Sports Tech Talk

By James Broder

Discussions with executives, programmers, and technicians "behind the scenes" of the world's biggest sporting events and sports broadcasts... more

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How many episodes does Sports Tech Talk have?

The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.

Sports Tech Talk episodes:

July 05, 2018 Episode 9, War Stories From Behind The Scenes of The Pro Tennis Tour
Three personal "War Stories" (1) Practice sessions with Maria Bueno (2) Working the television broadcast at Club Rothenbaum in Hamburg the day Monica Seles was stabbed (3) The life and death of Princeton All-American Ted Farnsworth
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2h 3min
May 17, 2018 Episode 8: Lawsuits, Indictments, and Money Laundering....Oh My! We continue our conversation with Ted Savage, long-time Alpine Canada TD Commisioner. (Part 2/2)
Ted discusses institutionalized cheating in Olympic sports as well as the ongoing collision of sports technology, sports politics, sports betting, and the use of big sporting events to launder money.
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1h 27min
May 15, 2018 Episode 7: A wonky, technical discussion about the technology & science of timing in sports and its frequent collision with the politics of sports with Ted Savage, long-time Alpine Canada Technical Delegate Commissioner and sports entrepreneur.
Part 1 of 2. Ted quite literally wrote the rules under which timing technology is applied to two Olympic sports: ski racing and equestrian. He discusses his long career applying engineering and science to time measurement.
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1h 13min
April 02, 2018 Episode 6: Another Conversation on Internet Privacy Issues with Professor Christo Wilson of Northeastern University's Computer Engineering Department. (also see Ep 2)
Christo on the Cambridge Analytica privacy breach, the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act (CFAA), Aaron's Law, and the long term future of Facebook.
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50min
March 07, 2018 Episode 5: The Evolution of Technology at the US Open (Second Installment in the Series)
Second in a multi-part series. The 1978 US Open is held at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, and there are big problems with the venue's infrastructure. UNISYS comes in as technology sponsor at The Open as well as at The Lipton in Key Biscayne.
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1h 9min
March 02, 2018 Episode 4: The Evolution of Technology at the US Open Tennis Tournament (First Installment in a Series of ??)
First in a multi-part series. The changeover of the US Open venue from the West Side Tennis Club to Flushing Meadows Corona Park, and the technology in use at the time. The state of the computer industry at the time, and its effect on tournament ops.
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1h 2min
February 20, 2018 Episode 3: Timing Technology, Timing Systems Engineering, and Timing Device Homologation
James Broder discusses the history of timing technology, from pocket watches invented in 1524 to microprocessor-controlled timing systems used for today's sports at the Olympic and World Cup level
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50min
February 10, 2018 Episode 2: Professor Christo Wilson of Northeastern University Discusses his research into internet privacy
Christo Wilson on The Internet Filter Bubble, your privacy for sale, how companies you never heard of (like Acxiom) steal and sell your privacy, and why he and other academics are suing Jeff Sessions
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1h 2min
February 01, 2018 Episode 1: Sports Tech Entrepreneur Jim Karnes
Jim Karnes discusses Timing Guys, The Blinky Box, and his previous career as an audio engineer on some of TV's most ubiquitous commercials
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35min

FAQs about Sports Tech Talk:

How many episodes does Sports Tech Talk have?

The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.