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The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS2E3 - The Internet We LostSend us a textThanks for listening. Please rate and share with friends and family. It really helps!In this episode of The Nostalgic Nerds Podcast, Marc and Renee reflect on the internet we lost and the early promise of a global commons that rewarded curiosity, wit, and genuine insight.They explore how identity, scale, and memory shaped early online communities, why empathy felt possible in smaller spaces, and how engagement-driven incentives quietly rewired behaviour as the internet grew.What emerged wasn’t the place many of us hoped fo...
2026-01-301h 06
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastGeoCities (You Let Me Be Ugly) S2E3 Bonus TrackSend us a textOk, nerds. If you're a consistent listener, you know we've been creating companion songs to the episodes. This episode's song is a longing lament to one of the Internet's lost loves - GeoCities. GeoCities was where the ugly world wide web was born. And it's gone. So, enjoy a little love lost song about a piece of the Internet We Lost.Here's the lyrics:[verse 1]I built you out of borrowed codeMidnight blue and blinking goldEvery page a little wrong
2026-01-2903 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS2E2 - Blue Boxes, SIM Swaps, and the Myth of Secure PhonesSend us a textIn this episode of The Nostalgic Nerds Podcast, S2E2 – Blue Boxes, SIM Swaps, and the Myth of Secure Phones, Renee and Marc go from the days when long-distance calls were timed with a stopwatch to a world where your phone number quietly doubles as your identity. Along the way, they unpack Blue Boxes, SIM swaps, eSIMs, SS7, and why modern phone “security” is mostly about trust… and who the network feels like believing today.Spoiler: it’s not a bug. It’s a feature… from 1975....
2026-01-2350 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastThe Long Distance Blues (S2E2 Bonus)Send us a textS2E2 - Blue Boxes, SIM Swaps, and the Myth of Secure PhonesIn this week's episode, Renee and Marc dial through the history of telecom fraud and hacking. But more importantly we even talk about some things you can do to protect yourself. Here's a companion song for the episode. The Long Distance Blues[Verse 1]Mama said“Keep it shortEvery minute costs a dime”Clock on the wallSecond handWatching every lineStatic on the wireV...
2026-01-2203 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastThe AI Gigawatt Thirst Trap (S2E1 Bonus)Send us a textThe first song for season 2 - The AI Gigawatt Thirst TrapIn our very first episode, we talked about electricity usage in the new class of gigawatt data centres. But we also wanted to talk about the other resource that is being slurped up by data centres...water. So, here's Season 2's song to go along with our first Season 2 episode. Hope you enjoy it. [Verse 1]Got a warehouse full of brain cellsThinkin’ fifteen moves aheadBut the smartest thing I’m learnin’Is it real...
2026-01-1602 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS2E1 - The AI Gigawatt Thirst TrapSend us a textWe're back with our first episode of Season 2 - The AI Gigawatt Thirst Trap. It was nice to have a little break, but Marc and Renee are back in the studio recording. Season 2 promises more infrastructure, more laughs, more music, and more nerdiness.In our very first episode of Season 1, we talked about AI’s growing appetite for electricity. This time, we turn to something even more fundamental: water. From rivers that powered early industry to modern data centres that use millions of gallons to stay cool, we explore how scaling te...
2026-01-1633 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastElastic Hearts (Oh, Vulcanised Rubber)Send us a textElastic Hears (Oh, Vulcanised Rubber)[Verse]Born from heat and sulfur’s kissA miracle we can’t dismissTougher than the strongest threadHolds the world where we tread[Chorus]Oh vulcanised rubber you keep us aliveStretching and snapping you help us surviveFrom tires to soles to seals that don't breakYou're the bond in the world we make[Verse 2]Rain won’t rot you fire won’t winYou’re the armor on which we s...
2025-12-2002 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E17 - Built on Rubber!Send us a textQuick note - a few audio drop outs here and there. Tried to edit around them, but nothing too serious and you'll get the gist in all the spots with issues. Rubber is one of those materials we almost never think about, right up until it fails. From tyres and medical gloves to seals, gaskets, and global logistics, modern life quietly depends on a substance that still comes, quite literally, from trees.In this episode, Renee and Marc trace the unlikely journey of rubber from indigenous use in the A...
