Grumpy Old Geeks
Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave BittnerWe dissect the tech news train wrecks of the week, calling out what went wrong and who’s to blame. Think of this podcast as if Kurt Cobain threw down with Tom from MySpace, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg in a back alley brawl. No mercy, no filter—if tech had a walk of shame, this would be it.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 738 | Founded | 13 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | News CommentaryNewsTech News | |||
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- Weekly updates of topics us geeks like!
Entertaining content with the right level of Snark from "experienced" geeks. They know how to deliver it because they lived it or at least RTFM -- yes these two are a rarity of these current times and actually are patrons of printed word media.
Apple Podcasts5Schocka2024
United States6 days ago - Love the humor.
The humour is nice and dry, with some fitting self insights peppered across the show. I don’t understand their Disney fetish at all, but the rest is gold.
Keep it up!
Apple Podcasts5iobear
Denmark22 days ago - Gives Our Modern Dystopia a Fun Spin!
This pod is a great way to keep up with tech news that flies under the radar, especially the stories pertaining to our billionaire overlords.
I may be 10-15 years behind their nostalgia and references (I grew up playing point-and-click Zork games, not text-based), but their takes never fail to entertain. From social commentary to movies and books to new devices and apps, they cover it all. Who knew grumpiness could be so enjoyable!
Apple Podcasts5Kotch 22United Statesa month ago - Jeez. Enough of the F every second word.
It’s not cool. I get it’s marked Explicit, and no problem with that. But stop with the every other word being F this and F that.
Apple Podcasts1SandyCustomer
Canadaa month ago - Worth every $$ you SHOULD be giving to support this amazing podcast
On long drives I love listening. I save a number of episodes and then the drive just flies by. They never seem out of date, always provide useful information (and some that is just funny - which is also useful on long drives!!). I have been part of "this world" since I bought my first Compaq Computer (before Compaq even had hard drives!!!). So I guess I also qualify as an "Old Geek." Keep up the Geeking. AND GIVE, GIVE, GIVE. Thanks are nice - green is nicer.
Apple Podcasts5NYCSteph18United Statesa month ago
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