FFS Talk podcast

By Dan Hugo

This is a conversational show about problems and solutions, discussing what is working and what isn't and what "we" might do about it.

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How many episodes does FFS Talk podcast have?

The podcast currently has 140 episodes available.

FFS Talk podcast episodes:

March 05, 2026Episode 0119: Voting
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Voting is something that happens during elections, but it can also happen at other times and in other ways. The general notion of voting and casting votes could be better-understood.
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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50min
February 26, 2026Episode 0118: Revisiting Feeds
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: We talked about rivers and walls and feeds back in episode 53, now is as good a time as ever to look at this one-dimensional feed that has captured the world in various forms while two-dimensional views are really what we need. Maybe even three.
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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48min
February 19, 2026Episode 0117: AI Hype pt 1
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Artificial Intelligence is going to take all jobs in 18 months leaving you more time to relax and enjoy life for as long as you have money saved up… the hype around AI Coders is pure chaos.
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Anthropic Claud makes a C Compiler https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-c-compiler
NateBJones is very excited https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKk77rzOL34
ThePrimeagen is skeptical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QryFk4RYaM
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39min
February 12, 2026Episode 0116: Ubiquitous Cameras
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Look around in your travels and note how many people have cameras (in their phones, in their pockets, on their bodies) and how many cameras mounted on traffic signal poles, buildings, and drones are looking at everything. Always looking…
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
...more
30min
February 05, 2026Episode 0115: Passive Participation
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Passive participation sounds like something you find on your tax forms (I think it is, actually), but here we are going to ponder modernity when it comes to happenings around us, especially where social media is involved.
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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43min
January 29, 2026Episode 0114: Rollback
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: We are not talking about databases, but there is a concept in databases where a change set can either be committed for all to see or rolled back to make the change set but a memory that need not be seen. If only such things were possible in the real world…
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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33min
January 22, 2026Episode 0113: Apathy
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: There are probably a few of these sorts of things to which this suggestion applies, that Apathy can be a good thing in moderation.
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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40min
January 15, 2026Episode 0112: Movie Reactions
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: There is an entire genre of media production built around reacting to the content of others, whether movies, series, or the work of peer content creators. Check out episodes 0033 and 0063 of this very audio program for previous ponderings on this topic, but today it is Movie Reactions.
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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41min
January 08, 2026Episode 0111: Cars vs Pedestrians
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: I may have spoken of this before, but lately I am really feeling the difference between being inside a car and in front of one out on our streets here in Vegas, and this really should not be the case in this twenty-first century, should it?
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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1h 1min
January 01, 2026Episode 0110: Engaging The World
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: A tremendous amount of our individual engagement with the rest of the world, near and far, is digital, thanks to social media and search engines and now more and more, AI. We should think about this.
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
...more
37min

FAQs about FFS Talk podcast:

How many episodes does FFS Talk podcast have?

The podcast currently has 140 episodes available.