2025-12-1927 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastSteel Titans of the World - An Ode to Shipping ContainersSend us a textJust a bit of fun from Renee and I. If you're a listener, you know that Marc believes that double-entry bookkeeping might be the most important technological innovation ever. But...just maybe...he's willing to concede that the venerable Shipping Container might be up there with double-entry. It's silly, heavy, and catchy. Have a listen.Here are the lyrics:[Verse]Steel walls riseFortress of tradeBorn to conquerEmpires madeStacked like giantsTowering highBridging oceansPiercing sky
2025-12-1204 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E16 - The (Shipping) Container MonologuesSend us a textEveryone loves fast delivery, but nobody loves thinking about how it works. In this episode, we dig into the overlooked story of logistics: the steam engines that kicked it off, the wars that reinvented it, the barcodes and warehouses that scaled it, and the robots now trying to keep it all from breaking. A practical, funny look at the global machine we depend on every day.“You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.”...
2025-12-1254 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E15 - Bubbles Build the Big Stuff: How Overhyped Tech Leaves Us Infrastructure We Rely OnSend us a textCome for the canals and railroads. Stay for the part where Marc and Renee admit AI might just be the next overbuilt mess we rely on.In this episode, we explore the historical patterns of infrastructure bubbles, revealing how emerging technologies often spark both excitement and economic pitfalls. We analyze past transformative advancements, such as canals and railways, highlighting how they initially fueled industrial growth but ultimately led to speculative investment and significant losses for latecomers. The Infrastructure bubble pattern has repeated throughout history and we end with a d...
2025-12-051h 00
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastBubbles Build the Big Stuff (Trailer)Send us a textCome for the canals and railroads. Stay for the part where Marc and Renee admit AI might just be the next overbuilt mess we rely on.Join Renee and Marc as they discuss tech topics with a view on their nostalgic pasts in tech that help them understand today's challenges and tomorrow's potential. email us at nostalgicnerdspodcast@gmail.com Come visit us at https://www.nostalgicnerdspodcast.com/episodes or wherever you get your podcasts.
2025-12-0400 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E14 - Cinema Reels and Digital RevolutionsSend us a textCinema is built on technology, from the shape of the very first movie frame to the LED walls and AI tools used today. In this episode, Marc and Renee explore how film evolved in both sight and sound, and how the industry kept reinventing the moving image every time audiences drifted toward a glowing box at home.They walk through the widescreen battles of the 1950s, the triumph of magnetic sound and 70 mm spectacle, the rise of Dolby, the shift from mechanical projection booths to digital servers, and the invention of...
2025-11-2855 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastCinema Reels and Digital Revolutions (Trailer)Send us a textHollywood has tried every trick to keep us in the dark, from anamorphic lenses to lasers and LED walls. Renee and Marc unpack a century of cinema tech and ask what's the next spectacle that will draw audiences?Tune in tomorrow for the full episode.Join Renee and Marc as they discuss tech topics with a view on their nostalgic pasts in tech that help them understand today's challenges and tomorrow's potential. email us at nostalgicnerdspodcast@gmail.com Come visit us at https://www.nostalgicnerdspodcast...
2025-11-2700 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastPlease Enter Your Password...Again (trailer)Send us a textJust a bit of B roll from Renee's story about Russian's listening in to her recording.Join Renee and Marc as they discuss tech topics with a view on their nostalgic pasts in tech that help them understand today's challenges and tomorrow's potential. email us at nostalgicnerdspodcast@gmail.com Come visit us at https://www.nostalgicnerdspodcast.com/episodes or wherever you get your podcasts.
2025-11-1500 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E13 - Please Enter Your Password… AgainSend us a textRenee and Marc break down the evolution of authentication in recent times. RSA tokens. The rise of mobile authenticators. The not-so-long, painful reign of SMS codes.They move through SIM swapping, behavioral biometrics, and the shift toward systems that study how we type, move, and interact. They dig into trust, privacy, and the growing gap between convenience and control.The conversation pushes toward the future: digital agents, intent-driven identity, and a world where authentication fades into the background.A fun nostalgic look at how logging in became a moving target...
