Padre's Corner (Audio)
18% science, 27% irreverence, 22% current events, 56% geek life, 13% non-sequiturs and $19 of ranting. That's the formula for Padre's Corner – A show that's not necessarily about tech news, but created by those who love news about tech. Join Padre each week as he picks up the stories that fall through the cracks and geeks out with your favorite folks from around the Interwebz.
Although the show is currently on hiatus, you can enjoy episodes from the TWiT Archives.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 30
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2015
Padre 29: Good Friday, Short Padre - Dealing with nuclear waste and The "Cantenna".
Scientists who are helping us find a way to take care of wastes from nuclear disasters, how to build an antenna out of a can, and a mini rant on ISPs popping up with new services out of nowhere to co…
Padre 28: Drones in Paradise - A speed trap, a drone, an Apple, and Paradise.
Sweden rewards you for driving safely, drone enthusiasts reward you for flying safely, and tech journalist Ryan Ozawa asks you to live safely.
Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Guest: Ryan Ozawa
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Padre 27: Ohhhhh Doctah! - Drunks and Trolls and Puppets. Oh, my!
A town in Germany fights drunken nuisances with wet feet. Then OhDoctah comes on the show to make you love him!
Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Guest: Owen JJ Stone
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Padre 26: Net Neutral Honesty - Dumpster life, the PowerPot, Brian Chee and Net Neutrality.
A clever professor who spent a year living out of a dumpster, a review of the PowerPot which is a cooking pot for camping that has a thermal generator to create electricity, and Brian Chee comes by t…
Padre 25: Scott Johnson - Probing in deeper space and Scott Johnson.
New Horizons, an awesome space probe on a long term mission and the one and only Scott Johnson drops in to talk about life as the "weird kid".
Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Guest: Scott Johnson
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Padre 24: Chase Nunes - Gamer Update - Leo Copter takes off!
Breaking the ice with icebreaker ships with drones, Leo Copter takes off, catching up with Chase Nunes of Geek Gamer TV, and more!
Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Guest: Chase Nunes
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Padre 23: 3D With Chee! - Aircraft carriers, comcast and 3D printers
Renovating your house is easy... unless your house is an aircraft carrier! Also, Comcast hates you and Cheebert loves 3D printing.
Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Guest: Brian Chee
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Padre 22: Geeking Out With Lou Maresca - Cancer-curing eggs, Microsoft and Droning Under the Influence
How do you "unboil" an egg? Microsoft is going holographic, and Lou Maresca and Padre drone on.
Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Guest: Louis Maresca
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Padre 21: Geeking Out With the TnkGrl! - Solar Power, Rocket Power, Grl Power!
Hawaii is the future of solar, Falcon 9 was a SUCCESS, and Myriam Joire drops by to geek out with Padre.
Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Guest: Myriam Joire
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Padre 20: How the Hippo Got Cranky - Lasers, microbes and Hippos.
Lasers on planes, microbes in space, and how Padre met Hippo.
Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Guest: Bryan Burnett
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Music: "Swimmin…
Padre 19: Bringing In the New Year With Steve Gibson - Super uses for magnets and Steve Gibson.
Using magnets to prevent too many bubbles in beer, clean up oil spills, and an interview with Steve Gibson about coding, security, and geekiness.
Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Guest: Steve Gibson
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Padre 18: Happy New Year! - Aluminum foam, DRM hacks, and hardwareless speed boosts.
A new engineering material that is stronger and safer than steel or fiberglass, a DRM hack for your Keurig, and how to boost the speed of your Windows 7 or 8 computer without changing hardware.
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Padre 17: The Best of 2014 - Highlights from Padre's Corner in 2014.
Highlights and interviews from Padre's Corner in the year of 2014.
Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" …
Padre 16: TechWise With Robb - Robb Boyd, satellites, and batteries.
LEDs and batteries and satellites -oh my! Also, Robb Boyd from TechWiseTV drops by to geek out over enterprise tech.
Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Guest: Robb Boyd
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Padre 15: Podception: The Book Guys - The Book Guys, Podception, BioLite, and Geckos.
How Geckos work and using science to imitate their wall climbing ability, an awesome camp stove called the BioLite, and a Podcast within a Podcast with The Book Guys.
Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
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Padre 14: Mars Is Net Neutral, With Andy Weir - Mean people are popular, Net Neutral rant, & Andy Weir
If you want people to like you on the internet, be nice... but if you want to be popular, be mean! Lasers cut up the future of nuclear power, Padre preaches about Net Neutrality, and author Andy Weir…
Padre 13: Disasters With Robb Moore - Google Nano Pill, ioSafe and CEO Robb Moore.
Google X is working on nano particles to seek out cancer cells in your body, the virtually indestructible ioSafe, and CEO of ioSafe, Robb Moore, this week on Padre's Corner.
Host: Fr. Robert Ballece…
Padre 12: Racing With Tim Stevens - Tim Stevens on tech, journalism, integrity and speed.
Is the future of solar in nanoparticles? Will balloon-delivered WiFi be the Internet of the future? Will Tim Stevens tell us the secrets of tech, journalism and the need for speed? Find out on this e…
Padre 11: Pandora's Promise - Documentary filmmaker Robert Stone, Nuclear Power, and
Powering nanomachines, swallowing needles for your health, and living nuclear all on this week's exciting episode of Padre's Corner.
Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Guest: Robert Stone
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Padre 10: Gadgets With Steve Kovach - Oxygen Crystals, EV ARC, Big Bertha & Steve Kovach
The future is about Oxygen-loving crystals, the ARC may help your EV to graze instead of gorge, and Steve Kovach from "Business Insider" drops in to talk about reviewing gadgets.
Host: Fr. Robert Ba…