Geeks & Beats

Geeks & Beats episodes:

• 01.27.2024

  Elon Musk will implode in 2024

  2024 is the year Elon Musk finally implodes thanks to the U.S. Presidential Election and pressure from Tesla shareholders.

  
• 01.26.2024

  How being hacked changes in 2024

  Ransomware isn't going away, but in 2024 a new threat will overtake it: hacking artificial intelligence algorithms for fun and profit.

  
• 10.28.2022

  The Future of Social Media with Brittlestar

  Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter, does this portend the downfall of western civilization? The Internet's Favourite Dad, Stewart Reynolds, AKA Brittlestar, thinks The Kids Today won't put up with this shit the way Gen-X and the Boomers do.

  
• 10.12.2022

  The Blockchain Primer

  When electricity was first invented, Victorians had to learn a lot about it. Blockchain is kind of like that. Eventually we won't care. But until then, here's a primer on what you need to know about this world-changing technology from...

  
• 10.05.2022

  Where's My Hologram? with Proto's David Nussbaum

  Star Wars holograms suck. Meet the man who's Proto technology has been used at concerts and awards shows, is being used by Wall Street schmucks, and may even be used by hospitals by remote doctors. David Nussbaum says the future...

  
• 09.28.2022

  S01E03 Where's My Sexbot with Annette Masterson

  Since Westworld debuted in 1973, we've been promised a world of consequence-free sex with robots. They're still coming, and PhD student Annette Masterson at Temple University has been studying their rise since 2018 and the unusual technologies required to make...

  
• 09.21.2022

  Where's My Privacy? with Cory Doctorow Part 2

  Sci-fi author and digital rights activist Cory Doctorow on why Telsas are "Murder Cars" and how to talk to your kids about Surveillance Capitalism without scaring them off their smartphones.

  
• 09.14.2022

  Where's My Privacy? with Cory Doctorow Part 1

  Our smartphones are being used against us. Sci-fi author Cory Doctorow on the science behind his fiction "Attack Surface" and why we must protect ourselves. Part 1 of 2.

  
• 01.21.2022

  Real AI for Sustainability

  Real AI is making a real difference in shrinking the carbon footprint of generating electricity. Microsoft Sustainability Director Michelle Lancaster and Ontario Power Generation's VP of Energy Markets, Nick Pender, are working together to produce clean power for Canada's biggest...

  
• 01.05.2022

  CES 2022 with Rick Kowalksi

  The CTA's Rick Kowalski joins Michael Hainsworth as they discuss how big Augmented Reality is going to get, how tech from self driving Indy cars will end up in your car, and how artificial intelligence is changing how we cook.

  
• 12.10.2021

  Real Ai For Language Translation Podcast

  Science Fiction’s “Universal Translator” is one step closer thanks to artificial intelligence. #RealAI is being used to protect the Inuit language in Canada’s far north and prepare us for the day when our smartphones will automatically translate a foreign speaker. 

  
• 11.10.2021

  Real AI for Accessibility

  Many technologies we all take for granted today got their start as assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Today, AI is making the world a more accessible place. Dave Dame, Microsoft's Director of Accessibility, tells us he's optimistic about the...

  
• 10.28.2021

  The Future of Live Music, NTFs, and The El Mocambo with Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace

  G&B; SPECIAL: Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida on the band launching it’s latest album as an NFT. We’ll explain what it is and how it puts the power back in the hands of the artist. Michael Wekerle has turned...

  
• 10.21.2021

  Real AI for Risk Prediction

  Canada’s biggest life insurance company has seen a lot of change in its history. Not since the invention of the adding machine a year after Manulife first opened its doors in 1887 has the company had a more powerful tool...

  
• 09.11.2021

  Real AI for Missing Children

  Every parent knows the heart-stopping experience of losing sight of their child at a park or that first time they go out into the world with their friends. More than 30,000 children disappear every year, and while most of them...

  
• 08.19.2021

  Real AI for Healthcare

  Real AI is being used today to help stop a killer in its tracks, one that will claim 25% of Canadians in their lifetimes. At BC Cancer in Vancouver, Doctor Sam Aparicio says he has “huge optimism” over the role...

  
• 07.22.2021

  Real AI For Agriculture and Climate Change

  "We're eating the planet to death," we're warned. But Real AI is being used today to fight climate change while feeding more of us more efficiently. Terramera's Karn Manhas and Ranveer Chandra of Microsoft show Michael Hainsworth how artificial intelligence...