2025-11-1433 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E12 - From Shells to Stablecoins: The Tech of MoneySend us a textMarc once again drags Renee into a museum. This time the “Hall of Money." Five thousand years of humans trying (and mostly failing) to automate trust. From clay tablets that doubled as IOUs to Renaissance double-entry bookkeeping, colonial funny-money, credit cards born of embarrassment, and machines that now pay each other while we sleep, this episode follows money’s long journey.Along the way: Marc confesses his favourite room at the British Museum, Renee recounts the chaos of American “Continentals,” and both realise the future isn’t about moving money at all, it’s...
2025-11-071h 22
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E11 Tech Ethics: A Short History of Doing It AnywaySend us a textWarning up front - we discuss some ethical conundrums and situations with tech. There's one mention of suicide and we talk about the Manhattan Project. We're respectful, but we just wanted to put it out there. Every breakthrough in technology brings the same old question: just because we can, should we? In this episode of The Nostalgic Nerds Podcast, Marc and Renee are joined by tech ethicist, Chris McClean, for a time-traveling look at innovation’s moral blind spots...from Gutenberg’s press and the Luddite rebellion to nuclear power, the inter...
2025-10-3152 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E10 - Your Printer Hates You. And Now It Can Build ThingsSend us a textPrinters used to be the villains of the office...loud, cranky, and prone to eating your best work right before a deadline. But somewhere between the screech of a dot matrix and the hiss of a resin vat, something changed. Printing got interesting. Really interesting.In this episode, we trace the unlikely glow-up of one of tech’s most unloved inventions. From the early days of line feeds and perforated paper to the high-precision world of additive manufacturing, we explore how the humble printer became a platform for creation. Ren...
2025-10-2455 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E8b - Barnum Would’ve Loved the Bots: The Digital Freakshow (Part 2)Send us a textWelcome to the second half of our big-top breakdown, where the circus goes digital, and the clowns have ring lights. Wait...did we just call ourselves clowns? Marc and Renee dive into the wild world of influencer culture, brand risk, and the not-so-distant future of agentic commerce — where your shopping bot might be negotiating with another bot for the best deal while you sleep.It’s a world where authenticity is currency, trust is optional, and your favourite influencer might not even be human. (Honestly, Barnum would’ve sign...
2025-10-1733 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E8 - Barnum Would’ve Loved the Bots: The Rise of Agentic Advertising Part 1Send us a textStep right up and join Marc and Renee in this captivating episode of The Nostalgic Nerds Podcast where they embark on an exhilarating journey exploring the interplay between the magnificent world of P.T. Barnum's 19th-century circus and the high-tech realm of modern digital marketing. With a shared passion for technology and culture, our hosts unpack the evolution of marketing from the dazzling spectacle of the circus to the sophisticated algorithms that now dictate the digital advertising landscape.This is just the first part - next episode we get into the...
2025-10-1046 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E6b - Throughput, Thrills, and Theme ParksSend us a textThis is Part 2 of our 2 part Theme Park episode!Roller coasters and databases have the same issues: concurrency, throughput, and panic when things go wrong. Theme parks are basically enterprise technology, just with more churros and slightly fewer COBOL programmers.Join Renee and Marc on another thrilling episode of the Nostalgic Nerds Podcast where we discuss the adventurous and thrilling theme park technology space. As always, we start in the past with the origins of modern parks and rides and soar all the way to modern day before we...
2025-10-0345 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E6a - Throughput, Thrills, and Theme ParksSend us a textRoller coasters and databases have the same issues: concurrency, throughput, and panic when things go wrong. Theme parks are basically enterprise technology, just with more churros and slightly fewer COBOL programmers.Join Renee and Marc on another thrilling episode of the Nostalgic Nerds Podcast where we discuss the adventurous and thrilling theme park technology space. As always, we start in the past with the origins of modern parks and rides and soar all the way to modern day before we discuss the future of theme park tech. This episode had such...
