Best Awfully Nice Podcasts (2025)

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TWiT 1059: I'm Interested in Your Toolset - Why Your Favorite Site Went Dark This Week 2:58:22

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A judge is racing to break up Google's advertising empire before they can appeal, while Microsoft's Copilot stumbles on camera. Australia's sweeping social bans, Roblox's selfie requirement, and flawed AI moderation spark sharp debate on what happens when online gatekeeping gets serious. Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls …

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TWiT 1059: I'm Interested in Your Toolset - Why Your Favorite Site Went Dark This Week 2:57:52

7d ago2:57:52

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A judge is racing to break up Google's advertising empire before they can appeal, while Microsoft's Copilot stumbles on camera. Australia's sweeping social bans, Roblox's selfie requirement, and flawed AI moderation spark sharp debate on what happens when online gatekeeping gets serious. Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls …

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NEW SERIES! The quest for the best (and worst) from streaming media begins! This episode: TERMINATOR rip-offs! 31:33

7d ago31:33

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By Automaton Studios

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You Won’t Believe Who’s On Your Payroll 42:33

10d ago42:33

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Send us a text A quiet Thanksgiving plan turns into a high-stakes HR story: 20-plus fake employees on a real payroll, deepfake executives on urgent video calls, and wire transfers that vanish because the faces on the screen weren’t human at all. We pull the thread on ghost workers, AI-powered impersonation, and the ways remote hiring can be gamed, …

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TWiT 1058: Furry Little Potatoes - Smart Glasses & Everyday "Surveillance" 3:19:52

14d ago3:19:52

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Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses steal the spotlight on a Rome trip, triggering debates about privacy, wearable tech etiquette, and the uncomfortable power of recording the world through your eyewear. Plus, gadgets scanning your urine, bots shaping your inbox, and the future of Disney+! Counting Renaissance butts in Rome with the Meta Ray-Ban Display…

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TWiT 1058: Furry Little Potatoes - Smart Glasses & Everyday "Surveillance" 3:19:52

14d ago3:19:52

3:19:52

Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses steal the spotlight on a Rome trip, triggering debates about privacy, wearable tech etiquette, and the uncomfortable power of recording the world through your eyewear. Plus, gadgets scanning your urine, bots shaping your inbox, and the future of Disney+! Counting Renaissance butts in Rome with the Meta Ray-Ban Display…

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TWiT 1057: Ferret Trousering - Can Apple TV Fix the Broken World of Streaming Sports? 3:03:50

21d ago3:03:50

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Elon Musk's eye-popping trillion-dollar pay package, Apple's big F1 gamble, and Meta's scam-friendly ad policies set the stage for a candid debate on Big Tech's priorities and who really pays the price for innovation (and neglect). Musk gets approval for bumper Tesla payout but, unlike his robot, there are strings attached - Behold the one trillion…

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TWiT 1057: Ferret Trousering - Can Apple TV Fix the Broken World of Streaming Sports? 3:03:50

21d ago3:03:50

3:03:50

Elon Musk's eye-popping trillion-dollar pay package, Apple's big F1 gamble, and Meta's scam-friendly ad policies set the stage for a candid debate on Big Tech's priorities and who really pays the price for innovation (and neglect). Musk gets approval for bumper Tesla payout but, unlike his robot, there are strings attached - Behold the one trillion…

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MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP returns with the tale of a writer who faked his identity...until an amateur sleuth discovered the truth! 15:16

21d ago15:16

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By Automaton Studios

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From AWS Outage To HR Snark: A Catch‑Up On Tech Glitches, Office Culture, And Salary Negotiations 35:27

24d ago35:27

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Send us a text A Florida beach meltdown, a nationwide cloud outage, and a truly awful Halloween costume walk into a workplace. What sounds like a joke turns into a sharp look at how culture, tech, and judgment collide where people get paid and policies get real. We return from a short break with fresh stories and hard lessons: how a single AWS fail…

