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 166 episodes available.

FFS Talk podcast episodes:

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
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37min
December 25, 2025Episode 0109: Retrospective 2025
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: This year is coming to an end, is there anything that simply works so we do not need to do anything about it? Maybe, but I am seeing some patterns.
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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29min
December 18, 2025Episode 0108: Smart City
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: The “Smart City” concept has been around for decades, and if you ask anyone anywhere they will tell you what they think makes a city smart, the question is whether they are correct.
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Smart City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_city
Toronto and Project Sidewalk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidewalk_Toronto
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38min
December 11, 2025Episode 0107: We vs They
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Certainly the expression “Us versus Them” is familiar, and is usually indicative of an adversarial relationship. Here let us consider a more neutral environment wherein one side or another must Do Something.
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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27min
December 04, 2025Episode 0106: Certainty
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: This happens all the time online, more and more daily, but it can happen anywhere and at anytime, and it has, and it does, and will continue, the notion of certainty regarding a topic or event about which there is none (or very little).
Links
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Dunning-Kruger Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Certainty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certainty
Ryan McBeth “Warcrime” commentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFjHzuH7CyI
Paul Reiser bit about The Guy (Letterman) https://youtu.be/ToROdrYDSA8?t=120
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45min

FAQs about FFS Talk podcast:

How many episodes does FFS Talk podcast have?

The podcast currently has 166 episodes available.