Terrifying Robot Dog

By Jonathan Stark and Kelli Shaver

A weekly podcast about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world. Hosted by Jonathan Stark and Kelli Shaver.... more

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How many episodes does Terrifying Robot Dog have?

The podcast currently has 153 episodes available.

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March 03, 2017AI Arms Race
AI Arms Race
INTRO
Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.
This week, TRD book club! (Spoiler alert)
Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...
FEATURE
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
LINKS
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
For We Are Many (book 2)
Von Neumann Probes
TITLES
Maintaining The Meat Bag
Autonomous Table Saw
Godlike Intelligence Trumps Ruby Develooper
Time Disappears
AI Arms Race
CLOSING
That's our show for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we hope you join us again next week for Terrifying Robot Dog. Bye!
POST-SHOW
Would you like to see Kelli and I in your inbox once a week? Get new episodes delivered straight to you with show notes, links to additional content, and more... Plus, you can reply to any message to suggest topics for future episodes. To get the inside track, go to terrifyingrobotdog.com and look for the KEEP ME IN THE LOOP button. That url again is terrifyingrobotdog.com.
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35min
February 24, 2017Ultra-Cool Dwarf
Ultra-Cool Dwarf
INTRO
Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.
This week we talk about boldly going where no one has gone before.
Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...
FEATURE
NASA scientist discover a bunch of earth-like planets
LINKS
NASA Telescope Reveals Largest Batch of Earth-Size, Habitable-Zone Planets Around Single Star
JPL Space Tourism Posters
TRAPPIST Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
Google's Awesome Doodle
TITLES
The Space Bug
Ultra-Cool Dwarf
Cockroach Planet
Elon Musk's Plan B
Grab Your Towel
Snow White Dwarf and the Seven Exoplanets
CLOSING
That's our show for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we hope you join us again next week for Terrifying Robot Dog. Bye!
POST-SHOW
Would you like to see Kelli and I in your inbox once a week? Get new episodes delivered straight to you with show notes, links to additional content, and more... Plus, you can reply to any message to suggest topics for future episodes. To get the inside track, go to terrifyingrobotdog.com and look for the KEEP ME IN THE LOOP button. That url again is terrifyingrobotdog.com.
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30min
February 17, 2017Faster Horses
Faster Horses
INTRO
Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.
This week we talk about iBoy.
Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...
HOUSEKEEPING
Shoutout to Player FM for picking last week's episode for their show of the week.
FEATURE
This week we talk about iBoy and reducing the IO bottleneck that keeps us from seamlessly using the internet with our midns.
LINKS
Player FM
iBoy on Netflix
TITLES
Radioactive Spider
In your ear, or wherever...
KBot Can Do It
Faster Horses
IO Bottleneck
CLOSING
That's our show for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we hope you join us again next week for Terrifying Robot Dog. Bye!
POST-SHOW
Would you like to see Kelli and I in your inbox once a week? Get new episodes delivered straight to you with show notes, links to additional content, and more... Plus, you can reply to any message to suggest topics for future episodes. To get the inside track, go to terrifyingrobotdog.com and look for the KEEP ME IN THE LOOP button. That url again is terrifyingrobotdog.com.
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27min
February 10, 2017The AI Will See You Now
The AI Will See You Now
INTRO
Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.
This week we talk about being spied on by a bag of potato chips.
Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...
HOUSEKEEPING
Simplecast maintenance Fri Feb 10, 2017 at 9pm ET for an hour
Mailing list is growing, yay!
JS forgot to send last week's message, boo!
LINKS
The Visual Microphone: Passive Recovery of Sound from Video
Autonomous Vehicles and the End of Privacy
The Birth And Death Of Privacy: 3,000 Years of History Told Through 46 Images
“The Right To Privacy” ~ December 15, 1890, Harvard Law Review
CLOSING
That's our show for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we hope you join us again next week for Terrifying Robot Dog. Bye!
POST-SHOW
Would you like to see Kelli and I in your inbox once a week? Get new episodes delivered straight to you with show notes, links to additional content, and more... Plus, you can reply to any message to suggest topics for future episodes. To get the inside track, go to http://terrifyingrobotdog.com and look for the KEEP ME IN THE LOOP button.
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48min
February 03, 2017@AltShaver
@AltShaver
INTRO
Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.
This week we talk about the effect of big data + social media on public opinion.
Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...
HOUSEKEEPING
Limitless, not Unlimited
Travelers, not Transporters
We're up to 8 subscribers!
LINKS
The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned
For the ‘new yellow journalists,’ opportunity comes in clicks and bucks
Rogue NASA on Twitter
Terrifyinger Robot Dog video
Titles
More Terrifyinger
The Liberal Elite That I Am
Make That Bar Lower
These Facts Happened
Huge Grain of Salt
@AltShaver
A Bunch of Moles
Clearly Illegal
A Micron Short of Lying
CLOSING
That's our show for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we hope you join us again next week for Terrifying Robot Dog. Bye!
POST-SHOW
Would you like to see Kelli and I in your inbox once a week? Get new episodes delivered straight to you with show notes, links to additional content, and more... Plus, you can reply to any message to suggest topics for future episodes. To get the inside track, go to and look for the KEEP ME IN THE LOOP button. That url again is .
