the video of this episode you can check it out on our YouTube channel.

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My Best Front Pocket

Thu, 07 May 2020 15:20:42 GMT

Sidekicks are an important part of storytelling. Captain America has Bucky. Frodo has Samwise. Batman has Robin. Stolendroids has Collin...

Sidekicks often get a bad rap. We can probably blame the 1950's and 60's for this. (Thanks 1966 Robin.) Characters that were once simply comic relief have morphed into something more. A good sidekick will help make the protagonist a better character. They will help improve the story. And they will point out "holy rusted metal." (Thanks Robin from Batman Forever.)

In this episode of the Stolendroids Podcast, Collin, Marlee, Jake, and Zach discuss some of their favorite front pockets, better known as sidekicks! What makes a good sidekick? Are sidekicks more than just lovable, but incapable dorks? Who are some of the best sidekicks out there? Let us know who we missed in our discussion in the comments below!

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Villainy Intensifies

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:30:58 GMT

Everybody loves a good bad guy. From Darth Vader to Hannibal Lecter to the Joker, some of the most iconic characters in books, film, and television are villains. Why is that? What is it that draws us to them? Is it because we secretly want to be the villain, or is it something more?

In this episode of Stolendroids Podcast, we ask what is it that makes a good villain. Is it their charm? Or maybe it's their rugged good looks? Maybe it's something else, something that can't be described other than as an "it" factor?

Listen as we analyze what it is that all of the best villains share, and what makes them the characters that we love, or that we love to hate. And if there are any qualities that we left out, please be sure to let us know.

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The Breakfast Bowl

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 04:35:34 GMT

Have you ever wondered who would win in a deathmatch between Snap, Crackle, and Pop and Tony the Tiger? Or what about Sonny, that CocoaPuffs addicted bird, and Cap'n Crunch? So have we. And on this week's episode, we break down the most famous of the cereal mascots' strengths and weaknesses and pit them against one another in a super violent, winner-takes-all bracket of carnage and mayhem.

This episode is not for the faint of heart. Those suffering from heart conditions or abnormal blood pressure, back, neck, or similar problems, motion sickness, or sensitivity to strobe effects should turn around now. And take those expectant mothers with you. Wait! Those are people who shouldn't ride roller coasters. Y'all can totally listen to this episode without fear of stroke, seizure, or paralysis.

Well? What are you waiting for? Hit that PLAY button and start enjoying the first-ever Stolendroids Podcast Breakfast Bowl.

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Qurantoons

Thu, 16 Apr 2020 01:11:06 GMT

While some might say that the 1980s produced the greatest cartoons ever, I could argue that those from the 1990s were far superior. Not only are they better overall, but I believe that 90s cartoons have greater staying power than their 80s counterparts. Let me explain.

Even though the 80s gave us amazing shows like Thundercats and Masters of the Universe, have you watched them recently? I have. Masters of the Universe was almost painful to watch, and my kids had lost all interest within five minutes.

I can hear the haters now, "You're just not a real fan! Plus, you're probably too young to truly appreciate them!" Nope. Gen Xer here. I had the action figures. I watched the cartoons (all of them) every day after school. I woke up at 5:30 every Saturday morning and sat on the couch until the animation ended. So this isn't a case of me not appreciating or understanding what came out of the 80s. This is an objective opinion that the subsequent decade had overall better cartoons.

Watch any cartoons from the 80s and then watch Batman: The Animated Series or Animaniacs. How do they compare? If your experience is like mine, they don't. Almost everything about cartoons in the 90s was better. And that's why we're here today...

With the Great Time Out/quarantine/lockdown still in effect, it's important to have some enjoyable viewing options, so our panelists each brought their top five cartoons from the 90s to the table for discussion on this week's show. And we know that there are A LOT of shows that could have made the list but didn't, but that's where you come in. Let us know what your favorite cartoons from the 90s are. Did we include any on our lists that we shouldn't have? And are there any glaring omissions that we should have discussed? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook or Twitter.

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Quarantine Bucket List

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 06:15:27 GMT

The world is still on time out, and frankly, some of us are starting to get bored. Sure, we could try to better ourselves, but sometimes it's a lot more fun to just watch movies, TV shows, or play video games that we haven't gotten around to yet. But you know, it probably is a good idea to at least think about trying some "self-improvement" stuff.

This week our panelists discuss their quarantine bucket lists. Or as the dummies are calling them, their "corn teen" bucket lists. Seriously. People think it's "corn teen." Look it up. You'll lose a bit more faith in humanity.

Seriously though, this is an episode that you don't want to miss. Not only do you get some great ideas for how to spend what could be the rest of your life, but Zach also gives some amazing advice that pertains to not only video games but also relationships. Really. You want to hear this.

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The Quarantine Kids

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 07:20:09 GMT

A lot has changed since we last were able to bring you an episode of Stolendroids Podcast. For instance, it wasn't very long ago that we were able to go buy toilet paper. And remember how we could shake another person's hand without fear of dying two weeks later? Those were the days…

Anyway, our panelists have managed to utilize technology and record an episode detailing exactly how they're handling being under a somewhat lax, mostly self-imposed (up to this point) quarantine. And in addition to some great advice for getting through this difficult time, we also get to hear what their plans are for Las Vegas now that the Strip has gone dark. Collin and Zach also pull back the curtain to share more than anyone else really expects, but it is definitely entertaining.

We know how hard things have been lately so take a few minutes for yourself and laugh. This episode will help you do that. Now hurry up and listen before the next Horseman of the Apocalypse decides to show up!

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What About Bob?

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 04:52:05 GMT

Heraclitus, the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher said the only constant in life is change. This is true even at the Happiest Place on Earth where Bob Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company recently announced that he will be immediately stepping down from a role he has held for 20 years. When asked about his decision, he said: "I don’t want to run the company anymore." I guess that's that.

Iger will be succeeded as CEO by Bob Chapek, who was most recently chairman of Disney parks.

Being the Disney nerds that pretty much everyone at Stolendroids is, you know that news like this couldn't go without discussion so that's exactly what our panel does on this, the 400th episode of Stolendroids Podcast.

By the way, Jake is currently at Disneyland. We hope he's having fun while the rest of the team is buried in snow in Utah.

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Stolendroids Podcast: The Podcast

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 18:51:15 GMT

During Super Bowl LIV, fans of the MCU were treated to a commercial spotlighting The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision, each of which will be hitting the Disney+ streaming service later this year. We were also given a brief look at the upcoming Loki which is expected to premiere in early 2021.

Being the geeks that our panelists are, you know that they couldn't let actual footage of these highly anticipated shows from Marvel Studios go without being discussed, so that's exactly what they do. And even though it's just Jake and Collin this week, they power through and tackle each one of the shows and more.

It's another short and sweet episode, but it's one that you don't want to miss!

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The State of Stolendroids

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:58:37 GMT

The U.S. Constitution requires that the President periodically "give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." This was originally often accomplished via a written report, but during the last century, it has become common for the President to deliver his report in person during the State of the Union Address.

But if you look at the shenanigans that have taken place during recent States of the Union Addresses, we decided that we needed in on that action. Being the go-getters that they are, Jake and Collin took it upon themselves to prepare a State of Stolendroids Address. Now I don't want to steal their thunder, but I will say that the state of Stolendroids is strong. We have some amazing things planned for 2020 and beyond. What are they? You'll just have to listen to find out.

Also, no speeches were torn in half during the making of this recording.

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Into Sony's Spider-Verse

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:08:36 GMT

The first trailer for Morbius is here and it brings with it some questions. Namely, what exactly is Sony doing with their Spider-Man properties? Are they trying to build a mini MCU separate from the actual MCU? Are they trying to build something that complements the MCU but is still entirely in Sony's bubble of control? Or maybe they're trying to springboard off of the success of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and create their own multiverse full of Spider-Man properties that should tie into one another but will ultimately be nothing but a confusing, steaming pile that resembles something to come from DC. At this point, who really knows? But because speculation is fun, our panel tackles these tough questions and more in this week's episode.

But what do you think that Sony's ultimate gameplan is? And more importantly, what do you think that it should be? Let us know in the comments, hit us up on our social media pages, or email us at feedback@stolendroids.com with your thoughts.

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This Is the Way

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 15:35:25 GMT

Apparently, our panelists were never taught that you're not supposed to talk about religion in public, because that's what this entire episode is about. I think it's okay in this case though because they're specifically discussing religion as it pertains to Star Wars.

Anyone who has seen the Star Wars films has probably noticed that there are some definite religious undertones. Heck, even Han Solo referred to the Force as a "hokey religion." And who can forget Admiral Motti calling out Darth Vader's "sad devotion to that ancient religion?" We've even seen different religions most recently in The Mandalorian. Whether you like it or not, religion, spirituality, whatever you want to call it, permeates the Star Wars Galaxy.

So what are your thoughts on religion, spirituality, and faith in that galaxy far, far away? Let us know in the comments, hit us up on our social media pages, or email us at feedback@stolendroids.com. Also, how do you like our new format? Be sure to drop us a note to let us know your thoughts on the recent change.

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The Decade of the Geek

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 08:39:54 GMT

It’s 2020 and another decade has come and gone. Okay, technically the new decade begins next year, but roll with us on this one. Anyway, to kick off the new decade, we decided to make a few changes while reflecting on the previous 10 years.

Listen as we discuss everything from Pokémon to the MCU and Doctor Who. And don’t think that we forgot about Star Wars, or how toxic fandom has emerged over the past few years.

Also, we apologize for Zohner. You know how he is…

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You Don't Know What You Don't Know

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 04:57:14 GMT

Disney+ is live and so is Collin! Sit back and relax as he joins Zohner to discuss the Disney+ launch, bugs and all. They also talk about what they watched (and what you should watch), and what they liked and didn’t like about the newest entry into the streaming wars.

And apparently, since we can now watch the Star Wars movies in an all-new way, Disney felt the need to run with the latest George Lucas edit. You know we have thoughts on this…

Listen to all this and more on our last episode of the year!

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The Potato Sweater

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 09:00:45 GMT

Considering how many times Collin has died over the years, it's safe to say that it's not an uncommon occurrence. Thankfully, he always finds a way to come back from the dead. (Lazarus pit perhaps?) But it is rare for him to die multiple times in one episode. In fact, this one may be the first time that he's died twice. And both of them were extremely tragic yet hilarious.

We're unpaid professionals here though, so Zohner finds a way to power through the tragedy and discuss casting news from The Batman, high profile names leaving the Star Wars Universe, and a few nuggets regarding Disney's upcoming Disney+ launch.

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The Batman has some casting news
Season 2 of Castle Rock is here
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Disney makes a deal with Amazon

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Walking in Memphis

Sat, 02 Nov 2019 05:28:58 GMT

Zohner is flying solo again this week as he comes to you from a hotel room in Memphis. Yes, walking in Memphis did take place before recording this episode. His feet were planted firmly on Beale Street though which is disappointing since the song might lead one to believe that walking in Memphis would result in your feet being ten feet above Beale.

Anyway, Joker left him with some questions, a Marvel TV series is canceled, and Bethesda continues to abuse fans of the Fallout franchise. Zohner has some thoughts.

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Tornado Tales

Sat, 26 Oct 2019 17:37:57 GMT

The Dallas Tornado managed to throw a wrench into things this week for a lot of people. Thankfully, it only caused some network hardware damage for us; however, as a result, we’re way behind in releasing this episode. Sorry about that. Blame Mother Nature.

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Totes Fighting

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 01:03:44 GMT

Long-time listeners may recall the days when Blackberry couldn’t stay out of the news. And since we are who we are, we discussed the amazing missteps that the company seemed to make on an almost daily basis. As a result of our conversations, we had a listener write in who accused us of being responsible for single-handedly bringing down Blackberry. Whether it’s actually true or not is unimportant because not only hilarious, it’s awesome.

Now, we told you that so that we can say this: Twitter, y’all are on notice. Twitter has been pulling Facebook-like shenanigans by selling user phone numbers collected for security purposes to advertisers. It doesn’t matter who you are, that just ain’t right.

And since Collin managed to figure out that pants go on one leg at a time, we also spent some time talking about the Arrowverse, why Jared Leto is the worst of the Jokers, Blizzard’s international incident, and the PlayStation 5 announcement.

Oh yeah, Zohner also managed to start a feud with Collin. This episode should be worth listening to just for that alone.

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Joker Scorsese

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 07:54:51 GMT

After much anticipation and even more speculation as to what sorts of mayhem it would provoke, Joker finally opened in theaters over the weekend. Much to the surprise of some, innocent moviegoers weren’t gunned down as they tried to enjoy a night at the movies. Another surprise is the fact that the film managed to break all sorts of box office records. (At the time of this writing, the movie has passed the $100 million mark in the U.S.)

Something that may not come as a surprise to many is that legendary filmmaker, Martin Scorsese isn’t a big fan of the superhero movie genre. Of course, people had things to say about that since people have something to say about everything these days.

Listen as Zohner discusses these topics plus a rumor that a popular Star Wars character may be returning in The Rise of Skywalker as he holds down the fort while Collin recovers from a tragic pants accident. Yep. You read that right. One leg at a time people… One leg at a time…

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The World Is Upside Down

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:45:19 GMT

The big news this week is something that Jake from Movies That Make Us predicted mere hours after Spider-Man left the MCU: Disney/Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures have made up, at least for now. Spider-Man is officially back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but did he ever really leave? Sure, it was announced that he was out, but since no movies were made, was he really gone? It’s kind of like if Kevin Feige is in charge of a Star Wars movie, does Kathleen Kennedy matter? Maybe Samuel L. Jackson will be able to answer these questions once he becomes the voice of Alexa later this year.

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Crisis on Infinite Podcasts Part 2

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 22:40:32 GMT

Remember how in the 70s, 80s, and even into the 90s every now and then your favorite television show would do "a very special episode?" They usually contained either a brief message from the cast or a title card reading either "Viewer Discretion Advised" or "Parental Discretion Advised" to let viewers know that the episode might be controversial or upsetting. Thankfully, in this "very special episode" of Stolendroids Podcast, we're no more controversial or upsetting than usual. You also don't want to pass this episode over since it's part two of "Crisis on Infinite Podcasts." (To be honest, we like how "very special episode" sounds.) And even though we don't have anyone becoming addicted to caffeine pills, getting drunk from vanilla extract, or using a fake ID to get a job serving beer brewed by warlocks, this is indeed a very special episode.

In the second part of "Crisis on Infinite Podcasts," the hosts from Movies That Make Us and Stolendroids Podcast join forces in a crossover of epic proportions to welcome Cutscenes and Cupcakes! They've been around for a while, but in case you're unfamiliar with them, Cutscenes and Cupcakes is the only podcast where three ladies, each of whom have differing levels of gaming experience, discuss video games and then compare them to desserts.

And even though we try to keep things on topic, you know that we're going to fail miserably. We do manage to discuss piracy, video games, and more random topics though so enjoy the chaos and be entertained.

If you missed part one of "Crisis on Infinite Podcasts," listen to it on Movies That Make Us. The adventure concludes in part three on Cutscenes and Cupcakes this Wednesday!

Welcome to the family, ladies!

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The Millennium Tesla

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:18:05 GMT

Do you remember that feeling you had as a child when you would get a new toy and you couldn't wait to play with it? That pretty much sums up Collin in this episode as he takes every opportunity to test his new mixer. He is like a kid in a candy store. Full of gummy bears. Also, he has gummy bears and a knife. Don't even think about trying to take them.

Despite Collin's distractions, we discuss a new conspiracy at Rotten Tomatoes to make Joker a box office failure. We think that there may be something else at play though.

And since we're talking about DC movies, in hindsight, Zack Snyder's Big Bang (a.k.a. Justice League) with the DC Universe wasn't the rousing success that everyone had hoped for. Warner Bros. will likely have more success though now that they've signed J.J. Abrams to an exclusive deal. And even though we don't know for sure that he'll be working with their DC properties, it's a safe assumption that he'll at least be involved in some capacity. And if he is, you know it's going to be way more successful than MoviePass, right?

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Post-Con Quickie

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 05:34:51 GMT

Another FanX has come and gone meaning that Collin is in recovery. Nope, he's not dead. Recovery. Take that as you will.

Of course, that means that Zohner is flying solo on this week's episode. And since there's no way that he's going to subject you, our loyal listeners, to him talking to himself for an hour, this one's a quickie. Don't worry though because there are still topics of substance in the show. For example, have you been watching The Boys on Amazon Prime? Dang... That's some good viewing right there... Apple is upset with how Google represented the iOS hack we talked about on last week's show. Are they right to be? Let us know.

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The Boys
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Gummy Bear Stabbing

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:26:24 GMT

We all have our favorite snack. For Zohner, lately, it's been Blue Bell Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough ice cream. Collin? He loves gummy bears. In fact, he loves them so much that if you come between him and his gummy bears, you're likely to lose an appendage. That's some serious snack love there.

But you know what else we love? Star Wars. And the footage that came out of Disney's D23 Expo was great. So is the final trailer for Joker. We discuss both on this week's episode. We also discuss a serious iOS hack that basically exposed everyone's everything for about two years (you iPhone users want to be aware of this) and a Foxit Reader data breach affecting more than 500 million users. #hackzohner is not in effect for those of you keeping track at home.

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Three Sidekicks

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:33:33 GMT

Have you ever noticed how it seems that every movie from the 90s had a fat sidekick? Did you ever wonder what would happen if all of the sidekicks got together and did their own thing? Well, wonder no more because that's exactly what happens on this episode of Stolendroids Podcast!

Sit back and relax as the Three Sidekicks discuss Sony and Disney's messy divorce, more Star Wars news than we know what to do with, and a few new characters coming to the MCU. Collin also apparently doesn't know what a dog looks like. Or maybe it's Zohner who doesn't know what one looks like since he's the only one who seems to see a problem with the "live-action" animation used in Lady and the Tramp. Is he alone or do those "dogs" not look right? (Not the dog dogs... The fake dogs. The real dogs look like dogs which is what they should look like.)

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Almost Paradise

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:46:10 GMT

Collin has recovered from his most recent death meaning he's back! And he brought Tom with him! Let the unpredictability begin!

You may remember Tom from such episodes as "Bald Love" and "AI Gets Sniderlickus." And if you liked those episodes, you're going to love this one because it's basically a variety show from the 1970s. We have singing, bad jokes, and sausage. We have a Star Wars actor and The Bachelor. And we even have Muppets!

And if that's not enough to keep you entertained, we also mix in terrified children with bobcats, church, and boiling frogs. You might say that this episode is "Almost Paradise." (We say "almost" because out of everything mentioned, a few are headlines while the rest are tangents and rabbit holes.) Listen, learn, and be entertained.

Seriously though; how cool would it be if Ewan McGregor really did show up and he brought Muppets with him? And if one of those Muppets happened to be Kermit the Frog, we could test out the frog in boiling water theory.

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Chigger Ravaged Corpse

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 18:56:23 GMT

Collin is seriously missing this week. He was last seen at his hotel in the DFW area but then he fell off the face of the earth. The only logical explanation is that some chiggers caught up with him and consumed his flesh leaving his ravaged corpse in the hotel flower beds. There is no other possibility. He will be missed.

While we mourn his loss, Jason Momoa is trying to stop bulldozers, Disney is doing Star Wars related cash grab, and there are a lot of Star Trek veterans returning to Star Trek: Picard. Also, Verizon may be regretting their Yahoo purchase as they continue to sell off pieces of the purchase and Google Pixel owners can finally get paid for the microphone issues of days gone by.

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Hotel Pillow Fort

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:11:30 GMT

The Texas Chapter of Stolendroids is once again in session, but this time things get weird really fast. But honestly, how is that any different from our other shows? This episode though is a perfect example of why Collin should never go more than 47 hours without sleep. Once hour 48 hits, there's no telling what will happen.

Some things are predictable though. For example, fans are upset about stuff. Also, Microsoft is taking shots at Apple and #hackzohner is sadly still very much a thing. Listen to the tales of woe from the pillow fort we made in Collin's hotel room and be amazed that I haven't had to nuke my identity and start over.

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Everything's Spoilers

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 17:13:11 GMT

Decade-old spoilers abound as the Texas Chapter of Stolendroids is called to order. Collin takes a trip to The Lone Star State only to learn that he needs to avoid anything with multiple legs that crawls on the ground. This includes chiggers, rabbits, and whatever it was that attempted to rush him as he walked outside. (A chupacabra perhaps?) Thankfully he survived his near-fatal attack so that we could discuss some of what came out of San Diego Comic-Con, specifically Marvel's Phase 4 news from outside my daughter's princess tent. (Spoiler warning: We couldn't fit inside.)

That's not all we talk about though. Prepare to not be surprised as you learn that Alan Moore doesn't like yet another Hollywood adaptation of one of his works. He has a history of placing curses on projects that he disapproves of but I have a suggestion for him. I think in this case it would be more effective to buy everyone involved in HBO's Watchmen a chili cheese Blizzard from Dairy Queen. Doing that would shut down production for at least a week and there are no messy curses to deal with. However, DQ may be charged with crimes against humanity.

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Nightmare Fuel

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 23:09:05 GMT

If there's one thing that the Internet loves it's cat videos. Note that I said "cat videos," not "Cats videos." There is a big difference there. While there are some people who enjoy those types of videos, they are what we would consider wrong. They also probably need very intense counseling. On the other hand, if you have a friend who is afraid of cats, the trailer for Cats is the perfect video to send as a prank. After which they will probably need very intense counseling. Either way, mental health professionals win and everyone else (except for furries) lose. I do believe though that we may have been too harsh with Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Disney's Dongle

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 16:02:12 GMT

In an ironic turn of events, Apple's "It just works" slogan from years ago became "Nope" as the hard drive on Collin's Mac failed. That's okay though. It's nothing that a trip to the Apple Store and $4,000 won't fix. Unfortunately, it decided to die as we were testing our microphones meaning this episode is all Zohner. (We apologize in advance.)

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Collin's Rabbit Hole

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 18:16:34 GMT

Do you know how every now and then you witness something that you really don't want to see yet you can't turn away from it? Collin decided that given some of our recent conversations regarding Texas chiggers that he needed to do some image searches that took us to some terrible places. Places full of images that cannot be unseen and will forever haunt our dreams. We apologize in advance, but it's seriously like the most horrific accident that you simply can't turn away from. This is one rabbit hole that you probably don't want to venture down. You've been warned.

In less disturbing news, Nintendo is bringing another game to mobile platforms. Dr. Mario World will soon be available. Will it hold up to the original? Only time will tell but too much cell phone time is apparently causing humans to develop horns so let's hope it's not too addictive.

Also, DC Comics is ending their Vertigo imprint which has some fans pretty upset. They aren't so upset that they've petitioned Marvel Comics to cancel anything though. They're leaving the misdirected outrage petitions to people who are upset with Amazon's Good Omens. But I think as long as Netflix doesn't cancel Stranger Things we'll be okay. Especially since the Raspberry Pi 4 just had a surprise release.

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Water is Wet

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 17:07:41 GMT

Saying that Amazon's Echo devices are recording what they hear, i.e. what you say, is like saying water is wet. How else are they supposed to be able to do what they do? To have a device that is voice activated that doesn't know what your voice sounds like or actually listen for when it's being addressed is simply absurd. Almost as absurd as the idea of buying said device then suing the manufacturer because it does what it does. Is it as absurd though as buying a ticket to a theme park only to stand in line ALL DAY only to spend three minutes on one ride? You tell us.

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Better Late Than Never

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:39:44 GMT

First off, let me apologize for the delay in releasing this week's episode. How does the saying go? Being tardy is better than not at all? But we're simple folk here so let's go with "better late than never." Sometimes life just throws stuff at you that you can't avoid. Like a litter of puppies. Or a football to the groin, metaphorically speaking of course. Seriously though, it's been a rough week. We truly appreciate your patience.

Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk about Justin Bieber and his apparent anger issues. The Biebs needs to chill though because challenging action movie stars to fights is a good way to get messed up. And speaking of messed up, did you see X-Men: Dark Phoenix? No? Apparently, neither did anyone else. There's a movie with some problems...

If you want to see some serious problems though, look no further than Warner Bros. and DC. Their streaming service, DC Universe is a hot mess that appears to be on its last leg. And Samsung still hasn't released the Galaxy Fold. But it's coming, they just won't say when.

In happier news though, there's some cool stuff that came out of E3 and Waze, everyone's favorite navigation app, finally got Google Assistant integration!

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Sketchy Motel Apples

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:05:18 GMT

Sometimes the inmates get to run the asylum. This is one of those times.

While I was traveling across the country in a giant moving truck, Jake and Collin stepped up and managed to record a pretty solid episode of Stolendroids Podcast. It's good to know that had I actually met an untimely end in one of the sketchiest motels I've ever seen that someone could fill in for me long-term until I "got better."

Seriously though, who removes the deadbolt, the door chain, and the smoke detector? Probably the same person that decided it was a good idea to affix the air conditioner to the wall with duct tape. It's a miracle I'm still alive...

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Disney opens Galaxy’s Edge
E3 - Sony Skips this Year
Robert Pattison Is The Batman
Dark Phoenix has a different ending of because of "spies"

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Apple shuts down iTunes
Google just gave 2 billion Chrome users a reason to switch to Firefox
Apple releases new Mac Pro & Pro Display

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AI Gets Sniderlickus

Tue, 28 May 2019 17:57:35 GMT

Sometimes the show before the show is just as entertaining as the show itself. That happened to be the case this week as I stumbled across multiple articles discussing how sex robots are "indistinguishable" from their human counterparts thanks to a 5G upgrade. We decided not to include this topic in the show because some of us (all of us) have a tendency to behave like twelve-year-olds. Of course, Collin had to then mention that his car's AI seems to have "a thing" for Tom whose first appearance on Stolendroids Podcast was so amazing that we decided to invite him back for an encore performance. Things devolved from there.

Thankfully, we were able to get some serious conversations in about the Pandora's Box that may have been opened by redesigning Sonic the Hedgehog before the movie is released in November. Of course, such a move comes with repercussions so if you're barely able to contain your excitement to see the character hit the silver screen, you're going to have to wait a bit longer. And speaking of video game adaptations, there are rumors that a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic film is in the works. It's generally accepted that movies based on video games aren't very good, but I think it's a safe bet that this is one that Star Wars fans will see regardless. And since it's Star Wars, it probably won't be much of a disaster. Even Solo was a pleasant surprise. Enough so that some people are hoping for a sequel.

In tech news, Google is both good and bad this week. So not much is different... They're making it easier for you to order food which is good since you need extra time to reset passwords that they stored in plain text. For fourteen years! Seriously. Fourteen. Years. Also, Samsung can't catch a break, but their phones can.

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Bald Love

Tue, 21 May 2019 07:30:04 GMT

I know that it's more complicated than this, but basically, chaos theory states that a small change at a starting position can lead to large, unpredictable changes over time. That pretty much sums up this episode.

As I'm preparing to move to Texas, Collin got a whole bunch of guests to join in on the fun at Watchtower Cafe. Joining us this week are the team from Movies That Make Us, Rachel from Create Loud (which isn't a Stolendroids show but she's our friend so she's always welcome), and a few of our writers: Tom and Justin. Mike, the proprietor of Watchtower also makes an appearance. (Thanks to him for letting us take over part of his place. Be sure to check out their Kickstarter campaign to help fund their new location.)

Despite the fact that the show comes off the rails repeatedly, we do manage to discuss angry fans, Batman casting rumors, Game of Thrones, Disney, and Marvel.

Again though, chaos theory. Hopefully, you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it.

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Google Leaves the Nest

Tue, 14 May 2019 23:32:32 GMT

Samsung is up to their old tricks with phones that explode and Collin is up to his old ways of dying again, but this week he's doing it in Ireland where they filmed scenes from Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Apparently, if you upset the Ahch-To Nuns, they'll toss you right off the side of a cliff. No worries though as Jake from Movies That Make Us was kind enough to fill in and provide his always entertaining insight into the news of the week.

Speaking of... Google continues to prove to consumers that if you buy their hardware, you'll regret your decision. Kind of like if you bought Uber stock the morning of their IPO. Also, it seems that Disney may be turning Hulu into a grown-up version of Disney+ and a familiar face is returning to video game consoles. And while we're on the subject of video games, how about them loot boxes? Aren't they just the worst? Well, there's a U.S. Senator who seems to think so and he's taking steps to make them illegal. I really don't like government getting involved in basically anything, but I'm all for this.

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The Contravention of Facebook

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 21:01:29 GMT

It seems that ever since people started leaving cable companies for streaming services, all of the TV networks have started launching their own streaming services. NBC is reportedly the latest looking to enter the arena even though they already own one-third of Hulu. Ironically, it's rumored that they are going to be selling that to Disney who will, of course, be launching their own streaming service later this year. So what will they do with Hulu? We speculate.

On the other side of the show, Facebook continues to show that they really don't care about privacy by getting hit with three violations from three different countries in one day. It's okay though. Your data is totally safe with them. And you're totally not a product that they buy and sell as if it were cheese. If only there were other social networks out there... But there are! Collin managed to dig up one from the past that apparently is still a thing.

Finally, apologies for some of the terrible audio quality. No, Collin wasn't recording in the bathtub. He just has a fool for a co-host who happened to walk off with his equipment and was unable to return it to him before the episode was recorded.

