User Friendly - The Podcast

This week we feature 2 interviews about alternative energy projects.

C.P. Smith speaks on the energy co-op in Puerto Rico and the changes in technology in rebuilding the power grid since the hurricane. 

Yavor Shekerdzhiev joins us from Bulgaria to talk about new innovative energy projects there. 

Also for our pop of pop culture we go "down under" as Doyle Knudson joins us from Austria to talk about the Sydney comic-con.

William Sikkens, Jeremy and Gretchen Winkler

Join us this week as we talk movies and television.

Crit Killen (IMDb: critkillen) (Art Department on Star Wars, Star Trek, Beetlejuice and many others) joins us to talk about his work on these films and how to "find" the story.  Killen teaches in Utah at a University today and brings the art of film to many aspiring students.

Hollywood Actor Glen Baggerly (IMDb: glenbaggerly) (Grimm and others) Joins us to talk about how to get started as a professional actor. Raised here in Portland and now in Los Angeles Glen talks where to start.

G talks this week on his interviews with the famous (and not so famous).  We also cover a Harry Potter pub crawl and rumors about the PlayStation 5 video game system.

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oin us this week for live coverage of the Rose City Comic Con recorded directly from the show floor. Also an interview with the cast of the upcoming show "Stumptown" set in our home city Portland, Oregon.

This week also includes a Q&A and the latest in Technology/Pop Culture news.

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Congressman Greg Walden joins us to talk about his legislation to stop the menace of robocalls. This interview gives us a "behinds the scenes" look about a solution as well as details on these popular scams.

Ron Brewster with Rose City Comic Con tells us about this premier event happening this weekend and how you can attend.

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Today is Apple's iPhone event. You can stream it live! Also YouTube plans beg ad changes due to complaint filed with the FTC. We discuss a robot that has performed the first long-distance heart surgery by remote.

FEMA joins us this week to talk about getting prepared for the unknown while your children head back to school.  We talk about what should be in your preparedness kit.

Our guest this week discusses technology for those who are disabled.  His company creates unique equipment for mobility and other needs.

We also present our Q&A this week as well as the latest in tech news.

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We discuss the new iPhone and Android upgrades coming this month. 9/3/19 William Sikkens

The One and Only Eric G, Host of "Around The House", joins us to talk home improvement and home tech.

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Join us to learn about a new technology the Lake Oswego School District is using to keep your children safe.

Also we discuss security issues with Bluetooth and another hack - this time fingerprints.

Join us this week for live coverage from Steve Wozniak's 2019 Silicon Valley Comic Con (#svcc2019) in San Jose. Interviews include the NASA Rover, a behind the scenes look at cosplay and the costume content and much more.

This unique convention by Apple is one of the team's favorites.

William Sikkens, Jeremy and Gretchen Winkler