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- Podcasting Without a Net (But With a Signed Release)
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Feedback- QOTW: If you were a mad scientist, what two animals would you combine to create the least threatening—but most annoying—monster?
- Discord | #┋question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast
On This Day In History for April 29, 2026This is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 246 days remaining in 2026.
- It was on this date in 1770, that James Cook arrived in Australia at Botany Bay, which he named.
- On April 29, 1826, The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 was discovered by James Dunlop.
- Also today in 1953, The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
- That same date in 1985, Space Shuttle Challenger was launched on STS-51 -B.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Scottish-English physician and polymath, John Arbuthnot, born on this date in 1667.
- French mathematician, physicist and engineer, Henri Poincaré was born 172 years ago today.
- William Randolph Hearst, the American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation was born 163 years ago today.
- Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic was born on that same date in 1872.
- Harold Urey, the American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate was born 133 years ago today.
- Born April 29, 1915, German-American physicist and academic Henry H. Barschall.
- Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor, Dmitry Zaikin, born on this date in 1932.
- Also turning 72 today is American comedian, actor and producer Jerry Seinfeld.
- Also born on that same date in 1955, American actress, Kate Mulgrew.
- American actress, Michelle Pfeiffer, born on this date in 1958.
- Also turning 68 today is American actress Eve Plumb.
Listener Birthdays
- 29 – Shepherd Thom from outside of the known universe
- 29 – Timothy Karre
- 29 – Dhruv Gupta
- 30 – Julio Diaz (JulioTijuana)
- 3 – Keao Wright
- 3 – Leon
- 5 – Joe Mieczkowski host of Onthepodcast
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 29, 2026
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News- NASA’s Revolutionary Roman Telescope, That Can Chart 200 Times More Sky Than Hubble, Is Complete And Ready For Launch
- A 15-Year-Old Built a $12 Electric Generator to Power Remote Homes Using Ocean Currents
- A nuclear first: TerraPower officially starts construction on next-gen Natrium plant in Wyoming
Hacks & Strange Stories- Scientists Finally Solve Mystery of ‘Golden Orb’ Found on Alaskan Seafloor
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Remember When- Colossal octopuses once stalked the ancient oceans : NPR
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Commander
Avner BravermanMark KilfoilStewe LundinChris MartinezGary LindrosJason PollardSarah RoseLieutenant
Kyle NishiokaBen VaughanJohn NobleJohn CliffordDenise InglisSteve CodyTim CookSteve WebbEnsign
Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenBrad MillerBrian BrownChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeMike WillsLeonMSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve TherrienSylvain RacicotIf you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon
Pass me the remote- Chuck
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Paramount+)
- Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Paramount+)
- Top of the Lake (Hulu)
- YouTube channel: Our Own Devices
- YouTube channel: Get.History
- YouTube channel: The History Lounge
Question of the week- If you had a working Transporter (Star Trek like), what is the single most anticlimactic place you would use it to beam to?
Patreon Topic this week- Chuck: Thoughts on Kindle app in 2026
- 30+ hours of update on song app
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45 min - Episode 804: The Empire Strikes Backspace
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Feedback- QOTW: You get to add ONE app to the ship’s computer on the Enterprise. What is it and why?
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On This Day In History for April 22, 2026This is the 112nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 253 days remaining in 2026.
- It was on this date in 1500, that Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral landed in Brazil (discovery of Brazil).
- Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés established a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico on this date in 1519.
- Also on April 22, 1969, British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston won the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completed the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
- It was also this date in 1970 that the first Earth Day was celebrated.
- 49 years ago today, optical fiber was first used to carry live telephone traffic.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- German astronomer and mathematician, Wilhelm Schickard, born on this date in 1592.
- Born April 22, 1891, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer Harold Jeffreys.
- American physicist and academic, J. Robert Oppenheimer, born on this date in 1904.
- Born April 22, 1910, American mathematician and academic Norman Steenrod.
