703: None More Black - Ad Free!
This week, we saddle up for another bumpy ride through the dystopian tech clown show. We kick off with the surveillance state’s greatest hits: ICE raid...
2025-06-27 19:45:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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Ep 702: TikTaco - Ad Free!
In this week’s episode, Trump delays the TikTok ban for the third time—because procrastination is the new policy—and Twitter’s old sign finds new...
2025-06-20 21:26:30 +0000 UTC View PostEp 701: Dancing in the Streets - Ad Free!
This week, we light a candle for lost legends and torch a few bad takes. In Follow Up, Molly White reminds us that giving a damn still matters...
2025-06-13 20:30:16 +0000 UTC View PostEp 700: Going Antiquing - Ad Free!
On this week’s episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, we kick things off with the glorious meltdown of two of our least favorite Bond villains: ...
2025-06-06 19:56:21 +0000 UTC View PostEp 699: TACO 2025 - Ad Free!
In this week’s “we told you so” edition, we kick things off with the latest AI faceplant—go ahead, Google “Is it 2025?” and try not to spit c...
2025-05-30 20:54:30 +0000 UTC View PostEp 698: Watch Out for That Tree! - Ad Free!
This week, we kick things off with the return of Space Karen’s meltdown tour: Elon Musk got flustered in an interview, sputtered out one-word ...
2025-05-23 20:03:03 +0000 UTC View PostEp 697: Office of Defects - Ad Free!
This week on Grumpy Old Geeks: FOLLOW UP kicks off with Manus madness, a $2 million ticket to Trump’s crypto cash-grab, and Elon’s Boring Company wor...
2025-05-16 19:45:11 +0000 UTC View PostEp 696: Googliearchs - Ad Free!
In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, we’re serving up a buffet of dystopia with a side of snark. First, Kuwait has finally realized crypto bros are an ...
2025-05-09 19:32:59 +0000 UTC View PostEp 695: Mad Hatter - Ad Free!
In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks—Mad Hatter edition—we kick things off with a refresher on Staingate an...
2025-05-02 20:34:05 +0000 UTC View PostEp 694: Hammers Don’t Hallucinate - Ad Free!
This week on Grumpy Old Geeks, Fyre Festival rises from the ashes yet again—but not as a festival, because even Billy McFarland finally figured out h...
Ep 693: Let Them Eat Space - Ad Free!
This week, we blast off with a tale as old as grift: Fyre Fest 2 has been postponed—again—proving that you really can fail upward if you squint har...
Ep 692: Confabulation and Frivolity - Ad Free!
This week, the boys kick things off with some serious déjà vu as Fyre Fest’s favorite grifter promises he’s totally throwing another festi...
2025-04-11 19:45:19 +0000 UTC View PostEp 691: Cry Me A River (to Cool Off My AI) - Ad Free!
This week, the Geeks wade into a swamp of tech meltdowns, governmental facepalms, and the usual Elon-flavored absurdity. Kicking things off, protesters t...
2025-04-04 19:37:24 +0000 UTC View PostEp 690: An Insult to Life Itself - Ad Free!
This week on Grumpy Old Geeks we kick off with a refreshing reminder that the Dunning-Kruger Effect is alive, well, and apparently running the show—esp...
2025-03-28 18:56:15 +0000 UTC View PostEp 689: What Would Dave Do?
In this week’s episode, we take a leisurely drive straight into the fake painted wall of tech insanity—Tesla-style. We kick things off with a jaw-droppe...
Ep 688: Why, Combinator? - Ad Free!
It’s Pi Day, and while the world celebrates the most irrational number (besides crypto bros), we dive into a different kind of irrationality—the Amer...
2025-03-14 20:16:14 +0000 UTC View PostEp 687: Uncanny Spaceballs - Ad Free!
Techdirt has finally accepted the inevitable and gone full democracy blog—because let’s face it, politics and tech are now the same dumpster fire. Go...
2025-03-07 20:08:22 +0000 UTC View PostEp 686: Not All Heroes Vibe Code
This week, the U.S. government takes another L in court as a judge rules that handing out personal data like free candy to the Department of Government E...
2025-02-28 19:58:17 +0000 UTC View PostEp 685: Bezos, Jeff Bezos - Ad Free!
Jason and Brian dive into a whirlwind of tech chaos, cultural absurdities, and dystopian developments. They kick things off with a nostalgic nod t...
2025-02-21 20:32:39 +0000 UTC View PostEp 684: Don’t be a Dick - Ad Free!
In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, Jason and Brian dive headfirst into the latest tech absurdities, financial scandals, and Elon Musk's ongoing chaos....
2025-02-15 04:39:13 +0000 UTC View PostEp 683: There IS a Spoon! - Ad Free!
This week, Jason and Brian dive into the chaos surrounding Elon Musk’s growing influence in government tech, with young engineers playing key roles in ...
2025-02-07 22:38:26 +0000 UTC View PostEp 682: We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Luigi
Brian and Jason kick things off with a look at why Gen Z grads are getting fired just months after landing jobs and a curiously viral declassified CIA s...
2025-01-31 21:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostEp 681: Trough of Disillusionment - Ad Free!
In this episode, Brian and Jason kick things off by highlighting the troubling state of the gaming industry, with 11% of developers laid off in 2024, ac...
2025-01-24 20:41:50 +0000 UTC View PostEp 680: Failed Up - Ad Free!
This week on Grumpy Old Geeks, Jason and Brian dissect the latest tech and cultural news, starting with a TikTok tempest. The Supreme Court’s...
2025-01-17 21:16:08 +0000 UTC View PostEp 679: Set Sanity to Zero - Ad Free!
In Episode 679 of Grumpy Old Geeks, titled "Set Sanity to Zero," Brian and Jason discuss the latest developments in tech, culture, and innovation. The e...
2025-01-10 22:01:39 +0000 UTC View PostEp 678: Stop Doing That!
WordPress has officially jumped the pineapple, forcing users to agree that pineapple belongs on pizza to log in. Critics call it a kindergarten move, es...
2024-12-20 21:45:19 +0000 UTC View PostEp 677: What’s in the Bag?! - Ad Free!
In this episode, Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister dig into the Hawk Tuah meme coin disaster and where influencer-driven crypto schemes go off the...
2024-12-13 22:39:50 +0000 UTC View PostEp 676: Gay Nuclear Frogs - Ad Free!!!
We dive into the TikTok ban drama, Elon Musk’s Tesla pay controversy, and a Chinese ship crew allegedly sabotaging undersea cables. In the news, the fo...
2024-12-06 20:14:40 +0000 UTC View PostEp 675.5: A Thanksgiving Blast from the Past - Ad Free!
Welcome to our Thanksgiving Weekend Blast from the Past! This is a cleaned-up replay of our very first Thanksgiving with Tim Ferriss. We hope yo...
2024-11-30 18:56:45 +0000 UTC View Post