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Bullies Gonna Bully

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:16:27 GMT

Because we posted two episodes last week, and because we are still recovering from spending the weekend at FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention, we honestly had no intention of posting an episode this week. I intended to record a quick something saying "We're not doing an episode this week because of the previously mentioned reasons" and that would be that. Instead, though, I saw a few things that I felt I needed to share my thoughts on so instead of no episode, you get an abbreviated Zohner only episode. If you like it, maybe I'll do it again. Or not. It was really hard. And does anyone want to listen to just me? I know that I don't.

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The Twilight Zone with Arlen Schumer

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 23:15:48 GMT

Few television shows have had such a cultural impact as The Twilight Zone. Its episodes are just as entertaining and culturally relevant 60 years later as they were when the series premiered in 1959. The show was the brainchild of Emmy Award-winner Rod Serling, who served as host and wrote more than 80 episodes of the original show's 150-plus episode run through 1964.

And just as there are few shows that have had the type of impact that The Twilight Zone has, there are few individuals that I know of who know more about the series than Arlen Schumer. Arlen will be making his first appearance at FanX 2019 this weekend where he will be giving a VisuaLecture entitled "The 60th Anniversary of The Twilight Zone" on April 19 at 2:00 PM.

Additionally, Arlen will also be doing lectures celebrating Steve Ditko and Neal Adams. "Ditko: Spider-Man, Dr. Strange & More" will be April 19 at 6:00 PM and "50 Years or Neal Adams' Batman" will be on April 20 at 3:00 PM. Right now all three panels are scheduled for room 150G in the Salt Palace; however, the times and location may change so pay close attention to your app if you're planning on attending. And if you're not planning on attending, you should. This is a great opportunity to learn something new.

You can follow Arlen on his website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, and YouTube. And if you're not able to pick up a copy of his book, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art at FanX, you can always get it here.

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Google's Graveyard

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 08:30:38 GMT

It seems that we recorded this episode a day too soon this week since a lot of news (like the Star Wars trailer) happened to come out the following day. I guess that's what we get for trying to be effective. Don't worry on that though. There will definitely be a podcast coming your way where we discuss some of what we missed.

As for tech news, Google seems to dominate our discussion with its decision to raise prices on YouTube TV. They're doing some good stuff though when it comes to Microsoft Office files but then there's the question of how long they'll have products that will actually support what they're doing. This is where the Google Graveyard comes into play. Did you know that Google's average product lifespan is just over four years? That seems short to me. But with as many products as Google has, maybe it's actually long.

One day we'll figure this thing out. Until then, enjoy this week's show.

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If It Explodes, It Explodes

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 16:17:59 GMT

Collin has some serious beef with Apple this week which is weird since he's a pretty big fan of their stuff. To be fair though, it's with Face ID which does kind of suck. But to make matters worse, not only is Collin not happy with Apple, they announced a product cancellation and Netflix isn't making Apple's user's lives any easier. Maybe this week will be better.

Meanwhile, at the movies, James Gunn's The Suicide Squad made headlines this week with some casting news and Rian Johnson makes us wonder if he understands Star Wars. Correction. We wonder if he even likes Star Wars. And Shazam! is performing better than anyone expected, both critically and at the box office. Have you seen it yet? What did you think?

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Back to Our Roots

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:30:16 GMT

We've been back for a little over a month, but Stolendroids just doesn't feel the same without trying to crank out a podcast on a weekly basis. At 2:00 AM. While trying to do a dozen other things related to the website. With no recording equipment. Yep. the more things change, the more they stay the same. Will we ever learn? Probably not.

Anyway, Stolendroids Podcast is back with some familiar voices and we're going back to our roots with the show. We're still bringing you tech news, but we're also mixing in geek-culture items that have caught our eye. We hope you like the new format. If you want to share your thoughts, feel free to drop us a message at feedback@stolendroids.com. The address still works and we'll still read your feedback on the show (unless you tell us not to).

What do you think about our new theme music? I think it's pretty sweet. Thanks to Cody Crabb for composing it for us!

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Zohner: Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman Deluxe Edition
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So Long, Farewell

Mon, 02 Apr 2018 07:30:38 GMT

Thank You.

Thank you for listening to Stolendroids Podcast week after week for the past seven years. Your support has meant the world to us and we've strived to always do our very best for you. Episode 364 is the last episode of The Stolendroids Podcast. Thank you again for making everything worth it and for encouraging us on this adventure.

Sincerely,

Zuke Arakaki

Jeremiah Zohner

Bryan Schmidt

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Facebook Must End

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 04:29:30 GMT

Zuke’s Favorite: The Wes Anderson Genre

Schmidty’s Favorite: Take On Me (Floppotron)

Zohner’s Favorite: Behind the scenes at Disneyland

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Ill Winds Blow

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 04:17:02 GMT

So the studies are in and, surprise surprise, it turns out the video games to not make you a crazy murder-happy sociopath! I know it's hard to understand, but it turns out that this study has been done before . . . repeatedly. What does, perhaps, indicate that you're a sociopath is when you use the stolen information of over 50 MILLION Facebook users to create a campaign to become President. Oops.

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* Violent video games don't breed violence

* Strava changes their policy on who sees what

* Trump-linked firm harvests user data from 50 million Facebook users without permission...

* ...but was it a breach?

* YouTube Kids just wants to educate about the lizard hybrids in power

* Equifax exec charged with insider trading

* EU wants to filter all code uploaded to the Web

* Broadcom drops Qualcomm bid

* AMD has its own Spectre Meltdown problem

* TSA isn't searching your phones. They just want to see everything that's on them

* Fitbit reveals new wearables

* Blackberry: Still good if you're in a drug cartel!

* Google Maps introduces new way to give addresses in places where they may not exist

Zuke’s Favorite: The Last Jedi fixes all Star Wars space battles

Zohner’s Favorite: Avengers Assemble

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Not In Rhode Island

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:40:37 GMT

It's funny how a state that has an anthropomorphic set of male genitals as a mascot for a local college feels that they have the moral high ground when it comes to porn. No, seriously look it up; if you want to look at porn in Rhode Island, you'll have to pay your extortion fee to the state . . . or go to a college game and watch their mascot. Keep it classy Rhode Island!

In other wonderful news, Trump has no idea how anything in the world works it seems as he panders to scared, conservative elderly people by blaming violence on Pong. So, you know that battle we've been fighting (and winning) for the last 20 years? Yeah, he just renewed it. Oh, also, Equifax. Because, Equifax.

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* Washington state becomes the first to enforce net neutrality

* Rhode Island becomes the first to become a digital police state

* Trump is a moron

* Snap Bros LLC lays of the department that may actually know what it's doing

* Amazon apologizes to Alexa owners for letting the trapped child's soul in their Echo speak

* The bros over at Uber don't seem to have much to show

* Uber's data breach gets expensive in Pennsylvania

* Equifax.

* MoviePass CEO jokes about being from 1984. Says he was joking.

* Chicago mobs work a little differently now than they used to.

* UK empowers their citizens to fight back against unfair ISP's

Zuke’s Favorite: Lost In Space

Zohner’s Favorite: The Ring Doorbell

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Banal Sandwiches

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:28:24 GMT

Hey, do you know what happens when Zuke reads a lot of words, but never hears them out loud? He can't pronounce them. So words like applique, chipotle, and banal come out VERY different than they should.

In actual news, if a company says that some accounts may have been accessed, it's just best to assume ALL accounts have been accessed. If Google is suddenly launching a product out of nowhere, it's likely to try and beat another company to the punch. And if you deliberately write malware code that you INTEND to be used to screw over people, expect no sympathy from us when you are sentenced to prison. If it were up to us, you'd be gelded on the spot.

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* On behalf of Utah, we're sorry

* Equifax found more people behind the couch that were compromised

* The few, the proud, the ones with stolen identities

* New password integration will tell you if your login has been compromised

* Snap forgets the failure of their first glasses. Plans to do it again

* Snap's first year may have been a payday to the CEO, but no one else is getting paid

* The battle to restore Net Neutrality is already underway!

* Malware author surprisingly doesn't get death penalty

* Google "launches" Slack competitor, but really just to go against Microsoft

* Amazon buys Ring to bring it into the Alexa fold

* New Blackberry is heading to India . . . supposedly.

* Fitbit plans on a new family of smart watches

* Want a Galaxy S9? Just buy it straight from Samsung

Zuke’s Favorite: How to make your own moon

Zohner’s Favorite: The Hamilton Polka

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Barcephona

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:00:53 GMT

We've got news from the Mobile World Congress and Nokia has got some cool stuff for us! Yeah, I know: we're surprised too!

Apple, meanwhile, can't seem to sell enough of the iPhone X to really make it last and Samsung might be holding back on features until 2019. Elsewhere we've got conservatives who act like bots and retweet bots and follow bots . . . surprised and upset that they are getting tagged as possible bots. I'm not judging, I'm just saying that if you don't want to be called a cultist then maybe you shouldn't be drinking Kool-Aid in that white robe!

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* Nokia's new flagship smartphone has it going on in all the right places

* Samsung unveils the Galaxy S9 and S9+

* Samsung restarts Galaxy S8 OTA rollout

* The first $999 Android phone is not what you thought

* T-Mobile knows how to handle a vulnerability

* iPhone X sales are not going as well as hoped

* Intel is just being the worst with this Meltdown business

* Samsung Max is here and it's strong

* Swype for Android and iOS is no more.

* I take it back, Russian bots are the worst

* Twitter's new rules might hurt us

* Maybe don't retweet so many bots if you don't want to be considered a bot!

* Kylie Jenner just erased $1.5B worth of Snap value with a tweet

* Snap to users: "We hear you, we just don't care."

* Snap CEO gets third biggest payout ever

* FCC officially kills net neutrality. Let the Hunger Games begin

* Google releases Microsoft flaws, again.

* OMG IT'S THE MATRIX PHONE!

Zuke’s Favorite: Automatic Pro

Zohner’s Favorite: DNA Testing Kit

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Snapchat User Tears

Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:00:37 GMT

Don't you hate it when the app you don't really need to use to do something you don't actually need to do makes changes? It makes it just so difficult to do the thing. How can they even expect you to continue on like that?

On a slightly more serious note, there's a sneeze somewhere in this episode that I was going to edit out so you wouldn't have to listen to it, but I forgot. So, SPOILER ALERT: You are going to hear me clear my entire nasal passage REALLY QUICKLY. If you're wearing headphones . . . well, just don't listen on headphones. How about we just say that and call it good.

Oh yeah, and Nokia beat out Google, HTC, and Sony in the smartphone market (say whaaaaaaat?).

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* Huawei phones get the boycott from FBI, CIA, NSA

* Verizon decides to stop listening to FCC because ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

* Nokia is the 11th highest selling smartphone in the world?!

* The HTC 10 supposedly has Android O, but no one has seen the update yet

* Samsung stops Android O rollout, then deletes it from servers

* YouTube TV gains channels without being a better value

* Finally! You can share your shopping list with Facebook friends!

* Twitter to discontinue Mac client

* Snapchat CEO says user's tears only make his erection grow

* Belgium tells Facebook to stop tracking people

* Intel is in the middle of 32 class action lawsuits over Meltdown

* Windows introduces high performance mode

* Apple HomePod is out to destroy your furniture

* But so is the Sonos One!

Zuke’s Favorite: Olympic Upset is Awesome Upset

Zohner’s Favorite: Black Panther

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Late Night Zombies

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 09:00:48 GMT

No sleep and no sleep make Zohner something something.

There is a ton of news in the tech world this week and none of it makes a lick of sense. It doesn't help that we're recording the episode so late that it might as well be morning. So, um, yeah. Here are some headlines.

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* Apple says it doesn't need obscurity for security. We'll see.

* Apple innovates new types of debt

* Apple Watch can accidentally detect diabetes

* Intel is making glasses you WANT to wear

* Yes, Samsung is releasing a foldable phone!

* Google releases Visual Core to 3rd party apps

* Google is being sued for the Pixel phone launch

* Windows 10 S is dead. Long live Windows 10 S.

* Google says "No more unsecure web for you!"

* Twitter actually MADE money!

* Facebook is testing the feature we all want for all the wrong reasons

* Nest is done as a stand alone company

* Best Buy stops selling CD's. Is this a bad thing?

* Amazon is launching their own delivery service, like we didn't know this already

* Equifax really is just the worst!

Zuke’s Favorite: BLR NFL

Zohner’s Favorite: 100 Years of Jack Kirby

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What's A Mac?

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 10:00:19 GMT

In breaking news that shouldn't surprise anyone, you are surrounded by computers. They are in your car, on your wrist, in your pocket, in your backpack, in your microwave! Unless, apparently, you're an Apple user; then it's all magic, I guess. At least that's the message Apple seems to be trying to drive home with their latest marketing push. "Don't think about it. It's beautiful. It just works, 'automagically'!"

In other news, companies that should have nothing to do with making software continue to do so anyway in an effort to further ruin your life. Unfortunately, even the companies that ARE supposed to make software are finding ways to ruin your life by leaking information too! Also, ever think you'd hear an idea that was so bad that even Ajit Pai gives it a hard "NOPE"? Yeah, me either.

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Zuke’s Favorite: Ant-Man and the Wasp

Zohner’s Favorite: #whiteeyesmatter

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Nasal Ramen Noodles

Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:42:43 GMT

So, it turns out that maybe (just maybe) the concept of Net Neutrality was actually a good one. And maybe (just maybe) it would have benefited the ISP's as well. And maybe (probably) we are going to witness a hilarious walk back in policies as major ISP's try and get the FCC to stop this boulder they've pushed down the mountain. Who knew?!

Also, people are really stupid about which information they're ok with sharing and when they decide to actually freak out about it: Facebook telling people in the immediate vicinity where I am and what I'm doing and who I'm with? That's convenience. Microsoft asking my PC which model of CPU I have so it can track performance and vulnerabilities? MAJOR BREACH OF PRIVACY!

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Zuke’s Favorite: Star Trek, Tarantino style!

Zohner’s Favorite: Best ribs ever

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The Amazon Drain

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:00:42 GMT

Google is having problems as they rush to fix WiFi bugs, while Apple continues to copy Samsung by having phone batteries catch fire. Meanwhile, Amazon is looking for the next big city to plunder and the federal government is looking to extort the major mobile phone companies. It's absolute madness all around!

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Zuke’s Favorite: Holdo basically "Dragonball-D'd" the First Order

Zohner’s Favorite: Brush smarter

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CES 2018

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:34:12 GMT

Zuke, Schmidty, and Dr Squishy come to you right from CES 2018! We talk about what we saw, what's going to be hot, what's really not, and what we REALLY didn't expect to see up on the second floor!

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Throttled and Frozen

Tue, 09 Jan 2018 16:18:23 GMT

Well, it’s 2018 and so far, it’s not looking great. Intel’s hardware has a massive defect that’s requiring software patches that throttle performance, GoPro and eero are doing mass layoffs, HP computers caught Samsung’s flu and now their batteries are exploding, and this is just the first 20 minutes of our show!

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Zuke’s Favorite: Flaming cyclone fountain! OH YEAHHHH

Schmidty’s Favorite: This Video Is 2D And 3D Simultaneously: the Pulfrich Effect

Collin’s Favorite: Earthbound Let's Play | IdiotBoxGames

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Right In The Apples

Sun, 31 Dec 2017 09:34:43 GMT

To say that 2017 was a bit of a misstep for Apple would, I feel, be putting it lightly. However, maybe it's a misstep they need to have to get through and finally be free of the ever-present question they've been haunted with for years: "Would Jobs have done that?"

Meanwhile, "swatting" continues to be just about the worst thing related to video games. And yes, that includes horrendous wages, rampant sexism, and EA. Just trust us on this, it's still the worst.

#totesbigly

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Kylo really doesn't like his uncle

Zohner’s Favorite: The Toys That Made Us

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Stolen Blockchain

Sun, 24 Dec 2017 08:02:46 GMT

It's a Festivus miracle! Everyone gets the episode early!

Not that it's going to do anything for you, mind you. After all, we're still getting hacked, your information is still getting leaked with alarming regularity, Facebook can't decide how they want us to use it, and Twitter doesn't want you to use abusive language anymore (unless you're the President).

So, it's business as usual in the world!

Headlines:

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No Mac For You!

Tue, 19 Dec 2017 07:02:36 GMT

Apple has been blowing things this month. It started with software, went to security, and has finished with our very minds. That's right; Apple has launched a couple of products that could really change things! If only one of them wasn't as much as a car (or small home, or food for a family for a year).

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Even Villains Love Christmas

Zohner’s Favorite: What’s in the box?

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Men Are Ugly

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:43:48 GMT

We've done it. We've found the bottom of the barrel. Of all the stupid stories we've ever had to report on, we've finally found the worst one ever. See, it turns out that if a guy doesn't like a girl, he can threaten to find her home and attack her and that's his right. But if she says that guys are jerks? Oooh boy, is she ever in trouble!

Yeah, a bunch of stuff happened elsewhere, but it doesn't feel like it's even on the same level as that. Good on you, Facebook; you've finally broken the internet.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: I'm Marry Poppin's Y'all!

Zohner’s Favorite: eero Plus

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Trust No App!

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 07:36:42 GMT

We all kinda knew that Chinese apps may not be on the up and up, but we didn't they would be so blatant about stealing info. Oh, and Google too. Yes, that Google. After all, when you told your phone you didn't want to be tracked, that was just a suggestion, right?

Also Uber.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: INFINITY WAR!!

Zohner’s Favorite: Billy Joel - Live at Bonnaroo

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Yay! You're Screwed!

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 07:40:51 GMT

With everyone getting busted for sexual assault, I guess the FCC felt they had to "1 Up" everybody and screwed us all without our consent! Seems about right for this administration.

We were probably asking for it, though; flaunting our high-speed connections and posting information whenever and wherever we wanted. We probably secretly wanted this. No? No one wanted this? You're telling me 99.7% of the population actively said "NO WE DON'T WANT THIS" and they still did it? Well, I'm sure we still all had it coming.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Getting close and personal with Weird Al

Zohner’s Favorite: Who's the better Seinfeld?

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Remember The Jericho

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 08:35:37 GMT

Funny how when it's another set of religious radicals bringing down buildings and peoples it's okay.

We're loopy as ever with our latest show recording yet! Zohner is completely out of the loop and Zuke sort of forgot what the internet even looked like, yet there's still some weird stuff going on in the tech world! Like how everyone seems to have a back door vulnerability (not like that). Or how Apple is only a couple releases from really (REALLY) pissing off their fan base. Or how Amazon's new method of letting people into your home actually isn't a very good idea! Actually . . . I guess that last one isn't so weird.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: How kids should be having fun

Zohner’s Favorite: How to go green and 260MPH

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Bad Achievement Unlocked

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 07:09:59 GMT

You know that feeling you get when you can't tell if someone is trying to make a fool of you or not? Yeah, Facebook's new idea sounds kinda like that! They'll help block your nudes if you send them nudes. Don't they claim not to allow nudes anyway?

The new iPhone X is the greatest thing Apple has made in a long time, so long as you don't destroy it utterly by simply using it. Twitter thinks that maybe it's time to rethink the idea of offering a status badge that says "Hey, we endorse racists!" And even Snapchat's CEO understands why people don't like to use it!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: LinkedIn becomes useful!

Zohner’s Favorite: How to shut down email scammers

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Better Than That!

Tue, 07 Nov 2017 21:00:59 GMT

Things are not great over at TripAdvisor right now, what with them sending people to get attacked and then trying to hide it. The Pixel 2 XL is having an even worse week if that was even possible. And Apple may have strung the iPhone 8 out to dry!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The Dark Tower

Zohner’s favorite: Blackr

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Super Dickery

Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:39:03 GMT

Good news everybody! We're one step closer to that state-run media and propaganda stage we've all been looking forward to! Hooray! Verizon has reached a whole new level of horrible, Facebook has decided that even the content creators don't matter anymore, and Consumer Reports has decided blanket statements are "good enough" for reviews.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Weird Al tweeting about Lin Manuel Miranda and Jimmy Fallon singing Weird Al

Zohner’s Favorite: Glove and Boots is in trouble

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Pumpkin Spice Moose

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 07:11:35 GMT

So, in a bold news flash that surprises no one at this point, it turns out that nothing is really secure! Your RSA token? Not really secure! Your WiFi security? Nope, not even close! Photo site used by teenagers? Honestly, we're surprised that didn't get hacked FIRST! It's time to embrace digital nihilism as we simply accept there's very little we can do to secure ourselves if we keep using other people's products. Oh, and don't let Zuke get anywhere close to yoga pants. You've been warned!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Black Panther

Zohner’s Favorite: Daylio

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Asian Long Division

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 06:13:35 GMT

So, it turns out pretty much everything is worse than we thought: the Equifax hack, Kaspersky, Samsung, Facebook . . . all of it. Even Google is getting in on the spying action, just hiding it behind a "feature." In positive news, at least we know about all the worst now. Right? I mean, it can't get worse . . . right?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Kevin Mitnick

Zohner’s Favorite: The Last Jedi

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In Mother Russia

Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:17:24 GMT

It seems that Russia not only is good at hacking, but they're also pretty good at social engineering. And unfortunately, Equifax just can't seem to stay out of the news as things just keep getting worse for them, and for the 145 million people whose data they exposed to hackers. And then there's Google who had an event this week and gave us some new stuff to get excited about and to also joke about.

Zuke’s Favorite: https://www.snupps.com/

Zohner’s Favorite: Bob’s Burgers gets a movie

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Squadcasters

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:47:52 GMT

Equifax keeps surprising us with nonsense, additional iPhone X specifications are released, while the iPhone 8 seems to be having some hardware or possibly software issues similar to the launch of the iPhone 7. Amazon releases a huge line of Echo devices, while Google pulls away YouTube from Amazon's Echo Show without any explanation, oops.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster

Schmidty’s Favorite: JavaScript 30 Day Coding Challenge

Collin’s Favorite: Disney Saves Agents of SHIELD

Zohner’s Favorite: The Gifted sneak peek

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Schmidt Strikes Back

Tue, 26 Sep 2017 06:30:26 GMT

Schmidty rejoins us as we learn just how bad everything has gotten in the world of cybersecurity. SEC was hacked, Equifax was evidentially hacked TWICE, CCleaner is run by the people who it says it fights, and Congress has actually called Twitter itself to testify.

It feels like all these rats are fleeing while they can still get something good. That's a concerning thought.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Rogue One could have been a LOT shorter

Zohner’s Favorite: The best video of the year!

Schmidty’s Favorite: YouTube Red now has family plan

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Spider-Collin

Tue, 19 Sep 2017 06:56:52 GMT

So, what can you do with your life if you're the most hated security "expert" in America and you only have a degree in music composition to your name? Well, it turns out not much!

The Equifax debacle just keeps getting bigger and bigger and it threatens to consume us all. Not even Apple traveling into the past to bring us a new phone is enough to distract us. Not even Destiny 2, or animated poop, or 1-star Clinton reviews, or Cartman hijacking everyone's Amazon Echo . . . wait, no that last one is pretty hilarious!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Destiny 2 in a nutshell

Zohner’s Favorite: My Little Town

Collin’s Favorite: J.J. Abrams will Write & Director Star Wars: Episode IX

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Equifrakked!

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:57:02 GMT

So, we all know that we're screwed, right? Like royally so? Just making sure we're all on the same page because we're all about to be on the EXACT same page. That is all.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: So how fast IS warp speed?

Zohner’s Favorite: He-Man and Skeletor Dirty Dancing

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Palmberry

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 06:30:11 GMT

Trust us; this title is WAY better than what we said on air!

People keep focusing on the poor celebrities who are getting their info hacked from shoddy programs and websites. Don't get us wrong, it's bad for them; but I think we're all forgetting that it's bad for EVERYONE who uses those systems. Also, not so great for the American people in general when those same celebrities have a virtual private army of security compared to our own FCC! We also have some rumors coming down the pipe on what the new iPhone could look at and in a word, it's "courageous." Their new TV... eh, not so much.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Movie Trailers - It's all in the editing

Zohner’s Favorite: The largest LEGO set ever!

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Stop Sending Nudes!

Tue, 29 Aug 2017 08:17:13 GMT

I'm not sure when people are going to learn, but sending your naked pics to a cloud storage system with a weak password isn't a good idea. It's even worse when you're famous. Also, a bad idea is writing a puff piece on the iPhone the same week the iPhone has two massive failures. And probably the worst idea is naming everything under the sun "smart." Look, I know it sounds cool, but maybe it isn't a "smart toothbrush." It's just a toothbrush. Let it go.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: House Bolton does what it wants

Zohner’s Favorite: Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

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¡Estoy Podcasting!

Tue, 22 Aug 2017 06:32:07 GMT

We have a special guest on this week's show, and Collin has returned from the dead! We also have news of a huge announcement coming during a rare celestial alignment while Nazis are running amok. Honestly, if you hadn't been watching the news, you'd think I was just quoting the opening of Hellboy to you. Also, a huge throwback to Superbad Pimpalicious!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Do what any American dad would do: Hit the gas

Zohner’s Favorite: Atypical

Bruce’s Favorite: Razer Toaster Unboxing

Collin’s Favorite: Obi-Wan Kenobi Film Progressing

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Blank Dislikes Blank

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:30:25 GMT

It's like a Royal Rumble this week as everyone is going after everyone else! Uber is just self-destructing left and right, Consumer Reports is on a throw down with Microsoft, and Google is taking hits from within. Dogs and cats living together, it's mass hysteria! Oh, also, could someone please tell us what SoundCloud is for? Because we're honestly in the dark on that one.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Archer meets the Kingsmen

Zohner’s Favorite: Disney Songs the Satchmo Way

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Too Much Normalcy

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 06:26:08 GMT

Things seem oddly pedestrian this week as we have no news of anything big coming out. Instead, it's a whole lot of little things (mostly court-related), and we can't help but wonder if the shoe is about to drop.

Uber may have just swung from "In the wrong place at the wrong time" to full-on "Mr. Burns on a bad day" with their case against Google. Also, that part where they force laborers to use exploding cars. The security researcher who may have just saved the internet for all of us was arrested for something he may not have done a few years ago. And you can tell when you have no business whatsoever existing in the digital age when you manage to get "catfished" by someone pretending to be the people you work with on a daily basis. #SMH

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Kermit’s Final Form

Zohner’s Favorite: Kevin Conroy on Talkin’ Toons

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#02 - The Phoenix Podcast

Thu, 03 Aug 2017 20:22:08 GMT

The truth about the name NPX is revealed, and the Salad Liberation Front discusses Sonic. A lot of Sonic. Skyrim, and the first 3 top 5 things missed since GGG.

Stolendroids Media presents to you NPX Podcast that has recently joined us. We welcome hosts Schuylar, Shelby, Summer, Alecia, and Kalie, or as they like to call themselves - The Salad Liberation Front. Read more about the Hosts of NPX.

New Episodes Thursdays, see more articles on our NPX Podcast page, if you're looking for more podcasts to listen to, see the Stolendroids Media page.

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Fare Thee Well, Paint

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 20:34:34 GMT

No, no, no little one; MS Paint and the iPod aren't dead . . . we just sent them to live with some nice people on a farm upstate!

Trump says Apple is building the best factories ever in the USA and it's because of him, but Trump doesn't know what he's talking about. Pokémon Go Fest was such a bust that people are suing them over it. For its part, Niantic is offering them some free Poké Balls and incense. Which, you know, okay... whatever. And Twitter's popularity may have stalled out. We're not sure if it's because of competing platforms or how associated it's become with a certain President though.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Lisa Foiles is perfect

Zohner’s Favorite: LEGO NINJAGO Movie looks amazing

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A Yuge Difference

Tue, 25 Jul 2017 06:30:50 GMT

There's a part of the podcast this week that you can't hear because Zohner's mic decided to cut out. He says that two hours is a huge difference. It's a huge, HUGE difference. Jet lag is a pain.

Also, pain is paying licensing fees to a company who likes to overcharge and put arbitrary limitations on the use of technology. So much of a pain that five different companies are going into court over it. Another pain is Russian hackers. Good thing Microsoft has been making ALL the right decisions and is taking the fight right to Mother Russia. Bixby Voice is also a bit of a pain . . . but that one is okay.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Most of SDCC

Zohner’s Favorite: Infinity War trailer leaked

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Whales In Space

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 07:00:31 GMT

It's another week of random news from all corners as we try and piece together what's happening in the tech world. The short answer is . . . not a whole lot.

Uber may just get a break from Google after all, but their former engineer might be going to prison. Microsoft has hatched a genius way to get businesses to give it more money, while Apple has come up with a really dumb way to bribe students. And that "hacker" that your aunt sent the warning about (over Facebook no less) isn't real. Like that was a surprise, right?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Battle of the Presidents

Zohner’s Favorite: Behind the scenes of Star Wars Episode VII

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Driving Through Albuquerque

Tue, 11 Jul 2017 06:00:18 GMT

The news is all over the place this week and so are we. From President Trump offering the babysitting gig to a dingo to John McAfee getting to use his name (but not his face) again, it's hard to choose a theme. How about we just focus on what we're good at like insulting entire areas of the country.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Hollywood liberal elites don't recognize conservative memes (jk)

Zohner’s Favorite: What’s your favorite smart sprinkler controller?

