Best Symbian Podcasts (2025)

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The remarkable potential of hydrogen cars, with Hugo Spowers 44:33

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The guest in this episode is Hugo Spowers. Hugo has led an adventurous life. In the 1970s and 80s he was an active member of the Dangerous Sports Club, which invented bungee jumping, inspired by an initiation ceremony in Vanuatu. Hugo skied down a black run in St.Moritz in formal dress, seated at a grand piano, and he broke his back, neck and hips …

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ARG Presents LIVE From Boatfest 2025 - Let's get HECKLED! 23:39

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Hello everyone, it's that special time of the year...the time of BOATFEST! This time out, join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT LIVE from Boatfest 2025 in scenic and lovely Hurricane, WV! As usual, THE BRENT has booked the entire show LIVE, so you never know WHAT WILL HAPPEN! 🔗 Get social!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: a…

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It's Racing Games WITHOUT Vehicles! Join DEM BOYS on ARG Presents for ODDBALL RACING GAMES! 56:15

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ARG Presents is BACK this week for an interesting discussion on RACING GAMES WITHOUT VEHICLES! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT for some laughs as we discuss games that fit the bill, and then submit our own as we tackle Iggy's Reckin' Balls on the N64 and Running Wild on the original PlayStation! 🔗 Get social!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Am…

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AI and the end of conflict, with Simon Horton 40:10

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Can we use AI to improve how we handle conflict? Or even to end the worst conflicts that are happening all around us? That’s the subject of the new book of our guest in this episode, Simon Horton. The book has the bold title “The End of Conflict: How AI will end war and help us get on better”. Simon has a rich background, including being a stand-up…

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The Sony PSP Handheld - The Ups and Downs of the PlayStation Portable on ARG Presents 316! 1:07:32

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This week ARG Presents 316, we'll take a long overdue look at the Sony PSP PlayStation Portable handheld! First we'll talk about the PSP and it's successes and failures, and then we'll look at a few of these "MOBILE" games to review. Kick back and and relax as we look at Bancho: Badass Rumble! and Work Time Fun!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook…

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The AI disconnect: understanding vs motivation, with Nate Soares 50:18

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Our guest in this episode is Nate Soares, President of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, or MIRI. MIRI was founded in 2000 as the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence by Eliezer Yudkowsky, with support from a couple of internet entrepreneurs. Among other things, it ran a series of conferences called the Singularity Summit. I…

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Were these BAD OVERHYPED Games actually good? Join ARG for Daikatana & Jack the Giant Killer! 1:12:17

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Sometimes a game gets pushed a tad too much. Sometimes a game gets a HARD push. And on certain rare occasions, a game get SHOVED DOWN YOUR THROAT! These are BAD, OVERHYPED GAMES! Today on ARG, we'll take a look at a few of these overblown duds, and pick out a few of the offenders to review. Were these games jacked up garbage, or was the hype REAL!.…

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Anticipating an Einstein moment in the understanding of consciousness, with Henry Shevlin 42:27

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Our guest in this episode is Henry Shevlin. Henry is the Associate Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, where he also co-directs the Kinds of Intelligence program and oversees educational initiatives. He researches the potential for machines to possess consciousness, the ethical ramificati…

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It's "Games" Games this week on ARG Presents! Join a caveman & a clown for these two UNUSUAL titles! 56:44

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Summer Games...Winter Games...California Games...WORLD Games..THESE are the titles that come to mind when one spouts the phrase "Games" Games. BUT, this week on ARG Presents, join Aaron the Caveman and Brent THE CLOWN as we march out a few Games Games that you NEVER hear about these days. Athletics are for suckers! These games are life and death (N…

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The case for a conditional AI safety treaty, with Otto Barten 38:28

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How can a binding international treaty be agreed and put into practice, when many parties are strongly tempted to break the rules of the agreement, for commercial or military advantage, and when cheating may be hard to detect? That’s the dilemma we’ll examine in this episode, concerning possible treaties to govern the development and deployment of …

