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February 13, 2016 Great New Products | SEGMENT 4 | #118
Ever wanted a more powerful device charging battery, but don't want to carry one around in your pocket? The 1 Voice Backpack is your solution. Jason fills us in on this and other products, like the SnapPower power outlets, and the Netgear Wi-Fi range extender.
8 min
February 13, 2016 Culinary Prudence | SEGMENT 6 | #118
Learning how to cook has some major advantages, but it does change your perspective. Jason Masters and Jeff Potter discuss how increasing their culinary skills has given them a more critical palate.
7 min
February 13, 2016 POWERHANDZ | SEGMENT 7 | #118
Need a helping hand to gain the edge in your game? POWERHANDZ Co-Founders, Danyel and Darnell Jones, explain how their uniquely designed weight gloves and specialty items reduce dexterity and increase resistance to help train athletes grip, speed, and confidence.
8 min
February 13, 2016 Real-Time Data | SEGMENT 8 | #118
At the Consumer Electronics Show, wearable trackers had such a huge presence that they got their own hotel ballroom as their show floor. Danyel Jones expresses POWERHANDZ' intentions to be able to provide real-time data to help show users where exactly they need to improve.
5 min
February 13, 2016 Finally Bulbs | SEGMENT 9 | #118
We all hate how long it takes for energy efficient bulbs to get to full brightness. Finally Bulbs Founder & CEO, John Goscha, tells us how they use acandescence to create energy efficient bulbs that emit a warm, even light; and they reach full luminosity in seconds!
8 min
February 13, 2016 Tech Packed Chevy Bolt | SEGMENT 10 | #118
Forget about range anxiety, the all-electric Chevrolet Bolt has a 200 mile range! Chevrolet Marketing Product Manager, Darin Gesse, gives us the low down on the Bolt's features, including their intriguing one pedal driving.
12 min
February 13, 2016 Roost at Home Depot | SEGMENT 12 | #118
Get notifications and vastly improved battery life on your fire alarm with Roost, now available at Home Depot! CEO Roel Peeters discusses the advantages of having this smart battery in your home.
6 min
February 06, 2016 Period Correct | SEGMENT 10 | #117
We take a stroll down memory lane with Del Breckenfeld as he tells us about his work matching period correct instruments with their parts in the film industry.
10 min
February 06, 2016 Mike Etchart at NAMM | FULL SHOW | #117
The National Association of Music Merchants show is one of the biggest trade shows of the year. This soul enriching, musicians dream was the birth place of the Consumer Electronics Show, and has been around for 115 years! Find out what's going on in the music industry, from Daisy Rock Guitars, to the musicians market place: Reverb.com.
Segment 1: What is NAMM?
Mike Etchart takes the reins of Pop Tech Radio this week as we explore NAMM. What is NAMM? Director of Public Relations, Lora Bodmer, fills us in on this 115 year old trade show, which was the birth place of the Consumer Electronics Show, founded in 1901 by piano merchants.
Segment 2: Daisy Rock Guitars
As an aspiring female musician in Los Angeles in the 1980's, Tish Ciravolo always noticed a little discrimination in the market. Years later, one of her daughters drawings inspired her to found Dasiy Rock Girl Guitars and make fretted instruments for girls.
Segment 3: Happy 100th, Dreadnought
Martin Guitars has been one of the pioneers of acoustic guitars since the early 1800's. Artist and 58 year NAMM veteran, Dick Boak, gives us the history behind their 100 year anniversary celebration of the Dreadnought guitar.
Segment 4: Valuable Guitars
When Dick Boak started at Martin Guitars, they were still using old assembly methods and tools, but as tech has advanced, so have their methods. Dick tells us about his museum displays based on the old builder's stations and what a vintage dreadnought guitar might fetch from a rich collector these days.
Segment 5: Acoustic Resurgence
Eric Clapton's Unplugged album in 1992 spured on a resurgence of acoustic guitars. We chat with Dick Boak about this resurgence that's still happening today, their new John Lennon D38, and the Ballad of the Dreadnought film to be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival in May.
Segment 6: Pro Tools
If you need a Digital Audio Workstation to help you record like a pro, then Avid Technologies' Pro Tools is for you. Worldwide Pro Audio & Pro Mixing Segment Marketing Manager, Tom Graham, tells us about their new feature, Avid Cloud Collaboration, which allows you to connect over the internet and work on the same session with your fellow musicians.
Segment 7: Reverb.com
If you've ever tried to search "Fender" on Ebay, you may have run into a problem! Reverb.com International Outreach Specialist, Rachel Geistfeld, explains how their site is the marketplace for musicians, and why their all-musician staff can be sure to provide the best service to their customers.
Segment 8: First Time At NAMM!
Who better to help you buy your next musical instrument than other enthusiastic musicians?! Rachel Geistfeld gives testimonial to the shopping power of Reverb.com, and describes her exhausting, and exciting, first time at NAMM.
Segment 9: A Musicians' Candy Store
Being at NAMM is a soul enriching experience for any musician or enthusiast. Del Breckenfeld and Mike Etchart chat about the cool people they get to run into at the National Association of Music Merchants trade show.
Segment 10: Period Correct
We take a stroll down memory lane with Del Breckenfeld as he tells us about his work matching period correct instruments with their parts in the film industry.
Segment 11: Fender History
Have you ever noticed in commercials or films when they black out the logos in inconspicuous ways? Del Breckenfeld says they probably didn't buy rights to use their name! Del gives us some Fender history.
Segment 12: Vox AV Modeling Amps
Want to get the classic tones of many different amplifiers, but don't want to spend the money or have the room to house all of them? Korg USA Product Manager for Guitar Brands, John Stippell, informs us about their new line of Vox AV Series modeling amplifiers on display at NAMM.
1 hr 24 min
February 06, 2016 What is NAMM? | SEGMENT 1 | #117
Mike Etchart takes the reins of Pop Tech Radio this week as we explore NAMM. What is NAMM? Director of Public Relations, Lora Bodmer, fills us in on this 115 year old trade show, which was the birth place of the Consumer Electronics Show, founded in 1901 by piano merchants.
7 min

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