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Skepticamp 2025 — Talk 01 — Suspicious Minds: The Predictable Irrationality of The Traitors — Jim Cliff 20:09

24d ago20:09

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This audio is a part of the Skepticamp 2025, that happened in front of a live audience on October 24th 2025 in Mercure Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester and was live streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/sitp/ About the talk:With stressful competition and very little actual evidence to go on, TV smash hit The Traitors is a masterclass of flawed reasoning an…

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TWiT 1056: The Big Sleep - The Great Router Ban 2:47:28

28d ago2:47:28

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From AI-powered code generation boosting productivity to adversaries using the same tools to hunt zero-days, the panel exposes the coming wave of AI-fueled cyberattacks—and why most companies aren't ready for it. Cotton blocks Trump-backed effort to make daylight saving time permanent The End of Cybersecurity Amazon says it didn't cut 14,000 people…

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TWiT 1056: The Big Sleep - The Great Router Ban 2:47:28

28d ago2:47:28

2:47:28

From AI-powered code generation boosting productivity to adversaries using the same tools to hunt zero-days, the panel exposes the coming wave of AI-fueled cyberattacks—and why most companies aren't ready for it. Cotton blocks Trump-backed effort to make daylight saving time permanent The End of Cybersecurity Amazon says it didn't cut 14,000 people…

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It’s (not) all in your head – Dr Anna Fieldwalker 1:47:52

29d ago1:47:52

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Chronic pain affects over 40% of the UK population, including around 18% of adolescents, with up to 6% of young people experiencing severe chronic pain. Despite its high prevalence, understanding and education around chronic pain remain limited. Long-term pain is strongly linked to reduced quality of life, increased healthcare use, and poorer long-…

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TWiT 1055: The Garden of Thorns - AWS Outage Exposes Our Cloud Dependency 2:59:11

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When a major Amazon cloud outage brings everything from smart mattresses to Snapchat grinding to a halt, what does it reveal about our digital fragility—and are we trusting the cloud a little too much? A Single Point of Failure Triggered the Amazon Outage Affecting Million Pluralistic: The mad king's digital killswitch (20 Oct 2025) Trump and Xi wi…

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TWiT 1055: The Garden of Thorns - AWS Outage Exposes Our Cloud Dependency 2:59:11

1M ago2:59:11

2:59:11

When a major Amazon cloud outage brings everything from smart mattresses to Snapchat grinding to a halt, what does it reveal about our digital fragility—and are we trusting the cloud a little too much? A Single Point of Failure Triggered the Amazon Outage Affecting Million Pluralistic: The mad king's digital killswitch (20 Oct 2025) Trump and Xi wi…

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Week 3 of HALLOWEEN HORROR MONTH is here! It's all about Creepypasta movies! Don't know what that means? Listen and find out! 22:57

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By Automaton Studios

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Encore Episode: Spooky HR Spooky Spooktacular 43:37

1M ago43:37

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Send us a text A Halloween throwback with teeth: we revisit the moments that make HR feel haunted and explain how to handle them without losing your cool. We kick off with a real company memo that tied election outcomes to potential layoffs and unpack where employer speech ends and voter intimidation begins. The difference between context and coerc…

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TWiT 1054: Nine Days a Week - Satellite Data Exposed With $750 of Equipment 2:55:13

1M ago2:55:13

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Shocking new research reveals how anyone with $750 can intercept unencrypted satellite data, exposing everything from government secrets to in-flight Wi-Fi traffic. Find out why decades-old vulnerabilities are still open and who actually wants it that way. Study: The World's Satellite Data Is Massively Vulnerable To Snooping You Only Need $750 of E…

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TWiT 1054: Nine Days a Week - Satellite Data Exposed With $750 of Equipment 2:55:13