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Fractured Timeline

Tue, 04 Jul 2017 06:30:31 GMT

Something happened while recording this and we may have created a new mirror universe in the process. This other timeline has Collin with a goatee, Zohner dead, and no second Airbender movie. So . . . we might be trying to figure out how to get back to that one.

Google wants to sell you everything and take your money, which leaves the EU wanting to take all of THEIR money. Uber's troubles really are all its fault, as new confessions show. And I guess some autistic kids REALLY like Bluetooth speakers that cause fires now? That's a thing?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: LEGO German WWII U-boat submarine

Zohner’s Favorite: Futurama is back

Collin’s Favorite: StarCraft Remastered

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Gettin Comcastity Wit It

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 07:46:10 GMT

Sure, Zuke and Zohner have been tired before . . . but possibly never THIS tired. One has been out of town on business and the other has been out of town in the wilderness. Either way, it was a surprising week to come back to!

Comcast has (probably, most likely) been cutting competitor's lines to drive them out of business, CenturyLink has (probably, most likely) been gouging customers for extra profit, and a Colorado man wants everyone to suffer for his (definite) lack of parenting skills. Add to that Atari's "announcement" that they are back in the hardware game and the Supreme Court standing up for a sex offender, and you have a really weird week!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Man, I LOVE Whitney Avalon

Zohner’s Favorite: Bang!

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RSS Woes

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 06:30:46 GMT

Ever have one of those times when nothing seems to work? Yeah, that’s us right now and it sucks.

Things are moving in the tech world this week, though! Amazon is up to . . . something with their Whole Foods purchase, Verizon probably isn’t up to anything with their Yahoo purchase, and Microsoft announces a new Xbox I’m going to have to purchase.

It’s an expensive episode.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Why we love Wonder Woman's theme song

Zohner’s Favorite: Happy little Pops!

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Those Wacky Chinese

Tue, 13 Jun 2017 06:23:11 GMT

Last week was Apple's WWDC which means we have a load of Apple goodies to go over! Except none of them seem that new and only one of them looks sorta new. The scandals though, those aren't new at all! Those are classic Apple through and through. Oh, by the way, isn't anyone who hasn't already bought something from you a hypothetical/potential customer? Yeah, Apple doesn't seem to think those exist.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: A fake moon landing, sorta

Zohner’s Favorite: Hot Toys uses witchcraft on Spider-Man

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Stolendroids Present Arlen Schumer

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:55:20 GMT

The Silver Age of comics (circa 1956-1970) was a glorious time. It was a time where some of the greatest and most influential comic book artists were doing their greatest and most influential work. With legends like Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko teaming up with Stan Lee to create iconic characters, including Spider-Man and The Fantastic Four at Marvel, and Neal Adams completely revolutionizing the way we see our superheroes over at DC, there was no shortage of amazing artwork in comic books.

Comic book historian, author, and lecturer, Arlen Schumer, has taken it upon himself to teach others about just how influential and important the Silver Age actually was to comic book storytelling. To help accomplish this, he wrote the award-winning book, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art, and has given numerous lectures all across the country on the subject. He was also kind enough to give us some time to chat.

If you are a fan of comic books, history, or just want to hear a really good conversation, then this episode is not to be missed!

You can follow Arlen at his website. He is also on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, and YouTube. And while you're at it, go buy his book. You'll be glad you did.

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Pernament D Pic

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:39:57 GMT

Why does everyone want to be Snapchat? Seriously, can someone explain this to us? Does ANYONE remember what the program is actually designed for?! Collin is alive, Zohner is tired, Zuke is pissy, and the entire world has gone crazy it seems. People are trying to defend a digital drug lord like he's some kind of hero, Uber is actually making a SMART business decision, and we talk about dog tongues (or something).

PS: Yes, the typo is on purpose.

Headlines:

Zuke's Favorite: The Arlo Pro camera

Collin's Favorite: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Doritos Bag

Zohner's Favorite: Samsung Sound Assistant

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Ketchup Patent Rescue

Tue, 30 May 2017 19:34:08 GMT

A holiday weekend means we're recording late (and tired) so expect some hilarity to ensue. PayPal states what we're all thinking since Pandora changed their logo and the battle against patent trolls has just gotten easier thanks to . . . Heinz Ketchup? Sure, we'll take it. Also, if you're given the chance to buy a used Nokia phone from India, I'd just pass on that if I were you.

Headlines:

Zuke's Favorite: Remastered Tie Fighter anime

Zohner's Favorite: Wonder Woman trains Conan

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Recording Concussed

Tue, 23 May 2017 06:30:35 GMT

Zohner tried to catch a hammer with his face this week so he's a little out of it. It might explain why he's so excited for new emoji designs in Android O, honestly. Meanwhile, Microsoft is none too happy that the NSA decided to keep some vulnerabilities to itself and Apple pulls the classic "It's not us, it's you" with exploding headphones.

"You can use any battery! Except for that battery you used. That one might kill you."

Headlines:

Zuke's Favorite: Mass Effect Andromeda, Glove & Boots style

Zohner's Favorite: Honest smart watch commercial

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Profound or Fried

Tue, 16 May 2017 05:20:08 GMT

It's been a long week for us here, and we may not be making the most sense. Or we ARE making sense and discovering some of the most amazing realizations ever. Honestly, we're not sure.

We DO know that things have just gotten very interesting if you're in IT and have ever thought about joining the military. Also, there's a good chance that you've been infected with a computer virus that is about to ruin your life (it's just statistics at this point). And Microsoft has shown off some really sweet goodies heading our way soon!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: BuyMyVitara

Zohner’s Favorite: The Silver Age of Comic Book Art

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Ich Bin Groot

Tue, 09 May 2017 07:00:55 GMT

Apple is claiming that their Apple Watch is selling more than ever . . . but don't want to give us any numbers to back that up. I could claim that this episode is already the most popular one we've ever done and it's been downloaded a million times, but without any actual figures as proof it's all just smoke. Same with the Watch. Sorry Apple, we want to believe you.

Also, no one is sharing a Google Doc with you. Ever.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: 99% Invisible "Reversing the Grid"

Zohner’s Favorite: Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2

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So Very Lonely

Mon, 01 May 2017 14:03:13 GMT

Having four people host the show at one time was too much for the Internet to handle, so this week Zohner is flying solo. We apologize in advance, please understand though that there is a lot of lonely going on. He does try to behave himself though as he rambles on about exploding Fitbits and how mobile carriers have too much drinking in their marketing departments.

Headlines:

Zohner’s Favorite: Batman/Two-Face: Face the Face

Special thanks to Zane Phillips for supporting us on Patreon.

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Your Headphones Have Ears

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:13:53 GMT

Whoa, can someone check to see if Hell is still warm? We have a full team on this week's show to discuss the conspiracy theory that might not be just a theory: Your noise canceling headphones are LISTENING! Also, Facebook has announced some things and Zuke just cannot bring himself to care even a little bit.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Supes and Bats being geeks

Schmidty’s Favorite: Moving Dartboard - Bullseye every time

Zohner’s Favorite: Batman & Bill

Collin’s Favorite: The Original Starcraft Is Now Free

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Services vs Ads

Mon, 17 Apr 2017 08:00:46 GMT

With everything we bring into our home from companies trying to sell online services, it shouldn't be surprising that we're now getting ads ALL THE TIME. We have Burger King trying to hijack our home to sell us fast food, Google trying to hijack our grocery list to sell us food, and Roku trying to hijack the device we already paid for to make us buy more! Oh, and something about Blackberry.

Headlines:

Schmidty’s Favorite: Pentatonix - Bohemian Rhapsody x2 speed

Zohner’s Favorite: A tribute to Carrie Fisher

Zuke’s Favorite: Gorillaz - OG Style

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Zohner’s Tiny Trumpettes

Mon, 10 Apr 2017 06:50:23 GMT

Hell has frozen over twice this week as Collin suddenly has more time with a woman than normally possible and Schmidty rises from the grave!

The Federal Government was told that no one believed for a second that they could be that stupid. In an official statement, the Federal Government said, "Hold my beer." and went straight up 1984. Like, they didn't even try to be subtle! Good thing that they noticed we all saw them and called them on it! Meanwhile, Google has an awesome idea (Home/Wifi Mesh) and a not so awesome idea (fake news that requires you to research news) and Samsung decides to just take all the money from everyone. Even you, Greg. Yes, especially you.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: "Like an obese homing pigeon to the face!"

Zohner’s Favorite: Fonts are fun

Schmidty’s Favorite: The Defenders Teaser Trailer

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Getting Old

Tue, 04 Apr 2017 07:14:22 GMT

Times are changing when there is going to be a world without Yahoo and AOL in it! Samsung officially announced the Galaxy Spleasedon'trememberthattimeweblewup8 to critical acclaim. And it turns out that the Attorney General in charge of Anti-Trust enforcement may not actually understand what "anti-trust" IS. Great.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: PornHub wins April Fools

Zohner’s Favorite: Rogue One DVD/Blu-Ray

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Skynet Road Rage

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 06:28:46 GMT

Everyone assumes that Skynet will start murdering us with guns because it views us as a threat. In truth, it will just start running us off the road because we keep cutting it off or refusing to yield right of way!

It's our birthday and Zohner is ready to drop from all the partying (work traveling). Samsung gets things rolling with a new assistant and ZTE tries to get us something but misses the mark entirely. Meanwhile, Apple gives us something new but then tells us they didn't spend too much on it for us. Gee, thanks to Apple. You shouldn't have. :-(

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: I'm feeling special!

Zohner’s Favorite: Best tea ever?

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Google Goes For Broke

Mon, 20 Mar 2017 07:10:06 GMT

Google had a bad week, breaking everything from their competition to the sanctity of your home. T-Mobile may be on a killing spree in Texas. US Navy says gamers may save us from the robot uprising. And McDonald's might be in hot water with Glorious Leader.

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The Albino Tipster

Mon, 13 Mar 2017 06:51:00 GMT

Trigger Warning: Zuke isn't so happy with the state of things in this weeks episode. Between the Department of Justice decided that evil shouldn't be punished, and everyone's supposed "hero" is an actual extortionist/alleged-other-thing, there's a lot to be upset about.

But hey, at least Google is getting a new office. Right?!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The Dalai Lama has some sass!

Zohner’s Favorite: Only Superman should use phone booths

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The Ocho

Mon, 06 Mar 2017 08:00:55 GMT

Mobile World Congress has come and gone and it feels not a lot has changed. Blackberry has launched a phone to try and capitalize on nostalgia, and it will probably fail. Nokia has also launched a phone to capitalize on nostalgia, and it's AWESOME. The internet almost died and it was all because of a typo. And you can get a new set up from Dish Network when you get your washing machine to stop exploding (no, really).

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: LEGO, LAFAYETTE!

Zohner’s Favorite: Healthy-ish grilled cheese

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The Return of AMD

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:00:17 GMT

AMD is back from the shadows and I suddenly feel like the old cop in Dark Knight Rises. "Oh boy are you in for a show tonight, son!"

The Department of Homeland Security had some problems this week as they got locked out of their network. Meanwhile, Glorious Leader's personal website was hacked. Guess it's a good thing he's so good with the cyber! Apple's new home is looking gorgeous and almost ready for business and an Amazon Echo may be witness to a murder.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: April the Giraffe

Zohner’s Favorite: Frontier

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Kitty Flesh Wound

Mon, 20 Feb 2017 08:55:54 GMT

A very jet-lagged Zohner chimes in to talk about Apple's ability to invent and innovate things that already have an entire society devoted to it. I don't know how that's even possible, but mark my words, it WILL be how it's spun. Meanwhile, government employees are worried about the government tracking what they say, which should force us to pause for a moment. And evidently working for Google can pay you SO much money, you can effectively tell your boss where to shove it and walk away. I think that just may be everyone's dream.

A special presentation of "Crosby Sweater" by Hilltop Hoods.

Headlines:

Zuke: Halo Wars 2 ads

Zohner: Pac-Man

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Gaga’s Killer Drones

Mon, 13 Feb 2017 08:10:18 GMT

It's been another hectic week for us. So much so, that there are no favorites; it's solid headlines! We've got news from the world of Lord Dampnut, LG's worst kept secret (and disappointment), and of COURSE, a Samsung factory caught fire. It's only reasonable that EVERYTHING with that logo on it is now an incendiary.

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The Fall of Apple

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 06:18:00 GMT

Apple is claiming that the Watch is doing better than ever . . . but won't tell anyone what that means. Also, everything is fine with all their other products . . . but the iPad sales are down 22%. Also, Google just took their spot at the top of the brand mountain and Microsoft has regained its money throne.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The Expanse, season 2

Zohner’s Favorite: Ever wonder why we always wear gloves?

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Glorious Orange Leader

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 08:00:51 GMT

We hate talking about Trump. No, we actually do. But where it crosses into the tech world, we're sort of obligated to anyway.

HP's are exploding this week, but Samsung wants you to know how sorry they are. Mac sales are declining, but the PC market is on the mend. And in the apocalypse that is to come, the resistance will be led by the National Park Service.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: I think they may actually have said all this

Zohner’s Favorite: Justice League Dark

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Standardized Butt Washing

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 08:00:38 GMT

You didn't know it, but there's a big problem with using a bidet . . . namely that no one knows how to use one! Leave it to the Japanese people to save you from this problem, though.

In other news #hackZuke may be starting up (thanks, Zohner), Mozilla has decided that it is now a company that has "something to do with the internet," and the National Highway Association has deemed Tesla's autopilot safer than a human. Just not ALL humans.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Giant Cooking Robots?

Zohner’s Favorite: Logan

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All The Pron

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 07:57:51 GMT

It never occurred to us who would need to actually go through all the smut on the Internet to make sure it was all (ahem) legal. Turns out it's a very shell-shocked group of people who have PTSD! Great. Good job humanity.

Meanwhile, Iran hates the stuff so much that they tried to block it. They blocked it so hard, they knocked people in Hong Kong offline. Great. Good job, Iran!

We also learn that the FBI is after all the "stuff" on your Nana's computer. At least, that's what they'd have to be after since they've contracted with Geek Squad to look into people's computers and it's not like anyone ELSE is taking their stuff into a Best Buy to be fixed.

Nothing makes sense this week.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The Last Anger Translator

Zohner’s Favorite: Make money driving without Uber

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Stolendroids Podcast – The 300

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 07:53:34 GMT

It's the big three-oh-oh for us this week! I know, I can't believe you've put up with us for so long either!

This week we see Facebook getting all religious on us, Trump getting his very own wing at the Internet Archive, Julian Assange finally really losing it (and Zuke possibly getting sued over it), and Blackberry really trying to stay relevant in an industry they officially left. Oh, and CES happened. Yay?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: How to read music

Zohner’s Favorite: Star Wars Art: Posters

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Into The Breach

Mon, 02 Jan 2017 08:38:14 GMT

Once more, dear friend.

Hack Zohner is in full effect. If you like baseball cards, voting in your elections, and are American then you need to change your passwords because Zohner is those things too! Facebook is becoming more and more a shadowy Big Brother and no one seems to care much. Russia has been sanctioned by the USA (cause that always seems to work). And at least Hyundai hasn't been working with Samsung on their new fuel cells!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Homestar Runner 2: Run Harder

Zohner’s Favorite: Stardew Valley

Collin’s Favorite: Squatty Potty

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The Last Podcast

Tue, 27 Dec 2016 07:35:01 GMT

. . . of 2016.

It's the review episode for the year, which means there's probably a lot that you wished we didn't remind you of. Yeah, that's about the best I can spin it.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Rawwr rah rahr

Zohner’s Favorite: Reigns

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Crunchy Knuckles

Tue, 20 Dec 2016 00:13:03 GMT

2016 is coming to a close and we have some important news for you! In addition to all the celebrities who died, 2016 also saw the death of Blackberry. Yup, we're calling it; it's dead.

Also this year the death of Yahoo, the death of Samsung's credibility, the slow death of wearables, and the slow death of Flash. Wasn't this year fun?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Rogue One (GGP)

Zohner’s Favorite: Aftership

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The Jagged Pebble

Mon, 12 Dec 2016 08:06:07 GMT

Pebble didn't really lie when they said Fitbit wouldn't be absorbing all operations . . . they just left out the part that said NO ONE was going to do operations. Sorry backers!

In other news, we now know why all those Note 7's kept going up in flames. It's physics! We also know why iPhone 6s's were bricking. It's chemistry! And we know how Facebook is going to battle "fake news." With stupidity!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Spider-man!

Zohner’s Favorite: You're welcome

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Twit That Faceback

Mon, 05 Dec 2016 08:10:48 GMT

Want to hear what it sounds like when Zuke has a stroke on-air? How about when Google has one and gives its AI the ability to create its own language? Or when politicians have one and tweet out really bad science (it's ok, they're just the politicians in charge of science).

In positive news, Netflix is giving us what we all wanted. So . . . not all is lost, right?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Stop it Seagulls

Zohner’s Favorite: Monster Hunter Memoirs

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Wewease The Quacken

Fri, 25 Nov 2016 22:13:22 GMT

Dish yourself up some extra potatoes and try to ignore your slightly racist uncle explain everything that's wrong in the country; it's an early episode of The Stolendroids Podcast! We break our own rules and record a new show only 48 hours after the previous one is published, and OH what an eventful 48 hours it was: China has dropped all pretense and embraces their 1984 regime, Office Depot has been scamming customers (like any of us didn't already know that), and Samsung hits a new low. Like, a really shameful low.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The closest to space I might ever be

Zohner’s Favorite: Too much Batman awesome

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Samsung Autodrive

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 07:35:32 GMT

According to Zohner, #HackZohner is not in effect with Adult Friend Finder now being hacked. I think we all know the truth though, right? Apple has the stupidest thing you can spend money on, and it's pretty sure there's at least a few of you who will buy it. Samsung has decided that with exploding phones, exploding washers, and exploding OTHER phones . . . the next logical step is to get into people's cars. Oh, and if you are spouting hate on Twitter, you better not be white (cause they'll come after you for that).

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Vice President Biden

Zohner’s Favorite: Google Newsstand gets a makeover

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Facebook Killing Spree

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:00:31 GMT

[caption id="attachment_9617" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Fun Fact! Searching Google for "Facebook" and "Killing Spree" does not end well for your search history![/caption]

So 2016 just keeps getting weirder and weirder, huh? We won't talk politics, but we will talk about Presidential policy and what we have to look forward to in tech (spoiler, it isn't great).

Also in the news was common knowledge from a few years ago (thank you short attention spans) and Samsung's attempt to develop an explosive murder-bot/virtual-assistant. Good times all around!

Headlines:

Zohner’s Favorite: How much water do you really drink?

Zuke’s Favorite: Go rapping white boy!

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Attack of the Cat

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 07:29:04 GMT

So what do a dirty Scotsman, mandatory state re-education, and a cat's butthole have to do with each other? Evidently, they are all in this episode.

Microsoft comes late to the team party with a Slack competitor, Apple is actually dropping prices on items you wouldn't need to buy if it weren't for them, and Google is being just a colossal douche. Like, really, just the worst.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The '80s were weird, man

Zohner’s Favorite: DC Legends

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Boring, Awesome Microsoft

Mon, 31 Oct 2016 22:59:04 GMT

Apple and Microsoft have brought out their big guns this week as we have "innovation" galore! The new MacBook Pro brings some fun tricks to the party and the Surface Studio changes the party entirely. And then there's Google. Poor Google: Vulnerabilities, losing money on fiber, and no one is buying their smartwatches.

AT&T has also had a bad time this week as we learned they both have been spying on us AND want to merge with the hated Time Warner Cable. Just in case you didn't despise them enough for one, you can have the other to bolster your disdain!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Adam ruins everything (about this election)

Zohner’s Favorite: The Walking Dead compared to The Walking Dead

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Nintendo Switchup

Mon, 24 Oct 2016 06:01:59 GMT

Nintendo breaks the mold and brings us something that could really change everything . . . if there are any games worth playing on it. Facebook hopes you die of cancer, but please don't post any pictures of it cause it might cause a technical issue. Finally, Comcast is found guilty of doing that thing from The Firm that Tom Cruise discovers (you know, that thing).

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Lisa Foiles: "You deserve to be murdered"

Zohner’s Favorite: How healthy is your battery?

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Contentious Cohosts

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:07:54 GMT

Samsung is in a really bad spot: Not only do they need to get all those potentially combustible phones back, but now most post services won't allow them to be shipped! Evidently, your mail carrier doesn't like being given possible bombs (there's a law or something about it).

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Titanic sank slower than the entire movie of Titanic

Zohner’s Favorite: 270towin

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Apple’s Bad Touch

Mon, 10 Oct 2016 06:11:38 GMT

Things aren't looking so hot for Samsung . . . which is ironic because they have the hottest phone right now. In fact, it's so hot, it might actually kill you in your sleep. Perhaps Samsung should ask Apple how to spin this whole thing, considering Apple still hasn't fixed any of the "Touch Disease" issues they have an no one is complaining! Oh wait, you mean people ARE complaining? Nevermind.

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Called It

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:55:04 GMT

It's not so much like we're surprised because it's finally happened; we're more surprised it took so long to happen. Google has some exciting news in the area of home wifi with a product they are calling . . . Google . . . WiFi. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

A fully non-explody Samsung Galaxy Note 7 caught fire this week, but don't worry! Samsung says it has nothing to do with the reason all the other ones are catching fire! Like having more than one reason is somehow a good thing right now.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Forza Horizon 3

Zohner’s Favorite: Fitbit Charge 2

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Reddit vs DPRK

Mon, 26 Sep 2016 07:00:40 GMT

Whenever you feel like your internet is running slowly, just remember; at least you aren't in North Korea! Turns out they have less actual websites than GTA5 has in-game! Google has released Allo, which will help weaken their messaging platform as they've always wanted (wait, what?), HP decides to really stick it to people who buy their products, and alarmist headlines try to freak out over something everyone does.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: I get to drive a Warthog!

Zohner’s Favorite: Animation Throwdown will cause you to time travel

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Explody Freebies

Mon, 19 Sep 2016 08:21:51 GMT

Sometimes we hate being right about things. Especially when it's about things we like!

Samsung is having a hard week with phones that don't want to remain inert, carriers that can't return them, and no one knowing what to do about it. iOS 10 manages to either brick your phone or just simply not allow you to use it as a phone. And be careful what internet-connected gadget you put where; people are watching!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The Roast of Captain America (language warning)

Zohner’s Favorite: Motorsport Manager

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Hipster Courage

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 06:27:26 GMT

Apple has yet to disclose if the new iPhone 7 actually contains courage, is made from it, or requires it for the manufacturing process. In any case, those Foxconn workers have their work cut out for them! Maybe Samsung built the new Note 7 out of "vigor", which would explain the current battery issues.

In other news, Zohner claims that #hackzohner is not in effect with the recent breach of 800K pr0n accounts, but I think we should let history speak for itself.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: A new view of hell

Zohner’s Favorite: A new TV show for conspiracy theorists

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Con Crud

Tue, 06 Sep 2016 07:04:53 GMT

It's been a long weekend as we try to get over whatever it was we picked up at Salt Lake Comic Con. Seriously, people, it's not hard; warm water and soap. Also, Brittney, we hope you hack up a lung.

Zohner may have helped destroy western democracy as we know it, we aren't totally sure. We DO know, however, that he has ruined Dropbox, Opera, and Google. The man is like Typhoid Mary, but for online security!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Phill Lamarr

Zohner’s Favorite: The last widget you’ll ever need.

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Few Bad Apples

Mon, 29 Aug 2016 22:29:23 GMT

Apple is having some problems this week as the iPhone 6 determines that it doesn't like being touched. A bit of a problem for a touchscreen phone. The FBI may have missed its true calling as it turns out that it's actually pretty good at running "certain" websites! Also . . . France.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Stop action is the best action!

Zohner’s Favorite: Con Man: The Game

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#DurkaDurka

Mon, 22 Aug 2016 08:26:03 GMT

France has gone all . . . French on Pokemon, Uber is making you an unwitting test pilot, and the NSA is just off on its own and not listening to any of the rules. Also, can someone please sell Facebook a clue? Historically speaking, they'll pay a LOT for it!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Hot Wheels can probably go faster than your actual car Zohner’s Favorite: Bob A. Fett's backpack is awesome.

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Lose The Filter

Tue, 16 Aug 2016 08:14:54 GMT

As a bit of an upfront warning, there is NO verbal filter this episode. Which is really saying something for us, when you think of all the countries we've already offended.

We have leaked keys, hacked keys, and deadbolt keys. We have old folks with mobile payment, farm folks with internet crimes, and private toys that violate privacy. We have Facebook and AdBlock entering a war of attrition.

And we have Snapchat.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Rogue One is coming!

Zohner’s Favorite: Best voicemail message ever

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Poor Lil Brudder

Tue, 09 Aug 2016 06:57:54 GMT

We've got some political intrigue and conspiracies this episode! Also Blackberry (so that'll be hilarious). And finally, have things really gotten so bad that we are considered press? Really people? REALLY?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Why we count as Press

Zohner’s Favorite: Harley Quinn stole the show

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El Cheapo Baya Negra

Tue, 02 Aug 2016 07:23:54 GMT

First off, I know it's actually episode #277; I have no idea why I say #278 at the beginning of this episode!

Apple hits a milestone that really means something this week, while Blackberry releases a cheap phone they didn't have anything to do with and raised the price! Sure, that's really shaking up the market. Meanwhile, Facebook admits to trying to shape political news by censoring posts and "selfie addicts" are evidently a thing now!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Hate Trump/Clinton all you want. Their ads could have been worse!

Zohner’s Favorite: Mmm… Pi

Collin’s Favorite: Pokemon Go Gone Wrong

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Not Marissa Money

Tue, 26 Jul 2016 08:18:35 GMT

I think it is my new life goal to get paid to specifically NOT do a job. I'm not sure how I'll ever hit that mark, but I will not rest until I find a way.

Meanwhile, China has just found a way to see what we're all doing online, police use technology and a bit of science fiction to get around the 5th Amendment, and (surprise surprise) France has a problem with a Microsoft product.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Batman v Superman v Fans v Critics v Other Fans

Zohner’s Favorite: Stranger Things

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Summer Movies Suck

Mon, 18 Jul 2016 07:45:03 GMT

I think the first step to fixing a problem is identifying there is a problem. And in this case, there is no problem; all summer movies suck. They can be fun, and you can really enjoy yourself, but just know that they all suck.

In other news, Nintendo has learned how to basically just print money at this point and if you aren't chasing virtual vermin with your phone then I have bad news for you: YOU'RE the weird one. The statistics only prove it.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Yes kids, this is how our summer blockbusters used to be

Zohner’s Favorite: NES is back, only smaller

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Pokemon Fembots

Mon, 11 Jul 2016 05:32:43 GMT

There's a Pikachu over there, so I have to make this fast! Blackberry was still making a phone no one wanted, China is using "ads" to track people, a Ford dealership doesn't know what copyright is, and . . . holy crap there's an Onyx I got to go!

Headlines:

Combined Favorite: Our new lord and master, Pokemon Go

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Meerkat Massacre

Tue, 05 Jul 2016 00:08:22 GMT

We have more headlines than we can cover in a single show and half the sleep we need. Apple may be ushering in 1984 while Blackberry is trying to usher in 2003. Meanwhile, judges and politicians who might still think it IS 1984 are making rulings on technology. So, you know, that's awesome.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Everyone hates the new Ghostbusters theme. Everyone.

Zohner’s Favorite: Make knowing your battery level pretty again

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Reebacca

Tue, 28 Jun 2016 05:03:02 GMT

So, I think it's safe to say things in the world are in free fall at the moment. The tech sector is hurting REAL bad after this week and will continue to do so for a while. Not that any of it is going to keep us from making fun at their expense, though!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Why can't DC figure out how to do this in live action?

Zohner’s Favorite: Toys made from live sacrifices and witchcraft

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Zuke Gets Beeped

Mon, 20 Jun 2016 05:58:38 GMT

Sometimes you say something that sounded funnier in your head than it did out loud. And sometimes you say you're going to catch it in a post, but don't. And sometimes you do. This was one of those ones where we did.

Everyone is hacked again, but more importantly, we can't get any more free pizza! AT&T is way behind the times and so is the President's phone.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Hart vs Cordon

Zohner’s Favorite: T-Rex has skills

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Fat Axl Rose

Mon, 13 Jun 2016 08:15:00 GMT

Voting for The Podcast Awards is over; thank you to everyone who voted for us! Now we wait to see what happens!

So many things have been hacked and passwords were stolen, it's not even funny. Well . . . it's sort of funny. It'd be a lot funnier if it was only happening to Zohner, but it turns out it's happening to a LOT more people than that.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: https://youtu.be/YshgmStEZh0

Zohner’s Favorite: Why Batman: The Animated Series is so important

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Manchurian TeamViewer

Tue, 07 Jun 2016 07:27:32 GMT

So, if TeamViewer claims that the only reason people are having breaches is because they are using the same passwords found in other hacks . . . why are some people having the same issue with two-factor authentication? And if Atari isn't making games anymore, how are they making IoT things now? And if I made you annoyed by publishing this episode a day late, does that mean I can be arrested now in Europe?

