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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The podcast currently has 166 episodes available.

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September 18, 2025Episode 0095: Personal Supply Chains
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Anyone who had never before heard of a supply chain probably did during the infamous Pandemic Lockdowns, when global supply chains were suddenly a part of the problem rather than the amazing global economy. What about your own supply chains?
Links
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FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Supply Chain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_chain
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42min
September 11, 2025Episode 0094: Context Tools and Methods
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Recorded on a day with one so-called Political Assassination and yet another school shooting here in the US, the way we share this information is in need of some reflection and improvement.
Links
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Buy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
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1h 4min
September 04, 2025Episode 0093: Context in Modern Media
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: In these modern times, everyone is a reporter, though very few are journalists, and those who are may or may not be putting in the time when the next YouTube video or TikTok or Reel or whatever needs to be posted.
Links
Profile Page Linking Everything https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Buy Me An Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
FFS Talk Home https://ffstalk.com/
Wired Article on Chorus taking Dark Money https://www.wired.com/story/dark-money-group-secret-funding-democrat-influencers/
BTC Short on launching a new platform for left creators https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f6uwmKZ8_3I
BTC on focus explicitly on messaging and expanding reach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB3yvIqcwQo
WeAreChorus site https://www.wearechorus.com/
Taylor Lorenz site https://www.usermag.co/
Brian Tyler Cohen site https://www.briantylercohen.com/
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50min
August 28, 2025Episode 0092: Pizza
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Pizza is one of those things that is regional, somewhat tribal, and is always a topic of conversation. The same is true of a great many things, but who doesn’t like pizza? Don’t answer that.
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
Wikipedia Pizza page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza
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25min
August 21, 2025Episode 0091: Blockchain Web3 Metaverse AI Oh My
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: The hype cycle is real, and we seem to be experiencing them in overlapping fashion, faster and faster, like Tarzan passing from vine to vine through modernity. Gartner Hype Curve cover art image by By Olga Tarkovskiy - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27546041
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
Gartner Hype Cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartner_hype_cycle
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33min
August 14, 2025Episode 0090: Ideological Platforms
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Who at this point is not on one or both of Twitter and Bluesky, or X and BS if you like, and who finds that a good thing?
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
Gizmodo on Social Media Bots Study https://gizmodo.com/researchers-made-a-social-media-platform-where-every-user-was-ai-the-bots-ended-up-at-war-2000642012
Ars on Social Media Bots Study (w interview) https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/study-social-media-probably-cant-be-fixed/
The Study preprint on arXiv https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
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59min
August 08, 2025Episode 0089: Explainers
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: Explainers are a real thing, on YouTube especially but on any video media, well-produced explanations about how things work, from people who might know what they’re talking about…
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
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40min
July 31, 2025Episode 0088: Solipsism
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: The philosophical notion of solipsism is a bit extreme, while the more practical definition or common use leans more toward individualism or egocentrism. Whatever the words we use, are we too selfish?
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
Philosophical Solipsism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism
Prisoner’s Dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma
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29min
July 24, 2025Episode 0087: Civics
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: From sports to driving to preparing food and more, there are so many things we need, or want, to do each day which we choose to learn about, understand, and practice on a regular basis. Why have we made that one big thing that we all use continuously in one way or another, such a mystery?
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
Buy Me an Update https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo/posts
KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
Civics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civics
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38min
July 17, 2025Episode 0086: Knowing vs Not Knowing
Show Notes
Host: Dan Hugo
Summary: If someone is supposed to know something, and others rely on them to know that something, but they do not know that something, what next?
Links
Buy Dan A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danhugo
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Dan´s Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/danhugo
KoFi Solo https://ko-fi.com/danhugo/posts
Dunning-Kruger Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
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29min

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How many episodes does FFS Talk podcast have?

The podcast currently has 166 episodes available.