Ep. 059 - SpaceX Starlink - Elon Musk and the top 10 tech CEO salaries

This week we took a look at the SpaceX Starlink satellite constellation project and the potential positive and negative impacts.

We referenced this video as a jump off point - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEIUdMiColU

If you listen to the end, you will learn about a give-away we have going on.

As always, feel free to reach out to us on twitter - https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow and let us know what you think of this episode or anything else we have covered!

Thanks,
- Bob & Kevin

Ep. 058 - Jeffery Epstein did not kill himself memes, social media engineering political viewpoints and Joe Rogan #1386 with Matt Taibbi

In this episode Bob & Kevin discuss the recent troubles with YouTube and content geared towards children and the violation of child data privacy rights. We also discussed how the various social media platforms each have their unique rule sets and personalities.

We also tackled the apparent flooding of social media with Jeffery Epstein memes and how they are influencing public opinion and speculate what (or who) may be driving this agenda.

As always, feel free to reach out to us on twitter - https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow and let us know what you think of this episode or anything else we have covered!

Thanks,
- Bob & Kevin

Ep. 057 - Apple credit card and Goldman Sachs algorithmic bias analysis and is cord cutting really working out the way we wanted it to?

In this episode, Bob & Kevin kick things off discussing all the various streaming services that are popping up as fast as javascript libraries were a couple years ago. After the break, they get into the meat of the episode and discuss the topic of algorithmic bias and the recent accusations against the Apple credit card and Goldman Sachs.

Feel free to reach out to us on twitter at https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow and let us know what you think. If you listen on Apple Podcasts, please consider giving us a star rating and/or leaving us a review - it is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for listening!
- Bob & Kevin

Ep. 056 - Is TikTok really a Huawei sized problem or is it the new cheap keyboard you just got - and did Edward Snowden foreshadow all of this?

Bob & Kevin continue their crusade against sketchy tech practices and in this episode discuss how the U.S. Government is taking issue with Tik Tok because it is an app developed out of China and it might be stealing our data... but apparently Facebook, Google and the like are just fine, because the government can actually request any of their data - or so Edward Snowden says!

We talk about some other tech stuff too. Hey, as always, reach out to us at https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow and let us know what you like, what you don't like, or what you want to hear us discuss more of.

Thanks for listening!

- Bob & Kevin

Ep. 055 - Is zuckCoin aka Libra and their digital wallet offering Calibra f*cked before it is even reality?

In this episode Bob & Kevin break down the recent House Financial Services Committee hearing with Mr. Zuckerberg defending his pending crypto currency, Libra and the digital wallet service for said crypto coin, Calibra. We thought he hearings were both informative and entertaining with plenty of content to make fun of!

Speaking of making fun of stuff... feel free to make fun of Bob for his HUGE technical mess up with his microphone. In the open you can even get more detail on how funny the opening exchanges of the podcast actually are :)

As always... hit us up on the tweeters - https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow [but don't complain about Bob's mic -- really ;) ] and let us know what you like or don't like about the show or let us know what tech related topic you would like to hear us discuss next.

Thanks!
Bob & Kevin

Ep. 054 - Snowden speaks recap of Joe Rogan Experience #1368 with Edward Snowden and the implications of mass surveillance

Well, since everyone on the planet appears to be talking about Edward Snowden, we thought it was time that we weighed in. Bob & Kevin both recently listened to Mr. Snowden as a rare, remote guest on the Joe Rogan Experience (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efs3QRr8LWw) so we had to talk about the episode and a bunch around mass surveillance, our darn cell phones and how facebook just ruins everything for all of us!

We also discussed how the US government is basically in a "no lose" situation with Snowden and that Ed is basically in a "no win".

Of course, we discussed the area in the Snowden interview where he brought up aliens... and we had thoughts!

Feel free to message us on twitter (https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow) and let us know what you thought of this episode!