SO MANY QUESTIONS!!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Prepare to have your minds blown

Zohner’s Favorite: Charge rent for your own shacks and vaults in the Wasteland

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Suicidal Robot Workers

Mon, 30 May 2016 08:00:21 GMT

The guys are running on fumes as real-life threatens to ruin everything! Thankfully, we have some pretty weird news to perk us up and keep us interested! The FCC pulls over a car, Marvel collides with Musk, and Foxconn may be needing to upgrade their nets soon.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: X-Men sounds like a cult when you really think about it

Zohner’s Favorite: Just trust me; you want this

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So Much Google!

Mon, 23 May 2016 09:00:20 GMT

Schmidty is back for a podcast host trifecta and we are dealing with an overload of Google news. I guess it makes sense, since they sort of flooded the new cycle but . . . oh hey, look at that; Zohner uses LinkedIn. And Netflix is trolling us? What is going on here!?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Spider-Man theme

Schmidty’s Favorite: Assassin's Creed Trailer

Zohner’s Favorite: Dating advice from the 1800s

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Black Links Matter

Mon, 16 May 2016 15:27:15 GMT

We are running on no sleep at all and so this episode might be a little . . . weird. It's not just us, though, as the news this week has Google forgetting how to the internet, Transformers pulling freight on American freeways, and people using . . . things to unlock their phones. Yeah, this was a weird week.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Dark Sky for Android

Zohner’s Favorite: Do you want a robot apocalypse? Because this is how you get a robot apocalypse!

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The Adblock Godfather

Mon, 09 May 2016 14:09:29 GMT

"Such a nice internet you have here . . . shame if something should happen to it!"

It's a slow week in tech news, but the few headlines that trickle out are still nearly enough to get Zohner to rage! We have AdBlock flexing is muscles, cellphones not causing brain cancer (duh), Teslas becoming the new bioterrorism response vehicle, and Microsoft looking at shading your patio (not really).

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: ERB is back

Zohner’s Favorite: Fun for the whole family

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So Number Two

Mon, 25 Apr 2016 07:00:55 GMT

Collin is on a date . . . or dead. They kind of blur together at this point, don't they?

Amazon drops news so big that Zuke's wife called him up to see if he had heard, we gain some maturity in the tech world, and we determine the two types of people who shop at Walmart.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Deepart.io

Zohner’s Favorite: Lego Minecraft awesomeness

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Canadian Criminals

Mon, 18 Apr 2016 07:00:58 GMT

If you think the FBI is bad with their power grab, they've got nothing on our Canadian neighbors!

Google is helping Zuke to remember his goals, grey hat hackers are having a field day with their new business venture, white hat hackers are absolute studs, and Apple plugins support terrorism (sorta).

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: How we turn AI's into Hitler

Zohner’s Favorite: FREE Anker products

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FBI Pirates

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:20:40 GMT

It's always great when the FBI itself starts pirating tools to infringe on our privacy, right? Could they not just fork out the extra $100 or watch a YouTube video on how to do it instead?

Collin has returned for a great conversation on how you better upgrade your home every 18 months, everyone wants Yahoo, and how sometimes you get a better game when you steal it!

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Stupid Forbidden Language

Mon, 04 Apr 2016 08:20:49 GMT

Wow, so the FBI (not wanting to make precedent with decrypting an iPhone) is now happily doing it for anyone who asks? Well, nice to know Apple's fears were entirely well founded!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Google Maps in the Batcave

Zohner’s Favorite: 8-bit Daredevil

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This Car Sucks

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 07:39:28 GMT

We're so punny.

Zohner is rested up from Salt Lake Comic Con FanX 2016 and we're on track to get the FBI called down on us for calling one of Trump's numbers. So, you know, just another episode. Apple releases some things, confuses customers with choice, and then get's so blinged out it makes your eyes (and soul) hurt. The UK gets Android Pay just in time for the EU to complain about it. And Google might be looking at killing the Chrome brand for good.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Drunk Neighbor Drumpf

Zohner’s Favorite: Best conspiracy theory video ever?

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HBO Writing Room

Tue, 22 Mar 2016 02:23:05 GMT

Zuke loves watching Last Week Tonight with John Oliver . . . especially when his show matches everything we've already said. Everything. Even the joke about Apple's stupid pink-gold devices.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Hey, Cookie Monster, Android and Windows Phone do that too

Zohner’s Favorite: #InstagramHusbands

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Kobe Chicken Hullabaloo

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 06:32:20 GMT

Collin is dead this week after saying the wrong thing at a Trump rally.

Apple is in hot water (again) with the courts, but not with ransomware. The FBI might not have a leg to stand on, and the conversation takes a sharp turn to the side once we start talking about school shootings. Trigger warning: we go off the rails pretty heavily this episode.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Hey, Underoos!

Zohner’s Favorite: There was magic in North America too

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Aboard The Murder Bus

Mon, 07 Mar 2016 08:11:01 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Coolest. Machine. Ever.

Zohner’s Favorite: Rock, Paper Scissors

Collin’s Favorite: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes

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No Facebook Poop

Tue, 01 Mar 2016 04:37:14 GMT

It's a very cold day in a very hot place today as we randomly have a four-person team! Longtime fan Nathan joins us as we cover . . . stuff? Zohner is fried, Collin is a zombie, and Zuke is in a daze. So business as normal, I guess.

Be sure to check out Nathan's book! You can find it here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/9825792-contact

Headlines:

IRS might have let a few more people get hacked
Apple FBI thing happened
MWC -G5, S7, S7 Edge
The Apple-Samsung thing is still going on
A new, smaller iPhone is coming out.
Whatsapp points out that no one uses Blackberry or Nokia
Animated Facebook emoji’s
CTB Locker is coming for you
Hololens is coming!

Zuke’s Favorite: Better than most Star Wars battles

Zohner’s Favorite: A Christmas Story in house form

Nathan’s Favorite: The Life Engineered by JF Dubeau

Collin’s Favorite: Pokémon Sun and Moon

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Podcast Flashback – Apples to Capes

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 07:15:15 GMT

For reasons I've never understood, Episode #177 was our most popular episode ever. No idea why, but it's been downloaded three times more than any other episode we've ever done. So, enjoy this flashback!

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Bored Billionaires

Mon, 15 Feb 2016 07:15:34 GMT

Dr. Squishy joins us as a guest host this week and together we cover all the really bored people with loads more money than you and I. I mean, these people must be REALLY bored and they do what with it? Make internet-beaming blimps? Sue Twitter users? Seriously?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: OK Go goes airborne

Steve's Favorite: Deadpool

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Podcast Flashback – That’s Our Sausage

Mon, 08 Feb 2016 09:05:11 GMT

I'm just so, yeah. I can't even all the things.

Seriously, though, Zohner is out of town at his new job and Zuke is reeling from some massive day-job items. With all tech headlines being on hold until the Mobile World Conference, it didn't seem like a show was going to happen this week. Rather than miss a week (something we have never done in almost 5 years), we present to you this old school gem! We will be back next week with new headlines, feedback, and a guest host!

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Awkward PSA

Mon, 01 Feb 2016 07:15:08 GMT

Spoiler Warning: We may or may not launch into a tirade right off the bat. Just a heads up!

When it's not busy hunting you down over uneven terrain, the AI of the future will be playing board games! I guess we can put that in the "progress" column! Aereo's founder has been keeping busy while Microsoft has been making all the right moves.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Seven red lines, two of them in green

Zohner’s Favorite: Deadpool encourages you to touch yourself

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The Stupid List

Tue, 26 Jan 2016 06:25:32 GMT

To all you holdouts out in the world, I think it's time we talk. You're screwing things up for the rest of us. If you could just get with the program, we'd all really appreciate it! You're the reason we can't have nice things!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Star Trek Timelines

Zohner’s Favorite: a Best comic reader for Android

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Honesty in Acronyms

Mon, 18 Jan 2016 07:28:48 GMT

This week, things are more apparent than ever that the old folks who are either in charge of everything or want to be in charge of everything really have no idea how the tech world works. In charge of the CIA? Sure, I'll just use an AOL email address. Want to be President? Why not sue an online encyclopedia for being an encyclopedia. Want to be a security software developer? Just block a specific file and call it good!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Tesla Model S

Zohner’s Favorite: Lego Batcave… from 1966

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A Plethora of News

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 07:01:47 GMT

We switch from famine to feast this week as it seems ALL the news was waiting for 2016 to get started. There are hacks, there are announcements, Zohner may have gotten his mother's identity stolen. Motorola Mobility may now be part of an 80's pop group . . . we're not sure. What we do know is that despite the fact that CES happened this week, almost none of our headlines are actually from CES!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Han isn't staying alive :-(

Zohner’s Favorite: The Force Awakens: Watterson style

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Trust Me

Tue, 05 Jan 2016 06:57:15 GMT

Between flaming "hoverboards" and compromised logins, 2015 was a bit of a bust. What can we look forward to in 2016? Well, for starters, you could stop letting hackers get all of our information!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Dunno, I was on vacation. And it was glorious!

Zohner’s Favorite: Lego Ecto 1

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The Christmas Awakens

Mon, 28 Dec 2015 08:00:22 GMT

Happy Holidays, ya filthy animal!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Only thing better than Star Wars is a DK book about Star Wars

Zohner’s Favorite: Darth Santa

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Worst Case Scenario

Mon, 21 Dec 2015 08:22:12 GMT

So, yeah . . . Star Wars happened this week and we're all pretty much useless now because of it. Zohner has just been sitting around for the last week looking at Star Wars images and Zuke has been spending his days at work swinging around a toy lightsaber. Thankfully, we are able to get this show to you. Please enjoy it; many Bothans died to get us this episode.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: I'll now be totally useless at work

Zohner’s Favorite: Star Wars acapella

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Clown Shark

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 08:24:12 GMT

We have a lost Schmidty at Customer Service. If there is someone missing their Schmidty, would they please come to the front to meet them? Thank you, and have a great day here at Podcast-R-Us.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Slap that Kirk!

Zohner’s Favorite: Bootleg figures are awesome!

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Epiphora Emoji

Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:21:48 GMT

Zohner is in control and so you know there will be lots of talk regarding security breaches and hacks in which his data was compromised. Seriously, this guy has had so many steals his personal information, it's a wonder he's still able to get a loan. But now there's a twist... It's not his him who has been compromised in the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hack.

Also, there is a new Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year which is basically a picture of someone who gladly suffers from Epiphora. For those of you who are not medical experts, Ephiphora is an overflow of tears onto the face. A clinical sign or condition that constitutes insufficient tear film drainage from the eyes in that tears will drain down the face rather than through the nasolacrimal system. I'm sure it's a serious condition that affects at least dozens of individuals. I'm glad to see that those Oxford scholars can mock the afflicted as they do.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Planet Minecraft?

Schmidty’s Favorite: Interactive Periodic Table of Elements

Zohner’s Favorite: The women of Star Wars don’t talk much

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Ruffians and Shenanigans

Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:21:58 GMT

There is much malarkey amok in this episode. Ruffians and hooligans running this way and that, spreading shenanigans, and other such undesirable behavior! Not least of which is the unsavory business of young Master Collin and his indiscretions with a certain Russian bird, who will remain nameless. Quite unsettling, this turn of events.

On a random side note: It turns out that there was a racing horse named Shenanigans, who foaled another famous racing horse, Ruffian. Imagine my troubles when trying to find an image for this episode that WASN'T a horse!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Captain America - Civil War

Schmidty’s Favorite: Raspberry Pi Zero

Zohner’s Favorite: The Wah Wah Machine

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God Hates Zohner

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 04:41:54 GMT

The last time a massive terrorist attack like Paris happened, no one had heard of social media. Time to discuss how things have changed in the last 14 years and how it changes the way we react.

Also, Collin died of dysentery.

Headlines:

Facebook check-ins for disasters
Google Hangout calls free for calls to Paris
T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and Skype too!
Google+ gets a makeover. Again
Tell us, John Legere, how do you really feel.
Android offers to stream apps now?!
Huawei battery brings charging time down to minutes
Reuters bans submission of RAW photos
Amazon gains 2-step authentication
Facebook hides posts from your ex
LG Urbane has “hardware issues”
No one thinks the Surface is good. Which is why HP is copying it.
Android adware installs itself

Zuke’s Favorite: HomeUX

Zohner’s Favorite: BigHead Star Wars

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RAM Intimidation

Mon, 16 Nov 2015 06:37:34 GMT

In case you didn't know, Schmidty has a lot of RAM. A. LOT. OF. RAM.

Also, in some strange paradox of the world, Japan is trailing the rest of the civilized world in technology.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Army Strong . . . the game

Schmidty’s Favorite: Strongbad vs Bruno Mars

Zohner’s Favorite: Best cover ever

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Comrade Coders

Mon, 09 Nov 2015 06:46:02 GMT

Yeah, maybe the reason why Russians keep hacking our government's software is because stupid people working for the government . . . HIRED OUT THE JOB TO RUSSIAN PROGRAMMERS! Just a thought?!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Fallout 4 irradiates Forza Motorsport 6

Zohner’s Favorite: Every sports ball press conference ever

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The Sucky Batman

Mon, 02 Nov 2015 06:41:40 GMT

Little known fact: If you tell gamers you fixed everything wrong with a game but it still has all the same problems, they won't believe you! Amazing, I know.

#HackZohner

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The Star Wars Trilogy did JJ style

Schmidty’s Favorite: The Binks Awakens

Zohner’s Favorite: Inside Out reacts to The Force Awakens

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CIA AOL FTW

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 04:05:36 GMT

In charge of America's secrets? Why not rely on a bad password and standard webmail for your security!? I mean, why not?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Bat Blood (or Bad Blood)

Zohner’s Favorite: The Raven

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Know Your Mushroom

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 04:09:14 GMT

Schmidty is down with a severe case of . . . hooliganism? Is that a thing? Zohner is in control, Collin is MIA, and T-Mobile is just trolling everyone now. Also, Google decides to cut out some of the more useless features that no one used out of their products and everyone loses their minds over it. Which is odd because no one was using it, to begin with!

Headlines:

Zuke’s favorite: Wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man

Zohner’s Favorite: Best screenshot tool ever

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All Teh H@x0rs

Mon, 12 Oct 2015 05:13:29 GMT

Everyone is hacked. You may have already been hacked and not even know it yet! No seriously, it probably happened while you were reading this!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: It’s full of stars!

Schmidty’s Favorite: 7 miles wide Scale Solar System Model

Zohner’s Favorite: Enjoy the best poop of your life

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Dumpster Fire Emoji (Redux)

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 03:14:11 GMT

Schmidty may have actually poisoned himself and we think Collin might actually work for Gizmonic Institute. Also, Russia is kind of cray-cray when it comes to Apple, Tesla caters to soccer moms, and VW may have made the worst decision in the history of the automobile. Even worse than the Nova.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Tesla has gone to plaid

Zohner’s Favorite: Are you S.P.E.C.I.A.L.?

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The Triscuit Algorithm

Mon, 28 Sep 2015 07:50:13 GMT

Maths. Delicious, delicious maths.

Also, Groupon goes exactly where we said they would, 5.6 million federal employees just had their life ruined, and Schmidty destroys our productivity for the rest of our natural lives.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: I need an Oculus Rift, NOW!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Ingress

Zohner’s Favorite: Family fun for all. Either that or lots of yelling.

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They Killed Collin

Mon, 21 Sep 2015 07:00:25 GMT

Collin has died in the most unexpected way possible and Schmidty's employers may have something to answer for! Also, feedback. Lots and lots of feedback!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Action Hero’s Guide to Saving Lives

Zohner’s Favorite: Lockscreen replacement of the week

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The Apple Empire

Mon, 14 Sep 2015 06:47:55 GMT

It's time to cue the critics hate and the fanboy's devotion as Apple announces a whole slew of products that everyone else brought out years ago! Want to run Microsoft Office apps side by side in a limited environment? iPad Pro can do that now! Want to do it with a stylus? It can do that too! Want to have a Touch Cover? Sure, why not!?

Headlines:

Apple announcements
-Apple TV
-iPad Pro
-iPhone 6s
-Apple Watch 2.0
Marketing firm outdoes Apple on the 6s
Dell & HP market the Surface
Android Pay is live!
Raspberry Pi2 gets the add on that everyone wants!
It's Apple and Microsoft vs the USA
Blackberry gets Good . . . sorta
GM finally fixes OnStar vulnerability
Ashley Madison proves they really can't do anything right
Complex watch is expensive

Zuke’s Favorite: AdBlock browser officially launches for Android and iOS

Schmidty’s Favorite: Numerous App

Zohner’s Favorite: That’s not a coffee table

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Tippy Zukism

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 18:52:30 GMT

Apple just cannot get a break as another security vulnerability hits OSX and Android Wear comes to iOS! Samsung may have slightly misread the market as it launches a tablet no one was asking for. Collin is dead from a Presidential hit. All these things happened, and all anyone can talk about is a Google logo?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Halo 5 Cinematic

Schmidty’s Favorite: Windows 10 GodMode

Zohner’s Favorite: Movie fight mistakes

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Invalid Apple

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 05:22:07 GMT

Schmidty dies but Collin lives on! Zohner leads the show and Zuke compliments a Blackberry phone. The world tells Apple that it isn't that innovative and that Microsoft is innocent in patent litigation. Dogs and cats living together; mass hysteria.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Daniel-san is douche

Zohner’s Favorite: Walking Dead: Road to Survival

Collin’s Favorite: Will Arrow Trailer Break the Internet?

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Gimme A Noonpie

Mon, 24 Aug 2015 07:00:49 GMT

Collin breaks a new personal record for "Weeks Alive"! People should stop reading the Privacy Notices for their apps if they aren't going to understand them. And, oh yeah, you may or may not have been registered to have an affair with or without your knowledge!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The only good thing on Chatroulette

Schmidty’s Favorite: iPhone is Better than Android

Zohner’s Favorite: Fallout Shelter

Collin’s Favorite: Hasbro’s Star Wars The Force Awakens Toys

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It’s All Soup

Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:55:24 GMT

What happens when you throw every technology under the sun into a single company? You get soup, of course! Alphabet soup. Or Collin changing his name. That could always happen too!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Better than a Blackberry car, I suppose

Schmidty’s Favorite: ERB: Stan Lee vs Jim Henson

Collin’s Favorite: Crashnauts Game Trailer - Utah Games Guild

Zohner’s Favorite: Best chips ever?

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All The Toners!

Mon, 10 Aug 2015 07:00:07 GMT

Collin rejoins us in what is almost certainly his last show before dying . . . again.

What would you be willing to do to never have to deal with toner ever again? Just asking. For a friend. Meanwhile, hackers are killing your Macs, killing Flash, and stealing your fingerprints! How will you ever hold anything slippery again?!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Old Spice: Civil War trailer launches

Schmidty’s Favorite: Ares 3: The Right Stuff

Collin’s Favorite: Will it Ice Cream?

Zohner’s Favorite: Why CG doesn't necessarily suck

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Ban All the Things

Thu, 06 Aug 2015 03:49:43 GMT

This week we ban all things because humans are stupid, we discuss some of the recent trailers and no ads on Hulu?!

Headlines:

Zohner’s Favorite: Comic-Con the Sex Musical

Schmidty’s Favorite: Back to the Future 30th Anniversary

Collin’s Farmer: Summoners War

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Remove Cabeza From Derriere

Mon, 03 Aug 2015 04:43:05 GMT

Yes, Zuke did just compare France to communist China. No, that wasn't Zohner, it was Zuke. Yes, we are confused as well. Collin has been kidnapped. At least, we kind of hope he was because he was a no-show. And Zuke's microphone stands attacked him. Just another recording session for us!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Arrow Launcher

Schmidty’s Favorite: Comic Rocket

Zohner’s Favorite: Chris Farley: Superspy

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Adulterous Trolls

Tue, 28 Jul 2015 04:19:04 GMT

Zuke is back (for better or worse), just in time for a random collection of headlines! From people getting (sorta) busted for cheating to drones getting armed to kill us, it's a weird kind of week.

Headlines:

Zuke’s favorite: Spectre shows just how good Bond can be

Schmidty’s Favorite: VR Star Wars Game Demo or on YouTube

Zohner’s Favorite: It's so big...

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Hacking the Hackers

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 06:07:01 GMT

We're down to Zohner and Schmidty this time with news of Hacking Hackers, Apple and Amazon flop, and Star Wars news!

Headlines:

Schmidty’s Favorite: YouTube 360˚

Zohner’s Favorite: Gay wedding advice

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Confederate Stapler

Mon, 06 Jul 2015 06:20:09 GMT

It's a week of disjointed news as Schmidty joins us for a record-setting number of consecutive episodes. Collin is still missing, presumably crushed under a row of servers he attempted to move. Zuke is running on 40 hours of stress, and Zohner . . . well, he's Zohner.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Comic cameos are awesome!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Brandon Sanderson: Mistborn Series

Zohner’s Favorite: Another great lock screen replacement

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Gimpy Batman

Tue, 30 Jun 2015 05:35:22 GMT

Be sure to click that image to get the whole joke. It might seem a bit . . . random otherwise.

Collin is out moving a data center on his back but Schmidty is alive for two weeks in a row! Samsung decides to try out other company's mistakes, Yahoo does as well, and so does Bungie. It's not like there was a lot of original news this week; it was more of the same stuff just being done by different companies.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Side-scrolling Real Life in 2D!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Agar.io - Addicting blob game

Zohner’s Favorite: Lego Action Comics #1

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Disappointing Puppets

Mon, 22 Jun 2015 06:56:39 GMT

Schmidty, at last, rejoins the group . . . at the expense of Collin. E3 happened this last week, and to say the guys are excited about what was announced is an understatement! Microsoft brought all the toys, Sony brought a fuzzy monster, and Nintendo brought . . . muppets? Like, seriously, did they forget E3 was coming up?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Zuke Just Wet Himself A Bit

Schmidty’s Favorite: Real GTA

Zohner’s Favorite: Wax Terminator

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Rick Springfield

Tue, 16 Jun 2015 05:31:47 GMT

We make it an entire episode without incident! And then promptly have an incident after we stop recording.

Zuke may actually be psychic at this point, as it turns out every major tech company has been working on things he's been talking about. Microsoft admits to what we've been saying for years (all of us). Even Blackberry's ex-CEO says we've been right all along! It's been a weird week!

Headlines:

Sir Christopher Lee Passed Away
Apple Plays Catch-Up & Tries To Kill Developers
Blackberry's Ex-CEO: Yeah, That Sucked!
iOS Users, Please Give Us Your Password
Government Workers Get Their Info Stolen. All Of It.
Rumor Alert: Marvel Not Going to SDCC Because DC Is Too Big?
Star Wars: The Toys Awaken
Oculus Announces They've Been Stealing Zuke's Ideas
Microsoft's First Act With Skype Is To Kill The ModernUI Version Of It
FTC Goes After Crowdfunder For The First Time Ever, Goes Nowhere
Volt Naively Believes They Can Handle The Load From Reddit Haters
The Punisher comes to the MCU
Microsoft tells us what we all know
Google will help you choose your next Nexus. I mean phone.

Zuke’s Favorite: Fly down a black hole in your swim trunks!

Collin’s Favorite: See Darth Vader's transition to fulfilling the prophecy

Zohner’s Favorite: Crack for Star Wars nerds

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Lego Detector

Tue, 09 Jun 2015 05:13:19 GMT

For the first time ever, we have a podcast episode straight up kill a host WHILE THE SHOW IS IN PROGRESS! I'll give you three guesses who it was.

In the news this week, Apple spins a feature as being so useless it doesn't even know why your fussing it doesn't work, Collin shares his experiences at Hot Topic, and we decide it's time to put Arrested Development down.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The Martian

Collin’s Favorite: Justice League Trailer

Zohner’s Favorite: Baseball cards for the new millennium

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Contextual Sticky Goodness

Mon, 01 Jun 2015 06:02:54 GMT

Collin gave us the weirdest reason for not being on this week's show . . . so we didn't really have to make anything up! Whatever floats your boat I guess.

Google I/O gave us a lot of news, Hot Topic is evidently strong enough it can buy things, everyone wants to buy Time Warner, and God bless them Redneck Avengers!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The Redneck Avengers

Schmidty’s Favorite: Worth Two in a Bush

Zohner’s Favorite: Audiobooks have ruined me

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Down South

Mon, 25 May 2015 06:12:26 GMT

Zuke takes a backseat for a Zohner-run-show . . . and then proceeds to be a backseat driver. We learn you can't actually trust Oculus, Androids don't wipe (your info), DC is unaware that birds exist, and that girl you met online probably wasn't.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: It's Apple Maps bad

Schmidty’s Favorite: LEGO Minecraft Stop Motion

Zohner’s Favorite: Why The Rock is one of the coolest people on the planet

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Iron Man’s Motorcycle

Mon, 18 May 2015 06:10:51 GMT

Collin is in the belly of the beast while Schmidty's jaunt through the Lazarus pit has brought him back for another episode. Also, Marvel toys make no sense at all. Seriously, why would Iron Man even need a motorcycle?! Wouldn't he be slower on it? It's not like he's dealing with a load of traffic while he's flying around everywhere.

Also, your Apple Watch aficionados at Starbucks better hide for a while; you have a giant target on you right now.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The CW can do no wrong right now!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Mike Tompkins - The Muppets - Cool Kids

Zohner’s Favorite: Best backpack ever

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European Sky

Mon, 11 May 2015 05:44:10 GMT

There has to be a time when the European Union courts have to finally come out and admit they just hate American companies, right? I mean, you can only posture for so long before you start to look stupid to the rest of us. Google is putting French mapmakers out of business? Um, ok. A camera captures a guy relieving himself in public and he sues Google because people could see him? Um . . . huh? And now, you're actually suggesting that Skype is easily confused with "sky"?

If you can have conversations with Grandma when you look into the sky, then you have bigger problems when brand trademarks!

Also, how can you have "Legends of Tomorrow" if something is only legendary when it happened in the past? Wouldn't it be "Rumors of Tomorrow"?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Don’t Mess With Bricks You Don’t Understand

Collin’s Favorite: Free Comic Book Day Rap

Zohner’s Favorite: Amazing audiobook player for Android

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Schmidty Dies A LOT

Mon, 04 May 2015 07:08:36 GMT

This a lot happens a lot more often then you'd think!

We are recording together with a special guest this week . . . and it nearly goes all wrong on us! Schmidty dies no less than three times while recording, and Zuke's soul is probably doomed after this episode.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Hawkeye gets free guac!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Nonsense Karaoke

Collin’s Favorite: MCU in 13 minutes

Zohner’s Favorite: Cameo acting

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Stolendroids Present Whitney Avalon (2015 Edition)

Sun, 03 May 2015 03:17:37 GMT

Take one part comedy, one part musical talent, one part geek, one part beauty, and one part incredible voice . . . then add in a dash of "delightfully twisted". Mix it together and you get Whitney Avalon! Our queen of hilarious songs has been busy with one of YouTube's fastest trends since a fat kid swung a lightsaber; Princess Rap Battles. What started as a knock on her own Vitamin D deficient complexion has spawned these hilarious battles between Disney classics, and Whitney takes some time out of her uber-busy schedule to chat with us!

Disclaimer: We really try not to gush to much, but it's kinda hard around her (she's awesome).

Be sure to check out Whitney's Facebook, YouTube, and website! And follow her! Not in person, just on Twitter.

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The Wormhole Returns

Mon, 27 Apr 2015 04:49:03 GMT

Remember how back in the day we'd get all warble-y and sound like we were talking through a wormhole? Yeah, it turns out it hasn't gone away. Only now, instead of making us sound like rejected prototypes for Darth Vader, now it just drops one of us from conversation randomly!

Listen and see if you can tell when it happens, and to whom!

We have Apple with vulnerabilities (and Google nowhere to be found to tell them about it!), LEGO everywhere, and Madea's Mutant Ninjas. It's an odd episode, to be sure.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: There are MANY better things to watch when the world ends.

Schmidty’s Favorite: Dorkly: If Sega Owned Mario

Collin’s Favorite: Star Wars Celebration Film Festival, Utah takes home major awards

Zohner’s Favorite: Awesome lockscreen replacement

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Star Wars Cake Pops

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 05:04:07 GMT

Yes, Zuke accidentally called this Episode 211, but it's not. We're back to a full quartet, chock full of headlines, and we finally let slip a little something about our theme music. Which turns into a big something that Collin can't stop saying!

Also, more politicians should start making YouTube videos and stop pretending like it's some sort of new fad.

Headlines:

OMG YOU GUYS STAR WARS
Daredevil for the visually impaired
Wonder Woman gets a new director
People are buying the S6 Edge and Samsung didn’t expect it
The EU really doesn’t like Google
Google likes kids
Cyanogen teams up with Microsoft
Skype for Business launched, and scared the crap out of us
Why a YouTube announcement means more than a press conference
The LA Schools Go After Apple in Court
Schmidty: Beans aren't for Astronauts

Zuke: Beware Thomas the Train

Collin: Chocolate "Sweaty" Balls

Zohner’s: They're home

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Fugue Episode

Mon, 13 Apr 2015 05:50:03 GMT

Ever wonder what all the other guys bring to the show? Well, sorry, you're about to find out! Prepare yourself for the first ever one-man Stolendroids episode! As an added bonus, we have a fun retrospective on how bad our sound quality used to be some of the fun times we've had over the years!

