When was the last time any of you successfully repaired your phones (and used it for a while after)? If your reply is never, that is very much by design. Join the Simblified gang as we pick apart the not-so-new practice of designing tech so it breaks down earlier than its natural lifespan - an insidious practice called Planned Obsolescence. We then discuss the Right to Repair movement that has taken on big tech and won, in some cases. And how it all started with farmers trying to hack tractors in Nebraska.

Tune in and follow us into the journey of the fight to repair.

Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from spending too much time on the internet, one part Wodehouse quotes, and one part quality puns, and you get Simblified.

A weekly podcast to help you appear smarter, to an audience that knows no less! Your four hosts - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit, and Tony attempt to deconstruct topics with humor (conditions apply). Fans of the show have described it as "fun conversations with relatable folks", "irreverent humor", "the funniest thing to come out of Malad West" and "if I give you a good review will you please let me go".

Started in 2016 as a creative outlet, Simblified now has over 200 episodes, including some live ones, and some with guests who are much smarter than the hosts. Welcome to the world of Simblified!

You can contact the hosts on:

Chuck: twitter.com/chuck_gopal / instagram.com/chuckofalltrades

Naren: twitter.com/shenoyn / instagram.com/shenoynv

Tony: twitter.com/notytony / instagram.com/notytony

Srikeit: twitter.com/srikeit / instagram.com/srikeit

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