Episodes

420 episodes

367: The SnuggieNet

1 h 6 min

In this episode, the hosts discuss privacy, platform responsibility, technology business practices, and video games. Guest Dave Bittner joins the privacy and security discussion, and Jason DeFillippo reviews a new MacBook Air. The hosts...

366: Spider People

1 h 3 min

Episode 366 covers technology news, privacy, online platforms, entertainment, and listener feedback. The hosts also discuss proposed social media rules, Amazon returns and packaging, and several security concerns. Tesla’s Dog Mode fix and...

365: Supreme Pizza Court

1 h 37 min

Jason DeFillippo hosts guest Christopher Lochhead, with Dave Bittner joining later in the episode. The discussion covers technology privacy, accessibility, online marketplaces, cybersecurity, and surveillance. The speakers discuss human...

364: I Want My 2 Dollars

43 min

This episode covers the Equifax settlement and a range of technology news, including layoffs, platform restrictions, wireless consolidation, and data privacy. The hosts also discuss gadgets, television, research involving human and animal...

363: 99 Cent Store Mushrooms

1 h 12 min

Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss illness, technology news, television, digital privacy, and family discoveries. Guest Dave Bittner joins them for a conversation about digital inheritance and security, and the episode closes...

362: Naratu Run

54 min

In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss technology news, security concerns, streaming services, and app subscriptions. They also revisit the Baader-Meinhof effect and the Naruto run, then close...

361: Thumbsy Uppies

55 min

The hosts discuss technology and privacy news, including YouTube recommendations, Facebook’s privacy fine, surveillance, streaming emissions, and customer location data. They also review entertainment, examine psychic apps and an Area 51...

360: Slackers

1 h 18 min

In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, the hosts discuss AI-generated music, workplace tools, privacy, and surveillance. They also review consumer products and software before turning to collectibles and entertainment news. An e-scooter...

359: 19% Upside?

52 min

Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss technology news, labor issues, surveillance, and artificial intelligence. They also review podcasts, television, and film before responding to listener feedback. The hosts discuss a reported...

358: Inverted Schulmeister

1 h 9 min

Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss restrictions on audio apps in China, deepfakes, free broadcast TV, deleted ebooks, Huawei, and outsourced software work. They also cover television, podcasts, books, unusual news stories,...

357: Precious Little Dolphins

1 h 7 min

Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss jury duty, technology news, social media moderation, and consumer gadgets. Guest Dave Bittner joins them for a conversation about car software, surveillance, digital identity, and security....

356: CRISPR Bacon

54 min

This episode of Grumpy Old Geeks covers technology policy, online advertising, corporate taxes, and a new Firefox release. Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister also discuss entertainment, science stories, listener feedback, and careers...

355: Phone Bones

1 h 4 min

In this episode, the hosts discuss technology news, online platforms, security, and consumer devices. Topics range from Slack’s direct listing and Facebook content moderation to phone unlocking claims, Apple repairs, and a disputed claim...

354: Viva Le Libra!

1 h 18 min

In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss Facebook’s proposed Libra currency, surveillance and protest tactics, online platforms, and technology news. They also review television, music, and books,...

353: Reality Apathy

1 h 6 min

This episode of Grumpy Old Geeks covers social media moderation, privacy and consent, and the economics of online businesses. The hosts also discuss synthetic media, a medical records privacy case, stolen Radiohead recordings, gadgets,...

352: The Quibi Must Flow

1 h 3 min

This episode covers technology, media, and entertainment, from airport face scans and autonomous trucks to YouTube regulation and synthetic media. The hosts also discuss Quibi, Dune adaptations, and listener feedback. The hosts compare a...

351: Let Them Poke Cake

1 h 19 min

This episode covers technology regulation, urban transport, platform governance, privacy, and consumer devices. The hosts also discuss security concerns, mapping tools, disaster planning, and the 2019 Women’s World Cup. The hosts discuss...

350: Cangaroooooo!

1 h 5 min

In episode 350, Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss account changes, gene editing research, possible technology antitrust investigations, gig work, and Apple announcements. They also examine YouTube recommendations, review...

349: Pika-Poo

1 h 9 min

In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, the hosts discuss privacy, platform practices, and technology news, including robocalls, personal data sales, mobile app tracking, and Alexa recordings. They also cover space debris, 5G spectrum, music...

100: So Much Universe, and so Little Time

1 h 23 min

In its 100th episode, Grumpy Old Geeks looks back at the show and remembers Terry Pratchett. Brian Schulmeister and Jason DeFillippo also discuss technology news, online conduct, books, music, and their new Patreon page. The hosts reflect...