  
• 07.19.2021

  Real AI for Missing Children

  Every parent knows the heart-stopping experience of losing sight of their child at a park or that first time they go out into the world with their friends. More than 30,000 children disappear every year, and while most of them...

  
• 05.20.2021

  Real AI for Sustainability in the Public Sector

  Artificial Intelligence is being deployed to protect the environment by cleaning up abandoned mines, determining the best locations for electric vehicle charging stations, and keeping cheating appliances off the electrical grid. At Natural Resources Canada, Vik Pant is leading the...

  
• 05.20.2021

  Geeks & Beats Announcement

  Big news from the world's most popular podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth!

  
• 09.30.2020

  Series Finale Intern Appreciation Livestream

  COVID-19 killed Geeks & Beats. While Alan and Michael are still healthy, so is the demand for business to business podcasts and a documentary series. Join The Internet's Favourite Dad, Brittlestar, as he hogs the virtual open bar while we...

  
• 09.23.2020

  Raffi vs. Fascism, Black Lives Matter, and Augmented Reality

  The children's musician Raffi on fighting fascism, supporting Black Lives Matter, taking piano lessons at 75, and the science of writing children's music. Plus: why he's not answering the Augmented Reality call on Bananaphone 2.0

  
• 09.16.2020

  Neil Peart and the Apple Announcement

  Rush fans don't need to be told Neil Peart is a percussive hero, but on what would have been his 68 birthday. A Chinese smartphone maker eclipses Apple after Cupertino fails to release a new iPhone. And an American fighter...

  
• 09.09.2020

  The Elmo is Back

  It’s finally happening: A beloved Toronto music venue, the El Mocambo, is coming back to life, palm tree lights and all. Delayed by COVID-19 and the cruel hands of fate, the El Mo will livestream its first concert on September...

  
• 09.02.2020

  How COVID-19 tech changed society and sex

  [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZmV88Rk0Pg&w;=560&h;=315] Sex Tech CEO Lora Dicarlo joins us to talk about what COVID-19 has changed in society and sex, and why the last thing you want is your Internet-connected dildo hacked by the Chinese.   QR Codes, Video Conferences...

  
• 08.05.2020

  Digital vs. Analogue Audio with Glenn Schick

  We take a deep dive into your Dad’s stereo with Grammy winner Glenn Schick. We also find out why Alan can’t listen to Classical music on Compact Disc, and discover why an audio format that couldn’t beat the CD in...

  
• 07.29.2020

  Mental Health and the Entertainment Industry with TSN’s Michael Landsberg

  Wasn’t Kurt Cobain’s suicide a wakeup call? TSN’s Michael Landsberg knows how to talk about mental health issues. And on what would have been Robin Williams’ 69th birthday, the geeks speak about a topic that seems to have been largely...

  
• 07.15.2020

  Before there was MTV with Tarzan Dan

  MTV is pushing 40?!? Tarzan Dan from YTV’s Hit List drops by Studio 3B to talk about those in music television who came before him, he and Alan swap tops on how to interview a rock star, and we find...

  
• 07.01.2020

  The Future of Headphones is 3D

  Audeze founder Sankar Thiagasamudram explains that the next big thing in audio is 3D in a way you didn’t know you were missing with your typical headphones today. The headphones of the future will be spatially aware, and adjust to...

  
• 06.24.2020

  My Fake Band

  What if that random joke you make turned into a party game? The Brothers Hermann of My Fake Band drop by Studio 3B to talk about kickstarting the Next Big Thing around the campfire. Plus: K-pop as the world’s conscience...

  
• 06.17.2020

  First Woman in Space

  The United States might have put a man on the moon first, but it was the Russians who first sent a woman to space. The Vintage Space star and author Amy Shira Teitel joins the geeks this week on a...

  
• 06.10.2020

  Isolating Richard Crouse

  Pop Life host and entertainment gadfly Richard Crouse is cramped in his spacious home office talking to celebrities in his fabulous hair while he waits for COVID-19 to pass and he can get back to making traditional television. We talk...

  
• 06.03.2020

  Mixing + Mastering with Glenn Schick

  Multi-platinum, Grammy winning mastering engineer Glenn Schick drops by Studio 3B to talk about the evolution of getting a musician’s idea out of their head and into your ears. The digital nomad whose work has crafted the sound of Justin...

  
• 05.27.2020

  Don’t Stop Believin’ in Crowdsourcing

  Music Producer Rob Wells drops by Studio 3B to talk about his crowdsourced version of a classic Journey hit by musicians from around the world. Plus, how the introduction of Pac Man 40 years ago marked the beginning of the...

