Terrifying Robot Dog

Terrifying Robot Dog

By Jonathan Stark and Kelli ShaverTechnology
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Terrifying Robot Dog episodes

  • The Chun-Chunk Machine

    The Chun-Chunk Machine

    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 end of credit cards.

    Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...

    HOUSEKEEPING

    • Shoutouts

      • FEATURE

      LINKS

      • Verizon hack
      • Viacom hack
      • Deloitte hack
      • HandBrake malware

        • TITLES WE CONSIDERED

        • Fundamental Screw-Ups
        • Propaganda Technique
        • Tinfoil Hat Type Stuff
        • The Chun-Chunk Machine
        • The Wrong Finger

          • 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

          If you haven't heard yet, Kelli and I are retiring TRD at the end of this season. Here's what you can do to keep us in your earholes...

          https://ditchinghourly.com/

          http://thebusinessofauthority.com/
          https://thirdorderpodcast.com/

          49 min
        • Keep Getting Differenter

          Keep Getting Differenter

          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 is TRD Book Club with Brave New World by Aldus Huxley.

          Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...

          HOUSEKEEPING

          • Missed last week due to illness - sorry!
          • Shoutouts - Jeremy Caudle
          • Nov 20th for Third Order

            • FEATURE

            TRD Book Club with Brave New World by Aldus Huxley

            LINKS

            • Brave New World - Read it online for free!

              • TITLES WE CONSIDERED

              • Humans Factory
              • Cake or Death?
              • The Feelies
              • Scent Organ
              • Keep Getting Differenter
              • Bonanza of Hedonistic Pleasure
              • Normtopia

                • 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.

                56 min
              • Ear Mirror

                Cortana and Alexa have exchanged friendship bracelets

                Ear Mirror

                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.

                It's official! Cortana and Alexa have exchanged friendship bracelets

                Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...

                HOUSEKEEPING

                • Third Order to launch on Nov 20, 2017
                • TRD Book Club next week: Brave New World

                  • FEATURE

                  Microsoft and Amazon voice assistant partnership.

                  LINKS

                  • The Nitch Podcast
                  • Third Order
                  • Package Manager Joke
                  • 15 Competing Standards
                  • Pictures Under Glass / Novocaine Drip Article
                  • Alexa, Cortana Become New BFFs
                  • Siri Origins
                  • One week with Samsung Bixby
                  • Samsung acquires Viv, a next-gen AI assistant built by the creators of Apple’s Siri

                    • TITLES WE CONSIDERED

                    • Ear Mirror
                    • How Hard Could It Be?™
                    • Devolved Sufficiently

                      • 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.

                      35 min
                    • Body Cookie

                      The Internet of Them™

                      Body Cookie

                      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 of them.

                      Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...

                      HOUSEKEEPING

                      • TRD Book Club in 2 weeks: Brave New World

                        • FEATURE

                        Microchipping humans is now actually a thing.

                        LINKS

                        • HYPER-REALITY biometric hacking concept video
                        • Cyborg Employees? Company Offers Free Microchipping to Workers
                        • Three Square Market
                        • BioHax International
                        • Biohackers encode malware in strand of DNA

                          • TITLES WE CONSIDERED

                          • Tagging A Wildabest
                          • Body Cookie
                          • Belly Fat Tricks
                          • Visitededed
                          • Punch The Monkey
                          • The Senator From Naboo

                            • 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.

                            34 min
                          • Band-Aid For Your Feelings

                            Grab bag of "sci-fi" tech news.

                            Band-Aid For Your Feelings

                            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 cleverly weave together a bunch of recently reported "sci-fi"-like tech news stories.

                            Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...

                            FEATURE

                            • Walmart drone blimps
                            • AI reads your mind
                            • AI arms race between google and Shutterstock
                            • Elon's space suit
                            • Disney's AI Critic

                              • LINKS

                              • Wal-Mart Applies for Patent for Blimp-Style Floating Warehouse
                              • New AI System Can Decode Your Brain Signals
                              • Shutterstock has reverse engineered Google's watermark-removal app
                              • Elon Musk reveals first offical photo of SpaceX space suit
                              • Disney Is Developing an AI That Can Judge What Makes For a Truly Great Story
                              • Ready Player One Trailer
                              • Boeing's New Space Suits
                              • 1984 on Audible
                              • Brave New World on Audible
                              • Ex Machina
                              • Her
                              • Bobiverse Books
                              • The Expanse

                                • TITLES WE CONSIDERED

                                • Rosetta Stone For Your Thoughts
                                • Headtop Device
                                • Weird Normal
                                • Real Live Sci-Fi
                                • The Clench
                                • Proclamations From The Ivory Tower
                                • My Rarified Atmosphere
                                • Spaceship Pajamas
                                • Band-Aid For Your Feelings

                                  • 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.