Headlines:

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Old Batman

Mon, 06 Apr 2015 05:47:05 GMT

What happens when Disney runs out of ideas, Adam West wants to be Batman again, and Strong Bad comes back to the world? Well, we get another Stolendroids episode!

Headlines:

Zuke's Favorite: Who DOESN'T want a Banana Bunker?!

Collin’s Favorite: April Fool's Day, are you tired of it?

Zohner’s Favorite: The return of Strong Bad

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Blackberry’s Bogus Journey

Mon, 30 Mar 2015 05:59:38 GMT

Amazon is launching . . . something! Twitch gets hacked . . . somehow. Android will remain unlocked . . . for some reason. Man, I really wish Schmidty was here to explain this for us!

In other news, PayPal does just about the dumbest thing we can think of for an online payment company, you can create a spin-off by just adding a word to the title, and Zohner & Collin want to clean their eyes out with bleach after seeing the new Deadpool picture (or at least what it's inspired by).

Just Google "Burt Reynolds bear rug".

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The Windows Waltz

Collin’s Favorite: Can't Resist the Dark Lord Funk

Zohner’s Favorite: Keep track of your TV watching

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Windows Kale Cleanse

Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:42:12 GMT

Barbie is after your kids' souls. No, not even kidding. Barbie is out to find out all the dreams and wants of the next generation of humans so she will be able to take over us without incident using her new, 3D printed form. BEWARE THE BARBIE DOLL!!!!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Want You, Bach!

Schmidty’s Favorite: GoogleFeud

Zohner’s Favorite: I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO WHAT I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THAT

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Panda Lupus

Mon, 16 Mar 2015 06:51:23 GMT

f you haven't already, be sure to fill out our poll here and tell us what you think!

This week brings us some awesome Supergirl news, an absurdly expensive accessory, and anti-virus that eats itself and everything else on your computer. Also, don't trust a politician who says they've never sent an email because they're either lying or have no business living in 2015. Just saying.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Chuck Norris kicked Father Time once. So Time turned him 75.

Schmidty’s Favorite: Avengers 2 Trailer - Kids Dub

Collin’s Favorite: Marvel Contest of Champions

Zohner’s Favorite: Together again

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Live Long and Prosper

Mon, 09 Mar 2015 04:43:38 GMT

Be sure to head over to our poll so we can hear what you actually want to hear! Trust us, it makes sense if you say it a couple of times! You can find the poll here: Stolendroids Listener Poll.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Geico just made the best ad ever

Collin’s Favorite: New Avengers: Age of Ultron YouTube trailer was off to a bouncy start

Zohner’s Favorite: Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart? I dooooooo….

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The FCC Impasse

Mon, 02 Mar 2015 11:00:28 GMT

So, in case you missed it, the FCC made a decision this last week. And we . . have differing viewpoints on it. But we do our very best to behave (kinda). There's also obligatory Blackberry news, Google making unheard of deals with competitors, and we drop mad flow for science!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Kenny & Warren G

Schmidty’s Favorite: Halo 2 Anniversary: Peril & Jeopardy Combined

Collin’s Favorite: Power Rangers Deboot

Zohner’s Favorite: Batman is back

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Stolendroids Presents Christie Porter

Tue, 24 Feb 2015 06:05:32 GMT

We are graced by the talented, funny, and VERY knowledgeable Christie Porter. Christie is the news producer for ABC affiliate KTVX in Salt Lake City, Utah and talks to us about geeks in the media, old media vs new media, and how the world has changed in news.

Be sure to follow Christie on Twitter or over at ABC4Utah.

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Superbad Pimpalicious

Mon, 23 Feb 2015 05:45:49 GMT

The guys are all together, which hasn't happened (with these four) before. And we very quickly learn WHY they don't usually record together!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Christie Porter is awesome

Schmidty’s Favorite: Unconditional Rebel by Siska: 5 seconds in 3 minutes at 1000 FPS

Collin’s Favorite: Delorean iPhone 6 case

Zohner’s Favorite: Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!

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Stop Kicking Robots!

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 06:33:41 GMT

Our latest podcast isn't just about entertainment and tech, it's also a PSA to help us all be aware of why robots will eventually want to kill us. #StopRobotAbuse . . . #BeforeWeGiveThemGuns

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Star Wars vs Star Trek

Schmidty’s Favorite: LEGO A Hero's Reward

Collin’s Favorite: Meet the real Snape

Zohner’s Favorite: Conan gets naked

Symptom Comic Kickstarter

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Headline Medley

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 06:00:58 GMT

No joke here, our headlines are all over the place in this week's podcast. Between people hacking coffee machines, the FCC actually being on our side again, and Amazon launching what might be the most useless service ever . . . we're kind of winging it here.

Headlines:

Zukes favorite: Do NOT take on AngryNeesom52!!

Schmidty’s Favorite: White noise generator

Collin’s Favorite: A Comic-Con Is a Girl’s Best Friend

Zohner’s Favorite: Rowlf Markie

Symptom Comic Kickstarter

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The Zohner Xperience

Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:54:15 GMT

The guys take you on a tour of Salt Lake Comic Con's Fan Xperience. Zuke is out of commission to keep Zohner in check so . . . sorry about that!

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Awkward Seances

Mon, 26 Jan 2015 06:02:56 GMT

I TOTALLY FORGOT TO SAY HOW AWESOME 48-14 HOSTING IS! THEY ARE AWESOME!!

Collin is determined to be the very worst Time Lord ever, Microsoft reveals they've been employing mad scientists, the NSA knows everything but won't tell anyone, and Blackberry . . . well, yeah.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Conan on Archer on Conan

Schmidty’s Favorite: Action Movie Kid: Playtime with Dad

Zohner’s Favorite: Hiring Aubrey Plaza goes as expected

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Sick, Sick Podcasters

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 07:12:03 GMT

We're down a man as Schmidty goes to battle against a mystery virus, gladiator-style! Since he isn't Collin, he probably won't die from it.

An odd medley of headlines this week have us seeing Blackberry narrowly dodging relevancy, DC giving us better cartoons than movies, and Google wiping out a populated island in the name of market testing! Sorta.

Headlines:

Zukes favorite: Top Gear goes Lego

Collin’s Favorite: See Aurora Borealis in Google Maps Street View

Zohner’s Favorite: The revenge that keeps on revenging

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Nom Nom Bachelor

Mon, 12 Jan 2015 07:46:44 GMT

Collin returns, and he may have brought a zombie virus with him (we're not actually sure). We bring you the best of CES 2015 . . . well, the parts that you won't actually hear much about elsewhere and isn't just a pitch from a company trying to get funding anyway!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The Andromeda Galaxy

Schmidty’s Favorite: 17x17x17 Rubik's Cube

Collin’s Favorite: Don Cheadle is Captain Planet

Zohner’s Favorite: Awesome weather app

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Novely Conviencency

Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:58:25 GMT

What happens when the holidays have totally drained us and we still have a podcast to record? Well, we blurt out some interesting new words! We also manage to annoy the USPS, get a Sony/Blackberry cross-over, and not gag on the thought of eating human cheese.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Ant sized teaser

Schmidty’s Favorite: Zohner’s Jammies

Zohner’s Favorite: Banished

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2014, We Out!

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:38:16 GMT

New hackers are ruining our holiday fun, but also screwing with North Korea (so it's not all bad, I guess). Sony is just annoyed so they have started using and the NSA is staffed by people you wouldn't want working at a grocery store. It's been a weird year.

Headlines:

Zuke’s 2014 Favorite: Guardian’s of the Galaxy

Schmidty’s 2014 Favorite: Microsoft buys Mojang

Zohner’s 2014 Favorite: Comic book entertainment

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Homicidal Oregonian Reindeer

Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:14:54 GMT

For this Christmastime, we decide to stay up way too late and try to record a show in a mildly altered state. What came out was not . . . normal. North Korea is feeling ronery, Collin is killed by wildlife, and sometimes you SHOULDN'T buy a box of poop. It was a random week.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Everyone needs a robot friend

Schmidty’s Favorite: Official Trailer - The Holidays Are Coming

Zohner’s Favorite: Derby the dog

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Collin Keeps Dying

Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:59:10 GMT

I dunno, maybe it's the hat.

This week we learn about all of Sony's secrets, Iowa leading the way to a techy-er future, and Google showing Spain who is boss.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The Empire is Coming to Town

Schmidty’s Favorite: DJ Earworm's United State of Pop 2014

Collin’s Favorite: SimCity 2000 is free!

Zohner’s Favorite: Neighborhood Christmas awesomeness

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Online Girl Scouts

Tue, 09 Dec 2014 07:29:44 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Japanese LTE helps you cook shrimp faster!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Bug Zapper in slow motion

Zohner’s Favorite: Assassin's Creed Unity in real life Behind the scenes

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The Podcast Awakens

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 07:08:12 GMT

Head over to The Giving Grinch and its GoFundMe campaign. Tell them we sent you!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Lego Rap Battle

Schmidty’s Favorite: Batman takes on Darth Vader

Zohner’s Favorite: Another Princess Rap Battle

Squishy’s Favorite: Honest Trailers: Love Actually

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Sausage Initiation

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 07:04:19 GMT

Hang a bell, you mean we forgot to tell Collin about the sausage?

We have a special friend dropping by to remind us all to get in gear and head over to The Giving Grinch and its GoFundMe campaign. You really want to be a part of this!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The Jazz have a supervillain for a coach!

Zohner’s Favorite: Best candle ever!

Collin’s Favorite: Assassin’s Creed Unity - Not so good release

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Money and Politics

Mon, 17 Nov 2014 08:10:58 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: All The Busters

Schmidty’s Favorite: See Wikipedias updates in real-time and listen to it too

Zohner’s Favorite: Star Wars Commander

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Legal Troubles

Mon, 10 Nov 2014 08:42:36 GMT

I will cosplay as this someday.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: WinTV is awesome

Schmidty’s Favorite: Play classic arcade games on Internet Archive

Zohner’s Favorite: JoCo Live is epic

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So Inappropriate

Mon, 03 Nov 2014 06:40:08 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: OK Go, Drones, and Unicycles!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Do you want to build a snowman?

Collin’s Favorite: Salt Lake Comic Con returns 88 days??

Zohner’s Favorite: So gloriously inappropriate

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Com Dot Com

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 05:58:01 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Windows comes to my Android

Schmidty’s Favorite: OMG-BBQ-WTF-FTW WebGL Water

Collin’s Favorite: Utahns celebrate holidays for terminally ill boy

Zohner’s Favorite: This is not safe! (but totally safe for work)

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Everything Uncomfortable

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 06:43:07 GMT

We have racism, Appleism, and Zohner's nudes throughout this episode. You've been warned.

Headlines:

Zuke’s favorite: Google Hangouts gets a new client!

Collin’s favorite: Destiny players found a glitch that reveals 2015 expansion

Zohner’s Favorite: The Empire Strikes Back Uncut is awesome

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Ello Cockroach!

Mon, 06 Oct 2014 05:04:48 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Space Battles don’t work

Schmidty’s Favorite: Animator vs Animation IV

Zohner’s Favorite: Carl Poppa

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Your Mom’s Basement

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 05:34:48 GMT

Hey, it's not Christmas yet, but that's not keeping us from jumping on with The Giving Grinch! Be sure to check out their site for more information and follow us on Facebook to hear more about our upcoming event for them!

Headlines:

Talking Point (yes, really): NTSB wants to ban all electronics in the car

Zuke’s Favorite: Shang Tsung is the Super Mario World champion!

Amber’s Favorite: I am Groot!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Hunka Junk

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Attack of the Phones

Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:18:25 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: OMG I NEED THIS TO BE A REAL SHOW!!!

Zohner’s Favorite: Star Wars minus John Williams

Schmidty’s Favorite: How to make a hit pop song - Part 2

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Four Horsemen Remix

Wed, 03 Sep 2014 17:26:40 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Worst logo ever!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Thor at Amazon Customer Support

Zohner’s Favorite: Dancing Groot is on the way

Amber’s Favorite: Mini Star-Lord

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Hashtag Jiggaword

Mon, 11 Aug 2014 06:30:49 GMT

It's a brand new week, and a brand new opportunity to donate to our Indiegogo campaign!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The Milano, Cribs style

Schmidty’s Favorite: Explore the Moon and Mars

Zohner’s Favorite: Garbage Pail Kids are back

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Ask Your Parents

Mon, 04 Aug 2014 06:01:06 GMT

Hey, you should really check out our Indiegogo campaign! As in, right now. It's ok, we'll wait.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The best way to infringe on patents!

Amber’s Favorite: Hello Geek style!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Morgan Freeman on Helium

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Three Person Quartet

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 06:00:14 GMT

Have you looked at our Indiegogo yet? You haven't?! Well, you totally should 'cause we'd love you forever if you could donate!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: I could sure use a vacation

Amber’s Favorite: Loot Crate does it again!

Zohner’s Favorite: This messes with my mind

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Time Travelers

Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:23:45 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke Favorite: Tacky is about 100x better than Happy

Schmidty’s Favorite: Weird Al's Word Crimes Is My New Theme Song

Zohner’s Favorite: YAY SPORTS!

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A Special Coat

Mon, 14 Jul 2014 07:23:00 GMT

Headlines:

ISIS: This is how you get ants!
New Zealand ISP: VPN like a boss
Samsung starts to feel the "Apple Effect"
Blackberry: Yeah, we did that on purpose
Better charge that device before traveling!
Not claiming your online presence could cost you.
Aereo is fighting its way back
FTC sues Amazon for millions of purchases by children
Ah, so THAT's how we're going to watch Community
Yahoo starts to imagine a world without Facebook logins.
Elon Musk is the coolest man on earth (subjectivity inserted by Schmidty)
NYPD arrested drone operators for flying a military-style drone
Pennsylvania tries to recruit an army of the dead
Everything wrong with Kickstarter

Zuke’s Favorite: Not sure if sarcasm, or just stupid (it’s both, actually)

Zohner’s Favorite: What if the Brits had won?

Schmidty’s Hipster Favorite: Junior Mints? They're very refreshing.

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Hashtag Positivity

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 05:50:23 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Sometimes the best things on film are in ads!

Schmidty’s Favorite: My OCD Song

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Just The Guys

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 07:11:23 GMT

Headlines:

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Soapbox Statistics

Mon, 23 Jun 2014 18:41:49 GMT

Remember to head over to FamineFighters.com to donate to the Utah Food Bank. Be sure to let us know you did by emailing feedback@www.stolendroids.com to enter to win!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Weird Al battles ‘Bill Nye’

Zohner’s Favorite: Simple yet addicting

Amber’s Favorite: Espionage Cosmetics

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Kitten Salsa

Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:17:21 GMT

Be sure to head over to FamineFighters.com to help donate to the Utah Food Bank. And be sure to let us know at feedback@www.stolendroids.com so you can be entered to win an awesome prize! Every dollar helps!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Street Fighting doesn’t make much financial sense

Zohner’s Favorite: I’m just glad it’s not me

Schmidty’s Favorite: Asteroid Discovery - 1980-2014

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Sorta Secure Socket

Mon, 09 Jun 2014 05:00:33 GMT

This episode brought to you by Symptom. Find it at comixology.com or www.symptomcomic.com

Headlines:

Can’t get enough OpenSSL vulnerabilities
Apple’s WWDC 2014
Google has a nice sense of humor.
Aereo available on Chromecast
T-Mobile and Sprint looking to merge
Netflix likes itself some smack talk (Verizon responds)
John Oliver delivers a blow against the FCC
HISHE Frozen has to get reissued due to a takedown notice
Bill Finger gave credit on Batman

Zuke’s Favorite: Flying chocolate is the best chocolate

Zohner’s Favorite: Best translation service ever

Schmidty’s Favorite From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

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Vocabulary Fail

Mon, 02 Jun 2014 06:12:22 GMT

This episode brought to you by Symptom. Find it at comixology.com or www.symptomcomic.com

Headlines:

Zuke’s favorite: Archer plays Hal. No Dangerzone in sight

Zohner’s Favorite: X-Men stars impersonating X-Men stars

Schmidty’s Favorite: Superman vs Goku

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Google’s Purchase of the Month

Mon, 26 May 2014 09:16:30 GMT

This episode brought to you buys Symptom. Find it at comixology.com or www.symptomcomic.com

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Choose your own autobiography

Zohner’s Favorite: Electrician Fail

Schmidty’s Favorite: Coldplay - True Love

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Faux Recap Episode

Mon, 19 May 2014 05:35:54 GMT

This episode brought to you buys Symptom. Find it at comixology.com or www.symptomcomic.com

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The world is pretty awesome.

Zohner’s Favorite: Gilbert Gottfried voices to video games

Schmidty’s Favorite: Colin Furze makes real wolverine claws (sans adamantium)

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An Illicit Podcast

Mon, 12 May 2014 08:03:46 GMT

Yeah, there really is no image that we could put with a show title like that!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: How Lego Movie Should Have Ended

Zohner’s Favorite: The McBain Movie

Schmidty’s Favorite: Nokia's Rube Goldberg Machine: History in the makin

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Switching Things Up

Mon, 05 May 2014 05:32:02 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite - We’ve all done this, just without the mixing board.

Zohner’s Favorite - Best hoodie ever?

Schmidty’s Favorite - Peter Parkour

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Back To Normal

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 05:25:39 GMT

Headlines:

HBO is tired of people pirating their stuff
Samsung users don’t use Samsung bloatware
S5 plagued with camera issues
Aereo gets their day in court
Dish launching Internet TV
Netflix to raise prices
Google updates your “Glass” to “Brick”
Your ISP isn't giving you what you're paying for
Amazon to create its own delivery service

Zuke’s Favorite: Spring Break It!

Zohner’s Favorite: Gin and Juice NBC Nightly News style

Schmidty’s Favorite: Flappy48

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Allegedly A Podcast

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 05:38:24 GMT

We are recording at Salt Lake Comic Con's FanXperience and loving it all!

We also get bombed by the guys from Dungeon Crawler Radio.

Headlines:

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It’s Our Time Now

Fri, 11 Apr 2014 08:00:39 GMT

PSA: Due to the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL, we urge you to change passwords on all the sites that may contain personal and valuable information.

More Blackberry fails news, Google attempts to show up wireless carriers now, Amazon and Twitter getting more awesome and awesomer, and more!

Headlines:

Zohner’s Favorite: What really happens when you break bricks with your head.

Schmidty’s Favorite: Rubik's Cube lamp

Dahlface Favorite: Ghostbusters Funko pop

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Stolendroids Present Dan Farr

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 01:34:31 GMT

Who is excited for the Salt Lake City Comic Con FanXperience 2014? We droids definitely are, and we were even more excited that FanX's CEO Dan Farr was gracious enough to interview with us. Come join Zohner and Dan as they discuss everything Comic-Con.

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A Zucktech Subsidy

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 06:00:15 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Here, have some cosmic learning!

Zohner’s Favorite: Dear Mr. Watterson

Schmidty’s Favorite: Toy Lightsaber

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Stolendroids Present Fred Schroeder

Wed, 26 Mar 2014 04:40:39 GMT

Do you love comics? Who doesn't?! Are you sad to see so few of them in newspapers now? What are newspapers?! Do you want to know what the cartoonists think of the whole thing? Trust me, you really do!

Fred Schroeder and Dave Kellett (of the webcomic Sheldon) have traveled the globe for 4 years, interviewing some of the best comic artists ever to take you on an incredible look into the world of comic strips. Fred was gracious enough to spend some time with us and tell us what comics meant to him and how this project got started. We could have talked with him for days, but we haven't yet figured out a way to do that without overloading our storage on the server! Instead, we hope you enjoy this hour.

NOW, important for our listeners and followers: Stripped launches on iTunes on April 1. We are trying to help them hit #1 on the iTunes download list that day and hope to see everyone go out and get their copy of it then. There are three very important reasons why you should do this:

1. Because it's an awesome film that you should see no matter what day it comes out on,

2. Because April 1 is Stolendroids' birthday (both the site AND the podcast), and this would be an awesome gift to us. And finally . . .

3. The documentary on Justin Beaver comes out that day and it's only right that these guys beat that!

Be sure to check out the Stripped website and enjoy the trailer below.

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Google, Google Everywhere

Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:16:45 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Life as Superman

Zohner’s Favorite: Awesome documentaries at your fingertips

Schmidty’s Favorite: Fastest Rubik's Cube Solving Robot (And more...)

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Stolendroids Present Matt Wade

Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:25:41 GMT

Matt Wade is a comic, writer, director, producer, actor, and co-creator of "Issues the Web Show" (not to be confused with other ones). "Issues" is one of the most original takes on what it means to be a comics geek to some people, including some of the pitfalls many of us face. Be sure to have a listen as we talk about . . . well, we actually talk about a whole lot over the course of an hour! Also, apologies for the glitch; Skype decided to have "Issues" of its own. (rimshot)

Be sure to catch up on Season 1 at IssuesWebShow.com and follow Matt and the crew on Twitter and Facebook.

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Happy Birthday Web!

Mon, 17 Mar 2014 05:00:58 GMT

Headlines:

Blu-Ray successor confirmed
Aereo took out of SLC and Denver and Obama administration siding with broadcasters
Android SDK for Wearable devices to be released in two weeks
Prepare for Titanfall - Microsoft’s cloud system proves everyone wrong (kinda)
Haven't we heard this about T-Mobile before?
Amazon bumps up the price of Prime More
Target sucks
Happy Birthday, WWW!
Something Office 365
No more Almost Human? Sad Panda
Flash costume revealed
Scrabble to let the public choose a new word

Zuke’s Favorites: YouTube trolls are idiots

Zohner’s Favorite: Best LEGO prank ever

Schmidty’s Favorite: Jimmy Fallon: Lip Sync Battle

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Blame Comcast

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 05:06:09 GMT

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Addictive subway game is addictive

Zohner’s Favorite: QuizUp is finally on Android

Schmidty’s Favorite: CSS3 Generator Tool

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Teh Mobiles!

Mon, 03 Mar 2014 07:00:05 GMT

Shout out to our friends at 48-14! Check them out and let them wow you with web hosting!

Headlines:

MWC News

Galaxy S5
Gear 2, Gear Fit
LG G Pro 2 and G2 Mini
Sony Xperia Z2

Zuke’s Favorite: History is WEIRD, man!

Zohner’s Favorite: Shush!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Gravity Screen

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All The Flags

Mon, 24 Feb 2014 07:01:52 GMT

Zohner is back in the house and brought a little something back from his trip! You just may not want it, however. Trust us, you don't want it.

Shout out to our friends at Eagle Moss LTD and 48-14! You should really go check out their stuff, the both of them!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The very best Rapper’s Delight ever!

Zohner’s Favorite: It doesn’t get better

Schmidty’s Favorite: Space Rovers Infographic

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Two Man Team

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 07:00:11 GMT

We are down a man as Zohner "suffers" through a tropical cruise with his wife.

Jerk.

Headlines:

T-Mobile says obvious trademark infringement is obvious
Mystery malware has been tracking us since 2007
Kickstarter Hacked
Silk Road 2 hacked
Comcast and Time Warner team up to screw you
Though not everyone understands that
Olympics coverage sucks hard
South Korea snubs China to stay in America's good graces?
IBM is making things faster . . . a lot faster
The whole Flappy Bird story and How Fall Out Boy is keeping Flappy Bird alive
Do robotic workers jump off buildings?
Leaked iPhone 6 images don’t look too convincing

Zuke’s Favorite: The Rolling Shutter Effect by VSauce

Schmidty’s Favorite: Play the Theremin with your mouse

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In Mother Russia

Mon, 10 Feb 2014 07:20:57 GMT

Congrats to our winners who won a free T-Shirt in our episode pre-show! Be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ to get updates and announcements so you aren't left out next time!

It's our 150th episode! Whoever thought we'd still be around this long? We sure didn't! To commemorate it, Microsoft appoints a new CEO, Kentucky gets progressive in technology education, and Sony leaves the PC market! Well, they might have been planning to do all this without us too.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Tumblr has a new TOS that’s worth actually reading

Zohner’s Favorite: Carrot Fit will make you feel bad about being fat

Schmidty’s Favorite: Periodic Table of Storytelling

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Quick Thinking, Blackberry!

Sat, 18 Jan 2014 04:51:46 GMT

We are joined this week by Daria, YouTube's Red Headed Geek. Be sure to check out her videos and her Facebook, too!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Could you just make the rest of the pack too?

Zohner’s Favorite: Devil baby attacks

Daria’s favorite: PiPad

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Stolendroids Present Lisa Foiles

Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:29:44 GMT

Actor, writer, host, gamer, and all-around kick-butt geek girl Lisa Foiles graces us for a spell. Join us as we talk about eating roaches, getting killed on screen, bucking the "hot gamer girl" trend, and just how much she does not care about Ducktales (sorry Zohner). Be sure to head over to enjoy her 40th episode of "Top 5 with Lisa Foiles" over at The Escapist!

Also, be sure to follow her on Twitter at @LisaFoiles and Facebook

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Stolendroids Present Whitney Avalon

Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:10:46 GMT

Whitney Avalon's bio reads: Whitney Avalon is a Los Angeles-based actor, singer, and writer with a lifelong passion for making people smile, laugh and think. She's sung with Tenacious D, appeared on The Big Bang Theory, recurred on Days of our Lives, shot a melodrama in an open Ikea store, piloted giant cardboard robots, starred in a controversial cereal ad, gone completely grayscale, and done a lot of other silly things you might have seen on your television or computer. Zuke and Zohner's review reads: Whitney Avalon is frakking awesome and one of the most creative and talented people we've ever had the pleasure to talk to! Make sure to check out her work on YouTube or on her website. Also, follow her on Twitter at @whitneyavalon.

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CES 2014

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 18:00:43 GMT

This year's Consumer Electronics Show brought so much to see that it just about killed us to get it all to you! Was it worth it? You bet!

Headlines:

Samsung to release Galaxy S5 in April
Zynga testing Bitcoin transactions for games
Halo 5 is coming…
The Simpsons Legos are also coming
Google lets strangers contact you now for no particular reason
Yahoo vs The World
Oooh, Audi has a car that can blind you!
Vizio getting rid of 3D in favor of 4K
LG’s 4K efforts might help drive the industry
Roku launching line of TVs
Wearable tech is huge! If anyone can figure out what to do with it
AT&T to offer “sponsored” data
T-mobile punks the cellular industry
Mophie adds to the iPhone’s space
Steam is playing it annoyingly coy
Most Unexpected Gem - Penclic
Biggest Rip-Off - The entire district of Shenzhen, Chin
Most Overcompensating in a Booth - Audi

Squishy’s Favorite: WWE Network

Zuke’s Favorite: Airbac

Schmidty’s Favorite: Intel Edison

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Codename Secret Name

Sat, 04 Jan 2014 05:37:40 GMT

What do you think the worst name could be for a secret project? No, I mean the WORST name. I mean, "Secret Project" would be up there but what if it actually sounded like it could be an adult film?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Lego Fifth Element

Zohner’s Favorite: Baby Names

Schmidty’s Favorite: You use sound to levitate things; not the Force, apparently.

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Stolendroids Present Jarrod Phillips

Wed, 01 Jan 2014 18:50:48 GMT

Take a table of geeks, multiple rounds of sushi, and actor/producer/all-around-renaissance geek Jarrod Phillips and what do you get? We're not sure either, but it was a load of fun! Join us as we talk about Utah film making, geeks in acting, and Comic-Con!

Find Jarrod online on Facebook, Twitter, IMDB.

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2013 In Review

Fri, 27 Dec 2013 23:08:28 GMT

Headlines:

The contract between NSA and RSA revealed
More issues with Samsung Galaxy S4 found
Did online retailers, or shipping companies steal Christmas?
Iron Maiden knows what's up: Using pirating data to plan tours
Rap Genius games SEO - Google says NO
Panoramic Image from China Moon Lander
Shop at Target? Better change your PIN
Wearable Tech: Google Glass, Samsung Watch
Java created a black hole of suck, and then suddenly fixed it?
Google decides to hate everyone by changing Gmail
iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks: Apple falters? - Mac Pro
Yahoo got rebranded, and didn’t die!
Blackberry ran its head against the wall a few times, and didn’t die!
Healthcare.gov launched . . . died repeatedly!
NextGen consoles launch
NSA is spying on everyone

Zuke’s Favorite: How to get murdered by your wife and divorced, all at once!

Zohner’s Favorite: Funko Pop!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Epic Rap Battles of History

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Snowdenball With Lotion

Thu, 19 Dec 2013 17:53:04 GMT

We're fully loaded and recording together for this episode! Also, we're recording from inside a room that is evidently made of thin sheet metal (so apologies for the sound). What happens when you steal ALL THE INFORMATION? Well, that's when you get amnesty! Important life lesson there kids!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Do you want to play a game?

Zohner’s Favorite: So many Legos… (Non-paid plug…)

Schmidty’s Favorite: Best... Trailer... Ever… and Behind the Scenes

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Thanks, 4chan!

