Why can’t you trust your weather app in a snowstorm? Join hosts Mike Elgan and Emily Forlini as they navigate the chaos of the weekend storm and debate the reliability of modern weather apps versus traditional TV meteorologists, and now TikTok weather experts. (RIP Farmer’s Almanac.) Plus, your favorite hosts ask the questions nobody has the answer to: What’s the best way to do social media in 2026?
Links
Dark Sky is done. Here’s how Apple’s Weather app succeeded it
Yes, ‘The Farmer’s Almanac’ Is Closing—But Don’t Panic Just Yet
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Mike Elgan - About | Machine Society | Bluesky | Mastodon | Notes
Emily Forlini -Website |PC Mag |Bluesky |X |TikTok
Chapters
00:00 Weather Wonders: A Tale of Two Climates
02:14 The Evolution of Weather Forecasting
05:12 The Role of Meteorologists in Modern Society
08:04 The Impact of Weather on Agriculture
11:10 The Future of Weather Information
13:48 The Intersection of Technology and Tradition
16:48 Cultural Perspectives on Weather Communication
19:32 The Legacy of the Farmer’s Almanac
28:10 The Lively Chaos of Latin American Streets
31:24 Navigating Information in a Digital Age
38:47 The TikTok Experiment: Finding Engagement
53:06 Connecting Through Content Creation
Keywords
Superintelligent podcast, Mike Elgan, Emily Forlini, weather apps, meteorology, TikTok meteorologists, severe weather tracking, Dark Sky app, AI hallucinations, chatbot accuracy, Farmer’s Almanac, subscription economy, Netflix business model, emergency alert systems, megaphone trucks, content creation strategy, video marketing, DJI drones, Kagi Search, social media engagement, Fediverse, Mastodon, viral video strategies, authentic storytelling
Disclosures
We used Gemini Pro 3 via Kagi (my son and our producer, Kevin, works at Kagi) to 1) generate keywords from the transcript (most of which we used); 2) suggest topics to link to (some of which we used); and 3) write a first draft of the show summary paragraph (which we heavily edited). We recorded and edited the episode using Riverside and used Riverside’s “Magic Audio” (which boosts and normalizes the audio).