Ep. 053 - Speedboats vs. air craft carriers: Apple Catalina dumpster fire, rapid fire windows updates, Stack overflow ass-hats, rural tech issues and more alien tech discussions

In our latest episode, Bob & Kevin (self-proclaimed tech pundits) discuss the new release cycles for our major operating systems, the ettiquette (or lack there of) on stack overflow and how there is a definite developer drought in rural America. Listen for Bob's struggles with the word rural several times and try to coin the phrase "tech desert"

Kevin is desperately seeking a tech meetup in the middle of nowhere - can anyone help him out?

Bob & Kevin took some time to decunstruct the most recent #demDebate as it related to "big social" and the implications of social media in our current election cycle.

Somehow, we looped it all back to darn alien technology and propulsion that has yet to be figured out. F*cking aliens!!!

Got thougts on this episode? Hit us up on twitter - https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow our DMs are always open for you to comment - or just at us... as the kids say.

Ep. 052 - The tech of weed - Bob & Kevin talk flower, shatter, edibles, THC, CBD and how tech plays into it all

oh, and we were both on edibles when we recorded this episode...

So, we are learning that the more episodes we do, the more we learn tech is integrated into pretty much everything. This week we discussed the technology of making marijuana based products, the tech of consuming some of those products and some of the tech driving the industry and where we think that tech is going.

We also spent some time discussing the various laws around cannabis growth, consumption and sales.

As always, we are STILL interested in hearing from you (our loyal listeners) about the topics we discuss and if you would like us to cover a particular topic.

https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow - DMs are OPEN!

Ep. 051 - A look back at aliens, moon technology, Joe Rogan Episodes and fifty shades of podcasting fun!

Yup, we did a retrospective on our 50 podcast episodes so far. We even talked a bit about our old YouTube channel experiences and how that led to our illustrious podcasting career... well, career in air quotes... we still have our day gigs!

We looked back at our most favorite and our least favorite episodes - let us know what you want to hear more of in our next 50! https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow

Ep. 050 - Seven tips to monetize your podcast - plus we talk Atlas the robot, building your personal brand, Between Two Ferns the movie and more.

In this episode we celebrated our 50th! Sure we had about 30 or so YouTube Shows (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmOHJDCtT0THNKW49Ghxtmg) but can you believe we have recorded FIFTY podcast episodes!?!?!

We have been tackling some heavy topics lately on the show, so today we decided to talk some tech headlines and see where things took us.

We talked about the latest iteration of the Boston Dynamics Atlas robot - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(robot) in addition to how the idea of the "personal brand" has evolved since we got in "the game". 

We took a look at some recent press about podcast monetizing and the various options out there, plus much, much more! As always... if you want to leave us a comment, feel free to hit us up on twitter - https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow

Rumor has it, if you send us a DM, we will reach out to you with a very special gift! DO IT... DO IT NOW!

Ep. 049 - The tech of sex: from leading edge adult video technologies to vibrators with phone apps to full blown A.I. sex dolls

So, this week we decided to discuss the role of technology in the adult entertainment/porn/sex industry. We did do some research and all the links can be found below.

We started with some banter about a the recent admission by the U.S. Military that some videos of UFOs were indeed authentic, but then we quickly got into the main topic - the tech of sex.

We started the discussion around web technology and how the "adult industry" really has been the birthplace of many technologies used throughout the web today. We also discussed how sites like pornhub.com make their stats available for research and how staggering some of their numbers are.

We then moved onto app controlled, self-pleasure devices and the Autoblow A.I. v3.0 - yeah, we are not making this crap up!

We then moved onto the sex doll industry and the inclusion of Artificial Intelligence in the latest iterations of sex dolls. 

Definitely listen to the episode and please check out some of the research we used for this week's show... it might not be the most "safe for work" research, but it is interesting for sure.

Documentary films:

https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/sex-robots-us/
https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/substitutes/

Websites/articles:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/autoblow-a-i-replicates-human-oral-sex-techniques#/
https://realbotix.com/
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yw54wj/ai-sex-dolls-are-driving-chinas-sexual-revolution
https://www.wired.com/story/ose-vibrator-ces-controversy/
https://www.vibease.com/
https://medium.com/voice-tech-podcast/sex-robots-when-ai-goes-too-far-and-why-we-should-be-concerned-fd687b2378b4

YouTube and other podcasts referenced:

Harmony, the first A.I. Sex Robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CNLEfmx6Rk

Joe Rogan #1328 with Whitney Cummings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hhc90mpKNc

also, the Whitney Cummings Netflix special - "Can I Touch It?" was referenced in the Podcast.

