Techquila

Dusty Hill ,from the pokemon podcast Prize Count, joins me to talk about Pokemon Sword and Shield and why these games are *awesome*

Holden and Mike join me to talk about the economy of smartphones from material mining to the end of their lifecycle and we got pretty fucking drunk doing it.

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Citations:

[The spiralling environmental cost of our lithium battery addiction](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lithium-batteries-environment-impact)

[Is your phone tainted by the misery of the 35,000 children in Congo's mines?](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/oct/12/phone-misery-children-congo-cobalt-mines-drc)

[You can’t buy an ethical smartphone today](https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/06/ethical-smartphone-conscious-consumption/?guccounter=1)

[Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware](https://youtu.be/SGJ5cZnoodY)

[Why your old phones collect in a junk drawer of sadness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyUqqA8wA0A&feature=youtu.be)

[RIGHT TO REPAIR IS NOW A NATIONAL ISSUE](https://www.wired.com/story/right-to-repair-elizabeth-warren-farmers/)

Holden and Mike join me to talk about the economy of smartphones from material mining to the end of their lifecycle and we got pretty fucking drunk doing it.

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Citations:

[The spiralling environmental cost of our lithium battery addiction](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lithium-batteries-environment-impact)

[Is your phone tainted by the misery of the 35,000 children in Congo's mines?](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/oct/12/phone-misery-children-congo-cobalt-mines-drc)

[You can’t buy an ethical smartphone today](https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/06/ethical-smartphone-conscious-consumption/?guccounter=1)

[Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware](https://youtu.be/SGJ5cZnoodY)

[Why your old phones collect in a junk drawer of sadness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyUqqA8wA0A&feature=youtu.be)

[RIGHT TO REPAIR IS NOW A NATIONAL ISSUE](https://www.wired.com/story/right-to-repair-elizabeth-warren-farmers/)

On Techquila Episode 57 Jo and Jose join me to take on the task of coming up with THE OBJECTIVE ranking of Pokemon games!

[Watch the video here on Youtube!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=986x4-pfwxk)

[Check out our final ranking here!](https://media.podiant.co/spoke/techquila/undefined37826608679fd0.png)

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I have Jordan and Britney join me to talk about the Pokemon Direct on 6.5.19! This was before the Nintendo Direct that gave us more info so we didn't include that.

[Pokemon Direct 6.5.19 Sword and Shield)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpjVUOJkX-s)

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Miachel Caputo and Holden DePardo join me to talk about our highlights of WWDC!

[Mike's preview of iPadOS (timestamped at mous accesability)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcl36ozIlRI&feature=youtu.be&t=381)

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Mike is at [@Tech247tv](https://twitter.com/Tech247tv) and Holden is at [@RespawnAimFire](https://twitter.com/RespawnAimFire)

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Jo Padilla and Kyle Nolla join me to talk about the Queer fandom of Pokémon, and I have a couple interviews with folks from the Slack community of the Pokémon podcast It's Super Effective!

[The queerest moments in Pokémon history and why LGBTI people connect to it](https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/queer-history-pokemon/#gs.eyg93i)

[all Pokemon are gay and trans](https://lgbt-pokemon.tumblr.com/)

[All (or most) of James' Crossdressing in Anime](https://external-preview.redd.it/2ccvJrE1NwaJ0u4i_NTSaX4zEGtpcLAV6hYnoxg2CtQ.jpg?auto=webp&s=3f0e1b7183e4aadf6738d836f1a958ecc359ab78)

[The Player Makes the Avatar Makes the Player - Kyle's Article](https://www.sixbyeightpress.com/player-avatar/)

[Pokémon X/Y Might Feature a Transgender Character](https://kotaku.com/pokemon-x-y-might-feature-a-transgender-character-1495358387)

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Kyle is at [@DrPiggyPhd ](https://twitter.com/drpiggyphd)

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This week Mike Caputo and Holden DePardo join me to chat about the Pixel 3a and our takeaways from Google's announcement!

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Mike is at [@caputo](https://twitter.com/caputo) and Holden is at [@Holdendepardo](https://twitter.com/holdendepardo)

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On Techquila Episode 55 Ashley and Eric join me to talk about the colorful cast of miscreants that inhabit the Youtube sphere (as well as some gems). We get off topic several times, but this is a depressing topic so we needed the comic relief. We did our best to cover the bases of what we think is super important *now*.

[00:03:01](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=00:03:01) - What we’re drinking

[00:05:04](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=00:05:04) - Background

[00:08:49](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=00:08:49) - Notre Dame Fire

[00:12:06](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=00:12:06) - The Great Radicalizer

[00:25:51](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=00:25:51) - 2 Chainz Most Expensivest Shit

[00:27:50](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=00:27:50) - Joe Rogan

[00:37:56](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=00:37:56) - Liquor & Sotol

[00:45:12](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=00:45:12) - PewDie fucking Pie

[00:56:43](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=00:56:43) - Step Your Pussy Up!

[00:58:52](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=00:58:52) - Predation in PokéTuber Community

[01:06:59](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=01:06:59) - Detective Pikachu

[01:13:46](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=01:13:46) - Congressional Hearing Youtube Live Chat Shut Down

[01:18:55](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=01:18:55) - My mom raised my in a cult

[01:23:13](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=01:23:13) - End of the Rabbit Hole: Fascists

[01:41:00](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=01:41:00) - Takeaways

[01:50:20](http://localhost/#playerJumpTo=01:50:20) - Good YouTubers

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Ashley is at [@Ashapaloooza ](https://twitter.com/Ashapaloooza) and Eric is at [@Binge_Watch](https://twitter.com/Binge_Watch)

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On this episode Casey Mendoza joins me (for the first time) to talk about music streaming. All the big players (of course we talked about Deezer). We also chat about privacy and how to (begin) avoiding Facebook and Google.

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Casey is at [@CaseyMdoza ](https://twitter.com/CaseyMdoza) and [newsy.com](https://www.newsy.com/team/casey-mendoza/)

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