06 January 2015
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Our annual New Years show! How did we do in 2014? And what do we expect for 2015? Listen to find out! Special guest Matt Legler.
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Apple Pay, Apple Watch, Attack on Titan, Austin, Bitcoin, Black Mirror, blockchain, Boing Boing, books, cable, Capital in the 21st Century, Christopher Nolan, Coin, cold brew coffee, cord cutting, Cory Doctorow, economics, Edward Snowden, EFF, EFF-Austin, encryption, Ethereum, Franklin Barbecue, Fred Wilson, Friends, Google Fiber, Google Glass, GoPRO, Gravity’s Rainbow, Homeland, Infinite Jest, Internet of Things, Interstellar, Jack Conte, Java, Kevin, Kickstarter, law, Let’s Encrypt, Linguistic Labyrinth, Lyft, Matt, Matt Damon, Narrative Clip, Net Neutrality, Netflix, New Years, Nymi, Patreon, payment processing, PBS Idea Channel, Planet Money, podcasts, Pomplamoose, privacy, quantified self, RadioLab, Robert Bapst, security, Security Now, Serial, sharks, Sony Hack, Stephen, Steve Gibson, surveillance, The Circle, The Internet, They Might Be Giants, This American Life, Thomas Piketty, tokenized payments, Turkish coffee, Uber, Ulysses, Veronica Mars, wearables
13 December 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Geeking out on everything Star Wars, with special guest Robert Bapst of the Bald Solo Podcast
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Agents of Shield, Disney, J. J. Abrams, James Bond, Kevin, Kevin Smith, Linguistic Labyrinth, Marvel, Robert Babst, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stephen, Twilight Zone
08 December 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Kevin and Stephen riff on absurdism, Too Many Cooks, and the fuzzy lines between postmodernism and poststructuralism (if they exist at all)
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A Bit of Fry and Laurie, absurdism, Adult Swim, Christopher Nolan, context, Dada, David Letterman, Doctor Who, film, Internet, Interstellar, Iron Man 3, meaning, Memento, Net Neutrality, Network culture, PBS Idea Channel, postmodernism, poststructuralism, Samuel Beckett, Star Wars, Theatre of the Absurd, Too Many Cooks, Transformers, Under Construction, virality, Waiting for Godot
03 November 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast, Rule Set Update
Kevin and Stephen reflect on episodes 154, 155, and 156, and refresh the rule framework of BF with a change, removal, and addition.
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atemporality, cultural appropriation, ebola, James Bridle, language, privilege, science fiction, structure, The New Aesthetic, The Onion, William Gibson
04 October 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Kevin and Stephen discuss privilege, prompted by a recent controversy over Stephen’s ASL music videos.
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Al Jolson, American Sign Language, art, ASL, audism, Blackfinn Ameripub, Book of Mormon, CaptainValor, cultural appropriation, danah boyd, Daniel Tosh, Deaf culture, gender, Kevin, Louis CK, Macklemore, Marlee Matlin, Miley Cyrus, oppression, oralism, parenting, Patreon, power, privacy, privilege, racism, South Park, spoilers, Stephen, Taylor Swift, Transparent, Warner Brothers