- German mathematician and academic, Hanfried Lenz was born 110 years ago today.
- Aaron Spelling, the American actor, producer, and screenwriter was born 103 years ago today.
- Welsh-American chemist and astronaut, Anthony Llewellyn was born 93 years ago today.
- Also turning 83 today is American mathematician and professor Scott W. Williams.
- American businessman, pilot, and sailor, Steve Fossett, born on this date in 1944.
- Also turning 80 today is English physicist and author Paul Davies.
- British video game designer and programmer, Jeff Minter, born on this date in 1962.
- Also born on that same date in 1983, English-American entomologist and palaeontologist, Sam W. Heads.
Listener Birthdays
- 26 – Stewe Lundin
- 26 – Frank Lopez
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 22, 2026
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News- A 10-Year-Old Girl Wrote to NASA Asking Them to ‘Restore Pluto to a Planet,’ and NASA’s chief Replied with Four Words No One Expected
- NASA’s Mars Rover Comes Across Formation That Looks Like the Scales of a Massive Cosmic Reptile
- The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off : NPR
Hacks & Strange Stories- Quantum systems can remember and forget at the same time, scientists discover | ScienceDaily
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Remember When- Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight
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Commander
Avner BravermanMark KilfoilStewe LundinChris MartinezGary LindrosJason PollardSarah RoseLieutenant
Kyle NishiokaBen VaughanJohn NobleJohn CliffordDenise InglisSteve CodyTim CookSteve WebbEnsign
Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenBrad MillerBrian BrownChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeMike WillsLeonMSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve TherrienSylvain RacicotIf you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon
Pass me the remote- Kreg
- Shrinking – AppleTV
- Big Mistakes – Netflix
- Chuck
- Moonraker – Netflix
- American Godfathers: The Five Families – Netflix
- Never Say Never Again – Netflix
- For Your Eyes Only – Netflix
- Octopussy – Netflix
Geek Library- I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers – here’s what a shot day looks like
Question of the week- If you were a mad scientist, what two animals would you combine to create the least threatening—but most annoying—monster?
End of Show StuffWe appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:
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47 min - Episode 803: Dial-Up to the Final Frontier
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Feedback- QOTW: Aliens land in your backyard and demand to see one human invention to prove we’re worth saving. What object from your house are you handing them?
- Question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast
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On This Day In History for April 15, 2026This is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 260 days remaining in 2026.
- It was on this date in 1755, that Samuel Johnson’s “A Dictionary of the English Language” was published in London.
- Also today in 1817, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf (then called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons), the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
- It was also this date in 1892 that The General Electric Company was formed.
- It was 114 years ago today that The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.
- It was also this date in 1923 that Insulin became generally available for use by people with diabetes.
- Also on April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball’s color line.
- It was 74 years ago today that saw the First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
- McDonald’s restaurant dated its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois on this date in 1955.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Italian painter, sculptor, and architect, Leonardo da Vinci, born on this date in 1452.
- Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer was born on that same date in 1552.
- Swiss mathematician and physicist, Leonhard Euler was born 319 years ago today.
- Scottish physician and chemist, William Cullen, born on this date in 1710.
- German astronomer and academic, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve was born 233 years ago today.
- English captain and explorer, James Clark Ross, born on this date in 1800.
- Hermann Grassmann, German linguist and mathematician was born on that same date in 1809.
- Nikolay Semyonov, the Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate was born 130 years ago today.
- Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut, Georgy Beregovoy, born on this date in 1921.
- Also born on that same date in 1965, Japanese engineer and astronaut, Soichi Noguchi.
