Tangential Convergence

Dave Brodbeck and Ken Hernden

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Episode 31 - Silver is Gold

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11/11/12 • -1 min

Well, the US election has come and gone, and I for one will miss it. I won't miss the partisan attack ads, I won't miss the superPAC ads, but, I will miss reading fiverthirtyeight.com every day. In episode 31 we tackle the US election, the future of US elections and the unwillingness of some (we're looking at you pundits, and you FOX news) to accept reality. We don't mean on political opinions. We mean you know, like how polls can be accurate and Nate Silver can figure out results, or say climate change, or evolution, well, you get the idea. We bring in some history of course (Dewey Defeats Truman!) as well as our usual dash of science fiction. We hope you enjoy episode 31

Episode 30 - Four More Beers!

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03/15/14 • -1 min

OK, I know we had a good title in there, but I forgot it and frankly, I don't feel like going through the whole thing to find it.... Four years ago we three got together (for the first time) on episode 8 to talk politics and technology. We also, happily, had a visit from the ever popular Isabelle. We talked about the influence of social media and tech on elections and campaigns, and the current problems in the mid East that seem to have been brought on by a mix of a hateful 'movie' and a bunch of twits who don't understand that in the West the government does not really own the media..... For a bit of historical perspective, Robin suggested you check out an article in the New Yorker. In the end we all predict an Obama victory. Let's see if we are right.... We hope you enjoy episode 30.

Episode 29 - I Know Enough Mimbari, and That Is Kind Of Sad...

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07/29/12 • -1 min

Yes, really, we all still exist. Seriously. So much has happened since we got together a little over a year ago. Several countries have new leaders, and Steve Jobs, on of the icons of tech, died. What do these things have in common? Leadership. So yeah, that was our topic. Robin is writing a book on leadership, so he told us about his ideas, they include the notion that leadership is different from managerial ability, and a lot of what we think of as leadership is just being a good manager. We talked Steve Jobs, Jim Kirk, Jean Luc Picard, and of course Gordon Ramsay... We hope you enjoy episode 29.

Episode 39 - It's The Future, Which One of These Knobs Do I Have To Blow?

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05/04/18 • -1 min

Follow us again dear listener as we converge tangentially.
Well, we're going to watch last night's Expanse, and before it, who knows, we might record a thing!
First off I'd like to thank both @acedtect and @alkebob for posting a picture of the two of them from Vegas where there was a meet up. Great pic, which they entitled 'two thirds of the Tangential Convergence audience'.
So, Tesla has an idea for an electric transport truck. Cool. Then Nicola Motors (yeah we get it) has decided to sue Tesla for two billion dollars. Seems legit. This seems to me to be as sensible as, oh, say TWIT suing Twitter. (That's happening by the way). Damn, I should be careful, maybe I'll get sued for mentioning all of this stuff.
This got us all into lots of stuff, look, I'm a shitty writer and that's what I've got. I'm a shitty writer, but, the library at the university has to pay for y shitty writing.....
Oh yeah, two things, I forgot to use Tom Merritt's excellent line about how Edison Motors should sue Tesla, and, Go Hounds Go!
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Episode 36 - Do You Have Change For a Krugerrand?

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04/13/18 • -1 min

Welcome to our Expanse pre show.
Well not really, but we will be watching last night's premiere after talking about Cambridge Analytica! I don't know why that exclamation point is there. Maybe they could use data mining to tell me. Oh, as an aside, some yim yam friend of mine used 'This is Your Digital Life' and some of my info was shared with these weenies as you can see from the accompanying screenshot.
I'm typing most of this out before Ken even comes over, but I just thought I'd drop in that I got back from MAGA land last week. Reports are true, it's great again.....
We talked propaganda, we talked Operation Mincemeat, we even talked a bit of Star Trek The Animated Series.
Enjoy.
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Episode 34 - Darth Putin

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03/02/18 • -1 min

HOLY SHIT WE'RE RECORDING.
You know, Ken has been coming over to my place every Thursday for a few years now, we talk a lot then we watch a show. Man in the High Castle, the Expanse, Manhattan, and now, Altered Carbon. The thing is before every show we talk about politics and technology and history. Sound familiar?
So, we recorded tonight.
It was inspired by Putin's lovely speech today where he decided to show a cool video of Florida being nuked.
This got us into the Korean War, Trump, anarchists, false flag operations and of course that led into the mirror universe and our impressions of ST:Disco (A Disco. Control. Panel.)
We ended talking a bit about a strange thing that happened on wikipedia a few years back. This reminded Ken of a thing archivists do. Who knew? Now you do.
We hope you like episode 34

Episode 55 - The Ken and Dave Greater Co Prosperity Sphere

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03/19/22 • -1 min

This one is all about propaganda.

Of course we've been both thinking about the topic ever since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Does Putin actually believe his own propaganda?

Are we swayed by propaganda (of course we are).

I've. got a lot of problems with Noam Chomsky.

Oh yeah, this one was recorded live and in person.

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Episode 56 - This Book Represents a Weapon

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04/24/22 • -1 min

It's another in our ongoing coverage of Putin's war in Ukraine.

Lots of weapons are coming in.

Lots of war crimes are happening.

We talked a bit about the history of war crimes.

How can you get someone to do something evil?

I talked a little Asch Line Experiment.

Ken has lots of books.

These show notes are getting lame.

We stand for democracy, we stand with Ukraine.

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Episode 57 - Gorby, We Hardly Knew Ye

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09/11/22 • -1 min

It's been a heck of a few days.

The Queen died.

The Russians are rushin' away (sorry...)

But a couple of weeks ago Mikhail Gorbachev died.

Hey wait, now that's TC material. You know what else? I KNOW AN ACTUAL RUSSIAN!! His name is Daniil, and he escaped Putin's totalitarian nightmare with his family six months ago. He now lives in Vancouver. So why not get an actual Russian on here to talk about Goby?

OK, so we did.

Give to the UNHCR. Give to the Red Cross.

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Episode 35 - Harry Hopkins is My Barman

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03/09/18 • -1 min

Yup, two times in a one week span.
Tonight, before Altered Carbon we talked a bit about the story of how Alexa is maniacally laughing at users. As an aside, they've got a fix out. As an aside aside, the New York Times talked about the whole thing, 21 years ago.
This got us in to talking about AI, Siri, Hal, and even Kay Summersby.
FDR, Steve Jobs, Harry Hopkins et al also came up.
What would you do if your digital assistant actually had a real personality?
(n.b. there's a weird audio artefact in this recording, sounds like RF interference of some sort, will investigate)
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How many episodes does Tangential Convergence have?

Tangential Convergence currently has 33 episodes available.

What topics does Tangential Convergence cover?

The podcast is about Scifi, Tech, Society & Culture, History, University, Library, Podcasts and Technology.

What is the most popular episode on Tangential Convergence?

The episode title 'Episode 51 - Chock Full of Plagues' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Tangential Convergence?

The average episode length on Tangential Convergence is 56 minutes.

How often are episodes of Tangential Convergence released?

Episodes of Tangential Convergence are typically released every 40 days, 10 hours.

When was the first episode of Tangential Convergence?

The first episode of Tangential Convergence was released on Jul 20, 2011.

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Tangential Convergence

Dave Brodbeck and Ken Hernden

Top 10 Tangential Convergence Episodes

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