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43min
January 27, 2017Tiny Hand
Tiny Hand
INTRO
Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.
This week we talk about the challenges of becoming immortal through technology.
Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...
HOUSEKEEPING
Online high school edu already exists but it's pretty fringe.
Subscribe to the mailing list, yo!
LINKS
K12 | Online Education Programs & Schooling
Becoming Immortal: The Future of Brain Augmentation and Uploaded Consciousness
When her best friend died, she rebuilt him using artificial intelligence
The Dresden Files Books
Travellers (not "Transporters", as I incorrectly said in the episode
Limitless (not "Unlimited", as I incorrectly said in the episode... jeez, batting a 1000 this week, eh?)
Ray Kurzeil: The Singularity
CLOSING
That's our show for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we hope you join us again next week for Terrifying Robot Dog. Bye!
POST-SHOW
Would you like to see Kelli and I in your inbox once a week? Get new episodes delivered straight to you with show notes, links to additional content, and more... Plus, you can reply to any message to suggest topics for future episodes. To get the inside track, go to terrifyingrobotdog.com and look for the KEEP ME IN THE LOOP button. That url again is terrifyingrobotdog.com.
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43min
January 20, 2017Listening Differently
Listening Differently
INTRO
Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.
This week we talk about the Alexa Murder.
Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...
FEATURE
Links
As We Leave More Digital Tracks, Amazon Echo Factors In Murder Investigation
Webcam Covers - Ironic Amazon Link
TITLES
Amazon Lincoln
Keep The Pants On The Up And Up
In The Litter Box
Horrified Gasp!
Listening Differently
CLOSING
That's our show for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we hope you join us again next week for Terrifying Robot Dog. Bye!
POST-SHOW
Would you like to see Kelli and I in your inbox once a week? Get new episodes delivered straight to you with show notes, links to additional content, and more... Plus, you can reply to any message to suggest topics for future episodes. To get the inside track, go to terrifyingrobotdog.com and look for the KEEP ME IN THE LOOP button. That url again is terrifyingrobotdog.com.
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24min
January 13, 2017Pascack Valley
Pascack Valley
INTRO
Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.
This week we talk about Virtual Snow Days
Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...
Feature
Links
Students, say goodbye to snow days -- and say hello to school at home
##TITLES
Pascack Valley
Sounds Like Torture
##CLOSING
That's our show for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we hope you join us again next season for Terrifying Robot Dog. Bye!
POST-SHOW
Would you like to see Kelli and I in your inbox once a week? Get new episodes delivered straight to your inbox with show notes, links to additional content, and more... Plus, you can reply to any message to suggest topics for future episodes. To get the inside track, go to terrifyingrobotdog.com and look for the KEEP ME IN THE LOOP button. That url again is terrifyingrobotdog.com.
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20min
November 19, 2016Making Up Words
Making Up Words
INTRO
Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.
This week we talk about:
Our top tech moments/announcements/trends of 2016.
Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...
HOUSEKEEPING
Last ep for season three
FEATURE
LINKS
Pittsburgh, your Self-Driving Uber is arriving now
Uber’s first self-driven truck delivery was a beer run
If the Tesla and SolarCity merger goes through, Elon Musk will be a step closer to creating a solar-powered car
Feds announce unprecedented autonomous car guidelines
PlayStation VR review
A.I. Could Be a Firefighter's 'Guardian Angel'
TITLES
Clown Car Thanksgiving
Without Going Internal
Minivan Limbo
Weapons, Not Alcohol
Double-Decker Couch
Harry Potter Night Bus
Soccer Class
Brown Rainbow
'76 Pinto Wagon
Phone On Your Face
We Have A Shelf
Making Up Words
Stroke Order Matters
Curvy Little Bum
Outsource Your Brain To The Cloud
Vaugely Like Work
CLOSING
That's our show for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we hope you join us again next season for Terrifying Robot Dog. Bye!
POST-SHOW
Would you like to support Terrifying Robot Dog? Just think of two friends who would dig the show and send them to terrifyingrobotdog.com for links to iTunes, Facebook, and RSS feeds. If you don't have two friends, you can still help us out by leaving a nice review in iTunes. Thanks!
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44min
November 11, 2016Viral Antivirus
Viral Antivirus
INTRO
Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.
This week we talk about:
The internet going down.
Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...
FEATURE
This week we talk about the recent DDoS attack on Dyn and its implications.
LINKS
Dyn
NORSE Attack Map
TITLES
Just A Thing That's There
Really Cool Plan B
Viral Antivirus
Alexa, Defcon 5!
DDoS A Sandwich
CLOSING
That's our show for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we hope you join us again next week for Terrifying Robot Dog. Bye!
POST-SHOW
Would you like to support Terrifying Robot Dog? Just think of two friends who would dig the show and send them to terrifyingrobotdog.com for links to iTunes, Facebook, and RSS feeds. If you don't have two friends, you can still help us out by leaving a nice review in iTunes. Thanks!
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35min

FAQs about Terrifying Robot Dog:

How many episodes does Terrifying Robot Dog have?

The podcast currently has 153 episodes available.