Listener Birthdays
- 16 – Donna Tomasi
- 18 – Skaifey (Anthony)
- 19 – Amanda (SusietheGeek’s daughter & Geek in Training)
- 21 – Kim and Kreg’s Anniversary
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 26, 2026
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News- Let’s talk about Artemus II for a bit
- They’ve been on ‘Mars’ for six months. Here’s how it’s going
- Astronomers discover a solar system 120 light-years away with two “Earths” and an arrangement so strange that it doesn’t fit any known formation model
Hacks & Strange Stories- Chemists make hydrogen from breadcrumbs in groundbreaking reaction that could replace some fossil fuels | Live Science
- Cry til you laugh: Chris Pirillo vibe codes his job-search frustrations into brutally honest apps – GeekWire
- A maverick hacker got Mac OS X running on a Wii
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Commander
Avner BravermanMark KilfoilStewe LundinChris MartinezGary LindrosJason PollardSarah RoseLieutenant
Kyle NishiokaBen VaughanJohn NobleJohn CliffordDenise InglisSteve CodyTim CookSteve WebbEnsign
Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenBrad MillerBrian BrownChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeMike WillsLeonMSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve TherrienSylvain RacicotIf you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon
Pass me the remote- Chuck
- The Fifth Element (Netflix)
- Jobs (Netflix)
- Dynasty: The Murdochs (Netflix)
- You Only Live Twice
- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (Netflix)
- Diamonds Are Forever (Netflix)
- Live And Let Die (Netflix)
- The Man With The Golden Gun (Netflix)
- The Spy Who Loved Me (Netflix)
- Shooter (Paramount+)
- Kreg
- Malcome in the Middle Reunion/Reboot – Hulu
- Who’s Live Anyway – Theater
Question of the week- You get to add ONE app to the ship’s computer on the Enterprise. What is it and why?
Patreon Topic this week- Chuck: Project update – The Mac Mini replacement
End of Show StuffWe appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:
- Visit our Amazon page for recommended books, toys, and other fun stuff!
- Call the Listener Line: 707-530-CHAT(2428)
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- Search for Technorama Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Bsky and YouTube, etc
- You can also find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts
- Join our new Discord at chuckchat.com/discord
- Subscribe to our Google Calendar at chuckchat.com/calendar
- You can help support us:
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- You, for downloading and listening
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1 hr 1 min - Episode 802: Live Long and Defragment
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On This Day In History for April 8, 2026This is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 267 days remaining in 2026.
- It was on this date in 1820, that the Venus de Milo was discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.
- April 8, 1959, A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper met to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
- That same date in 2002, The Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on mission STS-110, carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross also became the first person to fly on seven spaceflights.
- It was 21 years ago today that a solar eclipse occurred, visible over areas of the Pacific Ocean and Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.
- 12 years ago today, Windows XP reached its standard End Of Life and is no longer supported.
- April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse took place at the Moon’s ascending node, visible across North America.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Italian physician and archaeologist, Michele Mercati, born on this date in 1541.
- Born April 8, 1732, American astronomer and mathematician David Rittenhouse.
- Edmund Husserl, the German Jewish-Austrian mathematician and philosopher was born 167 years ago today.
- English mountaineer and explorer, Andrew Irvine, born on this date in 1902.
- Melvin Calvin, the American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 115 years ago today.
- Ivan Supek, Croatian physicist, philosopher and writer was born on that same date in 1915.
- Winifred Asprey, the American mathematician and computer scientist was born 109 years ago today.
Listener Birthdays
- 14 – Danny Harnish
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 8, 2026
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News- March 2026: The Goddard Centennial – Aerospace America
- 5 Things You May Have Missed During NASA’s Historic Launch of Artemis 2
Hacks & Strange Stories- NASA Astronaut Shares Image of Bizarre Tentacled Object Growing on ISS
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Remember When- Unnoticed for 68 Million Years, Scientists Found One of the Largest Eggs Ever in Antarctica
- Scientists Discover 120,000-Year-Old Human Footprints In Saudi Arabia : NPR
Thank you Patrons!This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes.