Thanks for listening,
Bob & Kevin

Ep. 048 - Assault vape pen ban, another Apple money grab with Apple Pro, the death of the gig economy and more

Wow did we cover a lot this week! We started with a rant from Bob on the near instant ban of flavored vape juice products in the wake of 7 deaths and still nothing to be done about guns in this country! We then moved on to discuss the recent iPhone 11 and the iPhone Pro - as you can imagine, neither Kevin, nor Bob are fans of most of what apple had to announce - but Bob expressed some interest in one of the new streaming services.

We also talked a little about a new Netflix show all in Russian and about sex bots... that was interesting! Oh, and we cannot forget AlienStock, also known as the new Fyre Festival :)

As always let us know what you think of the show by hitting us up on the tweeters! 

Seriously... DO IT!
https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow

Love always, Bob and Kevin

Ep. 047 - Can forced diversity work in tech? In podcasts? Anywhere? We discuss recent issues plaguing the Ladybug Podcast and more.

We don't typically shy away from controversial topics, but we really debated if we would discuss this topic or not - it is super tricky at best and we just want to say, we tried. Both Bob & Kevin had thoughts on how difficult it is to define what diversity is vs. should be. Heck, we even started the conversation with the fact that we (as two white males) may not even be permitted to discuss this issue... alas, we were not thwarted in sharing our thoughts and opinions (which are completely our own, btw and not those of our employers... past, present and probably not future). 

We are sure you have insight and thoughts you want to share with us on this topic and maybe you want to even call us out for some of our views... feel free to so at https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow 

oh, and if you want to give a listen to the Ladybug Podcast - you can check them out here: https://ladybug.dev/

Thanks for listening!

Ep. 046 - Enter the Matrix! How do we know that we are not living in a simulation? Elon Musk, Neil Degrasse Tyson and others think we may be living in a simulation!

In honor of the newly announced Matrix 4, Bob & Kevin tackle the tough (and trippy question) 'How do we know we are not living in a simulation or the Matrix already?'

We did a little bit of research (see links below), but mostly we just had our minds blown by things like "The Mandela Effect" and the "fact" that maybe Sinbad did not star as a genie in the movie Shazzaam in the 1990s... what the heck!

Anyway, we hope you like this one... peep our research links below, and let us know what you think!

Cold Open chat - https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/8/27/20834974/youtube-ceo-letter-open-susan-wojcicki-creator

Main Show Stuff:

https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/15-irrefutable-reasons-we-might-be-living-in-a-simulation.html

https://www.thethings.com/15-unsettling-signs-that-we-are-actually-living-in-the-matrix/

https://elonmusknews.org/blog/elon-musk-quotes-about-living-in-a-simulation

https://www.philosophyzer.com/the-allegory-of-the-cave-by-plato-summary-and-meaning/

https://www.simulation-argument.com

Ep. 045 - Gun safety tech - Smart Guns, Second Amendment and the NRA and some Joe Rogan #1138 with Ted Nugent

So, this week we take on the VERY controversial topic of how, if at all possible that Gun related technology can help solve some our our issues with gun violence here in the good ole U.S. of A. But before we could tackle that topic, Bob & Kevin shared their personal stances and experiences with guns. Once we got past the setup, we were able to discuss the various smart gun technologies that are currently being worked on, and more importantly, we discussed the potential reasons WHY this tech is not widely available or sold here in the states. If you are interested in some of the tech we discussed, feel free to browse this resource to learn more: https://smarttechfoundation.org/gun-safety-technologies-2/

Also, feel free to jump on over to hear Joe Rogan discuss some gun related issues with the Motor City Mad Man, aka Ted Nugent here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yp6ZdCIE3k 

Let us know if you have issue with our discussion or want to simply add to the conversation - find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow

Ep. 044 - The Great Hack - Cambridge Analytica, Project Alamo, Brittany Kaiser and more

Bob & Kevin both watched the Netflix documentary "The Great Hack" and, of course, they both had thoughts! Tune in to hear how your two favorite tech news podcasts hosts debate how to fix what is wrong with personal data rights today.