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The WILD WEST of Gaming - Pico 8 the "Fantasy Console" Games on ARG Presents 313 57:19

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This week on ARG Presents, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as they dip their toes in the Pico 8 pool! Find out what the Pico 8 is, it's origins, and specifications. Then it's gametime! Join the boys at they look at Spaceman 8 and Pigments!Play some PICO 8 : https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.phpEmail: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro Gami…

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Humanity's final four years? with James Norris 49:52

3M ago49:52

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In this episode, we return to the subject of existential risks, but with a focus on what actions can be taken to eliminate or reduce these risks. Our guest is James Norris, who describes himself on his website as an existential safety advocate. The website lists four primary organizations which he leads: the International AI Governance Alliance, Up…

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Human extinction: thinking the unthinkable, with Sean ÓhÉigeartaigh 43:20

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Our subject in this episode may seem grim – it’s the potential extinction of the human species, either from a natural disaster, like a supervolcano or an asteroid, or from our own human activities, such as nuclear weapons, greenhouse gas emissions, engineered biopathogens, misaligned artificial intelligence, or high energy physics experiments causi…

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Get the flip phone out! It's Symbian PHONE Games on ARG PRESENTS! 57:28

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Let's play phone games like it's 2007, this week on ARG PRESENTS! Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we dive HEADFIRST into the world of SYMBIAN PHONE GAMES! First, we'll try to figure out what the heck that means, and then it's GAME TIME! Kick back and enjoy our look at Crimson After Dark and Karna Fighter! They're flip-riffic!Email: theretrorotati…

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The best of times and the worst of times, updated, with Ramez Naam 46:01

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Our guest in this episode, Ramez Naam, is described on his website as “climate tech investor, clean energy advocate, and award-winning author”. But that hardly starts to convey the range of deep knowledge that Ramez brings to a wide variety of fields. It was his 2013 book, “The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet”, that first a…

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It's TEAM Fighting this week on ARG PRESENTS! Get Your School Pals and Pack some Poke' Balls! 1:06:00

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Welcome to the ARG PRESENTS! We're BACK at it with the ULTIMATE TEAM match up! Get Your School Pals and pack some Poke Ball - It's TEAM Fighting this week on ARG PRESENTS 311!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogaming#argpresents #Retrorotation#Retrocomputing

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The GP32 - South Korea's Gift To Gaming this week on ARG Presents 310! 1:15:57

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Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as we take a look at the Game Park GP32. The GP32 was a South Korean handheld console with a twist - it was a totally open system, and the first "all emulation" system around...or was it? And why?!?!? We'll discus it, and then join us as we look at two games for the system. Kick back and relax as we play Raphael and B…

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PAI at Paris: the global AI ecosystem evolves, with Rebecca Finlay 39:44

5M ago39:44

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In this episode, our guest is Rebecca Finlay, the CEO at Partnership on AI (PAI). Rebecca previously joined us in Episode 62, back in October 2023, in what was the run-up to the Global AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park in the UK. Times have moved on, and earlier this month, Rebecca and the Partnership on AI participated in the latest global summit…

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Do some Games look BETTER on a CRT? FIND OUT on this weeks ARG Presents! TUNE IN! 52:49

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Welcome to ARG Presents 309! This time out, we ponder a questions as old as time - Do games look better on a CRT?!?!? Obviously, old games were made to play with old TV's...but is there enough of a difference to bother? We'll discuss this very point, and then we'll examine a few games more closely that WE have chosen to make this very point. Join u…

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Ask THE BRENT - Chat's BURNING Questions Answered in this ONE TIME SPECIAL EVENT! 18:56

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Welcome to the long awaited, ONE TIME BONUS SPECIAL - It's Ask THE BRENT! Enjoy THE BRENT's on the fly answers to the chat's BURNING questions, including THE BRENT's views on film, Valentines Day, zombies, and SPRAY RUBBER! It's all here in live and living color as we ASK THE BRENT!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: a…