Commander
Avner BravermanMark KilfoilStewe LundinChris MartinezGary LindrosJason PollardSarah RoseLieutenant
Kyle NishiokaBen VaughanJohn NobleJohn CliffordDenise InglisSteve CodyTim CookSteve WebbEnsign
Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenBrad MillerBrian BrownChris McDanDMan CoyerJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeMike WillsLeonMSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve TherrienSylvain RacicotIf you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon
Pass me the remote- Kreg
- Project Hail Mary x2 – Theater IMAX
- Rooster – HBO
- Crime 101 – Prime
- Chuck
- The Creator – Netflix
- Scarpetta – Prime
Question of the week- Aliens land in your backyard and demand to see one human invention to prove we’re worth saving. What object from your house are you handing them?
End of Show StuffWe appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:
- Visit our Amazon page for recommended books, toys, and other fun stuff!
- Call the Listener Line: 707-530-CHAT(2428)
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- You can also find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts
- Join our new Discord at chuckchat.com/discord
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43 min - Episode 801: Have You Tried Turning the Enterprise Off and On Again?
This week, we have special guest and friend of the show Jack Mangan!
Check out his new book Dread Spherical
You can also find Jack at Support Life And MusicShout out to the chat roomWatch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat!
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Commander
Avner BravermanMark KilfoilStewe LundinChris MartinezGary LindrosJason PollardSarah RoseLieutenant
Kyle NishiokaBen VaughanJohn NobleJohn CliffordDenise InglisSteve CodyTim CookSteve WebbEnsign
Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenBrad MillerBrian BrownChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeMike WillsLeonMSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve TherrienSylvain RacicotIf you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon
Question of the week- Aliens land in your backyard and demand to see one human invention to prove we’re worth saving. What object from your house are you handing them?
End of Show StuffWe appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:
- Visit our Amazon page for recommended books, toys, and other fun stuff!
- Call the Listener Line: 707-530-CHAT(2428)
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- Join our new Discord at chuckchat.com/discord
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- How about a donation to the tip jar: one time or monthly micropayment on Patreon!
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36 min - Episode 800: 0.8 Kilopodcasts of Geekery
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- Question-of-the-week | Discord
On This Day In History for March 18, 2026This is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 288 days remaining in 2026.
- It was on this date in 1899, that Phoebe, a satellite of Saturn, became the first to be discovered with photographs, taken in August 1898, by William Henry Pickering.
- It was also this date in 1965 that Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov left his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes and became the first person to walk in space.
- That same date in 1980, A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 exploded during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- French mathematician and astronomer, Philippe de La Hire, born on this date in 1640.
- Christian Goldbach, the Prussian-German mathematician and academic was born 336 years ago today.
- Born March 18, 1844, Russian composer and academic Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
- American architect and engineer, Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, born on this date in 1848.
- Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine and was born on that same date in 1858.
- Canadian mathematician Agnes Sime Baxter was born 156 years ago today.
- Born March 18, 1905, American physicist and engineer Thomas Townsend Brown.
- American businessman, co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery, Ernest Gallo, born on this date in 1909.
- Born March 18, 1926, American actor and director Peter Graves.
- Danish mathematician and statistician Ole Barndorff-Nielsen was born 91 years ago today.
- Swedish physicist and astronaut, Christer Fuglesang is 69 today.
Listener Birthdays
- 18 – Gregory Lemon @ GregoryLemon.com
- 19 – JT Shea of The Gigcast and JT Ukes at 40
- 19 – Michael R. Mennenga
- 21 – Krazy Joe Fiore, MegaPodTasticand Honey, You’ve *GOT* to See This!
