Geeks & Beats

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, when "rock bands (were) playing in tiny coffeehouses in Yorkville," says Jonny Dovercourt, author of […]

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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.

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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.

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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 about the return of High Fidelity. Plus: Ground Zero for the Coronavirus is also the home of China's punk scene, and why we've been KICKED OFF SPOTIFY

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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 images from almost 29,000 women.

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The geeks look back at the creative force behind Rush, why Star Trek Picard may determine the future of CBS All Access thanks to subscription fatigue, and Dr. House in Spaaaace….

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Cannabis journalist Jameson Berkow joins us to talk about why the best gadget at CES 2020 may have been a Vape Pen from CES 2016. Plus, the founders of high-tech marijuana humidor maker Keep Labs walked away from CES 2020 and an award after being told they couldn't tell attendees their biometric security device was […]

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Join the geeks as we eat our way through CES 2020, Michael discovers IOT-powered diapers, field reporter Andy Baryer finds a Samsung TV that rotates itself to portrait mode for vertical video, and Alan uncovers a doggy door that keeps you from getting out of bed in the middle of the night for your pooch. […]

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We close 2019 with our good friend and music producer Brent Bodrug to talk all about Men At Work's song, "Down Under" – and not the version that was the hit song of the 1980s. Released in 1981 by Australian band, Men At Work, the song reached Platinum certification in the US and the UK, […]

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It was a weird year. And not just that a Canadian tops the streaming charts, the Raptors were the most searched term, or that the world's biggest porn site reports Grandma watches for longer than her grandkids. 2019 in Music Let's look back at music of 2019. Spotify is notorious from having AMAZING analytics at […]

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