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Spin the Wheel and Play the Feud! It's Game Show Video Games this week on ARG Presents! NO WHAMMYS! 59:50

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Welcome to ARG Presents 308! This time out, we explore the fun filled and wacky world of Game Show Games! Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, Family Feud, The Price is Right, and many MANY more game shows have made their way to your favorite classic consoles and computers, and we'll chat about our favorites! They, we'll discuss a few we've chosen for this …

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AI agents: challenges ahead of mainstream adoption, with Tom Davenport 34:16

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The most highly anticipated development in AI this year is probably the expected arrival of AI agents, also referred to as “agentic AI”. We are told that AI agents have the potential to reshape how individuals and organizations interact with technology. Our guest to help us explore this is Tom Davenport, Distinguished Professor in Information Techn…

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Games AHEAD of Their Time! - Weaponlord and Star Raiders - ARG Presents 307 57:58

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Welcome back to ARG Presents 307! This time out, we explore the rarified air of games that were ahead of their time! First we discuss what makes a game fit this catagory...does hardware innovation qualify, or what about programming in a new way or using new gaming ideas?!?! We'll try to make sense of it before we make a case for our chosen games. P…

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Post-labour economics, with David Shapiro 44:14

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In this episode, we return to a theme which is likely to become increasingly central to public discussion in the months and years ahead. To use a term coined by this podcast’s cohost Calum Chace, this theme is the Economic Singularity, namely the potential all-round displacement of humans from the workforce by ever more capable automation. That lea…

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Longevity activism at 82, 86, and beyond, with Kenneth Scott and Helga Sands 46:35

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Our guests in this episode have been described as the world’s two oldest scientifically astute longevity activists. They are Kenneth Scott, aged 82, who is based in Florida, and Helga Sands, aged 86, who lives in London. David has met both of them several times at a number of longevity events, and they always impress him, not only with their vitali…

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The MANY Games of Inufuto - Mystery Developer from JAPAN - ARG Presents 306 52:50

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This week on ARG Presents, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as they have a look at The MANY Games of Inufuto, MYSTERY game developer from Japan and MASTERS of the game port! Join us fas we play Osotos and Battlot on MANY systems!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogaming#argpresents #Retrorotation#Amiga #Retro…

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Models for society when humans have zero economic value, with Jeff LaPorte 42:27

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Our guest in this episode is Jeff LaPorte, a software engineer, entrepreneur and investor based in Vancouver, who writes Road to Artificia, a newsletter about discovering the principles of post‑AI societies. Calum recently came across Jeff's article “Valuing Humans in the Age of Superintelligence: HumaneRank” and thought it had some good, original …

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The Amigos Retro Gaming 2024 Year End Awards - Amigos, ARG Presents, Our Sinclair, Coco &Atari ST Show! 1:17:22

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Join John "Boatofcar" Shawler, Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT for the 2024 END OF THE YEAR AWARDS SHOW! We'll pick the best, and the worst, of games featured in 2023 on Amigos, ARG Presents, Our Sinclair, The CoCo Show, and the Atari ST Show! We'll also see what game YOU, the listener thought were the big winners and BAD losers! Kick back, relax, and le…

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From ineffective altruism to effective altruism? with Stefan Schubert 34:59

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Our subject in this episode is altruism – our human desire and instinct to assist each other, making some personal sacrifices along the way. More precisely, our subject is the possible future of altruism – a future in which our philanthropic activities – our charitable donations, and how we spend our discretionary time – could have a considerably g…

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The global energy transition: an optimistic assessment, with Amory Lovins 35:21

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Our guest in this episode is Amory Lovins, a distinguished environmental scientist, and co-founder of RMI, which he co-founded in 1982 as Rocky Mountain Institute. It’s what he calls a think do and scale tank, with 700 people in 62 countries, and a budget of well over $100m a year. For over five decades, Amory has championed innovative approaches t…

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Building brain-like AIs, with Alexander Ororbia 48:33

