The Smart Home Show

By Adam Justice

What's The Smart Home Show about?

Join hosts Adam Justice and Richard Gunther as they explore the smart home universe. The Smart Home Show features interviews with smart home leaders, analysis of the latest smart home news and the occasional Q and A and product review. All smart home, all the time.

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The Smart Home Show episodes:

03.26.2024
Episode 227 - Is Kaleidescape Really the "Ultimate Movie Platform?"
Adam has been testing the Kaleidescape home theater movie platform, and on our last episode, he interviewed the company's director of technical marketing, Andre Floyd. Today, Richard interviews Adam about what he's learned from using the so-called "ultimate movie platform,"...
03.13.2024
Episode 226 - Interview with Kaleidescape’s Andre Floyd
Adam sits down with Andre Floyd, director of technical marketing at the "ultimate movie platform" Kaleidescape, to talk about his experience testing their hardware in his home theater, and what makes Kaleidescape different from other digital media solutions. It's an...
12.29.2023
Episode 225 - Technology.FM Fireside Chat 2023
Richard Gunther from the Smart Home Show is joined by TJ Huddleston, Seth Johnson, and Gavin Campbell from The HomeTech Podcast for Technology.FM's annual fireside chat! They reflect on 2023's developments in the smart home space — both the good...
11.22.2023
Episode 224 - Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals on Smart Home Products
Adam and Richard run down the smart home deals that caught their attention ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2023. That includes discounts on home entertainment products like Sonos, security solutions for the home and office, and one of...
10.31.2023
Episode 223 - Richard’s Smart Home 2023 Update
While Adam has been working on his home theater, what smart home projects has Richard been up to? Today on the Smart Home Show, he talks about all of them, including security lighting, smart dimmer sensors, smart blinds, an awful...
10.12.2023
Episode 222 - Amazon and Google's Fall Events
Adam and Richard are joined by The Verge's smart home reviewer, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, to discuss Amazon's recent fall hardware event, which focused on new and updated products for the connected home. That includes a redesigned Echo Show 8 that...
09.21.2023
Episode 221 - CEDIA 2023
Adam and Richard share their reflections on & highlights from the 2023 CEDIA Expo in Denver, including some amazing smart drapes from Lutron, two very unusual TVs from LG, a dynamic new Android-powered media remote, and a high-end streaming media...
09.04.2023
Episode 220 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 5 (Finale)
After six months and five podcast episodes, Adam’s home theater project is finally done! Today, he recounts to Richard what he learned in the final stages of the process, including: Why you should probably get professional movers for your chairs;...
07.18.2023
Episode 219 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 4
TJ Huddleston from the HomeTech Podcast and Richard Gunther join Adam Justice at his home in Illinois to talk about the progress being made on Adam's nearly completed home theater, and the setbacks that have kept it from being totally...
06.12.2023
Episode 218 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 3
Adam and Richard are joined once again by their panel of experts — TJ Huddleston and Seth Johnson from the HomeTech Podcast, and Cinemaworks owner Owen Maddock — to discuss all the progress that has been made on Adam's home...
04.28.2023
Episode 217 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 2
Adam and Richard are re-joined by our panel of home theater experts — TJ Huddleston and Seth Johnson from the HomeTech Podcast, and Cinemaworks owner Owen Maddock — with some updates on Adam's home theater project. This time: What...
03.10.2023
Episode 216 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 1
Adam and Richard are joined by three expert guests — TJ Huddleston and Seth Johnson from the HomeTech Podcast, and Cinemaworks owner Owen Maddock — to help Adam design and build the home theater of his dreams. The project...
02.02.2023
Episode 215 - The Best of CES 2023
They couldn't make it to Las Vegas in person this year, but Adam and Richard followed all the smart home news from CES 2023 closely. In this episode, they share the announcements that most piqued their interest, including new products...
12.28.2022
Episode 214 - Technology.FM Fireside Chat 2022
