Examining

By Erik Christiansen and Kris Hans

Examining is a technology-focused podcast that dives deep. Our co-hosts, Erik Christiansen and Kris Hans examine the technology industry, productivity, and education, and provide practical tech tips. ... more

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about Examining:

How many episodes does Examining have?

The podcast currently has 90 episodes available.

Examining episodes:

September 24, 202575: Liquid Glass Design
Following up on episode 74 on the September 2025 Apple event, Erik and Kris discuss Apple’s newly released operating systems for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and macOS. This year brings perhaps the largest design overhaul since 2013’s iOS 7. Across all its operating systems, Apple has introduced a new concept, “Liquid Glass,” a new material and design philosophy that is both new and old. The co-hosts talk about how Liquid Glass is both different and familiar, comparing it to the original macOS and Windows 7, and also review the major feature changes in each operating system.
SHOW NOTES
Apple’s introduction of Liquid Glass for WWDC 2025
Six Colors Blog operating system reviews
iOS 26 review
iPadOS 26 review
WatchOS 26 review
macOS 26 Tahoe review
Apple operating system standards on Figma (and other platforms)
Steve Jobs introduces Mac OS X, 2000 part 2 and part 3
Windows 7 design principles (transparency)
TIME STAMPS
00:03:46 What is Liquid Glass?
00:13:20 What’s old is new again
00:29:17 iOS 26
00:38:41 iPad OS 26
00:47:08 macOS 26 Tahoe
00:53:37 The future of Liquid Glass
CONTACT:
Website: examining.ca
X: @examiningpod
LinkedIn: ca.linkedin.com/company/examining

TEAM INFORMATION:
Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
X: @egchristiansen
Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca
X: @KrisHans
...more
1h 2min
September 18, 2025 74: Thin Air and Budget Devices
In this episode, Kris and Erik break down the September, 2025 Apple event. Apple launched a new iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, the iPhone Air, new Apple Watches (Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE 3), and AirPod Pro 3.
SHOW NOTES:
Watch the Sep 2025 Apple event
PCMag: You Probably Missed These 7 iPhone Announcements at the Apple Event
MacRumors: Apple Says iPhone Air is Another Step Towards ‘Singular Piece of Glass’
The Verge: The eight biggest announcements during Apple’s iPhone Air event
The Verge: Apple barely talked about AI at its big iPhone 17 event
CONTACT:

Website: examining.ca
X: @examiningpod
LinkedIn: ca.linkedin.com/company/examining

TEAM INFORMATION:

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
X: @egchristiansen

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca
X: @KrisHans
...more
54min
September 10, 2025 73: $3000 A Book
SHOW NOTES:
Bloomberg Law: Anthropic Judge Blasts Copyright Pact as “Nowhere Close to Done”
Reuters: Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Author Class Action
Tom’s Guide: Claude AI Will Start Training on Your Data Soon — Here’s How to Opt-Out Before the Deadline
Futurism: Sam Altman Says Dead Internet Theory Is Coming True
Wolfram Media: What Is ChatGPT Doing and Why Does It Work?
CONTACT:

Website: examining.ca
X: @examiningpod
LinkedIn: ca.linkedin.com/company/examining

TEAM INFORMATION:

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
X: @egchristiansen

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca
X: @KrisHans
...more
42min
September 03, 2025 72: AI Agent or Data Broker?
In this episode, Kris and Erik discuss AI Agents. They cover what they are, how they operate, and the pros and cons of having these agents roaming the Internet.
SOURCES
The Verge: AI agents are science fiction not yet ready for primetime
Microsoft: Copilot and AI Agents
OpenAI: Introducing ChatGPT Agent
CONTACT
Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host Website
Website: krishans.ca
...more
39min
May 25, 2025 71: AI Companions
SHOWNOTES
"AI Coding Tools Could Bring Us the 'One-Employee Unicorn'": Fast Company
"Chamath Palihapitiya tweet about not studying code": X (formerly Twitter)
"Interview with Ray Kurzweil": Intelligent Machines Podcast
"Microsoft Thinks AI Colleagues Are Coming Soon": Fast Company
"Your Politeness Could Be Costly for OpenAI": TechCrunch
"Adobe Introduces 'Created Without Generative AI' Label": Fast Company
"Not Made by AI Logo Pack": NotByAI.fyi
"How People Are Really Using Generative AI in 2025": Harvard Business Review (HBR)
"Infographic: How People Are Using Generative AI": HBR
"Studies Show AI Can Dull Your Thinking Skills—Here’s How It Can Also Sharpen Them": Fast Company
"GPT-4 Prompting Guide": OpenAI Cookbook
"A Practical Guide to Building AI Agents (PDF)": OpenAI
CONTACT
Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host Website
Website: krishans.ca
(Show notes and timestamp images developed with help from ChatGPT)
...more
46min
April 07, 2025 70: Wasted Bytes
The State of Apple
Daring Fireball: https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino
HEY World: https://world.hey.com/dhh/age-is-a-problem-at-apple-f7ae6eca