                                  45 min
                                • Recessive Data

                                  Storing GIFs in our DNA.

                                  Recessive Data

                                  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 storing GIFs in our DNA.

                                  Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...

                                  FEATURE

                                  Speculative ramblings on the implications of storing data in our DNA with CRISPR.

                                  LINKS

                                  • Scientists Upload A Galloping Horse GIF Into DNA With CRISPR
                                  • Extinction Events That Almost Wiped Out Humans

                                    • TITLES WE CONSIDERED

                                    • Recessive Data
                                    • Pseudo-Science Looney Bin

                                      • 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.

                                      27 min
                                    • Stream Of Elephants

                                      Stream Of Elephants

                                      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 stuff made with ARKit.

                                      Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...

                                      FEATURE

                                      Cool stuff made with ARKit.

                                      • Furniture/pillow drop"
                                      • Measuring the kitchen
                                      • Creature in the living room
                                      • TARDIS on the sidewalk
                                      • Ordering food

                                        • LINKS

                                        • Made With ARKit
                                        • Luke W on LinkedIn

                                          • TITLES WE CONSIDERED

                                          • Disaster Area Of Silly Features
                                          • Sofa Drones
                                          • Fat Dishes
                                          • Creature In The Livingroom
                                          • Stream Of Elephants
                                          • A Million NERF Guns

                                            • 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.

                                            27 min
                                          • Total Jetsons Moment

                                            Total Jetsons Moment

                                            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.

                                            Gadget week!

                                            Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...

                                            FEATURE

                                            • KS's hacked server
                                            • Linode is awesome
                                            • Dash Wand
                                            • Surprise Sweets Dash Button
                                            • iPad Pro
                                            • Apple Pencil
                                            • AirPods

                                              • TITLES WE CONSIDERED

                                              • 10 Frequencies Lower
                                              • Virus Broadcast
                                              • Nondenominational Garbage Family
                                              • Lame Little Brother
                                              • Total Jetsons Moment

                                                • 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.

                                                45 min
                                              • Bouncer Cells

                                                Bioengineering an immunity to cancer.

                                                Bouncer Cells

                                                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 bioengineering and immunity to cancer.

                                                Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...

                                                HOUSEKEEPING

                                                • Thanks for the topic suggestion!

                                                  • FEATURE

                                                  Novartis Immunotherapy announcement

                                                  LINKS

                                                  • First gene therapy — ‘a true living drug’ — on the cusp of FDA approval
                                                    • - The orignal article Jon read
                                                  • Landmark Novartis Immunotherapy Faces Crucial FDA Hearing Wednesday
                                                  • CAR T Cell Therapy: How It Works
                                                  • CAR-T Cell Therapies for CLL: How are the various techniques different?
                                                  • Novel cancer treatment wins endorsement of FDA advisers
                                                    • - Hooray!

                                                    TITLES WE CONSIDERED

                                                    • Impenetrable Acronyms
                                                    • Lymphomaniac
                                                    • Bouncer Cells

                                                      • 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.

                                                      18 min
                                                    • Mock-up For The Future

                                                      The return of the house call.

                                                      Mock-up For The Future

                                                      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 return of the house call.

                                                      Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next...

                                                      HOUSEKEEPING

                                                      • Shoutouts
                                                      • Newsletter

                                                        • FEATURE

                                                        • Doctorbot

                                                          • LINKS

                                                          • The Doctorbot Will See You Now
                                                          • KS's fav keyboard

                                                            • TITLES

                                                            • Catamaran Screwdriver
                                                            • Erase The Break
                                                            • Mock-up For The Future

                                                              • 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.

                                                              30 min

                                                            About Terrifying Robot Dog

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