1M ago2:55:13

2:55:13

Shocking new research reveals how anyone with $750 can intercept unencrypted satellite data, exposing everything from government secrets to in-flight Wi-Fi traffic. Find out why decades-old vulnerabilities are still open and who actually wants it that way. Study: The World's Satellite Data Is Massively Vulnerable To Snooping You Only Need $750 of E…

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Saddle up, Divers! This week on HALLOWEEN HORROR MONTH 2025, we mosey on over to the weirdest, wildest Western Horror movies! 26:12

2M ago26:12

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By Automaton Studios

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TWiT 1053: Robotic Lap Trimmer - Sony, Cox, & ISP Liability for User Copyright Infringement 3:20:18

2M ago3:20:18

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From internet service providers facing billion-dollar lawsuits for their users' file sharing to Amazon's smart displays turning into ad machines, the future of your connected life is up for grabs. If you want to know who's really pulling the strings in tech and where the battle lines are being drawn, this is the episode you can't miss. October Term…

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TWiT 1053: Robotic Lap Trimmer - Sony, Cox, & ISP Liability for User Copyright Infringement 3:20:18

2M ago3:20:18

3:20:18

From internet service providers facing billion-dollar lawsuits for their users' file sharing to Amazon's smart displays turning into ad machines, the future of your connected life is up for grabs. If you want to know who's really pulling the strings in tech and where the battle lines are being drawn, this is the episode you can't miss. October Term…

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TWiT 1059: I'm Interested in Your Toolset - Why Your Favorite Site Went Dark This Week 2:58:22

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TWiT 1059: I'm Interested in Your Toolset - Why Your Favorite Site Went Dark This Week 2:57:52

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NEW SERIES! The quest for the best (and worst) from streaming media begins! This episode: TERMINATOR rip-offs! 31:33

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You Won’t Believe Who’s On Your Payroll 42:33

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TWiT 1058: Furry Little Potatoes - Smart Glasses & Everyday "Surveillance" 3:19:52

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TWiT 1058: Furry Little Potatoes - Smart Glasses & Everyday "Surveillance" 3:19:52

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TWiT 1057: Ferret Trousering - Can Apple TV Fix the Broken World of Streaming Sports? 3:03:50

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TWiT 1057: Ferret Trousering - Can Apple TV Fix the Broken World of Streaming Sports? 3:03:50

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MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP returns with the tale of a writer who faked his identity...until an amateur sleuth discovered the truth! 15:16

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From AWS Outage To HR Snark: A Catch‑Up On Tech Glitches, Office Culture, And Salary Negotiations 35:27

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Skepticamp 2025 — Talk 01 — Suspicious Minds: The Predictable Irrationality of The Traitors — Jim Cliff 20:09

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TWiT 1056: The Big Sleep - The Great Router Ban 2:47:28

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TWiT 1056: The Big Sleep - The Great Router Ban 2:47:28

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It’s (not) all in your head – Dr Anna Fieldwalker 1:47:52

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TWiT 1055: The Garden of Thorns - AWS Outage Exposes Our Cloud Dependency 2:59:11

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TWiT 1055: The Garden of Thorns - AWS Outage Exposes Our Cloud Dependency 2:59:11

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Week 3 of HALLOWEEN HORROR MONTH is here! It's all about Creepypasta movies! Don't know what that means? Listen and find out! 22:57

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Encore Episode: Spooky HR Spooky Spooktacular 43:37

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TWiT 1054: Nine Days a Week - Satellite Data Exposed With $750 of Equipment 2:55:13

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TWiT 1054: Nine Days a Week - Satellite Data Exposed With $750 of Equipment 2:55:13

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Saddle up, Divers! This week on HALLOWEEN HORROR MONTH 2025, we mosey on over to the weirdest, wildest Western Horror movies! 26:12

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TWiT 1053: Robotic Lap Trimmer - Sony, Cox, & ISP Liability for User Copyright Infringement 3:20:18

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TWiT 1053: Robotic Lap Trimmer - Sony, Cox, & ISP Liability for User Copyright Infringement 3:20:18