AI Discussion
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1d4h1h9/claude_versus_chatgpt/

Featured Media
IMDb (Buy Now documentary): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34350086/

⌚ Pebble Watch Returns
RePebble: https://repebble.com/

CNET: https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/pebble-watch-returns-it-might-be-exactly-what-the-smartwatch-landscape-needs/

CONTACT
Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host Website
Website: krishans.ca
(Show notes and timestamp images developed with help from ChatGPT)
...more
1h 8min
March 04, 202569: Kleenex of Video Conferencing
Quantum Computing Breakthrough from Microsoft
Microsoft News: Microsoft’s Majorana-1 Chip Carves New Path for Quantum Computing
Nature: Microsoft’s Quantum Computing Bet: Topological Qubits Finally Arrive
Popular Mechanics: Majorana-1 Topological Qubit Could Revolutionize Quantum Computing
ChatGPT 4.5 (For Pro Users)
TechRadar: ChatGPT 4.5 is Here for Pro Users Now and Plus Users Next Week – and I Can’t Wait to Try It
Reuters: OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-4.5 to Some Paying Users, Expand Access Next Week
One Useful Thing: The End of Search, the Beginning of Research (Related analysis on AI-driven research)
Our experience with deep research: Erik’s deep research question is still running after a couple of days.
Inc: Microsoft Says Workers are Already Using AI to Lighten Workloads, at Risk to Their Own Brainpower
iPhone 16E (Assessment of Reviews)
Wired: Apple iPhone 16E Review
John Gruber: Daring Fireball’s Take on the iPhone 16E
Framework Desktop
Polygon: Framework Desktop: Gaming Specs, Price, and Where to Buy
The Verge: Framework Desktop Announcement – Price, Release Date, and Details
The End of Skype
Microsoft: The Next Chapter – Moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams

CONTACT
Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host Website
Website: krishans.ca
*Show notes and timestamp images developed with help from ChatGPT 4o
...more
1h 13min
February 05, 202568: DeepSeek Disruption
SHOW NOTES
The Verge: How DeepSeek Crashed the AI Party
The Wall Street Journal: Six Takeaways From a Monumental Week for AI
Nature: How China Created AI Model DeepSeek and Shocked the World
Fortune: Researchers Had a '100% Attack Success Rate' vs. DeepSeek
Microsoft WorkLab: Research Proves Your Brain Needs Breaks
TWiT.tv: Marc or Marx?
CONTACT
Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca
...more
46min
January 30, 2025 67: AI, AI, and more AI
News Articles
* Inc.: AI Isn’t Magic, and It Isn’t a Strategy Either
* Ars Technica: It’s Remarkably Easy to Inject New Medical Misinformation into LLMs
* Reuters: OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle to Invest $500 Billion in AI, Trump Says
* MobileSyrup: OpenAI's Operator Can Browse the Web and Perform Actions for You
* Daring Fireball: Siri Is Super Dumb and Getting Dumber
Tips
* Ars Technica: Home Microsoft 365 Plans Use Copilot AI Features as Pretext for a Price Hike
* Thurrott: Microsoft 365 Personal and Family Plans Get New Copilot Features and a Price Increase
Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host Website
Website: krishans.ca
...more
50min
January 13, 2025 66: 2024 Highlights
In this episode, we explored the latest tech highlights of 2025, covering Nvidia's advancements, the rise of AI devices and applications, Microsoft's recall issues, and Apple's innovations with Silicon and the Vision Pro. We wrapped up with a lighthearted tangent on decluttering projects, diving into how we organize our lives amidst all this tech!
Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host Website
Website: krishans.ca
Show notes created with help from ChatGPT 4.
The transcript is AI-generated. Please excuse any errors.
...more
1h 32min

FAQs about Examining:

How many episodes does Examining have?

The podcast currently has 90 episodes available.