Sat, 14 Dec 2013 08:48:43 GMT

It's a slow week, but we have plenty of feedback! Schmidty gets a new title, 4chan helps out Xbox owners, and YouTube might have lost all its cats!

Headlines:

NSA trying to find spies in WoW, Second Life, and Xbox Live
Why is ANYBODY taking advice from 4chan?!
The future computer is going to have us punching at Phantoms
Microsoft: Sorry about that whole "end of life thing"
Xbox set to invade China
More Superman casting rumors
YouTube has changed
Aereo vs. everyone

Zuke’s Favorite - Natural Reverb

Zohner’s Favorite: Ice T, Kevin Hart, and Conan take over a guy's car

Schmidty’s Favorite: Rhett & Link: Get Off The Phone Song

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Jellyfish Drones

Sat, 07 Dec 2013 10:22:09 GMT

Between the jellyfish, Amazon, NSA, and anyone else who wants to fly a drone . . . it seems like our sky is going to get kinda crowded! We have feedback, interviews with magazines, Wonder Woman, and the US Army employing pirates. Yes, PIRATES.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Lego Blues Brothers are awesome!

Zohner’s Favorite: Best. Newscast. Ever.

Schmidty’s Favorite: Ted-Ed: The Chemistry of Cookies

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2013 Gift Guide

Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:45:58 GMT

Amber and Derek join us for our annual Geek's Guide to Gifts! Also, we have some headlines. Evidently, some cell phone company in Canada is having issues and some U.S. agency is spying on everyone. So, you know, business as usual.

Headlines:

Geek Gifts!

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Troublesome Flooring

Sat, 16 Nov 2013 21:24:39 GMT

It's the trivial problems that sometimes seem the worst.

This podcast we have news on just how Edward Snowden managed to get all those "highly guarded secrets", how Facebook is trying to protect everyone's accounts, and our bets on how long Fox's new sci-fi show will last. What's your bet? A week? Two?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Man of Steel: The Honest Trailer

Zohner’s Favorite: Man of Steel: The Animated Series

Schmidty’s Favorite: Man of Steel vs The Batman

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Internet Muffintop

Fri, 08 Nov 2013 21:07:43 GMT

The newest episode covers people hacking things that aren't working anyway, tech companies that refuse to die, anti-piracy groups who like to pirate, and Google giving us the most pointless and cryptic answer in company history.

Also, your iPhone was made by slaves.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: I think Tom Hiddleston likes his role too much. (Though, not this much)

Zohner’s Favorite: Tiny Death Star

Schmidty’s Favorite: Narwhals are not only real but really really rad

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The Treeshop of Horror

Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:40:27 GMT

Be sure to vote for us in the 9th Annual Podcast Awards at www.podcastawards.com! You can vote every day until the 15th!

We have an unusually high amount of "Simpson's" related news this week. The FAA says we're all good to go now, Motorola may have something awesome up its sleeve, and Google's drones vs. NSA drones. I'd pay real money to see that fight!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: How to really make money; “Buy early”

Zohner’s Favorite: Lord of the Simpsons

Schmidty’s Favorite: Movies in Real Life - Back to the Future

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#troubleburn

Sat, 26 Oct 2013 08:23:50 GMT

Our latest podcast episode is finally out. This is awesome since we know that many of you were waiting for this app. It's a really great user-friendly and smooth!

Though, seriously, it's pretty awesome!

Headlines:

Germany wants its own internet.
NSA just wants its site back
PHP.net compromised
Apple's lack of security allows a hacker access to everything
Apple doesn’t like competition
Apple launches OS X Mavericks, new Mac Pro, and new iPad (Air and Mini Retina)
Nokia REALLY knows how to poke fun at Apple’s expense
Nokia launches new phones, phablets, and tablets
Google introduces Project Shield
Billboard: YouTube to offer music streaming service
Oh look, John Sculley thinks he can save Blackberry
Blackberry can’t even cheat correctly!
Neither can Samsung
Facebook, "Nipples are bad, beheadings are ok"

Zuke’s Favorite: Run from the animals, not the zombies!

Zohner’s Favorite: How to get a girl with Siri

Schmidty’s Favorite: The Walking Dead - The Musical

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Poor Abused Schmidty

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:14:07 GMT

Maybe if Schmidty acted like a better Google subscriber, Google wouldn't have to hurt him so much! Just a thought.

Microsoft is claiming success by not failing as much as normal, Google is initiating an idea so bad that Facebook ditched it, and China loves it some labor scandals! Your new episode starts now!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The best Youtube Channel Intro ever!

Zohner’s Favorite: The new Joker isn't bad

Schmidty’s Favorite: Epic Rap Battle of History: Season 3 Premiere

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Unintentional Threesome

Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:58:02 GMT

Schmidty rejoins us from his healing vacation! Huzzah! We have mobile news, Zohner-rage, and hilarious NSA screw ups!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Odds Are music video

Zohner’s Favorite: Clash of Clans hits Android

Schmidty’s Favorite: Telekinesis Prank

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Throttling A Puppy

Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:27:16 GMT

It's another duo show while Stark preps an exciting new project for you and Schmidty battles the plague! Is Firefly coming back while S.H.I.E.L.D. falls behind? Is Apple now making EVERYTHING? Is Verizon actually being nice to people? All this and more on this episode!

If you haven't already, be sure to head on over to PodcastAwards.com and nominate us for "Best Technology Podcast"! It will only take a moment, and will give you warm fuzzies all day!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite - Broken Bad

Zohner’s Favorite - The periodic table of Breaking Bad

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Shark Week

Fri, 27 Sep 2013 05:33:12 GMT

Shark week does not mean what you think it does (thank you very much, Zohner). It's a two-man show this week as we bring you the downfall of Blackberry, the stalling of Apple, and meh of Microsoft. Also: LIGHTSABERS!!! Don't forget to help out by nominating us for the Ninth Annual Podcast Awards! Polls open October 1. Also, be sure to check out Krypton Radio's Indiegogo!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite - Songza is awesome!

Zohner’s Favorite - #Hashtag

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The Basically Show

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 21:53:16 GMT

It's an explosion of news this week and none of it is coming from the same place! iOS7 is making Apple fans upset but is popular among Android users. Patent trolls say that being called a patent troll is a hate crime. Charles Carreon thinks that maybe egging the entire internet was a bad idea. Dogs and cats living together; mass hysteria.

It's been . . . quite a week.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: It’s either Han Solo or Jimmy Hoffa

Schmidty’s Favorite: Jimmy Fallon: Joking Bad

Zohner’s Favorite: The Nolanverse continues

Stark’s Favorite: Intergalactic Exchange Bureau

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Stolendroids Present Salt Lake Comic Con 2013

Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:55:43 GMT

It's our Comic Con episode! This episode has all the great personalities we were able to sit down with and get to know at this year's Salt Lake Comic Con. Guests include Larry Correia, Ben Hansen, Howard Tayler, Dan Schaefer, Kevin J. Anderson, and many more (cue spinning Alf and Mark Hamill heads). We hope you enjoy this little slice of the con, background noise and all!

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This Happened Before

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:17:21 GMT

This week's podcast finds the guy with a bout of "convention hangover" as they struggle to recover from the insanity that was Salt Lake Comic Con. But with new iPhones, new Stargate movies, and Breaking Bad ending . . . who has time to rest? No, seriously, who? And if you could show us how, we'd really appreciate it!

Headlines:

Stan Lee Media (not Stan Lee) gets smacked down in court
Microsoft puts Xbox music on Android and iOS, shows Google how it's done.
DARPA: "If we don't torrent, then the terrorists win."
Pirates 5 delayed
AT&T quickly forgets just how bad an idea it is to advertise a Blackberry on Twitter
One more reason to like Steam
Google+ isn’t really a desolate wasteland
New iPhone 5S and 5C
Better call Saul
A new Stargate trilogy and Zuke isn’t happy?
Canada releases Superman coins
Dell confirms that it’s going private
Cortana coming to Windows Phone
Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space. Will return as V’Ger in 200 years.
Cord cutting will change TV and force it to innovate says Epix TV CEO

Zuke’s Favorite: Computer geek builds a fitness geek’s dream machine to track himself for a fantasy geek’s nightmare. Universe implodes.

Zohner’s Favorite: iPhone rehash

Schmidty’s Favorite: SciShow: Fundamental Forces of Physics

Stark’s Favorite: A modern trailer for Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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Dalek of Daisy

Fri, 30 Aug 2013 20:53:17 GMT

It's the final days before Comic-Con and so we excitedly present you with . . . almost nothing. Seriously, how did an entire week go by with almost nothing happening?! We did get an awesome question from a fan, however, and to him, we say "Enjoy".

Zuke's suggestion: Be the NSA with Blackbar

Schmidty's suggestion: A remake of an old favorite, Legend of the Green Dragon

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Japan is really raising the bar on pranks

Zohner’s Favorite: Manage justice from the comfort of your desk

Schmidty’s Favorite: Man of Steel 2 Trailer - Fan Made

Stark’s Favorite: Zombieland rules applied to The Walking Dead

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Triple Developer

Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:19:57 GMT

We have all bots on deck for this podcast episode! Dr. Squishy and Alexander both join the rest of us for discussions on Batman, Microsoft, and those crazy Germans!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The greatest social network you didn’t know you were on!

Zohner’s Favorite: Best clock ever for Android?

Stark’s Favorite: Honest Trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness

Schmidty’s Favorite: Science, Religion and the Big Bang

Squishy’s Favorite: GTA V Online - Goodbye kids

Alexander’s Favorite: Of COURSE the Romans had nanotech!

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Worst Kept Secret

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 22:18:09 GMT

Evidently, there's a place in Nevada called Area 51! And Blackberry might be in financial trouble! Also, Google might have access to your Gmail account! This could also be called the 'Well Duh' episode.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: How to use YouTube

Zohner’s Favorite: Thorested Development

Stark’s Favorite: PBS smacks “reality” TV for the win

Schmidty’s Favorite: Parody: Dumb Ways to Die - EVE Online Style

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Condorman, The Lost Avenger?

Fri, 09 Aug 2013 22:01:32 GMT

Zuke is just full of bright ideas in this podcast episode. Be afraid! We have a long-lost Avenger, illegal currency becoming legal tender and a lot of failed segue attempts by Schmidty.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Don’t mess with Stephen Colbert

Zohner’s Favorite - Breaking Bad as a middle school musical!

Schmidty’s Favorite: SciShow - The Science of Sweetness

Stark’s Favorite: Star Trek Animated Series meets Archer

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Code Doping

Mon, 05 Aug 2013 05:14:41 GMT

Squishy joins us for a belated podcast episode. Samsung may be fudging their numbers, Microsoft may not like Microsoft.com, and Google has broken Schmidty's heart. Sad, sad Schmidty.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite? - What to really use 3D printers on!

Zohner’s Favorite - Wicket and Leia, together again.

Schmidty’s Favorite - Worst Villain Ever

Squishy’s Favorite - Mars Rover: 1 year in 2 minutes

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Dan Farr

Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:44:14 GMT

This podcast episode has something a little different for you instead of the normal "Talking Point"; we have the immense pleasure of interviewing Dan Farr from Salt Lake Comic Con. Be sure to head on over to their site and get your tickets today!

Correction from last week: The intern that confirmed the offensive Asian names was from the NTSB not from KTVU. (But the names themselves were from KTVU)

Headlines:

Fast Lane:

Researchers have given MIT’s newest AI, ConceptNet4, a comprehensive IQ test to see how well it performs. Though they found that it could access a lot of data very quickly, it couldn't draw on that data to make conclusions. Overall, they said that current AI is at about the same level as a four-year-old’s intellect. Considering how moody my four-year-old was, that doesn’t make me feel really great about the coming robot apocalypse!
Dreamworks is releasing a new movie about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called “The Fifth Estate” that looks rather boring and uninteresting. It probably won’t do very . . . oh, wait. Does it star Benedict Cumberbatch? OK, yeah I’ll probably go see it.
California’s Department of Transportation lost over $2 Million in a scam by one person. In a deal to reduce his sentence, the thief made a deal to give back everything he could that he got from the money including two homes, two cars, and . . . $10,000 worth of Star Wars gear. No one knows what the DoT plans to do with all those action figures, but people in the area might want to start watching the classifieds for awesome deals!
Every year, North Korea attacks South Korea in some sort of way as a way to “commemorate” the start of the Korean War. After hacking South Korean sites for a while (and not getting very far), they decided to blame Anonymous for the attacks. The problem with this is, everyone knows that Anonymous typically attacks North Korea instead. Isn’t it time someone took away North Korea’s “computer time”?

Talking Point:

Interview with Dan Farr of Salt Lake Comic Con

Zuke’s Favorite: I’m just waiting for EVERY news outlet to do this!

Zohner’s Favorite: Shark week is almost here!

Stark’s Favorite: Demo reel for The Doomsday Machine documentary

Schmidty’s Favorite: Darth Winnie

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Thanks, Blackberry!

Sun, 14 Jul 2013 00:02:31 GMT

It's a Saturday Morning Video edition of the podcast with more headlines than we can fit! The Fast Lane returns and spreads joy, we have the top geeky filmmakers, and a new meme to help spread! Seriously, this is the next big thing and you want to be in on the ground floor!

Headlines:

Fastlane:

After receiving notice that it had some computer malware installed on its network, the United States Department of Commerce went on a spree of destruction to root out the problem . . . going so far as to destroy their computer printers, monitors, and mice! Over $170,000 worth of equipment was destroyed and they only stopped at that amount because they had run out of money and were waiting for a budget increase so they could destroy the rest of it. I guess no one told them a copy of Spybot was free.
How to lose a job at a TV station. Posting fake Asian names for the pilots of the crashed Asiana flight. Way to stay classy there interns.
Hey Florida? Do your lawmakers just not like computers and smartphones? Lawmakers once again show that they don’t know how the internet works in their rush to ban internet cafes.
Millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. Actually, something terrible has. A dumpster diving artist found a large number of discarded comic books that someone had thrown out and turned them into a life-sized paper mache sculpture of a man. The comics were later valued at $30,000 and included an Avengers #1. He sees nothing wrong with this proving that he is a complete idiot.
Back to the world of Eve Online and its insanely expensive items. This week a player in the game lost a rarefaction supercarrier priced at nearly 9000 real-world dollars. I guess it’s time for him to start grinding those starting missions again.
Be careful the next time you follow instructions given by the Emergency Broadcast System, as industry experts have discovered that it is surprisingly easy to hack! Citizens may not even realize that they’re listening to a compromised message until it starts referencing all their base belonging to someone else.

Talking Point:

Top 10 Geek Film Makers

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Sausage Autograph

Mon, 08 Jul 2013 05:29:45 GMT

This podcast is determined to get to you, the listener. Neither lightning, nor national holiday, nor technical mishaps will stop it! And after it has successfully made its way to your ears, you may wonder why it tried so hard for so very little . . . .

Headlines:

SECURITY NEWS: Exploit found in Android. puts 99% of devices at risk
European Union is going "all French" on us over NSA (which is, ironic)
Who is the worst in blocking info?
How you look to the NSA
Goodbye, TechNet. You were a true friend.
HP promises a "unique" smartphone. Remember that "unique" =/= "good"
Doublefine gets 7 times the funding they wanted, makes half the game they promised.
Of COURSE, Apple wants to patent something that another company made years ago
21 right click salute to Doug Engelbart. The creator of the computer mouse passed away.

Talking point:

Adam Savage on RFID myth and why they couldn’t produce an episode on it.

Zuke’s Favorite: From my nightmares to your 3D printer

Stark’s Favorite: Media stringer

Schmidty’s Favorite: Ted-Ed: If Superpowers Were Real

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Japanafro!

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:56:31 GMT

Podcast 118 finds us with working audio!! Our audio is actually working correctly! It's working, it's working, it's . . . Schmidty?

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: OK Go thinks this is awesome. And it is.

Schmidty’s Favorite: Multi-lingual Rap. 5 Languages

Stark’s Favorite: PBS web-special on role-playing games

Zohner’s Favorite: History of aspect ratio in films

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Topic Drift

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:29:10 GMT

It's basically a comedy of errors this week.

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: The start of The Last Summer on Earth

Zohner’s Favorite: Periodic Table of Awesome

Schmidty’s Favorite: Yo Daddy Battle

Stark’s Favorite: Jedi’s don’t use elevators

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Stolendroids Present Cliff Barackman

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:44:10 GMT

Our newest episode of Stolendroids Presents brings us face to face (or at least voice to voice) with Cliff Barackman, a friend of the Sasquatch and co-host of Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot. Listen as he helps explain skeptics, dispel myths, laugh off hoaxes, and just acts awesome! As an added bonus, you get to hear Zohner totally squee at our guest . . . which wasn't at all embarrassing. Be sure to follow Cliff below and check out his upcoming DVD, Bigfoot Roadtrip.

Website: http://cliffbarackman.com/

Blog: http://www.northamericanbigfoot.com/

Cliff on Twitter and Facebook

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Basic Drinking Game

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:45:38 GMT

Our latest podcast finds us trying something new; grab your favorite beverage and swig when you hear the magic word! E3, WWDC, and PRISM are all over the headlines this week so don't be surprised if we're jumping from one big news item to the next.

Headlines:

Talking Point:

The future of personal tech security

Zuke’s Favorite: Not sure if Nintendo is just trolling us now

Zohner’s Favorite: Candy Crush the Movie

Schmidty’s Favorite: What if Superman Punched You?

Stark’s Favorite: Starships were meant to fly

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Really? Grumpycat?

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:05:24 GMT

There's nothing else I can really say about that on a podcast. Just . . . that.

Headlines:

Talking Point:

The disposable mindset in non-disposable tech

Zuke’s Favorite: Superman Belt Sander of SCIENCE!

Zohner’s Favorite: Railbusters

Schmidty’s Favorite: V-Sauce - Is the 5-second rule true?

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Sausage Stylus

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:59:26 GMT

We back at full strength and not entirely sure that's a good thing! We have Xbox One news making us feel old and Yahoo making us confused.

Headlines:

Talking Point: Is Motion Control Really Our Future?

Zuke’s Favorite: Shoulda put a ring on it

Stark’s Favorite: Star Trek The Ultimate Saga Trailer

Zohner’s Favorite: More than 5 million bricks...

Schmidty’s Favorite: Death Star vs Enterprise

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The Z Show

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:58:40 GMT

Zuke and Zohner have been left to themselves for a podcast episode . . . be afraid. Be very afraid.

Headlines:

Blackberry Conference

Google IO

Nokia Conference

Lumia 925 & 928

The Return of Entertainment News!

Talking Point:

Are we offloading our ability to think?

Zuke’s Favorite: Facebook Updates IRL

Zohner’s Favorite: Arrested Development awesomeness

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Eleventy One

Sat, 11 May 2013 05:24:41 GMT

Experiments in podcast sound engineering continue! We talk about money (gasp), Windows-hate, and stupid investors. Apologies for the cough in the recording; we kinda missed them until it was too late.

Talking Point:

Money is changing in the industry

Zuke’s Favorite? Maybe it's because he's wearing it upside-down?

Zohner’s Favorite: Spock vs Spock

Schmidty’s Favorite: 8-bit HALO Theme

Stark’s Favorite: Honest Trailer - Star Trek (2009)

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Stolendroids Present David Nett

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:15:24 GMT

Our latest interview is with a geek of our own heart, David Nett. Director, producer, actor, and all around awesome guy, David talks to us about . . . well, everything. No, seriously; we start on cancer and end up on 4th edition D&D.

Be sure to check out and keep up with David's work below!

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Stolendroids Present Marcus

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:07:29 GMT

We've had funny people on the show before, but never an out and out comedian! Hailing from Last Comic Standing, we give you Marcus! For as long as we can, anyway (turns out we ran short on time, and he runs out on us)!

Be sure to follow him on Twitter @ComedianMarcus!

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A Sausage Segway

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:16:53 GMT

Zuke is "wormholing", Stark is missing, and we bring up complicated legal questions. This can only end well!!

Headlines:

Nothing says iFan like having an Apple-branded Beetle
Online Sales Tax may be coming More
Verizon following in T-Mobile’s footsteps
Twitter malware in the wild
Apple’s profits are down
Huawei to the US: Yeah we don't actually care about you
Fake tweet manages to kill the stock market
There’s another hole in Java
If SimCity gets an update and no one is around to hear it, does it work? No
Salt Lake Comic Con

Talking Point:

Can you use the 5th Amendment to leave technology encrypted?

Zuke’s Favorite: Still better than the prequels

Zohner’s Favorite: You’ve been warned

Schmidty’s Favorite: What does it cost to be Iron Man?

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Cough Syrup Runneth Over

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:02:55 GMT

The podcast is up on time! Which is amazing since Zuke is tripping on cough syrup. Everyone is amazed that Microsoft is making money since everyone was SURE they weren't selling anything. Speaking of selling, what would you be willing to pay for?

Headlines:

Talking Point:

Are we being ruined by “free” services?

Zuke’s Favorite: K-Mart says “Screw it; it’s not like anyone’s paying attention to us anyway.”

Zohner’s Favorite: Alison Brie is meme-tastic

Stark’s Favorite: This is how you do a Filibuster

Schmidty’s Favorite: Poster: The Evolution of Video Game Controllers

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The Jitterbug Smartphone

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:54:45 GMT

We have feedback, Facebook, and the French. Well, who WOULDN'T be excited for all that? Also, potentially the most accidentally racist thing we've ever said. Yay us.

Headlines:

Fastlane:

A French Intelligence Agency recently tried to have “sensitive information” on a military installation removed from Wikipedia by coercing a French national editor to do it for them. When he refused, they went to Wikipedia directly, claiming that it was a breach of their national security. Wikipedia refused, stating that the information in the article all comes from public sources on the internet, including a walkthrough of the facility by its commander on YouTube. To date, the page is still up and the news surrounding it has caused a huge jump in page views. So good job keeping that secret, France!
For people who don’t know what an actual “burner phone” is, there’s a new app coming down the pipe for Android users that lets you create fake numbers to call from. the app has been very popular on iOS and will be seeing some upgrades and a new pricing scheme with its move to Android. With access to all these fake numbers, now people won’t even know it’s YOU they’re screening when they sent that weird number to voicemail.
An artist is suing the NFL for use of a logo he designed without permission, though a judge has deemed it to be considered “Fair Use”. Since this is a copyright case, it’s not surprising that the MPAA has stepped in. However, they decided to side with the NFL’s definition of “Fair Use”! This should be solid proof that the MPAA is less about protecting copyrighted material and more about just screwing you over.
In news that many are considering to be stunning and unbelievable, the Syfy network has announced that they are actually developing science fiction shows. Mind. Blown.

Talking Point:

The Always-Connected Living Room

Zuke’s Favorite: It’s Hip To Be Square

Zohner’s Favorite: The Galactica is “friendly”

Stark’s Favorite: Starlog Magazines now online

Schmidty’s Favorite: Memory Rug

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Schmidty’s Happy Place

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:30:00 GMT

It's our unofficial 2 year anniversary! To celebrate we have animated gifs and an unexpected amount of echo. Sorry, we really didn't expect that!

Headlines:

Talking Point:

Wearable Tech

Zuke’s Favorite: An HONEST cable commercial

Zohner’s Favorite: The Walking Dead is Toy Story

Stark’s Favorite: Kirk vs The Gorn Part Deux

Schmidty’s Favorite: Forekast

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Don’t Tweet It!

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:29:50 GMT

This podcast features resigning CEO's, mobile phones abound, zombies, and Zuke fighting off a sinus infection! Joy!!

Headlines:

EA getting a new CEO probably has nothing to do with being one of the worst companies in America. Again.
Just when you thought it was getting better for SimCity...
Drugs just want to be free, man!
ABC streaming for free . . . if you pay. Why this doesn't work.
Verizon is tired of paying for your cable, that you pay for.
Google may be evil, but I’m willing to give them a chance if they can fix chat!
The Galaxy S4 is popular
Confusion surrounds the HTC One and Verizon
More patent infringing from Samsung
RapidShare to delete user files
Google Keep released - Should Evernote be worried?
T-Mobile merger moves forward
Rep. Gohmert wants a law to destroy hacker’s computers. Facepalm times infinity

Talking Point:

When is it appropriate to use social media, and when isn’t it?

Zuke’s Favorite? Possibly best/worst headline ever

Stark’s Favorite: Luke’s Change

Zohner’s Favorite: Run! And never stop!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Dead Yourself

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Schmidty Is Always Sunny

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:10:04 GMT

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Since we can't play our new copy of Sim-City, I guess we've got nothing better to do than record a podcast! As it turns out, Google is not actually the internet . . . who knew? We also talk about EA's latest shortcoming, and why the EU doesn't have its head on straight.

Headlines:

Talking Point:

Another DRM failure
SimCity off to a rocky start
More
And more
Users who request a refund may get banned
...More like SimS*itty

Zuke’s Favorite: Beyond awesome in every way

Zohner’s Favorite: Best. Interview. Ever.

Stark’s Favorite: The Button Affair

Schmidty’s Favorite: Pixlr online photo editor

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Stolendroids Present The Geekie Awards

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:47:00 GMT

Our friend and favorite geek goddess, Kristen Nedopak, "stopped by" recently to talk about her latest project: The Geekie Awards! Listen in to find out what they are, why you need to care, what you can do to be involved, and why we evidently need an applause track!

Also, be sure to let your favorite content creators know that you want them to submit an entry at TheGeekieAwards.com so they can be recognized for their great work!

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There’s a Pill For That

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:24:24 GMT

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It was a comedy of errors just trying to get the equipment to work for this podcast episode, so you may notice some extra sounds in the background. You should consider them "extra features"!

Headlines:

New Nokia phones
Why is anyone still using Java 7 anymore?
Six strikes and you're out? Will this new anti-piracy tactic work? This is what the alerts look like from Comcast.
Google launches the “WTF” (Against the Asus “Cheap as hell”)
You can "win" a Google "OMG THAT'S EXPENSIVE"
Yahoo’s honeymoon might be over (And why that’s ok)
The judge that ruled in favor for Samsung now works for Samsung. Cause why not?!
An upcoming version of the Firefox browser may block all third-party cookies by default.
Rating system to finally join us in the 21st century. (even more on this)
iOS apps leak more personal data than Android
Illinois proves they have no idea how the internet works.

Fastlane:

A recent survey found that 58% of American adults believe video games directly contribute to violent behavior. However, it also showed that 38% of American adults have no clue what the ESRB ratings are and 33% let their kids play whatever they want. In the end, a survey recently found that about half of American adults have no clue about video games.
The popular Twitter app for Android, Falcon Pro, hit its 100,000 token limits earlier this week meaning that new users could not use the app. To discourage new users, the developers raised the price to more than $130. After resetting the tokens, the price is now back to normal and new users can take part in the awesome. The whole fiasco just goes to show that Twitter hates developers.
The Music Recording industry finally made some growth this last year, actually rising for the first time since Napster’s original launch in the ’90s. The growth came from, surprise surprise, digital downloads. Now imagine how differently things could have been if only they started doing this sooner!
Parents whose children paid lots of real money for lots of smurfberries originally thought they were smurfed. However, Apple has agreed to pay $100 million to parents who don’t know how to manage their children. But only to those parents who didn’t manage their children for a specific 45 day period. If your kids loaded up on smurfberries outside of this window, you’re still smurfed.
iOS Kindle released an update to fix some bugs but instead ended up deleting everyone’s library and settings. It has supposedly been fixed, but there are still many users that have to manually rebuild their library.
Groupon's CEO was let go this week after a series of underperforming quarters. His resignation memo to the company was posted online (since, as he pointed out, it’d just be leaked anyway) and is an amazing example of accountability, humor, humility, and Battle Toad knowledge.

Talking Point:

Where will the next copyright fight come from? Look ahead and see 3D printing as that battlefield.

Zuke’s Favorite: The Lost Grey Poupon Footage

Zohner’s Favorite: Kill everyone. Feel good about yourself.

Stark’s Favorite: This is a proper tribute to 50 years of Bond, James Bond

Schmidty’s Favorite: Rubik's Cube Juggling

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Happy 100th!!

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:32:24 GMT

All this awesomeness is brought to you by the website Jedi masters at Squarespace.com. You can make a website to wow the world using their incredible tools and get a good discount using our code!

Ruff joins us, Kristen intro's us, Gene and Steph pimp us . . . it's a good episode to be us! A huge thank you to all the fans who have tuned in every week for 100 episodes!

You have only yourselves to blame!

Headlines:

Fastlane:

Burger King’s Twitter account was compromised this week and started advertising for McDonald’s. It also went on to insult unknown DJ’s before it was shut down. Jeep’s account was hacked the next day by the same person before he was apprehended. The arrest came easily when the hacker used the @Jeep account to brag to a girl and listed his real-life Facebook account! Proving you don’t have to be a computer mastermind to hack anymore.
Hot on the heels of the college degree in social media, a new course at Duke University is now open! The course in question is only available to women and will teach them how to blog. No, really. We’re just waiting for the college course that will subject students to a semester of “shell games”.
In Salt Lake City, a pair of 13-year-old girls were busted at school after one of them tweeted that they were going to skip class and get high. While in the administration office, one of the parents who was holding their daughter’s cell phone received a text message from an adult asking if they were ready for him. The parent said they were, and he arrived at the school to find police waiting for him. Rule of thumb; if you are a parent, watch your kid's social accounts like a hawk!
The Finnish anti-piracy group, CIAPC has been reported to the police for copyright infringement . . . by The Pirate Bay. CIAPC (which previously tried to have a 9-year-old girl arrested for not actually pirating) created a spoof website for themselves which heavily parodies The Pirate Bay. Unfortunately, parody is not protected by Finnish law and they are now facing criminal charges.
Google had to pull one of its doodles down before too many people saw it this week. The doodle featured the lower case “g” jumping out of the way and narrowly avoiding getting killed by an asteroid before jumping back into place. Artists thought it might be fun to create a little something that cheered the fact that Asteroid 2012 DA14 wasn't going to strike Earth and create havoc. Sadly, an ill-timed meteorite did strike Earth and create havoc.