- 23 – Steve Riekeberg a.k.a. MissingIntellect of Geek Cred
- 23 – Richard Parkman
- 25 – Nicholas St Gabriel
- 26 – Chuck Tomasi
- 26 – Brina Baird
- 29 – Marc Blackburn
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 18, 2026
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News- Microsoft Azure CTO says Claude found vulns in Apple II code • The Register
- NASA humanoid robot completes decade-long Edinburgh mission
Hacks & Strange Stories- More and more people are wrapping their door handles in aluminum foil — and the reason behind this odd habit is surprisingly practical – PSP News
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Remember When- United’s President Predicted in 1976 the Airline Would Fly Supersonic Jets in 2026
- 33 Snapshots of Nostalgic Tech That Once Looked Like the Future (Because It Was) – Geek Universe – Geek | Fanart | Cosplay | Pokémon GO | Geek Memes | Funny pictures
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Commander
Avner BravermanMark KilfoilStewe LundinChris MartinezGary LindrosJason PollardSarah RoseLieutenant
Kyle NishiokaBen VaughanJohn NobleJohn CliffordDenise InglisSteve CodyTim CookSteve WebbEnsign
Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenBrad MillerBrian BrownChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeMike WillsLeonMSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve TherrienSylvain RacicotIf you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon
Pass me the remote- Kreg
- Firefly – (Disney+)
- Star Trek Voyager – (Paramount+)
- Chuck
- Peaky Blinders (Netflix)
- Third Reich: Rise/Fall (D+/NatGeo)
- From Russia With Love (Netflix)
- Goldfinger (Netflix)
- Mission Impossible: 1 (Paramount+)
- Mission Impossible: 2 (Paramount+)
- Star Wars: Ep 1, The Phantom Menace (Plex)
Geek Library- Australia’s Computing History – This Week In Retro 252 – YouTube
Question of the week- We’ve discussed enough sci-fi over 800 shows to fill a Borg Cube. If you had to spend the next 800 days living in the universe of the last sci-fi movie or book you consumed, how long would you last, and what obsolete 20th-century gadget would you bring along as your ‘secret weapon’?
End of Show StuffWe appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:
- Visit our Amazon page for recommended books, toys, and other fun stuff!
- Call the Listener Line: 707-530-CHAT(2428)
- Email at [email protected]
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- Search for Technorama Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Bsky and YouTube, etc
- You can also find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts
- Join our new Discord at chuckchat.com/discord
- You can help support us:
- How about a donation to the tip jar: one time or monthly micropayment on Patreon!
- Links to the articles and items referenced in the show can be found on our website
- www.chuckchat.com
Also Thanks to
- Everyone who sent us links during the week
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- You, for downloading and listening
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1 hr 2 min - Episode 799: The Warp Drive’s Check Engine Light Is On
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- Question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast
On This Day In History for March 11, 2026This is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 295 days remaining in 2026.
- It was on this date in 1702, that The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper, was published for the first time.
- It was 18 years ago today that Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on STS-123, carrying the first component of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station.
- March 11, 2020, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus epidemic a pandemic.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- French mathematician and astronomer, Urbain Le Verrier, born on this date in 1811.
- Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic was born on that same date in 1822.
- Louis Bachelier, the French mathematician and theorist was born 156 years ago today.
- German chemist and academic, Robert Havemann, born on this date in 1910.
- Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1920.
- Australian-American businessman and media magnate, Rupert Murdoch is 95 today.
- Also turning 76 today is American singer-songwriter, producer, and conductor Bobby McFerrin.
- Scottish-American actor and singer, John Barrowman, born on this date in 1967.
Listener Birthdays
- 11 – Andy Helsby of Absoblogginlutely!
- 11 – Ken Kitzman a.k.a kitzken
- 13 – Johanna Gonzalez a.k.a. MightyJo
- 14 – Pi Day (3/14)
- 16 – Michelle Lopez a.k.a. CntrySigns
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 11, 2026
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
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- Scientists Have Just Drilled 523 Meters Of Ice, Here’s What They Found Under Antarctica
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- Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials (Netflix)
- The Singers (Netflix)
- Death By Lightning (Netflix)
- LBJ (Netflix)
- Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning (Netflix)
- Dinosaurs (Netflix)
- Dr. No (Netflix)
- Kreg
- Doc Martin Season 3 – Pluto
- Ted Season 2 – Peacock
Question of the week- What mundane, everyday task would you most like to solve with a “mad scientist” invention?
