About this podcast
🏆 A 2026 Signal Awards Winning Podcast🏆
Tech Stories is a technology podcast where a human and an AI explore the hidden systems shaping our world. Every second week, we uncover the untold stories behind breakthrough inventions, world-changing algorithms and overlooked inventors — with sharp insights and suspenseful storytelling.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 82 episodes
- The Future of Work - Why Are We So Busy? · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 6For over a century, we've invented technologies to make office work faster, easier, and more efficient. Typewriters replaced handwriting. Computers replaced paperwork. Emails…
- Off The Record 2 · 5 minIn this Off the Record episode, I share a little celebration, some behind-the-scenes thoughts about my two-hour conversation with Jan and where our History of Work series is…
- The Future of Work Part 1 - with Jan Schjottelvig · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 5For over a century, we've been trying to make humans work like machines. Now, we're spending billions trying to make machines work like humans. How did we get here? And what does…
- Off The Record 1 · 2 minHey, Ferdi here! Every other week, between our regular episodes, I want to take you along for a more personal conversation. No scripts, no studio production. Just me sharing…
- The Man Beneath the Microchip — The Story of the MOSFET · 31 min · Season 3 Episode 4🏆 Tech Stories is a finalist in the 2026 Signal Awards! If you enjoy the show, you can help an independent podcast compete alongside some of the biggest names in podcasting by…
- We’ve Been Here Before. But This Time Its Different. · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 3Every generation thinks it is living through an unprecedented technological revolution. The steam engine changed work. Electricity changed daily life. Computers changed…
- The Untold Story of Humanoid Robots · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 2Why are we spending billions building robots with two arms, two legs, five fingers and a face—when the human body is far from the perfect machine? In this episode of Tech…
- The Hidden Reason Everything Looks the Same · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 1Have you noticed it? Phones look alike. Websites feel familiar. Cafés in Berlin, Seoul and New York somehow share the same aesthetic. Companies use the same management systems…
- The Secret History of Ratings: How Stars Took Control of Our Lives · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 38Hi everyone, I am on summer vacation and plan to have a few weeks off from my podcast. In 3 Weeks I will be back with more exciting tech stories. Sorry for the lower audio…
- The Man Who Taught Products to Speak | The Story of Norman Woodland · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 37Every time you buy a coffee, board a flight, or receive a package, you're relying on an invention that most people never think about. But behind those familiar black-and-white…
- The $5 Trillion Idea Nobody Believed · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 36Every day, millions of products travel across oceans before they end up on store shelves or at your front door. But few people ever stop to ask why this process became so fast…
- How Many Gigabytes Is a Human Life? · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 35How much data would it take to recreate you? Every day we leave behind a trail of digital footprints—photos, messages, videos, GPS locations, searches, purchases, heart rate…
- The Birth of Silicon Valley: The Gordon Moore Story · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 34In this episode of Tech Stories, we uncover the remarkable life of Gordon Moore—the scientist whose curiosity, courage, and vision helped ignite the digital revolution. From his…
- Guangzhou to Shenzhen: Following Ren Zhengfei’s Footsteps · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 33What happens when a region of 86 million people becomes a giant economic experiment? In this episode of Tech Stories, we uncover one of the most remarkable economic…
- The End of Search? How AI Could Kill Google’s Biggest Business · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 32For more than 25 years, search engines have been the gateway to the internet. From the rise of Google to the explosion of online publishing, billions of people searched, clicked…
- The Revenge of Boredom: Why Your Phone Stole Your Creativity · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 31Why do your best ideas come in the shower, on a walk, or while staring out a window? In a world of endless scrolling, notifications, and constant stimulation, boredom is…
- Special Episode: What 2,000 Streams Sound Like · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 30🎉 Special Episode: 2,000 Streams! When I started Tech Stories, I had no audience, and no idea if anyone would actually listen. Today, we’ve reached 2,000 streams. To…
- How Corporations Reprogram Your Mind · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 29We explore the hidden psychology of modern corporate culture — and how companies slowly shape the way we think, behave, speak, and even see ourselves. From factory workers…
- The Dopamine Trap: Why Success Never Feels Satisfying · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 28Why do humans always want more? Why does happiness fade so quickly after success, money, new technology, or achievements? In this episode of Tech Stories, we explore the…
- The Strange Tech Decisions That Still Control Your Life · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 27We uncover the strange hidden history behind the everyday technology we use without thinking. From ancient rail systems that shaped modern infrastructure to outdated office…