Feel free to reach out to us on twitter: https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow and let us know what you think of the show! Like, Subscribe, give us some stars and/or leave a review on your favorite podcast app and thanks for listening!

Ep. 043 - Sidewalk Labs Quayside proposal, new Twitter and alphabet soup

In this episode, Bob & Kevin discuss a planned neighborhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada being proposed by Alphabet (formerly Google) subsidiary, Sidewalk Labs. We discuss both the technological and non-tech innovations that are being proposed and discussed. It actually gets a little intense when Bob & Kevin discuss the application of the word 'utopia'. In addition to Quayside, we discuss new Twitter, a recent podcast from Land of the Giants (https://pca.st/V7d9) on the topic of the rise of Amazon Alexa and where the future may be. We wrap up the episode going over the list of all the companies that make up Alphabet - https://abc.xyz . We hope you enjoy and would love for you to reach out to us on https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow - let's connect!

Ep. 042 - Aliens, Area 51 and Bob Lazar on Joe Rogan #1315 - oh, and a 5 billion dollar fine for our friends at Facebook

We swear that we are not a Joe Rogan recap podcast, but this one was just too juicy to pass up for us. I mean come on... Alien technology... how can we not discuss this one! We pretty much debated the legitimacy of Bob Lazar and his amazing claims of alien technology. In addition to JRE #1315 we also referenced the documentary by Jeremy Corbell that is currently streaming on Netflix.

Anti-gravity propulsion, surfaces that turn into screens and that little machine that measures the bones in your hand - we pretty much cover it all.

We did some talk about the current season of Black Mirror, as well as, a couple of other sci-fi series. Let us know if you like what you hear or let us know what you want to hear more of - https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow

Ep. 041 - Podcast on podcasting inspired by Joe Rogan with Kevin Smith #1123 and many, many others

First... Big thanks to all our listeners - we are on the cusp of 3000 listens and we just had our best month ever in June... so thanks!

Now on to the episode notes:

Yup, we know there are about a million podcasts, by podcasters, about podcasting... but we wanted to share our thoughts on why we started, how we go about the show and what gear we use from a hardware and software perspective. Sure there is some talk about Twitter and virtue signaling in there somewhere too! Feel free to drop us a line on twitter: https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow and let us know what tech topics you want us to cover next!

"if you are interesting at all... do a podcast" - Joe Rogan

Ep. 040 - Facebook introduces Libra Crypto Currency and Kevin gets some smart home security tech installed

Well, we really wanted to have three topics for this episode, but wow, did we have too much fun discussing this new, and frightening crypto development around Facebook! We kicked off the episode discussing all the new smart home security tech that Kevin is putting into his new house and we fully intended to talk about podcast tech and other pods that we like and or dislike and why... but we totally got carried away discussing Libra. Take a look at one of the articles we were referencing https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/18/facebook-libra/ while listening and let us know how you think this will all play out! We also gave some quick hits on the block chain while discussing this new crypto currency - https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/large-financial-services-company

Ep. 039 - Technology on the moon, space travel to mars, Joe Rogan #1309 with Naval Ravikant and a bunch more!

Well, we kicked of the show this week discussing some of showbot's new skills and quickly jumped into some Artificial Intelligence discussions from a recent Joe Rogan episode with Naval Ravikant. We then talked about the potential sale of "Have I Been Pwned?" which was created by Troy Hunt. Finally (about 26 minutes in) we kicked off the show to discuss our main topic - the tech of space. As usual, Kevin had plenty of notes and was well prepped to try and trap the ever elusive Bob. Also, as per usual, Bob was ill prepared to discuss the tech of space travel, but somehow managed to hold his own (he thinks... LOL). Have a listen, let us know your thoughts on the episode and things you would like to hear us discuss more and the crap you don't want us to talk about any more.

