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ComputerTalk with Dave Mason
The official archive of all available ComputerTalk with Dave Mason radio shows. Spend some time with Dave. Listen to a full show or explore clips by topic.
3,475 unique clips. Each clip appears in one section. Historical conversations, not current advice. Full episodes remain available separately by date.
190 clips, strongest first.
The normal connection to the national studios fails as the show begins, leaving staff running around and Evil Steve without his normal introduction tools while Dr. Dave keeps speaking, trusts that someone can hear him and invites listeners to call.
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Dr. Dave and Evil Steve identify Nicole as the professional voice behind their sounders, praise her contribution and congratulate her on the birth of a baby just before Christmas.
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A broken phone line makes Dr. Dave reflect on how automatic the national number had become, and the brothers mark the July 2001 national launch and the program's eighteenth year on the air.
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Dr. Dave marks the death of John Backus by explaining how FORTRAN changed programming and recounting the unlikely path from a difficult student to an IBM programmer who initially did not know what that job was. A Gilligan's Island name joke keeps the tribute recognizably in the show's voice.
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The brothers return from Kelly’s Ride thrilled by the turnout, the friends who traveled to join them, the autumn route through the Tucson Mountains and the gathering held to remember Kelly and support juvenile-diabetes research.
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Dr. Dave marks the death of an underrecognized personal-computer pioneer, explains the Altair’s importance and relays Gates and Allen’s memories of the man who gave two young programmers a chance.
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Dr. Dave says he is sad that Stephanie will soon leave the program to attend school out of town, while recognizing that moving on is part of reaching the next level. The studio then welcomes Jess back with the teasing affection that characterized the crew.
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Dr. Dave and Evil Steve explain that working an Old Pueblo Friends of the NRA event caused what they describe as their first missed live broadcast in about twenty-five years, then laugh that they helped from setup to teardown without winning even a pencil.
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Dr. Dave describes an intense but positive period of growth as Computer Talk begins originating its own network feed. While the new live stream is being built, he asks for patience and directs listeners to prior shows on the DaveMason.com archive.
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Dr. Dave and Evil Steve inspect small changes to DaveMason.com on the air: a live copper wire sparking the “On Air” graphic, reflected lettering and a seasonal allergy joke added to Dr. Dave's portrait.
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Dr. Dave and Evil Steve explain that every show remained available in a segmented archive on DaveMason.com for eight months, so listeners could revisit an answer long after the live broadcast. They identify it as the website's largest feature by downloads and visits, and Evil Steve calls it a repository of Dr. Dave's brain.
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Dr. Dave and Evil Steve explain that they were invited to Daytona and wished they could be there, but Computer Talk and its listeners came first. Their attempt to imagine a remote broadcast from the track captures both their excitement for their friends and their seriousness about doing the Saturday show well.
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Dr. Dave invites listeners to the two blogs on DaveMason.com and distinguishes their political and technology roles with characteristic self-deprecating humor.
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Dr. Dave opens by speaking directly to listeners in the Southeast, recognizing the repeated storms and their resilience before turning to the show.
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Speaking days after the Tucson shooting, Dr. Dave and Evil Steve offer condolences, praise the memorial call for civility and argue that responsibility should follow facts rather than political reflex.
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With the boys spending the holiday weekend with their grandmother and other relatives, Evil Steve jokes that he never receives time off. Both brothers then explain that the program is fun, they do not miss broadcasts and Dr. Dave will travel only after Saturday's live show because the listeners expect them to be there.
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Dr. Dave and Evil Steve explain how the original DaveMason.com served Computer Talk listeners: a six-month archive, a temporary higher-quality affiliate copy and a continuous stream that rolled completed shows into rotation. Their joking conclusion—“you cannot not get the show”—makes this a valuable audio guide to the very archive the memorial site now preserves.
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A distant listener thanks the station for restoring the online broadcast, illustrating the show’s reach and early streaming history.
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On the third anniversary of the attacks, Dr. Dave abandons a planned brief mention and speaks candidly about grief, anger, remembrance and support for people serving abroad.
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Longtime caller DJ John says Computer Talk is the finest computer program ever broadcast on radio. Dr. Dave and Evil Steve accept the compliment with jokes about paying him and the world ending when Evil Steve quotes Einstein.
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Dr. Dave contrasts the pressure of live radio support with Army engineers helping people and equipment in active combat, then thanks both front-line personnel and the many people supporting them behind the scenes.
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When caller Tom starts wrapping up his own question, Dr. Dave and Evil Steve laugh that he is acting as the show’s producer. They quickly turn the joke into genuine appreciation, saying their great listeners make the program and that they could not do it without them.
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Someone asks why a computer show discusses phones and music players. Dr. Dave and Evil Steve answer that computers and the Internet now touch cars, aircraft, voting and nearly every part of life, which gives the show room to connect technology with any subject—and, just as importantly, to talk about what they genuinely like.
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While checking the Redskins schedule, Dr. Dave and Evil Steve stop to acknowledge the shooting death of starting safety Sean Taylor. They call the coming game deeply emotional and extend their heartfelt sympathy to Taylor's family and to the entire Redskins community.
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442 proposed broadcast dates, plus 2 undated entries. Dates are based on archive filenames and may be approximate. Some broadcasts survive as separate parts or incomplete recordings.