Patreon Topic this week- Chuck is getting “upgraded” again
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1 hr 3 min - Episode 798: Phasers on ‘Maybe’
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On This Day In History for February 18, 2026This is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 323 days remaining in 2026.
- It was on this date in 1584, that a naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founded Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan.
- Jesse Fell burned anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal. on this date in 1808.
- Also today in 1826, University College London was founded as University of London.
- BBC Television produced the world’s first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term “robot” on this date in 1938.
- Also on February 11, 1963, The Beatles recorded their first album Please Please Me.
- That same date in 1997, Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
- It was on this date in 1999, that Pluto crossed Neptune’s orbit, ending a nearly 20 -year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune’s orbit again until 2231.
- That same date in 2000, Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
- It was on this date in 2001, that A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
- Also today in 2020, The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Native American-French Canadian explorer, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, born on this date in 1805.
- American physicist, Josiah Willard Gibbs was born 187 years ago today.
- Thomas Edison, the American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph was born 179 years ago today.
- Born February 11, 1864, French chemist Louis Bouveault.
- Hungarian-American physicist and academic, Leo Szilard was born 128 years ago today.
- Born February 11, 1917, American author and screenwriter Sidney Sheldon.
- American actor and director, Burt Reynolds, born on this date in 1936.
- The first CEO of Apple Inc., Michael Scott is 81 today.
- American engineer and astronaut, Richard Mastracchio, born on this date in 1960.
Listener Birthdays
- 18 – Hot John Miller of MegaPodTastic
- 18 – Ray Insalaco
- 19 – Scooter in Connecticut
- 19 – Steve in Sumter
- 19 – Steve Cody(Columbia, SC)
- 23 – Zhadum
- 23 – Keith Hughes(a.k.a. EdGizmo)
- 25 – Norbert
- 25 – Sandi Sheppard (Mark’s lovely wife)
- 28 – Wayne “Your Ad Here” Pittenger
- 29 – Paul Dove a.k.a Eilmer
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 18, 2026
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
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- Woman sentenced for accusing her estranged spouse of illegally accessing bank account from outer space
- Astronomers puzzle over ‘inside out’ planetary system – World – DAWN.COM
- NASA Running Out of Non-Life Explanations for What Its Rover Found on Mars
Hacks & Strange Stories- Chuck’s new media controller
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- Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection (Audible)
- Ocotillo Dreams (Hardcover)
- RED (Plex)
- Jekyll and Hyde (Netflix)
- Kreg
- E.T. (Roku)
Question of the week- What is the most ‘high-tech’ piece of equipment you own that you still have to ‘fix’ by hitting it, shaking it, or blowing on it?
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52 min - Episode 797: Technorama: It’s Why Your Molecules Are Probably Insulted
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On This Day In History for February 11, 2026This is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 323 days remaining in 2026.
- It was on this date in 1584, that a naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founded Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan.
- Jesse Fell burned anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal. on this date in 1808.
- Also today in 1826, University College London was founded as University of London.
- BBC Television produced the world’s first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term “robot” on this date in 1938.
- Also on February 11, 1963, The Beatles recorded their first album Please Please Me.
- That same date in 1997, Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
- It was on this date in 1999, that Pluto crossed Neptune’s orbit, ending a nearly 20 -year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune’s orbit again until 2231.
- That same date in 2000, Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
- It was on this date in 2001, that a Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
- Also today in 2020, The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Native American-French Canadian explorer, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, born on this date in 1805.
- American physicist Josiah Willard Gibbs was born 187 years ago today.
- Thomas Edison, the American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph was born 179 years ago today.
- Born February 11, 1864, French chemist Louis Bouveault.
- Hungarian-American physicist and academic, Leo Szilard was born 128 years ago today.
- Born February 11, 1917, American author and screenwriter Sidney Sheldon.
- American actor and director, Burt Reynolds, born on this date in 1936.
- The first CEO of Apple Inc., Michael Scott is 81 today.
- American engineer and astronaut, Richard Mastracchio, born on this date in 1960.