Ep. 038 - Deep Fakes from Jordan Peele, Bill Hader, Nancy Pelosi and Joe Rogan

This week, Bob & Kevin talk deep fake technology and where they think it is headed. We open the show with audio from a very well known deep fake and begin the conversation with the ability to model audio to generate audio based deep fakes and we spiral down the rabbit hole from there. Take a listen and always feel free to reach out to us on twitter - https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow or drop us an email at [email protected] - be sure to check out the deep fakes we referenced in the show.

Jordan Peele as Barrack Obama - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ54GDm1eL0

Bill Hader deep fake with Arnold Schwarzenegger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPhUhypV27w

Joe Rogan audio deep fake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=DWK_iYBl8cA

and out of respect for not spreading #fakeNews - we will NOT be posting a link to the Nancy Pelosi slowed down video "fake".

Ep. 037 - Meet our new A.I. Showbot intern. Plus discussions around the Huawei Android ban, Joe Rogan #1299 with Annie Jacobsen and more

An Artificial Intelligence bot is born... well, kinda. On this week's episode Bob & Kevin introduce the world to "showbot", which is what we are calling our new digital assistant intern until you help us name them... oh, yeah and we struggle with pronouns for the cheeky little intern plenty in this episode. Guess what, you can even help contribute to "showbot" because the project is open source!

https://github.com/kgiszewski/ShowBot

We also talked some Joe Rogan and Annie Jacobsen - you know, because AI and stuff and we had to throw in a little Huawei talk as well. Let us know what you think and hit us up for some naming ideas for our new intern!

Ep. 036 - The great A.I. debate with discussion on Alan Turing’s contributions to artificial intelligence, Lex Fridman’s thoughts from Joe Rogan #1188 and a multitude of paradoxes

Okay, these will most likely be our most robust show notes to date... and yes we pretty much discussed each and every point below. In this episode, Bob & Kevin take sides in a friendly debate on AI and where it is going. Below, please find all our research points and feel free to call us out on social media (https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow )

Kevin's References: 

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7284/what-is-turing-complete (bob used this one too)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undecidable_problem
http://www.clockbackward.com/2009/01/18/is-math-true/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems_in_mathematics
https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/1768/could-a-paradox-kill-an-ai
https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem

And Bob's references:

https://www.livescience.com/62656-when-will-ai-be-conscious.html 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamorris/2018/03/13/we-need-to-talk-about-sentient-robots/#243a2c7f1b2c 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphex 
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-build-a-self-conscious-ai-machine/ 

https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/strategy-and-management/artificial-intelligence-can-diagnose-ptsd-by-analysing-voices-study/69003250 

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/language-understanding-intelligent-service/ 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/text-analytics/how-tos/text-analytics-how-to-sentiment-analysis 

https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2018/07/18/a-beginners-guide-to-ai-computer-vision-and-image-recognition/ 

https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2017/09/21/ai-should-be-treated-like-a-curious-toddler-not-a-killer-robot/ 

https://www.quantamagazine.org/clever-machines-learn-how-to-be-curious-20170919/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaGo_versus_Lee_Sedol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5FOumrXyww 

Ep. 035 - Facebook in 5 years and Sam Harris “The Trouble with Facebook” recap with guest Roger McNamee

Show Notes Galore for this Episode! We started things off sharing our thoughts about a Sam Harris podcast episode where special guest Roger McNamee discussed his book "Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe" You can catch that episode in full here: https://samharris.org/podcasts/152-trouble-facebook/

We also discussed what facebook might look like in the next five years. That conversation was sparked by this article: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-15-months-of-fresh-hell/

We also had some discussion around youTube and Twitter regarding content and responsibilities sparked by a tweet from one of our favs - Tim Pool https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1118140799676506112 - of course this got us talking AI and the Achilles Paradox - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Achilles-paradox 

We wrapped the episode with a little PSA about our friends Microsoft and their apparent security risk of a browser - IE11... read more here: http://flip.it/9WMBiv

feel free to comment on this episode via twitter https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow or email the show at [email protected] 

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