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Some people say that all that’s necessary to improve the capabilities of AI is to scale up existing systems. That is, to use more training data, to have larger models with more parameters in them, and more computer chips to crunch through the training data. However, in this episode, we’ll be hearing from a computer scientist who thinks there are ma…

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More Then Mr. DO! The Games of Universal Entertainment - Space Panic & Mrs. Dynamite - ARG Presents 305 1:00:24

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DEM BOYS are back in action with an all new ARG Presents! This time around, we're checking out the Games of Universal Entertainment! UE is known for it's incredibly popular MR. DO series, but it's so much more. We'll chat about the history of UE, and then it's game time. Join Amigo Aaron and The BRENT for Space Panic and Mrs. Dynamite! It's episode…

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Soviet Arcade Games?! They existed!!! PLUS the RETURN of THE BRENT! It's ARG Presents 304 1:04:16

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This week on ARG Presents 304, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as they have a look at Soviet Era Arcade Games! YES, this was a thing! After a discussion about how the heck arcades existed in Soviet Russian, we'll look two of them! Join us for Snezhnaya Koroleva AKA The Snow Queen and Konyok-Gorbunok AKA Little Humpbacked Horse!Email: theretrorotatio…

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To sidestep death, preserve your connectome, with Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston 42:47

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In David's life so far, he has read literally hundreds of books about the future. Yet none has had such a provocative title as this: “The future loves you: How and why we should abolish death”. That’s the title of the book written by the guest in this episode, Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston. Ariel is a neuroscientist, and a Research Fellow at Monash Uni…

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Insights from 15 years leading the self-driving vehicle industry, with Sterling Anderson 42:48

9M ago42:48

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Our guest in this episode is Sterling Anderson, a pioneer of self-driving vehicles. With a masters degree and a PhD from MIT, Sterling led the development and launch of the Tesla Model X, and then led the team that delivered Tesla Autopilot. In 2017 he co-founded Aurora, along with Chris Urmson, who was a founder and CTO of Google’s self-driving ca…

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The race for AI supremacy, with Parmy Olson 48:14

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Our guest in this episode is Parmy Olson, a columnist for Bloomberg covering technology. Parmy has previously been a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and for Forbes. Her first book, “We Are Anonymous”, shed fascinating light on what the subtitle calls “the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency”. But her most recent…

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Games You Can Beat on ONE CREDIT - Moon Patrol and Mat Mania - ARG Presents 303 1:08:27

9M ago1:08:27

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This week on ARG Presents, join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as they have a look at Games THEY Can "Beat" on ONE CREDIT! In a world DEDICATED to parting a player and his cash, there are very very few arcade machines that one can truly defeat, but the boys pick a few machines they can take to school and share them with the world! 00:00 - 02:57 Intro02:…

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A narrow path to a good future with AI, with Andrea Miotti 42:11

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Our guest in this episode is Andrea Miotti, the founder and executive director of ControlAI. On their website, ControlAI have the tagline, “Fighting to keep humanity in control”. Control over what, you might ask. The website answers: control deepfakes, control scaling, control foundation models, and, yes, control AI. The latest project from Control…

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Gen AI cuts costs by 30%: lessons from a leading law firm, with David Wakeling 36:16

10M ago36:16

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Our guest in this episode is David Wakeling, a partner at A&O Shearman, which became the world’s third largest law firm in May, thanks to the merger of Allen and Overy, a UK “magic circle” firm, with Shearman & Sterling of New York. David heads up a team within the firm called the Markets Innovation Group (MIG), which consists of lawyers, developer…

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Sega Saturn 2-D Games - The pinnacle of 2-D Gaming?! Shinobi X & Keio FS2 on ARG Presents 302 57:17

10M ago57:17

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This week on ARG Presents, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as they have a look at 2-D Games on the Sega Saturn! Was this the high water mark for 2-D console gaming?!?!? We'll attempt to find that out as we play Shinobi X aka Shinobi Legions and Keio Flying Squadron 2! 00:00 - 01:31 Intro01:32 - 00:00 What's the pinnacle of 2-D Console Gaming discuss…