  
• 05.20.2020

  Vintage Space Battle with Amy Shira Teitel

  Amy Shira Teitel of Vintage Space drops by Studio 3B to tell the story of two female aviators fighting for control of a 1960s NASA astronaut program that did not exist. The space historian and YouTube star’s latest book, Fighting...

  
• 05.13.2020

  Instruments of COVID-19

  Instrument online sales are through the roof, but returns aren’t. Cosmo Music’s Mark Hebert isn’t worried about a rash of regretful rocker wannabes. But it’s not all rosy: Amazon takes a huge piece of the action. What is Canada’s largest...

  
• 05.06.2020

  News Not Noise with Jessica Yellin

  Veteran CNN reporter Jessica Yellin on how COVID19 is changing newsrooms, her Instagram-based news service, and why Fox News isn’t solely to blame for the Untied States of America. News Not Noise By Christa Sampson What happens when the news...

  
• 04.29.2020

  COVID Killed the Streaming Star with Zack Zalon

  A blessing in disguise? Cardi B is suffering a 17% drop in online streaming amid COVID-19. But are we really turning to radio as we WFM? Zack Zalon of Super HiFi joins Alan and Michael to discuss the intersection of...

  
• 04.22.2020

  The Car Man vs. COVID-19

  How does a car company switch to producing ventilators in the age of COVID-19? Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) joins us to talk about marshalling his members to convert production lines from making car parts...

  
• 04.15.2020

  COVID-19 vs IROC-85

  It’s 1985, you just bought this bitchin’ IROC-Z. What’s the first song you play as you drive off? We put that to the listeners and came up with #possiblyfakefacts about each entry then turned the tables on Alan Cross to...

  
• 04.01.2020

  The Future of VR is Sound

  Nobody cares about audio until they can’t hear it. But when it comes to VR, what makes the virtual real is as much the sound as the three dimensions around you. Overworld XR founder Jonathan Rowden joins us in self-isolation...

  
• 03.25.2020

  Take 2-Coronapocalypse AI: The Panic Index

  (Fixes missing audio) What Pornhub analytics tells us about how we’re “working from home.” The Coronavirus Panic Index claims its A.I. saw this coming by analyzing the emotion of our social media posts. Cognovi Labs CEO Dr. Beni Gradwohl introduces...

  
• 03.18.2020

  My Corona

  Legendary Tragically Hip manager Jake Gold tells us why COVID-19 will make SARS look like the sniffles for the music industry. And actual doctors are recommending we switch from shaking hands to the “Live Long and Prosper” sign. Remember when...

  
• 03.11.2020

  The Future of Music Has Arrived: MIDI 2.0

  The man behind MIDI 2.0, Mike Kent, drops by Studio 3B to talk about why an update to a 37 year old technology is going to revolutionize the way music is produced, and how it’s so powerful, we have no...

  
• 03.04.2020

  History of Headphones

  Your AirPods are thanks to grunge musicians of the 1990s. Your dad’s headphones came from the U.S. Navy. And Grampa? The invention of the telephone. Headphone wizard and CEO of Audeze Doctor C. joins us to look back at the...

  
• 02.26.2020

  Any Night of the Week

  Music fans in Toronto can easily club and hall hop on any given night and see a lineup of incredible homegrown and internationally known bands, from tiny rooms to a major arena.  That wasn’t the case even 50 years ago,...

  
• 02.19.2020

  The B Material

  What do Mark Hamill, Wutang Clan, James Spader, Pearl Jam, Pokemon Go, Spotify, Augmented Reality, Samsung, and a vinyl pressing plant fire all have in common? This episode. The post The B Material appeared first on The Geeks and Beats...

  
• 02.12.2020

  Married Valentine

  Valentine’s Day shouldn’t just be for new couples, amirite? Pol Gerbeau of Desire Games on his “Dare” app for married couples, Michael browses “the best edibles for a romantic evening” while Alan fears his wife’s reaction to the app. The...

  
• 02.05.2020

  The Return of High Fidelity

  The rise of the iPod marked the decline of the dominance of the Home Stereo. But as streaming audio dominates, HD audio is making a comeback - and Apple should be worried. Mark Cohen of Audeze joins us to talk...

  
• 01.29.2020

  Doctor AI

  A new study has found AI is better at spotting breast cancer than a doctor. A super team of researchers from Google Health, Imperial College London, the National Health Service and Northwestern University have trained an AI model on X-ray...