Adam, Richard, and the other hosts of Technology.fm podcasts gather for their annual fireside chat, to review the biggest stories of the year. Have questions or feedback for us? Send it to [email protected]. Produced by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm
12.09.2022
Episode 213 - A Few of Our Favorite Smart Home Things
As the year comes to a close, Adam and Richard share their top product picks in various smart home categories. They also discuss this year's very long Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales and how to convince someone that smart locks are...
09.27.2022
Episode 212 - Renting a Smart Home: What Tenants and Property Managers Need to Know
Adam and Richard talk about how to get into the smart home if you rent an apartment or condo — or if you own a rental property.
08.16.2022
Episode 211 - Smart Home Fundamentals
Inspired by a listener's question, Adam and Richard go back to basics in this episode and explain some fundamental concepts about smart home technology. Including: What is a smart home? What's a platform? What's a standard? What's the difference between...
07.19.2022
Episode 210 - Dreaming of a Perfect Smart Home
Adam and Richard brainstorm what their dream smart homes would look like, if money were no object but technology advanced in a realistic way. They discuss the ideal state of voice assistants, lighting, window treatments, security systems, A/V equipment, home...
06.02.2022
Episode 209 - Moving a Smart Home, Part 2
Adam and Richard continue their discussion of Richard's recent move to a new home. Richard explains the first devices he chose to set up, why he intentionally dragged his feet on some devices, and the mistakes he made with his...
04.29.2022
Episode 208 - Insteon Goes Dark & Cloud vs. Local
Smartlabs, the company behind smarthome.com and Insteon smart home products, has shuttered operations. On today's show, Adam and Richard discuss how that sudden shutdown has impacted both manufacturers and consumers, and the trade-offs of communicating locally vs. over a proprietary...
02.23.2022
Episode 207 - Moving a Smart Home, Part 1
Adam and Richard are back to discuss Richard's move to a new state, which required him to also decide which of his more than 100 connected devices would make the move, and which would be left behind. He talks about...
01.04.2022
Episode 206 - Technology FM Fireside Chat with Seth Johnson
Adam and Richard catch up with Seth Johnson for the 2021 Technology.FM Fireside chat
11.02.2021
Episode 205 - Matter Is Starting To Get Real, featuring Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge
Adam, Richard, and The Verge's Smart Home reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy talk about the next-gen smart home standard Matter, previously known as Project CHIP. They explain what it is, why there's some cause for optimism that this will be the...
09.23.2021
Episode 204 - A deep dive into the Basement Guardian Halo, the smarter sump pump
Adam and Richard are joined by Tom Flippin from Wayne Water Systems to talk about the Basement Guardian Halo, which Wayne developed with Adam's company ConnectSense. The Halo is a smarter sump pump - a device many homeowners don't see...
08.11.2021
Episode 203 - Adam's Year of Smart Home Projects
Last month was Richard's annual recap, and now it's Adam's turn to talk about the smart home projects he has taken on over the past year, including the Sonos Roam, new lights and cameras from Ring, an amazing 3D printer,...
07.14.2021
Episode 202 - Richard's Year of Smart Home Projects
Adam and Richard talk about all the smart home projects Richard has taken on over the past year, including several attempts to install a decorative flickering light, outdoor lighting, motion sensor switches, and outfitting his new vacation rental home. Then,...
06.10.2021
Episode 201 - Smart Home News From Apple's WWDC 2021
Adam and Richard talk about the numerous Smart Home-adjacent announcements Apple made at WWDC21, including updates to Siri, the Home app, and HomeKit Secure Video. They also discuss the "homeOS" rumors, Apple's participation in the device standard Matter (previously known...
04.28.2021
Episode 200 - Apple's Spring Loaded Event and Smart Home History with Mike Wolf
To celebrate The Smart Home Show's 200th episode, Adam and Richard welcome back the Show's creator and original host, Mike Wolf. The trio discusses Apple's announcements from its Spring Loaded event last week, including the rainbow-colored M1 iMacs and the...
04.14.2021
Episode 199 - Talking Video Doorbells with Dan Seifert
This week Adam & Richard welcome back Dan Seifert from The Verge to talk all about the Video Doorbells! They discuss some of the high-end models as well as what they would like to see in this category in...
