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Episode 42: Life in Flux
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From the south shores of Lake Erie comes a look at cutting the cord to take advantage of streaming television. Taking advantage of streaming television is a bit different from a rural perspective. In this shot cast we'll be talking hints and tips to enjoy the TV streamers while living in places where access to the Internet may not be the greatest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Episode 42: Life in Flux · 7 min · Episode 42In this episode we talked about the need to disengage from the current streaming platforms available in the USA to instead utilize more disconnected, offline forms of media. We…
- Episode 41: The New Dispensation · 7 min · Episode 41In this episode we quickly talk about news and then move on to the main business of the new dispensation we're entering soon. Links: • Ars Technica Disney, Fox, and WBD give up…
- 2024 New Year's Eve Special · 6 minIn this New Year's Eve Special we look ahead to a strange future of weirdness and a polluted information ecology. Links: • NHK World Japan…
- Episode 40: Contract Sanctity · 9 min · Episode 40We talk the sanctity of contracts, shenanigans in Washington, and how that imperils our streaming services. Links: • The Associated Press Musk helped kill a congressional…
- Episode 39: Leaving News Deserts · 7 min · Episode 39We talk about a situation in Syria that wound up getting ignored by our domestic streaming news media. We also discuss the impact of such active ignorance. Matt Gaetz somehow…
- Episode 38: Conglomerate Confusion · 7 min · Episode 38In the aftermath of the presidential election in the United States we see ripples and shockwaves. Some of those ripples are hitting the media sector. Seeing presidential advisors…
- Episode 37: Taking Detours · 6 min · Episode 37Wasn't that a fun election? In this episode we talk about making your own streaming outlet in the new political time to come. Links: • OpenBroadcaster…
- Episode 36: Well That Is Ominous · 8 min · Episode 36In this episode we read out two cybersecurity statements from the federal government and talk about the implications of some threats made by Donald Trump. If he gets elected we…
- Episode 35: Your Own Station · 5 min · Episode 35In this episode we talk about setting up your own streaming television station in light of news like Donald Trump threatening to use the force of the federal government against…
- Episode 34: Gloomtastic · 7 min · Episode 34In this episode we discuss some of the dangers of relying on streaming television in the face of hurricanes and other major natural disasters. Our pick of the fortnight: Save…
- Episode 33: Against Pogroms · 6 min · Episode 33In this episode we discuss what it takes to create your own streaming television station and why you might do that in the current climate. Links: • Open Broadcaster…
- Episode 32: A Pick · 3 min · Episode 32In this episode we lament a lack of news yet still bring a pick of the fortnight. Our pick of the fortnight: Quatermass 2 Support us via Ko-Fi, Liberapay, and Patreon Hosted…
- Episode 31: The Commentary · 9 min · Episode 31In this instance a commentary is offered about the present state of the media sector. Links: • Pew Research Center “Cable News Fact Sheet”…
- Episode 30: The Lost Test Lab · 6 min · Episode 30Sometimes episodes go missing. This is another one of them. At least we didn't get lost in a Pi-Hole. Links: • Pi-Hole https://pi-hole.net/ • Wikipedia “Ghoulardi”…
- Episode 29: Uncertain Nature · 7 min · Episode 29After the shocking news Saturday we stuck to just reviewing the news this episode. Links: • Engadget Say goodbye to Redbox • Ars Technica DVDs are dying right as streaming has…
- Episode 28: The Bitter Pill · 8 min · Episode 28The episode this fortnight once again reviews the news. It also talks about that weird debate that happened. Links: • Engadget The owner of Redbox has filed for Chapter 11…
- Episode 27: And Now The News... · 6 min · Episode 27The episode this fortnight reviews the news. Even though it is Father's Day in the USA things are still a bit weird. Links: • TV Insider Biden & Trump’s First Presidential…
- Episode 26: Parties Unknown · 8 min · Episode 26The episode this fortnight reviews the news. In the shadow of the conviction of Donald John Trump by a court in New York City life has been getting weird in America. We try to…
- Episode 26: Parties Unknown · 8 min · Episode 26The episode this fortnight reviews the news. In the shadow of the conviction of Donald John Trump by a court in New York City life has been getting weird in America. We try to…
- Episode 25: The Lost Episode 25 · 5 min · Episode 25After taking pains to record an episode it sometimes gets lost in the mix. This is one of those episodes that wound up recovered a week later. Links will not be added in this…







