January 26, 2013
The January 26, 2013 broadcast is rich in the personal material that makes the archive more than a technology collection. Dr. Dave and Evil Steve turn a childhood sled dispute into a vivid story about their lifelong chemistry, and Dr. Dave recalls telling their mother that he could not keep doing the radio show by rote while the meaning of technology was changing around him. He worries about the person who finds a computer baffling, chooses a face-to-face conversation while waiting with Dr. Dave's son Nick for allergy shots and explains that difficult work becomes familiar by accepting what it requires and becoming good at it. His enthusiasm for Mazda engineering begins with Nick asking a question during a drive, while the closing Google Glass discussion warns that looking up at a display is not the same as paying attention and that constant digital contact is not the same as being together.
Proposed air date. The available recordings may not contain the entire broadcast.
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8 parts, 95:09 total. All preserved transcript parts in this selection have been reviewed for content and sequence. The archive includes show breaks; this is not a verified uninterrupted recording. The air date remains proposed.
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Recordings preserved for this date
Regular show: hour recordings
2 recordings · 106:15 total within this version.
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Regular show: segments
8 recordings · 95:09 total within this version.
Numbered positions are present in sequence. This alone does not prove the show is complete.