03.25.2021
Episode 198 - The Future of the Smart Home w/ Rob Martens
This week Adam & Richard are joined by Rob Martens from Allegion, they catch up on what Allegion is up to in the Smart Home space as well as talk about the future of the smart home and what's holding...
02.10.2021
Episode 197 - The Reports of Wink's Death are Greatly Exaggerated
Adam & Richard talk about Wink's recent issues as well as their troubled past and give some suggestions of what listeners might want to use to replace it.
01.19.2021
Episode 196 - Not Live from CES 2021
Adam & Richard catch up to talk about virtual CES 2021 and what the trends were that surrounded this years show.
12.23.2020
Episode 195 - Tech FM 2020 Fireside Chat w/ Seth Johnson & Jason Griffing
On this 2020 edition of the Holiday Fireside chat Adam & Richard are joined again by two special guests, Seth Johnson & Jason Griffing hosts of the HomeTech Podcast. Everyone shares their unique perspectives on the biggest stores in Smart...
11.23.2020
Episode 194 - Catching Up on the Smart Kitchen with Mike Wolf
Adam & Richard catch up with our old friend Mike Wolf to talk about all things Smart Kitchen and what has been going on in that space.
11.02.2020
Episode 193 - There's No Place like HomePod Mini
Adam & Richard talk about the newly announced HomePod Mini as well as discuss what they did to prep their homes for vacation.
09.28.2020
Episode 192 - High flying new products from ConnectSense & Amazon
Adam & Richard talk about two new ConnectSense products that were recently released as well as about all the new products announced by Amazon, Ring and Eero
09.21.2020
Episode 191 - The State of Z-Wave with Mitch Klein
Adam & Richard are joined by Executive Director of the Z-Wave alliance Mitch Klein to talk about the state of Z-Wave and where it is headed
09.08.2020
Episode 190 - Testing the Homebridge Waters Ft. Eric Welander
Adam & Richard are joined by Youtuber Eric Welander to discuss Homebridge and HOOBS
08.17.2020
Episode 189 - What's New in Adam's Smart Home
Adam & Richard revisit what smart home technology Adam uses in his own home and what's changed since we talked about this last
08.03.2020
Episode 188 - What's New in Richard's Smart Home
Adam & Richard revisit what smart home technology Richard uses in his own home and what's changed since they talked about this last year.
07.21.2020
Episode 187 - Google's Virtual Smart Home Summit
Adam & Richard talk about Google's recent virtual Smart Home summit
07.02.2020
Episode 186 - Apple's Home Play
Looking back at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, we have a clear draft winner! Apple introduced some nice HomeKit enhancements, including new features for lighting, cameras, and Apple TV devices.
06.19.2020
Episode 185 - WWDC 2020 HomeKit Draft
Adam & Richard participate in their third annual competition predicting what will take place next week at WWDC. Each draft HomeKit and related technologies and discuss what they think will be announced at WWDC 2020. See SmartHome.FM for...
06.10.2020
Episode 184 - A Deep Dive into Digital Assistants in the Smart Home
Adam & Richard dive deep into the three major smart home digital assistant platforms and talk about their capabilities, intricacies, technologies, and differences.
05.26.2020
Episode 183 - It's been a year...
Adam & Richard revisit some of the subjects discussed over the last year of hosting The Smart Home Show. Additionally, they discuss how COVID-19 may affect the smart home industry.
05.08.2020
Episode 182 - Switches vs Bulbs
Adam & Richard talk about Smart Switches vs Bulbs, the different types of each and scenarios where you want to use each. Additionally they discuss how they use these in their own homes and what they typically recommend to...
03.30.2020
Episode 181 - Smart Home Project Inspiration
Adam & Richard talk about ideas for improving your smart home while spending a little extra time at home. They also discuss some of the smart home projects they are planning on taking on in the coming weeks.
03.16.2020
Episode 180 - Hubs and Bridges
Adam & Richard discuss Hubs and bridges, the difference between the two and how they are used in the smart home space. Additionally they debate the pros and cons of using bridges and hubs.
02.24.2020
Episode 179 - State of HomeKit Roundtable
Adam and Richard join Dan Vincent and Jake Pugh from Icon Garden plus Zac Hall from 9to5Mac for a roundtable discussion on the state of HomeKit.
02.11.2020
Episode 178 - Product Lifecycles & End of Life
Adam & Richard welcome special guest Josh Clark to discuss smart home product end of life and the saga going on lately with Sonos