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Climate change and populism: Grounds for optimism? with Matt Burgess 40:09

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Our guest in this episode is Matt Burgess. Matt is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wyoming, where he moved this year after six years at the University of Boulder, Colorado. He has specialised in the economics of climate change. Calum met Matt at a recent event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and knows from their conversations then that Matt h…

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Bonus Episode! Boatfest 2024 - The Interviews 1:32:37

10M ago1:32:37

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It's a special episode this week, as THE BRENT recovers from illness! It's HERE! Boatfest 2024 - The Interviews. Join Amigo Aaron as he talks to several of the luminaries that attended the show. We have many of the names you've heard over and over on this and other channels, and we get to hear from them first hand in a relaxed interview from the sh…

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Rejuvenation biotech - progress and potential, with Karl Pfleger 46:28

10M ago46:28

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Our guest in this episode is Karl Pfleger. Karl is an angel investor in rejuvenation biotech startups, and is also known for creating and maintaining the website Aging Biotech Info. That website describes itself as “Structured info about aging and longevity”, and has the declared mission statement, “Everything important in the field (outside of aca…

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It's SPECTRAVIDEO on ARG PRESENTS! Join us as we take a look at SUPER CROSS FIRE & Frantic Freddy! 1:02:17

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Welcome to ARG PRESENTS 301! This time out, we'll be taking a look at the Spectravision / Spectravideo computers and games! I'm talking SV 318, 328, AND 728! If you don't know what the heck those are..neither did we! Tune in and find out!🏆 Please check out our Patreon to support The Coco Show and our other wacky endeavors!https://www.patreon.com/Th…

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From US GOLD to NVIDIA - A Special ARG Interview With Dean Bent 36:11

11M ago36:11

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Welcome to an ARG Presents Special Feature! This week, myself and THE BRENT had the honor of chatting with Dean Bent! Dean is a rags to riches story in the gaming business. From starting out working the phones at US Gold to Game Testing at Rage to QA work on the N-GAGE! This man worked for companies like Eidos, Code Masters, Rovio, and more! He's h…

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ChatGPT runs for president, with Pedro Domingos 50:48

11M ago50:48

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Our guest today is Pedro Domingos, who is joining an elite group of repeat guests – he joined us before in episode 34 in April 2023. Pedro is Professor Emeritus Of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. He has done pioneering work in machine learning, like the development of Markov logic networks, which combine probabilis…

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ARG Presents 300 - ANNIVERSARY EDITION - We LIFT THE CURTAIN - It's NOT Boring 52:37

11M ago52:37

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Well, it's been over 6 years in the making, but WELCOME to BIG Episode 300 of ARG Presents. Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we ponder what the hell we've been doing with out lives for the last six years. We talk about the show start with our buddy John "Boatofcar" Shawler. We get into the technical challenges for people with no experience, skill.…

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The rise of digital pandemics, with James Ball 40:56

11M ago40:56

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Our guest in this episode is the journalist and author James Ball. James has worked for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, The Guardian, WikiLeaks, BuzzFeed, The New European, and The Washington Post, among other organisations. As special projects editor at The Guardian, James played a key role in the Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the NSA…

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Thinking more athletically about the future, with Brett King and Rob Tercek 57:23

12M ago57:23

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In this episode, we have not one guest but two – Brett King and Robert Tercek, the hosts of the Futurists Podcast. Brett King is originally from Australia, and is now based in Thailand. He is a renowned author, and the founder of a breakthrough digital bank. He consults extensively with clients in the financial services industry. Robert Tercek, bas…

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Mego Mini-Vid SPECTACULAR - ARG Presents Episode 299 34:16

12M ago34:16

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What happens when an EPIC toy company dips it's toes in the ELECTRONIC GAMING POOL?!? Insanity, that's what! Join Amigo Aaron and THE BRENT as we look at the ENTIRE LINE of Mego Corporations Mini-Vid Handheld games! We GIVE YOU EVERYTHING WE GOT! Don't expect much, but still...FUN!