Talking Point:

Microsoft is not innovative enough

Zuke’s Favorite: Wanna know where people AREN’T hooking up?

Schmidty’s Favorite: The Harlem Shakeifier

Stark’s Favorite: Stan Lee’s version of HISHE

Ruff’s Favorite: Be careful who you scorn for a prank!

Zohner’s Favorite: Big dreams come in small packages

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Loads of Innuendo

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:59:22 GMT

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So, confession time; we have no idea what happened to this episode, but it's missing its last minute. Don't know where it went. It could be anywhere! Be sure to check out the favorites in the show notes to see what we missed.

Headlines:

Talking Point:

Are we done with groundbreaking discoveries?

Zuke’s Favorite: How To Live Safely In A Science Fiction Universe

Zohner’s Favorite: The Simpsons are tapping out on Android

Stark’s Favorite: A map of 50 states with equal population

Schmidty’s Favorite: Super Mario Busters - Mashup

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Le Royale With Cheese

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:49:19 GMT

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Thanks to our friends over at Netcast Studios, we have a whole new way to record and we hope you like the difference! Thank's to Zuke getting happy with the "delete" key, we have a whole bunch of missing sound effect. We hope you won't notice!

Feedback:

Zuke: "Yeah, but stocks don't actually mean what we think they mean"

Ruff: "Don't say it ... don't say it ..."

Zuke: "The stock market is literally a bunch of analysts are willing to say and put faith into a company"

Ruff: "Arrrrgg - he said it"

Ok, sorry for taking the complete mickey out on you. You were close, very close ... but also very wrong. The stock price is the price that all the people (the market) who want to buy and sell are willing to currently trade. A person in the market gets all this info (from analysts, from headlines, from economic conditions, from their guy, from experience, etc) and boil it all down to a price that they are willing to trade. If their price is higher than the current market price, they will buy (thinking the market has undervalued the stock). If their price is lower than the current market price, they will sell (thinking that the market has overvalued the stock). These trades (buys and sells) will change the market price (lots of people buying drives the price up / lots of people selling drives the price down). In the end - the market price is the current equilibrium price - you can think of it as the average of how people view the stock. There is tons more market theory in all of this ... but that is just too boring for a tech podcast.

Cheers,

Ruff

Headlines:

128GB iPad proves Apple is out of ideas
Congrats! You are a felon again! More and More
BitTorrent your own files in a new cloud drive
The French REALLY hate technology
If you have a web-based camera, hackers are watching you (printers too)
Twitter launches "Vine", promptly screws it up (VNSFW)
West Texas judge learns the valuable lesson of “common sense”
Android is popular
Apple wants mo money, mo problems
Not even Lenovo wants RIM.
RIM has a new name, a new creative director, and a new phone OS that kills company stocks.
The phones have the same specs and software as everyone else.
Follow up to CNET/CBS and the Hopper fiasco at CES

Talking Point:

Internet "signal" vs "noise"

Zuke’s Favorite: It’s not the destination, it’s the journey

Zohner’s Favorite: I hated this movie so much...

Schmidty’s Favorite: Auralnauts: Bane Outtakes (Extended Edition)

Stark’s Favorite: How to prep for the Zombie outbreak and stay entertained

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Johnny C’s In Trouble

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:10:26 GMT

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We are joined by John from Google At A Glance to discuss women of the night and narcotics. Not really, but we seem to bring it up a LOT. Go fig.

Feedback:

Hi Guys,

Did it seem that I dropped off the planet? I live near NYC and Storm Sandy closed my offices for Nov + Dec last year. As such, I was working remotely, no commute and no chance to listen to your pod casts. My offices are now reopened and my commute is back ... as is my podcast listening. Anyway, some comments on your various podcasts (and don't feel that you need to include any / all of this in your next podcast) ...

Latest Iran work attacking banks

I did some reading on that and it appeared to be attacking the bank records ... drilling into their files and changing various arabic words to nonsense. That doesn't strike me as that smart (solved by restoring from a back up as you pointed out) but also targeting the people. I would like to think that the Government of the US would target the Iranian Government and not the Iranian people.

FBI / Hezbollah twitter feed

Apart from the issues you pointed out - if your enemy was using twitter to organize their attacks, wouldn't you like them to keep doing that so that you can track them. Sounds like they might be giving away plans.

Blackberry / RIM

This company will not die (this year or next). There is enough corporate accounts (my company for one) that is still buying BB devices. BTW - my company is trailing providing corporate email to smart phones ... BUT! you have to provide the smart phone and the data plan. No thank you.

XBox and Connect

Enjoyed your chat about the eye / hand control and TVs. One solution is to issue a conch shell with the controller and then program the controller to only recognize the person holding the shell. However, that might lead to a critical breakdown in the structure of our society.

Cheers,

Ruff

Headlines:

Talking Point:

Patent Trolls and Podcasting

Zuke’s Favorite: Holy Awesome Streaming, Batman!

Stark’s Favorite: Vader is force choking Mickey

Zohner’s Favorite: Identity Crisis

Schmidty’s Favorite: Why the Moon Landings could have never been faked

John’s Favorite: US Military Soon Using Laser Turrets On Jets

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Stolendroids Present Stephanie Thorpe

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:10:12 GMT

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This episode of Stolendroids Present we have, for your listening pleasure, the wonderful, the talented, the incomparable Stephanie Thorpe. Co-creator of Elfquest: A Fan Imagining, producer, actor, and all around bad-ass geek girl. We cover girls in geek culture, raising a geek, breathing new life into Elfquest, and . . . what we're all wearing to bed?

Be sure to check her out and her many (MANY) incredible projects below.

Website: http://thestephaniethorpe.com/

Twitter: @TheStephThorpe

Facebook: Group Page

ElfQuest: A Fan Imagining

Shelf Life

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Java Ate Zohner!

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:01:50 GMT

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Ever meet someone who wasn't who they said they were online? Ever pretend to be someone else online? Ever talk into a muted mic as your copresenters waited patiently for you to say something? We have all that and more this episode!

Headlines:

Fastlane:

Google caught some ire after their Streetview camera reportedly ran down a donkey in Botswana and left it for dead, all while the cameras were recording. After much investigating, Google announced that people had been viewing the pictures in reverse order and that the donkey had been lying in the road, to begin with, got up, and then moved to the side as the car passed. As far as they know, the donkey is still alive and well. Couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried.
Proving that you can’t make a marketing presentation “too dumb”, Qualcomm gave a CES presentation that could only be described as mind-bending painful. With actors pretending to be hackers, Big Bird, Steve Ballmer trolling and ignoring the Qualcomm CEO, a Rolls Royce driving onto the stage for no apparent reason, and a Maroon 5 performance being overdubbed by a Dido cover, one tech journalist tweeted “It’s like reality has somehow jumped the shark.”
The White House’s “We The People” petition system has seen a slight change after so many people signed the proposal for a Death Star to be built. Originally, the system required 5000 signatures to get a White House response but then was changed to 25,000 in an effort to discourage pranksters. After the Death Star petition was able to draw far more than the required 25,000 officials decided to up the number to 100,000. It’s like they’re just challenging us now!
A research project that began 34 years ago has finally come to a close and it’s findings have been announced. The project that was developed to help prove the existence of dark matter in the universe announced with great confidence that they hadn’t found any proof of dark matter in the slightest. The project’s name, “BUST”, suddenly also became its findings.
While many people complain of US companies sending jobs overseas, one American worker decided to send his job over himself. The administration found that an office worker’s VPN login was being used through a Chinese IP address, even though they were looking at him sitting at his desk. Further investigation showed that he had outsourced parts of his jobs to different overseas vendors, while he sat back and played on his company’s internet. He was terminated, ironically, shortly after having received recognition for producing such reliable and exemplary work.
Need a girlfriend to make your ex jealous? This Brazilian website will create a profile of a fake girl and post it on any social media for you to show off. Don’t worry ladies, the company will soon start providing fake boyfriend profiles as well.
How will this all end? Probably in tears. A judge has ordered Apple and Amazon to play nice and decide how to use the term App Store between the two of them.

Talking Point:

Catfishing Online

Zuke’s Favorite: Killary Clinton

Zohner’s Favorite: Darth Schwarzenegger

Stark’s Favorite: It’s a rap battle for the precious

Schmidty’s Favorite: The NFL: A Bad Lip Reading, Sparkfun Starter Kit for Arduino

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Zuke’s Stuck In Echo

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:10:43 GMT

Though not this kind.

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We're recording a podcast "live" and together for the first time in a long time, which means that nothing is going too right! Everyone sounds awesome except for Zuke, who sounds like he's coming from the bottom of a mineshaft! Here's hoping there are no creepers with him!

Headlines:

Talking Point:

CES

Zuke’s Favorite: I need to do something better at drive-ups!

Zohner’s Favorite: What?

Schmidty’s Favorite: Pi: Visualized

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Annual Prediction Extravaganza

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:08:34 GMT

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Our annual predictions podcast is upon us! What amazing things does 2013 hold in store for us? What horrors can we expect? Who knows what darkness hides in the heart of men? Be sure to chime in with your own predictions and we'll add them to the list by sending them to feedback@www.stolendroids.com

Copyright laws

Zuke: A lot of talks will be made about copyright reform, but nothing will change

Google

Zuke: Google will finally get more than a slap on the wrist from the FTC
Schmidty: We’ll start to see the resurgence of Chromebooks as Chrome Ultrabooks, and/or ChromeOS / Android hybrid notebooks.
Stark: Google will come out with another internet tool that will fail.
Zohner: The $99 Android tablet, Jelly Bean will take 20% market share,

Apple

Zuke: iOS’s market share will falter below Android
Zohner: Apple will release more of the same and face backlash
Stark: Apple will start to find a new path
Schmidty: Apple “Smart TV” to be released 2013 and release 3 iPads

Microsoft

Stark: Microsoft will be disappointed in sales of Windows 8 to the enterprise market
Zuke: Surface won’t see the end of 2013, will fade when compared to 3rd party tablets (still Windows 8)
Schmidty: Microsoft will announce the Kinect 2

RIM

Zohner: Market share will increase with OS 10
Zuke: Nothing they do is going to work
Stark: They will launch a new project and it will fail
Schmidty: They will actually go up

Smart TV’s

Schmidty: Stark will start playing Minecraft
Schmidty: Manufacturers will begin to print 3D plastic parts for their products (grommets, casings, etc.), allowing them to provide on-demand replacement parts for consumers and dealerships.

Zohner: More digital comics - thanks, in part, to more 7” tablets

Zohner: Death of the Nook

Zohner & Schmidty: Death of the subsidized phone

Zohner & Zuke: Ubuntu for phones will go nowhere thanks to awesome planning

Zuke: 4K TVs will still not take off in the consumer market

Zuke’s Favorite: The Most Accurate Infographic Ever

Schmidty’s Favorite: Robot Guitar Hero Master

Stark’s Favorite: Good use of the QR code

Zohner’s Favorite: Best task app ever

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Not Number 93

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:20:39 GMT

Zuke has a problem counting on this podcast episode! How did we do on our 2012 predictions? Turns out, about 50/50!

Headlines:

Zuke’s Favorite: Useless machine is a lot like watching politics

Stark’s Favorite: Klingons in the Hood

Schmidty’s Favorite: Infographic: 50 years of space exploration

Zohner’s Favorite: Christopher Lee rocks... literally

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Headline Famine

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:06:29 GMT

We have a talking point doubleheader on this week's podcast! How gullible are you (and why do you continue to be so)? And who really owns "you" on the internet? Heavy stuff!

Talking Point: Who Owns You Online?

Headlines:

Bonus Talking Point: There’s No Such Thing As “Holiday Trees”

Zuke’s favorite: Apple's newest iPhone is leaked

Zohner’s Favorite: It’s a sad off!

Stark’s Favorite: Toy Story Into Darkness

Schmidty’s Favorite: Dorkly Bits - Dad Piggies

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Team Powers Activate

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:20:40 GMT

What happens when tech giants team up? Surprisingly, not much. How about when a law is made that has nothing to do with something you use every day? Oh, that could land you with a felony!

Headlines:

Fastlane:

Australian police have warned the public not to use Apple Maps. Like, ever. It turns out that the iPhone app can’t distinguish between the city of Mildura and a national park with no water, fuel, and filled with dangerous animals. The police have had to rescue multiple people after the motorists hiked back to cell range to phone for help.
Santa has switched allegiances this year, as NORAD has changed their tracking system to use Bing Maps instead. At least he won’t get lost in an Australian national park . . .
How tall can you make a tower of legos before it destroys the bottom lego? 2.5 miles high that’s how tall.
John McAfee has been extradited to the United States following his run from Belize where he faces murder charges. Too bad for him, since the reason he went to Belize in the first place is that he faces charges of negligent death and tax evasion here.
North Korea has finally gotten one of their rockets off the ground and into space. Unfortunately, the satellite it put into orbit is tumbling out of control and may possibly mess things up for other equipment currently up there. Way to go North Korea, screwing things up for everyone again.
No space shuttle? No problem for the US Military. They are still launching their secret space plane on a secret space mission . . . suspiciously soon after seeing the North Koreans launch their trash into space.
Star Trek has been stolen. No not the TV series. A fishing boat named Star Trek was stolen in New Zealand. Authorities have yet to confirm, but my money is on the Klingons as the culprits.
What is it with companies firing people by email? DC Comics suddenly fired Batgirl writer Gail Simone by email. Way to stay classy DC Comics.

Talking Point:

An obsolete law could land you in jail

Zuke’s Favorite: Art from where you poop

Zohner’s Favorite: Torch of Awesome

Schmidty’s Favorite: Epic Rap Battles of History: Moses vs Santa

Stark’s Favorite: This coffee table is made for computer geeks

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Mayans Gone Wild

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:53:22 GMT

Mark your calendars; the apocalypse is coming up. Better be sure to take advantage of our special GoToMeeting offer! And any other offer you might get in the next few days.

Headlines:

North Korea finds a unicorn lair. I don't even know what to think anymore.
Redbox Instant Delayed. Wait, Redbox Instant?!
Netflix signs exclusive deal with Disney. Beating out HBO, Stars and other overpriced cable channels.
I'll believe it when I see it.
In Mother Russia, iTunes is actually pretty fun to use!
Well, this just sucks.
You’d think McAfee would know more about computer security
Law enforcement asks Congress to make phone companies keep logs of text messages for up to two years.
Apple production to move from the factory with 4% suicide rate to the factory with 4% illiteracy rate.
Private military. In SPAAAAACE
Hooray for cheaper cell plans! Boo expensive phones.
Blackberry OS will block 106 of the easiest passwords from being used.

Fastlane:

Will the world end in 2012? Not according to the latest NASA Frequently Asked Questions list.
Jar Jar fans are disappointed. Uncle George states he won't have much to do with the upcoming Star Wars films.
Wow, what a disappointment. Instead of giving City of Heroes a final send-off, the owners just shut off the server. Way to stay classy there NCSoft. (More: NCSoft stock drops after the decision)
Pack your bags. Private companies are trying to set up space tourism with trips to the moon. Your ticket will cost $1.5 billion US.
Whoops, studios accidentally ask Google to drop links to legit movie websites in an attempt to stop piracy.
Windows XP drops below 40% of the market. Windows 8 is now past 1% of market share.
Happy 20th birthday to the text message. Now, will you put down that phone and eat dinner?

Talking Point:

Is your internet review libel? ?

Zuke’s possible favorite: The worst thing ever conceived.

Zohner’s Favorite: The Battle of Helm’s Deep as you’ve never seen it before.

Stark’s Favorite: Yes it is the new Star Trek teaser trailer. And the Japanese trailer with more footage.

Schmidty’s Favorite: The Walking Dead - Infographic

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Not A Company

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 05:04:25 GMT

We're back after an extended turkey slumber. Zuke can't seem to figure out what a "country" is, Zohner is wormhole'n, and Microsoft can't seem to catch a break.

Headlines:

Fast Lane:

Somehow classified and sensitive shredded documents from the New York Police Department were used as confetti this year. Thus adding the new line to your Miranda Rights; You have the right to have your private information thrown out over the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Not Skyfall...Skyfall. A UK government website listed a fake 007 job position. Now someone else will soon be looking for a new assignment.
TSR (the makers if Dungeons And Dragons) is back baby. After Wizards of the Coast let the trademark lapse in 2011, a new gaming company has picked it up and will be starting Gygax Magazine.
Scandinavian police raided the home and confiscated a Winnie the Pooh laptop of a nine-year-old girl after she attempted, and failed, to download some music by a Finnish pop star. In the process, they managed to prove that “Weird Al” was right when he sang “It doesn't matter if you're a grandma or a 7-year-old girl, They'll treat you like the evil, hard-bitten criminal scum you are.”
A Chinese company has started manufacturing a knock-off version of the new Apple iMac and has managed to beat Apple to the market. The rather convincing copy runs Windows 8 and matches everything in the original iMac. Can’t wait for this one to be put into another episode of Jimmy Kimmel where people can’t tell it’s not an Apple.
The Onion named North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the sexiest man alive for 2012. Newspapers in China grabbed the story, and not understanding the awesomeness of The Onion, ran with the story as a fact proving that they need to get out from behind the Great Firewall of China and explore the Internet a bit more.
Director Bryan Singer has confirmed that Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart will appear in the upcoming film X-Men: Days of Future Past. As we all know, everything is better with a little bit (or a lot) of Patrick Stewart thrown in.
Scientists have found the largest black hole ever. Get your minds out of the gutter we are serious.

Talking Point:

Tech expectations vs tech reality

Zuke’s Favorite: All parenting feels like this.

Zohner’s Favorite: Creepy is as creepy does.

Stark’s Favorite: When You Wish Upon A Death Star

Schmidty’s Favorite: Bungie's next project, Destiny, concept art leaked

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All The Gifts

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:22:38 GMT

This week's podcast is our annual "Geek Gift Guide". We recorded earlier in the week, so some of the headlines may have changed since then. Just like overhead luggage. That is also our new tagline: "Stolen Droids, just like your luggage." It's a work in progress, but that catchphrase cost us $2500 with a PR firm. Hope you like it.

Headlines:

Talking Point:

Best Holiday gifts for geeks

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So Many Edits

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:21:11 GMT

Congrats to Schmidty for having a new Schmidty!!! Squishy's mic is fixed and Zohner isn't in a wormhole anymore, so why are there so many edits in this episode?! Who knows.

As a reminder, be sure to head on over to Krypton Radio's Kickstarter and help contribute!

Headlines:

Fastlane:

Neil deGrasse Tyson has unlocked another achievement. Appearing in Action Comics helping Superman find his home planet. Now if he could do something about that vest, which is real.
Didn’t get that Black Friday deal last year? Guess what, they are running it again. 90% of this year's Black Friday deals are the same bargains as last year.
Yeah, the current round of shooting that is happening around Israel? Yeah, it started on Twitter.
It’s official, Mark Wahlberg is going to star in the Fourth installment of the Transformers series. This is sad news because it confirms that despite my best efforts with my trusty voodoo doll, this movie is actually happening.

Talking Point:

Have Japan's electronics been eclipsed?

Zuke’s Favorite: BSG gets back to kicking ass!

Zohner’s Favorite: Best toy ever!

Stark’s Favorite: Girl you're giving me goosebumps

Squishy’s Favorite: AVGN The Movie Trailer

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Stolendroids Present Jonathan Coulton

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:00:12 GMT

We make Zohner's dream come true and get a chance to talk to the awesome Jonathan Coulton! Be sure to check out this great interview with one of the most talented musicians around today! Also, be sure to grab your tickets to his upcoming concert at The State Room, November 27th, 8:00 PM. More information can be found on his website.

Official Website: Jonathan Coulton

Twitter: @jonathancoulton

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Preshow Of Doom

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:50:56 GMT

After an hour-long pre-show, things started low and only went downhill from there! Apologies in advance for any damage we may cause you while listening to this week!

Headlines:

Fast Lane:

Pixar has decided to name its main building after the late Steve Jobs who helped found the corporation in 1986. They were originally going to name it the “You Are Holding It Wrong Business Center”, but decided that was too long to write on an envelope.
Microsoft is paying gamers in Xbox Live Points to Play Halo 4 at a rate that comes out to about $0.05 per hour. See Mom, I always told that playing hours and hours of video games would pay off.
Yet another study toils the dangers of Video Games....just kidding it says if you want to be smarter, play video games.
Confusion about ‘The Hobbit’ being filmed in 48 frames per second has led to an actual FAQ detailing what it is, what it means, and where you can see it, or avoid it. At what point will be cheaper for the audience to just make their own version of ‘The Hobbit’ with puppets instead of paying the latest increase in ticket prices?
The first openly Horde gamer has come to the Maine State Senate Acknowledged MMO player and level 85 Rogue Colleen Lachowicz is one of the newest members of the Maine State Senate. True story; when she won the election, she posted the Final Fantasy “victory song” to her Facebook.
In news that is surprising to almost no one, the USA Network has renewed their highly regarded series 'Burn Notice' for a Seventh Season which will put the episode total over 100. For a burned spy, Michael Weston sure gets a lot of work.
As a sign that it is truly the end of days, a "rage comic" posted on Reddit actually may have saved a man's life. A comic originally making fun of a guy for messing around with an unused pregnancy test and having it come back positive led commenters to explain that such a result could actually be a symptom of testicular cancer and urged him to have it checked. Turned out, they were right! It seems that for every 100 million hours spent on Reddit, one life is saved
Elfquest movie rights have been bought by.....the team that did the fan film. Hey, I’m ok with this.
It’s official. After less than a year Star Wars, the Old Republic is going free to play on Nov. 15th. Apparently, the force was not strong with this one.
He may not have written a concession speech but Team Romney had already created a transition site for the early days of President Romney. Normally that wouldn't be a problem, however, a staffer accidentally made the site live Tuesday night even as President Obama was announced the winner. It’s like ‘Dewey defeats Truman’ all over again, only online.
NASCAR drivers are half as likely to participate in social media with their fans as other sports leagues. Wait, didn’t we want to avoid texting and driving?

Talking Point:

KryptonRadio Kickstarter

Zuke’s Favorite: This python could kill you

Zohner’s Favorite: Create custom Windows 8 tiles

Squishy’s Favorite: As a Dad of a daughter who already loves video games, this is Awesome

Stark’s Favorite: How Casino Royale should have ended

Schmidty’s Favorite: World War Z Trailer

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Worst Intro Ever

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:19:23 GMT

Our latest podcast starts a little slow, but I think we make up for it! We're back to a full team and ready to pick apart Apple's newest releases, RIM's latest breakup, and Superman becoming much more realistic.

Feedback:

Guys,

Twitter blocking a feed has nothing do to with the First Amendment of the US Constitution - even if they blocked a US feed. The actual text of the first amendment is ...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

It does not say ...

Twitter shall make no law [take no action?] ... abridging the freedom of speech.

So - twitter is 100% free to do what they please with regards to the first amendment. Twitter is providing a service and if they want to remove the service to a select or group of individuals - fine by me.

To me, free speech without consequence (ie your comment re trolls in real life) is just as bad as I am just removing your right to free speech (wasn't it you guys that talked about the troll that had is real life name and address publicly exposed?).

Cheers,

Ruff

Headlines:

Superman comic loses the most unbelievable part of the story.
Apple's rubber-banding isn't so special after all!
US Border Patrol bars RIM from entry. Sorta.
Under cover of Apple, Zynga shuts down some studios
Apple is crazy-go-nuts! (new 13” MBP, skinny iMac, another iPad, and expensive mini iPad)
Amazon earns $13.81 Billion. Loses $274 Million

Talking point:

Zuke’s Favorite: Even the shuttle Endeavour has a sense of humor

Zohner’s Favorite: THIS!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Largest Zoomable image of our Galaxy

Stark’s Favorite: Dice Rings.....yes, please

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Stolendroids Present Yahtzee Croshaw

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:00:23 GMT

Special thanks to our friends over at Open Book Audio for the great opportunity we had to interview everyone's fast-talking video game critic, Yahtzee Croshaw. We talk about Mogworld, the state of video games, and his newest creation Jam. Be sure to have a listen and follow the links below to learn more about where you can find out more!

Yahtzee's Blog: Fully Ramblomatic

Escapist Magazine's Zero Punctuation

Mogworld in dead tree form and audio form

Jam in stores now!!

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Censor The Eagle

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:37:11 GMT

We are down a man as he learns to cope with "Internet Withdrawal". We ask that you pray for him as he goes through what must be a terrible time. Also, EAGLE!

Feedback:

Hi Guys,

No feedback lately, mainly because you haven't talked about anything financial and ballsed it up. While you have been talking about things that I have views on, my apathy is kicking in and squashing my follow through.

Now - that said, I have kept one of your podcasts on my iPod so that I can re-listen to it ... the one that discussed the AV software. That was most timely as my McAfee annual subscription had run out the day before and I had been reviewing what I wanted to do. I ended up going with the same software but I chatted to a McAfee sales rep and got it for 60% off.

I also have other AV apps going but I find the most useful is a daily backup (with weekly archiving) followed by a restore to the latest 'clean' backup if (when) I get infected. I call it my scorched earth virus protection method.

One last thing ... when am I getting my invite to be a guess chatter (or is it chattee)?

Cheers,

Ruff

Headlines:

Red Bull gives us balls the size of family sedans!
What on Earth is Amazon up to?
Come to mention it, what is Apple up to?
Google releases its own pr0n
Stay shiny... and animated
Foxconn starts a “Bring your child to suicide and riot” day
Nokia is also losing money, but not as much as before
Japan buys Sprint...Does Japan have money?
Newsweek is dead. Long live Newsweek!
It’s time to put Motorola down.

Talking Point:

Is some censorship on the internet ok?

More info.

Zuke’s Favorite: The Most Epic Moment In TV History

Zohner’s Favorite: dafuq?

Stark’s Favorite: EEEEEPPPICC Rap Battles of History....now EAGLE

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Stolendroids Present Larry Correia

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:02:40 GMT

For your listening pleasure, we have the epic Larry Correia with us! Larry's series of Monster Hunter books have made the New York Time's Best Seller list and the praise they get is well earned. In addition to being an incredible writer, he's also a gamer, gun nut, a G.I. Joe, and an action figure. Be sure to follow him using the links below and pick up a copy of the newly released "Monster Hunter Legion"!

Website: Monster Hunter Nation

Baen Books: Larry's Page

Monster Hunter Kickstarter: Donate Today!

The guy sitting down? That's Larry . . . as a The guy sitting down? That's Larry . . . as a comic book character! Geek cred +10M

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Your McCarthy Hat

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:18:25 GMT

We have one huge talking point this week and a whole boatload of headlines. Lucky you!! Don't forget that you only have days before the voting is closed for the 2012 PodCast awards!!

Feedback:

Thank you for making one of your talking points about antivirus. I have been doing a lot of research on trying to find the best, and in everything I've found and everything I've tried I've noticed that the Microsoft Security Essentials, SuperAntiSpyware, and Malewarebytes, seem to be one of the best combinations as far as free goes. For Paid services AVG Internet Security 2012, and AVG PC Tuneup appear to be the best. I've tried Norton, McAfee, AntiVir, Avast, Symantec, Microsoft OneCare (before it became Security Essentials) Both Paid, and unpaid versions. It's good to hear what you guys use, and to have some validation that I've chosen the better ones to use.

Thank You.

Toven.

p.s. Some anti-virus's won't allow you to install if you have another anti-virus installed. AVG and Microsoft Security Essentials don't seem to like each other much.

