Techstream with Shelly Palmer and Seth Everett
Technology podcast that both experts and novices can enjoy.
Pop culture you love. Tech you dream about.
Shelly Palmer and Seth Everett cover topics that mean a lot to those in the tech space and those who just love tech.
Learn what's new, what's next, and what it means for you and your business.
Could Batman's toys exist in the real world? Is Star Trek still science fiction, or has it become science fact?
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 102
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2023
62. Should You Spy On Your Kids?
In the aftermath of the horrific shooting in Uvalde, Texas, many questions were raised about the use of social media by the shooter. It raised questions in our episode about what kids under 18 do on …
00:35:11 |
Tue 07 Jun 2022
Are Self-Driving Cars Safe?
Between Herbie the Love Bug and KITT from Knight Rider, we have been obsessed with self-driving cars. Tesla has produced Autopilot, while other cars have Adaptive Cruise Control.
The debate about au…
00:36:10 |
Tue 31 May 2022
Google vs. Congress
Politicians are coming to break up Big Tech (companies like Google and Facebook).
There's a long history of vertically-integrated companies, but this move is so ill-conceived that it proves that our…
00:28:29 |
Tue 24 May 2022
The Crypto Crash: Lessons Learned
Shelly just got back from Germany, and while he was flying back, crypto fell apart in a way that is testing the faith of the faithful.
Today, we're not trying to explain WHY this happened or what to…
00:27:56 |
Tue 17 May 2022
Our Passwordless Future: Less is More
The thing that bothers Seth the most in life? Forgetting a password.
We all have password managers, but when you need to enter passwords across fifty different devices, things become a bit more… com…
00:27:31 |
Tue 10 May 2022
What is Elon Musk Going to Do with Twitter?
The biggest news story in the tech world over the past two weeks has been Elon Musk's desire to buy Twitter. The deal at first seemed impossible (or at the very least improbable), but now the deal is…
00:28:56 |
Tue 26 Apr 2022
What the Hell Does a VPN Actually Do?
We've talked about what happens when major companies get hacked when Shelly gets hacked (both his crypto hack and getting spoofed this week!), when just about anyone gets hacked. No matter who we're …
00:23:57 |
Tue 19 Apr 2022
Apple Strikes Out in First MLB Streaming Venture
Play ball! The baseball season started, and it's the first season in 25 years that Seth isn't covering baseball. While the pace of play may have chased him away from the sport - at least for now - ma…
00:27:54 |
Tue 12 Apr 2022
Axie's Hack and the "Crypto Kool-Aid": First-Hand Tales from NFT|LA
Shelly just got back from a week spent at NFT|LA, and he's got stories to share! He talks about the interactions he had and the panels he moderated, like being on-stage with The Jiho, the co-founder …
00:24:14 |
Tue 05 Apr 2022
How to Help Your Kids Navigate Instagram and TikTok
We've talked a lot about the impact that social media apps like Instagram and TikTok have on kids. But now that the world has largely returned to in-person gatherings, the FOMO created by these apps …
00:26:34 |
Tue 29 Mar 2022
Amazon's "Secret Sauce" (and Why it Bought James Bond)
At long last, Amazon's purchase of MGM finally closed. While there's no new “news,” there are big questions: What did Amazon get from the $8.5 billion it spent? And, more importantly to us: What does…
00:26:07 |
Tue 22 Mar 2022
Our 50th Show!
We've made it to 50 episodes! We've been doing Techstream for just about a year, yet we've never met each other in person. This podcast has provided the two of us a little bit of stability over the p…
00:32:22 |
Tue 15 Mar 2022
Cyber Warfare
As the situation in Ukraine continues to evolve, the topic of “cyber warfare” continues to be discussed in the media. In today's episode, we discuss the concept of cyber warfare, and how anyone who d…
00:30:48 |
Tue 08 Mar 2022
Ukraine and "Data Doomsday"
It's a crazy time in the world right now, and a combination of 24-hour news networks and social media is putting the situation in Ukraine directly (virtually) in front of us. Today, we talk about the…
00:30:11 |
Tue 01 Mar 2022
The Return of Techstream
Techstream is back after a week off. Both Shelly and Seth suffered personal losses, and - for one of the first times in a while - Seth found real comfort in social media. We often talk about the toxi…
00:29:19 |
Tue 22 Feb 2022
Does Facebook Suck?
Techstream's audience is growing. Facebook's audience, for the first time ever, is not.
It was inevitable that this would happen, but there's something worse that's happening in the world of Faceboo…
00:26:15 |
Tue 08 Feb 2022
All Things Television, Great and Small
We've been covering a lot of CES-adjacent tech over the past few weeks, and we're continuing that trend in this episode with a deep dive into the world of television.
We talk about why QD-OLED TV se…
00:32:45 |
Tue 01 Feb 2022
Microsoft, Peloton, and Netflix… Oh My!
Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard for about $70 billion. How does that impact moderate gamers? We talk about the evolution of the gaming industry and how we play games. Microsoft is expert in this…
00:35:22 |
Tue 25 Jan 2022
NFT Lawsuits, Debates, and Education
It seems like everyone these days wants to aspire to become an influencer, but many people may not realize the true power they have within their network. We talk a bit about influence, virality, and …
00:28:41 |
Tue 18 Jan 2022
Facebook, Meta, and the Metaverse at CES 2022
CES 2022 is officially in the books, and we're offering a recap of the show's coolest and most important takeaways, plus the practical tech and best uses of the best innovations that we saw.
Then, w…
00:36:49 |
Tue 11 Jan 2022
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