Beer of the week

Dez - Fierce Beer Iron Brew - scotland

Marco - Rye River Brewing Co - Coastal IPA - Ireland

Part 2 of our Grand Return!

Marco discusses the last thing which really helped his journey into parenthood and then its all downhill with all the tech that didn't make the grade or actually made things worse!

A candid, practical episode about modern tech, real life, and adapting fast—without the gimmicks. This time we review our beers!🍺📱👶

Beer of the week

Dez - Fierce Beer Iron Brew - scotland

Marco - Rye River Brewing Co - Coastal IPA - Ireland

This week we crack open a couple of standout beers, then dive into life-changing news: becoming a parent and how tech suddenly matters a lot more. We answer listener mail on which phone to buy right now, explore why some gadgets become essential overnight (and why others are absolutely useless), and talk about gaming, AI, and media in a world where free time comes in unpredictable bursts. A candid, practical episode about modern tech, real life, and adapting fast—without the gimmicks. 🍺📱👶

Beer of the week:

Dez - Hip Hop IPA Italian Pale Ale - Target 2000 Riccione Italy

Marco - chamomile vanilla and manuka honey tea

Main:

Original Gladiator review:

Best movie ever? .

Gladiator 2 review:

How can a sequel 24 years later live up to the original and the hype?

Discussion:

- Can Ridley Scott keep up his youthful energy and focus at 87?

- How much do we care or should we care about historical accuracy in movies?

Beers

Dez - Robert The Juice IPA, C*ld Town - Lab, Scotland

Marco - Trappist Westvleteren 12, Trappist Westvleteren, Belgium

News -

MAIN

Two movie franchises with similar trajectories

Robocop and Terminator

Once groundbreaking and almost lost to ridicule after the umpteenth remake.

BUT enter TAYON!!!

Can new life be brought back into classic franchises?

Beers

Dez - Session IPA, Mahou, Spain

Marco - Aero, Birrificio Granda, Italy

Weird

- Who is Joe Crombie?

-Borderlands movie flop?

News

- SpaceX Polaris Dawn

- Annapurna Interactive staff walk-out -

https://www.eurogamer.net/annapurna-interactive-sees-exodus-of-entire-staff-as-negotiations-break-down

- Concord - Sony’s 250 million dollar failure

- Sony ps5 Pro - is it worth 800dollars

- Apple fall event

- Samsung event

- Pixel event

Beer of the week

Dez - Cerveza - Mexican Lager with Lime - Fierce, Scotland

Marco - Quaffzilla - To Ol - Hazy Session IPA - Denmark

News

Boeing in trouble - Brief and inaccurate conversation on the recent aviation and space woes of the once mighty Boeing!

Bonus Easter Egg - did you spot the hidden reference? Hint - Remember the 90s

Main:

X-Men ‘97 - Disney+

- Sequel of original Animated Series from the 90s

Batman: Caped Crusader - Amazon Prime

-New animated series from creators of legendary, Batman The Animated Series, and new influential producers

The Retro Future

Beer of the week:

Dez - Hop On Board - Rudgate Brewery for LNER, Golden Ale, UK

Marco: Korenwolf - Gulpner - Wheatbeer, NL

News:

- The new n1 Podcast platform

-AWESOME TRAILERS

Metroid Prime 4

Gladiator 2

MAIN

- Retro gaming is becoming Expensive - Collectable, Scalpers, or genuine rarity?

- Hardware vs software emulation

- Analogue Pocket mini review

- Playdate by Panic! Mini review

DISCUSSION

- Lot of modern tech Retrograding

- Rise of dumbphones

- ipod modding community and the return of monotasking products

Beer of the Week

Dez - Pear of Peaches - Avery Brewing Co - Imperial Hazy IPA - USA

Marco - Pear of Peaches - Avery Brewing Co - Imperial Hazy IPA - USA

Main:

-Everyone’s doing AI? Is it any good? Is it the seismic shift we expect?

-AI devices to replace smartphones? Are we on the verge of a new shift?

-Humane AI Pin

-Rabbit R1

- Next gen devices incorportatining Gemini/OpenAI etc

- Real use cases of AI

Beer of the week:

Dez - Che Guava, Radical Lager - Williams Bros Brewing, Scotland

Marco - Levensgenieter - Kompaan - NEIPA - NL

News

RIP Google Podcasts ?Long live Youtube Music

Main

-Fallout Tv Series

-Fallout Games

-Civil War