What's The Smart Home Show about?

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The Smart Home Show episodes:

Episode 227 - Is Kaleidescape Really the "Ultimate Movie Platform?"

Episode 226 - Interview with Kaleidescape’s Andre Floyd

Episode 225 - Technology.FM Fireside Chat 2023

Episode 224 - Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals on Smart Home Products

Episode 223 - Richard’s Smart Home 2023 Update

Episode 222 - Amazon and Google's Fall Events

Episode 221 - CEDIA 2023

Episode 220 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 5 (Finale)

Episode 219 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 4

Episode 218 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 3

Episode 217 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 2

Episode 216 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 1

Episode 215 - The Best of CES 2023

Episode 214 - Technology.FM Fireside Chat 2022

Episode 213 - A Few of Our Favorite Smart Home Things

Episode 212 - Renting a Smart Home: What Tenants and Property Managers Need to Know

Episode 211 - Smart Home Fundamentals

Episode 210 - Dreaming of a Perfect Smart Home

Episode 209 - Moving a Smart Home, Part 2

Episode 208 - Insteon Goes Dark & Cloud vs. Local

Episode 207 - Moving a Smart Home, Part 1

Episode 206 - Technology FM Fireside Chat with Seth Johnson

Episode 205 - Matter Is Starting To Get Real, featuring Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge

Episode 204 - A deep dive into the Basement Guardian Halo, the smarter sump pump

Episode 203 - Adam's Year of Smart Home Projects

Episode 202 - Richard's Year of Smart Home Projects

Episode 201 - Smart Home News From Apple's WWDC 2021

Episode 200 - Apple's Spring Loaded Event and Smart Home History with Mike Wolf

Episode 199 - Talking Video Doorbells with Dan Seifert

Episode 198 - The Future of the Smart Home w/ Rob Martens

Episode 197 - The Reports of Wink's Death are Greatly Exaggerated

Episode 196 - Not Live from CES 2021

Episode 195 - Tech FM 2020 Fireside Chat w/ Seth Johnson & Jason Griffing

Episode 194 - Catching Up on the Smart Kitchen with Mike Wolf

Episode 193 - There's No Place like HomePod Mini

Episode 192 - High flying new products from ConnectSense & Amazon

Episode 191 - The State of Z-Wave with Mitch Klein

Episode 190 - Testing the Homebridge Waters Ft. Eric Welander

Episode 189 - What's New in Adam's Smart Home

Episode 188 - What's New in Richard's Smart Home

Episode 187 - Google's Virtual Smart Home Summit

Episode 186 - Apple's Home Play

Episode 185 - WWDC 2020 HomeKit Draft

Episode 184 - A Deep Dive into Digital Assistants in the Smart Home

Episode 183 - It's been a year...

Episode 182 - Switches vs Bulbs

Episode 181 - Smart Home Project Inspiration

Episode 180 - Hubs and Bridges

Episode 179 - State of HomeKit Roundtable

Episode 178 - Product Lifecycles & End of Life