2025-09-3056 min
پادکستِ هرروزصبحِ هرروز - یکشنبه 6 مهر 1404سلام به هرروزیاپاشین بیاین که امروز میخوایم درباره غذا صحبت کنیمموزیک های امروز :Moein - Arbab Vafa Marc Anthony - Valio la Pena Hamid Hami - Yad Man Bash Soha - Mil PasosCalum Scott - You Are The Reason Marjan - Hasood Massar Eghbari - Raghm El Masafa Taher Ghoreyshi - Mahboube Ziba Ebi - Gharibeh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-09-2742 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E5 - From Clippy to Agentic AISend us a textFrom Clippy’s awkward pop-ups to agentic AI plotting your next conquest, Marc and Renee laugh through the evolution of digital assistants. Annoying, nostalgic, and now maybe just a little too smart.Hop on the nostalgia train! This week on the Nostalgic Nerds Podcast, hosts Renee and Marc whisk listeners away on a whimsical exploration of digital assistants, from the often-beloved but clunky Clippy to the advanced AI tools redefining corporate enterprises today.Dusting off memories of the late ‘90s, they delve into Clippy’s earnest, if not frustr...
2025-09-1241 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E4 - Bat Boy and How Algorithms Ate the Urban LegendSend us a textHold onto your tabloids! This week on the Nostalgic Nerds Podcast, Renee Murphy and Marc Massar explore the wild frontier where technology meets misinformation, tracing the outrageous claims that have captivated audiences across decades.From Bat Boy's tabloid fame to the chaotic spread of urban legends, the duo examines why we’re drawn to sensational headlines like a moth to a flame. They dissect the evolution of misinformation—from humble magazine racks to the sprawling digital web of conspiracy theories fueled by anonymity on platforms like 4chan.Diving deep into the rise...
2025-09-0552 min
The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E3 - Sears, Amazon, and the Eternal CatalogSend us a textTo answer the burning questions from the episode - Could you buy dogs from the Sears catalog? Yes.Could you buy narcotics from the Sears catalog? Yes.How does Renee pronounce "downtown?" Well, listen in.By the 1970's Sears represented 1% of US GDP and two-thirds of American households shopped at Sears. Like for like, if you look at Amazon's US revenue (because Sears was mostly US in the 1970's), then Amazon is about 1.7% of US GDP today. Significant, but not orders of magnitude out. What has tech...
2025-08-2839 minThe Nostalgic Nerds PodcastS1E2 - Your Own Hyperlocal Meteorologist in Your Pocket - The Nostalgic Nerds PodcastSend us a textTune in for hot takes, cold fronts, and a 70% chance of questionable metaphors.In this episode, Renee and Marc of the Nostalgic Nerds Podcast take you on a trip through the evolution of weather forecasting. From the nostalgic days of dialing up forecasts to today’s AI-driven, hyper-local predictions, they reminisce about how technology has revolutionized our weather-checking experiences.Join them on this techy trip as they reveal the incredible shifts in weather forecasting and how we’re harnessing these advances for a better, safer tomorrow. Email your...
2025-08-2138 minThe Nostalgic Nerds PodcastThe Nostalgic Nerds Podcast - The AI Gigawatt HungerSend us a textGreat Scott! 150 NFL Football Stadiums running at night - all at the same time. That's how much energy a new Wyoming AI data center is chugging. 1.81 Gigawatts. Just think what Doc Brown would say about that.Join Renee and Marc on the Nostalgic Nerds podcast as they dive into data centers consuming 1.5% of global electricity with a growth trajectory to double electricity demand by 2030.Are we heading for an AI winter? Can we keep up with the demand of AI constantly chugging more and more electricity?
2025-08-1547 min
Bloomberg TalksWhirlpool CEO Marc Bitzer Talks Quarterly EarningsWhirlpool CEO Marc Bitzer discusses his company's quarterly earnings with Bloomberg's Tim Stenovec and Carol Massar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-04-2312 min
Talking Sh*t With Tara CheyenneEpisode 14 - Interview with Singer, Songwriter, Heavy Metal Musician and Marketing Whizz Cherine Amr - Notes from the Studio
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CHEEN (Cherine Amr) is an Egyptian guitarist, singer and songwriter. She was born and raised in Alexandria and started singing at the age of 6. When she was 18, she...
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