Atlas Shrugged 2

Warm Regards,

Robert

Headlines:

Fastlane:

A "blanket-style" DMCA takedown order from Microsoft was processed by Google hitting 65 different websites. According to the notice, all references to the number “45” infringe on Microsoft’s copyright on the number. I don’t think we really need to add a punchline here, do we?
Korean rapper, PSY, threw a free "Thank You" concert in Seoul for his fans which ended up literally shutting down the city as people flocked to the streets to see him. PSY has good reason to thank his fans; his hit “Gangnam Style” is currently sitting at #1 in the UK and #2 in the US. Good thing there wasn’t an oscillating fan there . . .
Microsoft has decided to phase out its "Points" system used on Xbox Live and the Live Marketplace in favor of using normal currency instead. Previously, someone would need to purchase items using Microsoft Points, which were purchased at the rate of 80 for $1.00. This continues Microsoft’s latest trend of doing things that actually make sense!
In an effort to cater to the geek demographic, Bravo has introduced a new reality show called "Silicon Valley". Initial reports compare it to The Hills, only with the words “synergy” and “web” used a lot more. It is even worse than you think it is.
Indie game studio PETA has released a new game to point out the horrors of Pokemon. Ignoring the fact that Pokemon aren’t actually real animals, we’re surprisingly going to side with PETA on this one. The thought of capturing animals in the wild just to have them fight each other to the death while living in tiny Pokeballs does actually sound sort of horrific.
While Apple Maps might have trouble telling people where the nearest Starbucks is, it seemingly has no problem showing EVERYONE where a top secret military base is located. The long-range radar base in Taiwan had been top secret until Apple missed the memo to omit it and published it’s full info to its mobile app. We’re sure this can only help Apple’s PR in China.
A programming glitch on Xbox Live wanted gamers to pay over 4 billion Microsoft points for the new Borderlands 2 expansion pack. Good thing Microsoft hadn’t phased out the points system yet; 53.7 million dollars sounds much worse!
Superman can be seen sporting a new outfit in the upcoming Action Comics #18, due out in March. Without a trace of irony, writer Andy Diggle pointed out how iconic and recognized Superman was and how he intends to change that. All joking aside, the suit looks like Batman and Spawn had a baby. Not cool.

Talking Point:

Do Not Track

Zuke’s Favorite: Forget “That Was Easy”, THIS is the button you need!

Zohner’s Favorite: Partysaurus Rex

Schmidty’s Favorite: Our new Intro, complete with Music Video. Thanks, Rymdreglage or Ninja Moped!

Stark’s Favorite: CONDORMAN!!!!!!!!!!!

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Best Show Title Ever

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:41:12 GMT

Reminder: Please nominate us for the 8th Annual Podcast Awards in the Technology field! We'll be besties forever, I promise! More info here.

Feedback:

Hey,

I've been useing free AV for a while now and it works fine. I started out with free panda cloud AV and now I'm using Avira Free AV which by the way is getting anoying with the ads it likes to pop up every time it updates...

PS. my Gmail is having problems so sorry if I've missed anything.

Headlines:

Hackers take over Adobe, everyone's screwed.
Hackers take over the White House... .more info
Generic Security Headline
First, it was Valve, then Blizzard, now Minecraft hates Windows 8 and may not make a version for it.
Nokia continues its map surge
Apple offers a unique solution for the iPhone; tells you to hold it differently.
Iran blocks Gmail. Iranian officials miss Gmail. Iran unblocks Gmail.
Microsoft's climb back down the ladder
Fourth largest cell carrier buys MetroPCS to become . . . fourth largest carrier.
Ad agencies blast Microsoft for not selling our information to them.
Really want your friends to see your crappy Instagram pics on Facebook? Pay a $20 to share the pain.

Fastlane:

Nokia has decided to forego the whole "saving the company" thing and bank it's only phones in the US on AT&T service exclusively. Since it didn’t work at all for the Lumia 900, I’m sure it will work great for the Lumia 920.
Redbox is considering changing its business model to include tickets to concerts and other events. While I don’t think anyone walks by their local gas station expecting to make an impromptu $100 purchase, the $1 ticket fees are very tempting.
Proving that scientific progress means nothing if it isn’t on social media, Curiosity checked into Foursquare . . . from Mars. This makes a two-ton rover the first Mayor of Mars.
Facebook announced that this week it passed 1 billion users mark. To commemorate the occasion, Facebook launched its very first ad. The ad centers on how Facebook is just like a chair. Supposedly the ad was made by their finance team.

Talking Point:

Upcoming Movies

Zuke’s Favorite: It's Neesom Season

Zohner’s Favorite: Weird Al but in book form

Stark’s Favorite: You’re a Smeg Head

Schmidty’s Favorite: TRON How it Should Have Ended Rap

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Iran Vs AOL

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:00:09 GMT

We are without a Zohner, as he's abandoned us to get an autograph or something. Iran thinks it can survive without Google, RIM is limping along better than expected, and Europe needs to suck it up a bit!

Headlines:

Fast Lane

At an anti-Japanese gaming demonstration in China, a girl was assaulted by three protesters for her choice of cosplay. Her character, however, was Chinese. Chinese authorities have released a statement that these protesters were nothing more than “brainless beasts”, marking the first time in history the rest of the world has been in total agreement with the Chinese about their protesters.
Fresh from the disastrous launch of their new Maps in iOS6, Apple is trying desperately to hire ex-Google Maps programmers in hopes they can pretty up their “dough-faced homunculi” of an app.
The cast of Red Dwarf X is asking for a Doctor Who crossover. Who would win in such a fight? The fans would.
The Aporkalypse is upon us! According to the National Pig Association in Great Britain, drought conditions this year will lead to an unavoidable world shortage of pork and bacon next year. So this is how society will end...
Apple’s request to trademark it's orange Music icon found on all iOS devices was denied in court this week. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board said the icon was too close to that of, wait for it, Myspace! Oh, the Apple iRony!
California has just legalized driverless cars on the road. While many safety groups question the wisdom of such a move, California Governor Edmund Brown Jr. was quick to point out that this should help keep the public safe from DUI’s of former child actors.
Hubble is still going strong with the recent release of the “Extreme Deep Field” image. Now looking into the farthest reaches of SSSPPPAAACCCEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not content to just try and sue Apple, Samsung is now going after LG as well. Since both companies are based in South Korea, the local courts will be dealing with the issue, however, LG seems to have a convincing counter-suit that could ban Samsung phones from being sold in Korea. Doesn’t Samsung want a single country they can still sell it?!

Talking Point:

How Do You Anti-Virus?

I've noticed that there is a lot of debate about the best Anti-Virus Anti-Malware... Program out their, but which really is the best? From Free to Paid, then comparing Free & Paid. Will Stolen Droids make this a talking point, or possibly a regular segment as software changes and updates?

Thanks. Toven

Zuke’s Favorite: Want to get off this rock? Follow these easy steps!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Sesame Street: Hunger Games, Avengers, Dr. Who, and The Newsroom

Stark’s Favorite: Google presented by the NFL replacement refs

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Pretty Pink Podcast

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 02:10:42 GMT

This podcast is dedicated to the ladies! Kinda.

Also, a reminder that September is Charcot-Marie-Tooth Awareness month! For more information, visit http://cmtausa.org

Feedback:

I'm sorry sad pandas but i can't give much feedback this week as I don't have much time for TV -_-

although I must admit that the new show "Revolution" may force me to change that in the future...

Mike

Headlines:

iPhone 5 launch
iOS 6 details
The new dock connector is smaller, but adapters are pricey which means that Apple is gonna get paid
GoDaddy suffers massive outage and then tries to make nice
Spam hits you from a Facebook hole
Warner Brothers now want to make original content for Netflix
Time Warner wants to sell you a better Netflix experience
Remember how Anonymous stole all those Apple UDID's from the feds? It wasn't the feds.
As OnLive dies, Agawi lives on
HP's estimates were inaccurate; they're cutting 29000 jobs, not 27000
G4 rebranding
An MMORPG protest of 5,000 to save City of Heroes
Shatner is doing a documentary on WHAT?!?!
After the success of Game of Thrones, HBO greenlights a Terry Brooks Shannara series
Star Trek Into Darkness

Fast Lane:

Remember how we told you to secure your wifi? Turns out it’s been ruled you are not liable for someone else downloading porn on your connection if you didn’t know! So go ahead, unsecured, your network and claim ignorance!
A set of thieves tried to knock over an Apple store by driving their own BMW through the gate. Then they almost couldn’t get out. Then they left the license plate. So we know what type of people buy Apple products . . . now we know what type bother stealing it.
The Australian military is warning its servicemen about making friends (especially the busty kind) on Facebook. Turns out that many of the accounts used to friend allied military forces have been traced back to Taliban spies. Here’s hoping they didn’t send them any of “those” pictures.
The Collins Online English Dictionary has added a few new terms to their database, including such popular words as “amazeballs,” “frenemy,” and “bridezilla.” One word describes this: amazeballs.

Talking Point:

For women making technology “accessible” for women

Zuke’s Favorite: Crazy Uncle Joe is about to get jumped!

Zohner’s Favorite: Bane has a new job

Stark’s Favorite: Star Trek fans are rebuilding the TNG bridge and need your help

Schmidty’s Favorite: Real Life Rollercoaster Tycoon

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Stolendroids Present Kristen Nedopak

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 05:25:26 GMT

We have the beautiful and unbelievably talented Kristen Nedopak on our latest episode. Star of The Skyrim Parodies, Fight Class, host of many shows, and evidently former hawker of . . . marital aids? Don't ask, just listen in! And be sure to follow her on her site and Twitter!

IMDB Link

Twitter: @Nedopak

Facebook Fan Page

http://kristennedopak.com/

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Griefed By Facebook

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:57:49 GMT

We have no feedback . . . and that makes us sad pandas.

Headlines:

Bruce Willis takes on Apple in new Die Hard
Facebook wants to use email and phone number based ads. Didn’t they beg us for this information previously?
Marissa Mayer is awesome at awkward
Can you copyright something you stole?
A good day for the Facebook stock
Nokia launches Windows 8 phones
Google announces the Kin, LMAO!! Motorola’s are a let-down.
4Chan does it again
First Lady's speech was taken down from YouTube for copying the First Lady's speech. More madness.
Hackers release a million Apple UDID from FBI. FBI says they didn't HAVE UDID's.
Bitfloor, a major Bitcoin Exchange site, was hacked and lost $250,000 in bitcoins
Lady Gaga’s new album is actually an iOS app. Um, k?
We can make fun of Star Wars fans, right? There’s not that many of them.
Farmville 2: Now with more lost animals pooping in your yard.
EA hates you if you’re a single-player
They still want to make a Wonder Woman TV show
Daniel Craig has signed on for two more Bond films
Have you friended your computer?
The kingpin is dead. Michael Clark Duncan dies at 54.
Fall 2012 TV Review

Zuke’s Favorite: Edward slaps a fish!

Zohner’s Favorite: Nobody needs removable batteries. Or to upgrade their RAM.

Stark’s Favorite: What’s in Adam Savage’s bag down in his Man-Cave?

Schmidty’s Favorite: Gang Fight -by Rebecca Black

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Pulling A Stark

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:56:10 GMT

We have Minecraft fever! Well, three of us do anyway. We yell at those young whippersnappers, adore Weird Al, and try to get Gungam Style out of our heads!

Not sure if you saw this yet but the pirate bay is launching a free VPN called PrivitizeVPN.

Just thought you may be interested.

regards,

Mike

Who should be held responsible if your online info is stolen?

I think it depends. Social sites it should be a matter of common sence, if you post content you relinquish ownership in some cases. If however you store content on a site specifically designed for content storage and or backup then that site should be held responsible. For sites like email then you use their service in good faith that they can keep your account safe, so yes they should be held responsible also. All financial or personal data sites like medical info should also be held responsible. If you download something for free, buy something from an unknown app developer, or use opensource software then you can only blaim yourself should anything happen. Likening this to the lemonade thing, if you buy little susies lemonade its something usually made by a child so you are accepting the risk of getting sick, its common sence. If however you go to a fast food or reseraunt and buy a soda or something then its supposed to be a drink from a reputable source and your buying it in good faith that it wont make you sick, and therfore the resteraunt or fast foos place should be held responsible. Its basically common sence law.

Sorry about the spelling, my tablet doesn't seem to have, or I can' find the spell checker. I have auto correct off cause it was driving me nuts. (Sort drive)

Thanks, Toven.

Headlines:

Android needs a new image
Sony has a big-ass TV. We want Sony's big-ass TV.
LulzSec . . . we're still after them?
Joss Whedon to bring S.H.I.E.L.D to television
Iran is now cut off from World of Warcraft. War starting in 3....2....1.....
No one knows what the cloud is!
The Zune is all but dead (more)
Java has some problems
Samsung trades a Galaxy S III for an epic drawing of a dragon A wild Trogdor appears in the comments.

Fast Lane:

The HD photos taken by the Mars Curiosity Rover have been stitched together at Gigapan, allowing people to zoom in and inspect the Martian landscape for themselves. Unfortunately, it also lets people snap pictures and leave comments about how every rock looks like an alien.
Move over Tupac! The Republican National Convention actually made a holographic Ronald Reagan but shelved it at the last minute due to fears it might upstage GOP candidate Mitt Romney. I’m actually not making any of that up.
The day is for Bond, James Bond. On October 5th the world will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the world’s greatest spy.
Bic has come out with a pen specifically designed for women prompting much ridicule online. What? Men with small hands don’t need to write too? And why is it that things are just “for women?” Yogurt? I like to poop just as much as my wife, maybe more...

Talking Point:

The increasing speed of technology adoption and early adopters

Zuke’s potential favorite: What in the name of all that is holy . . . ?

Stark’s Favorite: What was Patrick Stewart and Simon Pegg doing during the London Olympics?

Zohner’s Favorite: Lego Serenity is AWESOME

Schmidty’s Favorite: The best Old Spice Ad Ever!

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Wall-E Was Open Source

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:25:47 GMT

ctually, he might be an IBM i-Series! We have RIM news, security news, Disney news! We have it all this week!

A couple of comments ...

Better include me as one of those nutjobs that thinks that video games have an influence on shootings. There are any number of studies that show that playing video games with or without replica guns (instead of joystcks) improves overall accuracy and headshot accuracy in particular. Do video games lead to violence - I don't know ... are they a contributing factor - absolutely. My dad saw this in his boys (me and my brothers) when we watched wrestling on TV and then started to wrestle ourselves - we didn't get to watch those shows again.

Quantum entanglement - from my understanding, your description was pretty good. However, the information relay wasn't instantaneous. As reported in the article "While quantum teleportation is subject to the cosmic speed limit, the speed of light, ...".

Finally my take on the Apple presentation to Samsung wasn't as rosy as yours. Didn't Apply play the Patent troll here?

Apple: "Hey - you are using stuff that we have the patent for. Pay up if you want to keep using it or we will see you in court."

Microsoft said 'Ok, fair cop'. Samsung said 'On your bike sunshine'.

Cheers,

Ruff

PS: I say cheers because I spend a few years in England and picked up the habit there.

Headlines:

Fast Lane:

Voyager 2 turned 35 years old this week, making it the oldest piece of active NASA equipment. Turns out that ol’ V’Ger is still actively sending data back to us and is about to leave the sun’s heliosphere!
Rumor has it that John Travolta will be joining the remake of The Toxic Avenger. In related news, John Travolta apparently still has a career.
Plants Vs Zombies II was announced. No word if “Electric Boogaloo” will be a sub-title.
Rob Liefeld left DC Comics with an awesome Twitter rant. Looks like we have two wishes left...
Microsoft has unveiled its first new logo in 25 years. Consisting of four colored squares and the word “Microsoft,” it was apparently developed by a four-year-old.
Gee, why hasn’t anyone seeing the Star Trek Online player “SkyBuckFlying” lately? Oh yeah, because he was trying to sell an illegal patch that made all of the other players nude. Way to stay classy there SkyBuck.
AMC has started a Presidential Campaign for A. Zombie for President. His first act in office will be to launch a zombie horde on Dish Network.
Logitech has released a washable keyboard. Now you office monkeys can eat your jelly donuts and spill your coffee without fear of having to make up an excuse to the IT guy as to why your keyboards keep needing to be replaced.

Talking Point:

Should software developers be sued for security holes?

Zuke’s Favorite: Toronto has a potty mouth!

Schmidty’s Favorite: Video of Curiosity Landing!!!

Zohner’s Favorite: I'm not the only bad parent.

Stark’s Favorite: September 1st..........the Doctor is coming.........

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Dew Or Not Dew

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:27:09 GMT

Shout-out (and apologies) to Risa from Trekradio.net and Zohner's Mom. We have a full accounting from Vegas, weird tourism ads, and Google is letting everyone go!

Feedback:

hey guys,

I've not yet become a huge fan of the cloud or the idea of storing my personal files online. The only files that I upload are one that I am sharing with others (usually family pictures and videos) via FaceBook or email. Right now the thought of losing files online that I may not get back so easily, just down right scares me.

Regards,

Mike

Headlines:

Google doesn't know what to do with Motorola
So Google buys Frommers instead?
The Oatmeal wants to save the Tesla Tower
EA throws its weight behind Windows Phone 8
This is not helping the fight against violence in video games.... at all...
Internet Pro tip #1: Don't open up a naming poll for your next Mountain Dew. Trolls will attack.
Quantum Entanglement NIC's, here we come!
Samsung had the chance to avoid all these issues with Apple
Can't afford a tourism ad? Use Google Streetview!

Fast Lane

CERN scientists have potentially generated the hottest ever man-made temperature ever: 5.5 trillion degrees. They don’t say if that’s in Fahrenheit, Celsius, or Kelvin but it doesn’t really matter because the same results can come from microwaving a Hot Pocket for more than 3 minutes.
The Air Force's latest test of a Mach 5 missile failed when the control fins, which were never meant to go Mach 5, ripped off. The Air Force announced that this was the fastest speed they had ever seen a catastrophic failure happen and it was totally what they intended all along.
The Google Play Store now has gift cards you can give people in $10 and $25 amounts. You can give these to your friends who can’t manage to type the word “torrent” into Google itself.

Zuke’s Favorite: YOU NEED A GYRO SENSAH!!

Zohner’s favorite: The Lego Story

Schmidty’s Favorite: 360° view from Curiosity's vantage point

Stark’s Favorite: Baby Got Back sung by the movies

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Bangers And Mash

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:45:17 GMT

This week our cousins from across the pond give us a LOT to talk about. They're just like us anyway . . . only they don't call it "sausage".

Hi guys,

Thought I would drop you a line after your recent discussion about the London 2012 coverage or your lack of ;)

Over here in Jolly old England we have got pretty much every base covered.

The BBC always provides coverage for any Olympics as well as the majority of big events of similar stature.

We have 4 BBC channels here in the UK, of which 2 are providing coverage live through the whole day. At points they may even get a third channel also providing coverage.

As well as the channels, BBC provides an interactive service where they broadcast every event live and you can choose to watch whatever you want. This is easily accessible (you just press the red button on your remote) and is easy to navigate. It also provides the full schedule for the events.

On the BBC's on demand service you can also choose to watch some of the shows after the fact.

All sports are provided with commentary on each service, and what's more the commentators are all sports personalities themselves. And for the majority they mainly only appear on sports they have been associated with. So having these types of people calling the shots they are providing much more insight than Joe Bloggs could.

I found it interesting when you said about commentators repeating themselves to get on the highlight reel. This is something that doesn't happen over here. The commentary is only repeated if they are later showing highlights or repeating the event. If highlights are being shown on the news or other shows most of the time the clips are shown with no commentary.

Between events they do provide interviews but only ever with the athletes, previous athletes or experts. No random celebrities here for the most part.

Our coverage is vary fair, if their is an event where we have one of our big athletes competing it will be broadcast on BBC one. But other than this all events no matter what country is competing is given an equal amount of love and attention.

This treatment isn't something specific to the London Olympics as this level of coverage was exactly the same at the previous Olympics as well as the winter Olympics, which we are absolutely crap at.

Hope this helps answer some of your questions.

Keep up the fantastic work.

Much Love

Wayne

Headlines:

Curiosity Rover Landing
Curiosity lands on a DMCA Takedown
Embedding is not copyright infringement. Suck it MPAA!
Huawei is full of spies?
Yahoo is getting sued for letting passwords get hacked
E-Books are now outselling actual books
Iran is taking its ball and going home
Acer to Microsoft: Don't be stepping fool!
Demonoid gets raided and Anonymous gets all revenge
Blizzard got hacked

In comic book movie news:

Fast Lane

Google has been ordered to pay $22.5 million in fines for "misrepresenting" Internet privacy. Because, as everyone knows, once you put something on the Internet, you’re the only one who can ever see it.
Shaun of the Dead has been transformed into an arcade game. Now fans can play as Shaun and Ed as they battle in front of the Winchester Tavern. Um, you’ve got red on you.
A new concept for online password verification would potentially stop hackers in their tracks by having you match pictures you like. Supposedly this can also help find the next Dalai Lama.
Facebook has let its voice be heard in the case of users who were fired for "liking" the page of a candidate for sheriff. Their argument is that “likes” fall under free-speech. If the judge agrees, your employer will have to find a different excuse to fire your unproductive butt. Maybe you should be working instead of browsing Facebook.

Talking Point:

Woz doesn’t like the cloud. More

An epic example

Zuke’s Favorite: Mars Lander . . . and dancing Batman

Zohner’s Favorite: Mars Lander vs Lucas . . . I just hate him so much...

Schmidty’s Favorite: Mars Lander … and Mars Lander photos

Squishy’s Favorite: Sarcastic Rover

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Happy Painted Braaaiinnss

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 03:31:25 GMT

We're a droid down and have the most relaxed "Fast Lane" ever! And we don't really want an undead Schmidty!

Feedback:

Zuke, RIM is laughing at you right now.

I admit I never really needed a YouTube account but I still ended up with one... I already used my real name for my user. In my opinion forcing or prodding users to use their real names instead of aliases or nick names is not going to stop them from being morons. The only true thing it does it annoy the decent users that have no part of the trolling.

If I was YouTube I'd find a different way to stop trolls, maybe hire a league of troll killers...

regards,

Mike

Headlines:

Fast Lane:

Peter Jackson has announced that The Hobbit will now be three movies instead of two as was originally planned. This was apparently done because two films didn’t allow for enough time to tell the story found in a book with 297 pages.
The CW will air the Dr. Horrible Sing Along Blog on October 9th. Now you no longer have an excuse for not watching it.
Photos of the surface of the moon show that all but one of the flags planted by the Apollo astronauts are still standing. To quote Mythbusters: Suck it conspiracy theorists.
After hitting a 15 year low, Nokia’s stock price rebounded by 44% this week. Nokia’s gamble on Windows Phone might be paying off!

Talking Point:

Is Technology Screwing Up The Olympics

Zuke’s Favorite: Mr. Wizard's a dick!

Stark’s Favorite: Orion: Exploring Beyond

Zohner’s Favorite: PBS totally understands how the Internet works

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The Brownie Is A Misnomer

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 06:30:21 GMT

We keep getting letters, and we love you guys for it! Remember to send your questions or feedback to feedback@www.stolendroids.com!

Feedback:

Hey, uh, about that whole immortality thing, I miss-understood the man on the radio...

The story they were bringing up was from 2009 (go figure) any way, they were saying with all the new medical technology we have specifically artificial organs and the such humans should have the ability in 20 years or so to be ageless, thus considered immortal to a degree.

My Bad,

Mike

Thanks for answering my question and discussing my comment. Re Cablevision - their app checks if the computer has an external screen ... and if it does it will not install. It isn't a foolproof method of separating laptops and desktops but it will work most of the time.

Also - I'm not British. I am Australian. Just about a world of difference ... don't worry about it ... American's get totally confused by my accent and 95% of them will think 'England'.

Cheers,

Ruff

Headlines:

Syria took a break from the Internet
Microsoft reports their first loss since going public...
...but Apple keeps making money
Yet another Mac virus discovered in the wild. How’s that security by obscurity working for you?
What does the future hold for Zynga? Hopefully less wandering cows.
Sprint’s billion-dollar gamble doesn’t seem to be paying off.
Viacom has just learned that maybe their channels aren't actually that popular.
YouTube shows us comment trolls don't mind if we know their names.
Samsung wanted to go to war against Apple
Google tells Samsung it's a bad idea
Samsung destroys evidence of it ever happening

Fastlane:

Jack Coleman, also known as Horn-Rimmed Glasses from Heroes, will be joining the cast of Castle for next season. Surprise, surprise . . . he’s a possible bad guy.
A new iPhone case has been developed with a built-in battery which allows it to charge the phone. It also allows you to stun attackers with 65,000 volts from two contact points . . . contact points that you put next to your head when actually using the phone! Expect to see some hilarious ER stories coming from this.
Microsoft has officially come out and stated they are sick of having to protect everyone from Java malware. Their new official stance states in no uncertain terms, “Update it or stop using it!”
The Federal government has filed a suit and retailers have stopped carrying the popular geek toy, Buckyballs because of perceived safety hazards. It looks like if you want to choke on a toy, you’ll now have to settle for Legos or simple marbles.
Facebook’s stock has hit a new low despite beating second-quarter earnings estimates. At $24 a share, is this a stock to buy? I doubt it.
Sally Ride died this week of pancreatic cancer at 61. Nothing snarky here, just a farewell to an American hero.

Talking Point:

Tragedy in Aurora

Zuke’s Favorite: Some militaries are more efficient than others.

Zohner’s Favorite: Further evidence that Hollywood is out of ideas

Schmidty’s Favorite: New XKCD section - XKCD just got more awesome

Stark’s Favorite: What happened to the Star Wars that I use to know?

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The Pineapple Reboot

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:11:21 GMT

Tu n'est pas un ananas!

Oui! Je suis l'ananas!

Trust us, it will make sense!

Thanks for your answers to the questions I sent you a few weeks ago. It's just too bad no one else sent you any...

By the way scientists have been talking about some interesting and possibly alarming things having to do with immortality for humans, you may want to look into it if you have not already.

regards,

Mike

Question: Are your handles (Zuke, etc) your actual names or handles? I thought they were so ... errr ... off the wall that they had to be handles (eg Neo instead of Mr Anderson).

Comments: Have you seen this ... http://www.optimum.net/laptop/

Cablevision / Optimum Online is letting me watch TV on my apple iPads or my windows laptops. They don't allow the app to install in desktops. What have they got against desktops?

Cheers,

Ruff

Headlines:

Comicon News:

Fast Lane:

Best Buy is now distributing copies of Google Chrome on CD. This should help your parents who can’t download a program used to browse the internet, from the internet.
NASA has released a new game for Xbox Kinect that will allow you to live through the terrifying 7-minute descent of their new Martian rover. If that sentence right there isn’t awesome enough for you, check your pulse ‘cause you might be dead.
Rotten Tomatoes had to shut down their commenting section on Dark Knight Rises after a couple of reviewers posted less than glowing comments. Fans of the movies immediately started sending death threats, showing just how mature comic book fans are.
Rush Limbaugh recently made comments on his show that Dark Knight Rises is a calculated piece of propaganda against Mitt Romney. Pointing out that the villain is named Bane, which he states is an obvious attack on Romney’s venture capital company, Bain. Maybe we should redirect some of those Rotten Tomato members?
Windows 8 has an official release date of October 26th. Start prepping your parents now, you’re going to be messing with their computer with the update hits.

Talking Point:

Constant hero reboots.

Zuke’s Favorite: The unboxable unboxing video

Zohner’s Favorite: Thomas Jane likes to punish

Stark’s Favorite: Lady Gaga meets steampunk violins

Schmidty’s Favorite: Written by a Kid

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Beware The Hammer

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:08:59 GMT

As it turns out, we can only do a fast lane when we have a lot of headlines to blow through. Otherwise, we really aren't that fast! We've got your feedback questions and the universe decides to play a joke on Zuke!

Feedback:

On face book I noticed the droids wanted their listeners to send them questions for a possible Q&A episode so here's a question or two from me... well, four anyway. haha

Any of you into steampunk? If not what sort of alternate realities do you imagine?

What got you interested in the tech world?

Tumblr?

What programs do you use to create the podcast?

Many regards,

Michael

Hi guys,

I have been listening to you for about 2 months now and am currently going through your back catalogue (at the moment I am at ep 23). So please accept my sincerest apologies for not contacting you sooner. My problem is I listen to pods whilst I work and then totally forget to email.

This week you discussed the benefits of apps to assist reading. I can't see this as being anything but a good thing, I have progressively learnt reading and co-ordination skills as well as many other things from various media. Whether this be video games, comics, tv etc.

The best way to learn is to engage with the material that you are being given. For some people this is simply having the text in front of you, and for some having it as a game style format will work better. The key thing is being able to have the variety of methods available at your disposal, not everyone learns the same way. And with apps it can potentially monitor your progression and then adjust its learning curve accordingly.

I think padds are the way of the future and should be implemented at every school. And save on paper and having to buy huge new text books or stock text books that are 20 years out of date.

One other subject I missed a while back was games. My top 5 is Final Fantasy 7 - epic in every sense, completed it 6 times and each play through takes at least 80 - 100hrs, Sonic 2 - so revolutionary and addictive it still stands up today, GTA3 - it was the first of the new wave GTA and revolutionised the series, Metal Gear Solid - such a great movie feel for a game, Resident Evil 2 - the first resi evil game I played and still my favourite.

Keep up the great work.

Wayne

Headlines:

Fastlane:

Scientists would have us believe that Batman could actually fly with his cape but landings would be dangerous. Obviously, they don’t realize that he’s the freaking Batman and he’s practically indestructible.
I can haz a film festival? Minneapolis can haz! A film festival dedicated to Internet Cats is set to start August 30th. No matter who wins, we’ve all lost.
It may not be a planet anymore, but Pluto manages to keep scientists on their toes by collecting more and more moons. The newest has been designated P5 and has been captured by Hubble. Gotta catch them all.
Firefly will be returning to television this fall. The Science Channel will be airing a documentary looking at the Comic-Con reunion, as well as a special behind-the-scenes roundtable interview with the cast where they’ll answer many questions they’ve probably answered for fans before.