Listener Birthdays
- 14 – Douglas E. Welch of Career Opportunities Podcast
- 14 – Andrew
- 15 – Philip
- 17 – Bob Trate of MegaPodTastic and Action Figure Junkies
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 11, 2026
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
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- ‘Invisible scaffolding of the universe’ revealed in ambitious new James Webb telescope images | Live Science
Hacks & Strange Stories- Prankster Launches Super Bowl Party For AI Agents – Slashdot
- This tiny molecular trick makes spider silk almost unbreakable | ScienceDaily
- A superfluid freezes and breaks the rules of physics | ScienceDaily
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Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSarah RoseSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim CookIf you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon
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- Soul on Fire (Netflix)
- Miracle: The Boys of 80 (Netflix)
- Kreg
- The Rockford Files
- Doc Martin
Geek Library- The Underground Internet of the 1980s
- Venus Flytrap & Johnny Fever – WKRP Double Feature
Question of the week- If you were one of the four astronauts on Artemis II, looking back at Earth from the far side of the Moon, what is the one thing from home you’d realize you completely forgot to pack?
Patreon Topic this week- Bad software support – Chuck’s new insurance
- Chuck’s new hearing aids
End of Show StuffWe appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:
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48 min - Episode 796: Quantum Mechanics for the Rest of Us
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- (13) Discord | #┋question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast
- Episode 800 is coming! (ETA March 15)
On This Day In History for February 4, 2026This is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 330 days remaining in 2026.
- It was on this date in 1789, that George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
- Also today in 1825, The Ohio Legislature authorized the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
- Lunar Orbiter 3 lifted off from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft on this date in 1967.
- Also on February 4, 2004, Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- German violinist and composer, Johann Ludwig Bach, born on this date in 1677.
- German physicist and engineer, Ludwig Prandtl was born 151 years ago today.
- Reinhold Rudenberg, German-American inventor and a pioneer of electron microscopy was born on that same date in 1883.
- Australian paleoanthropologist, Raymond Dart, born on this date in 1893.
- Charles Lindbergh, the American pilot and explorer was born 124 years ago today.
- American civil rights activist, Rosa Parks, born on this date in 1913.
- Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor was born on that same date in 1923.
Listener Birthdays
- 4 – Stewe Lundin
- 7 – Chad W. Smith
- 7 – Bryon the Big BS
- 7 – Tracy Rotton
- 8 – Jan Scott
- 9 – Podcast Mike
- 10 – Zach Akgulian
- 10 – Drace (Shari from ND)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 4, 2026
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News- 13,000-Year-Old Cosmic Airburst Triggered ‘Impact Winter’ and Mass Extinction, Research Suggests | Technology News
- What is Moltbook? The strange new social media site for AI bots
- New Research Reveals Humans Have a Remote Touch “Seventh Sense”
Hacks & Strange Stories- Screaming Wi-Fi: Converting wireless traffic into analog static
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Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSarah RoseSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim CookIf you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon
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- The Wrecking Crew – Prime
- Playing Gracie Darling – Netflix
- Free Bert – Netflix
- Code 3 – Hulu
- Modern Marvels: Gadgets of the 1980s (S12, E15) | Full Episode | History – YouTube
- Doc Martin – Pluto
- Chuck
- Death and Other Details – Hulu
- The Beast In Me – Netflix
Geek Library- This Was The Top Selling Video Game Console of 1976!
Question of the week- If a digital archaeologist from the year 2126 dug up your primary ‘junk drawer’ (physical or a digital folder), what would they conclude was the most important—yet completely useless—relic of our time?
End of Show StuffWe appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:
- Visit our Amazon page for recommended books, toys, and other fun stuff!
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- You can also find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts
- Join our new Discord at chuckchat.com/discord
- You can help support us:
- How about a donation to the tip jar: one time or monthly micropayment on Patreon!
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About Shows – Technorama
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Chuck and Kreg take a Light hearted look at Tech, Science and Scifi