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By: J.D. Biersdorfer and Pedro Rafael Rosado
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 The independent audio magazine devoted to mashing up pop culture, technology and more. J.D. Biersdorfer and Pedro Rafael Rosado are your hosts. It's an Internet Radio revolution!© 2025 HeadStepper Media, LLC Art Politics & Government
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  • Hot Pockets

    Hot Pockets
    Nov 17 2025

    On this freshly handcrafted episode of Pop Tech Jam, El Kaiser shares his thoughts about the past, present and future of “Doctor Who,” before jumping into the news with J.D. to discuss recent developments in streaming TV, games, shopping and aggressively priced high-fashion iPhone slings. Just press Play for Episode 388!

    • “Doctor Who” (BBC)

    • Why Disney Ditched ‘Doctor Who’ (Deadline)

    • Verizon to Cut About 15,000 Jobs (The Wall Street Journal)

    • Netflix Tries Bringing Family Game Night to Your TV (The New York Times)

    • Disney+ Exploring “Game-like Features” And AI-Driven, User-Generated Content In Streaming (Deadline)

    • MLS, Apple TV to bring games outside of extra paywall in 2026: Sources (The New York Times)

    • Facebook Marketplace gets new collaborative and social features, Meta AI integrations (TechCrunch)

    • Google will let users call stores, browse products, and check out using AI (The Verge)

    • Apple to Reportedly Pay Google $1 Billion a Year for Siri's Custom Gemini AI Model (CNet)

    • New HomePod Mini, Apple TV, and AirTag Were Expected This Year — Where Are They? (MacRumors)

    • Introducing iPhone Pocket: a beautiful way to wear and carry iPhone (Apple)

    • £220 'for a cut-up sock' - Apple's new iPhone Pocket ridiculed online (BBC News)

    • Costly iPhone Pocket sells out nearly immediately (Apple Insider)
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    27 mins
  • The Hacker Shuffle

    The Hacker Shuffle
    Oct 31 2025
    On this episode of Pop Tech Jam, El Kaiser and J.D. discuss — among many other things — electronic playing-card shufflers, Oreos, A.I. slop, robot hands and “Peacemaker.” Listen in on PTJ 387!• How Hacked Card Shufflers Allegedly Enabled a Mob-Fueled Poker Scam That Rocked the NBA (Wired)• Real Estate Is Entering Its AI Slop Era (Wired)• Phony AI-Created Receipts Become Real Problem for Businesses (PYMTS.com)• OpenAI reportedly developing new generative music tool (Tech Crunch)• Oreo-maker Mondelez to use new generative AI tool to slash marketing costs (Reuters)• The ‘Hands Problem’ Holding Back the Humanoid Revolution (The Wall Street Journal)• Robot umpires approved for MLB in 2026 as part of challenge system (CNN)• Trump and Xi will ‘consummate’ TikTok deal on Thursday, treasury secretary says (TechCrunch)• TikTok may not be Chinese-owned anymore, but there still is a privacy problem (Brookings)• Exclusive: US Department of Energy forms $1 billion supercomputer and AI partnership with AMD (Reuters)• Apple Newsroom announcements• Apple Readies Its First Ever Touch-Screen MacBook (Bloomberg)• What’s Next for iPad Pro? A Vapor Chamber Like the One on the iPhone 17 Pro (Bloomberg)• Ads likely coming to Apple Maps in 2026 (Apple Insider)• New MacBook Pro Nears Mass Production, But Four Bigger Upgrades Expected Next Year (MacRumors)• Apple Shelves Vision Headset Revamp to Prioritize Meta-Like AI Glasses (Bloomberg)• Google’s “G” gets a brighter look. (Google blog)• Podcasts and News Fact Sheet (Pew Research Center)
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    32 mins
  • Squat Bots and Milk Bread

    Squat Bots and Milk Bread
    Sep 19 2025

    On this episode of Pop Tech Jam, El Kaiser and J.D. dive into the ocean of Apple announcements and other recent tech news — and ponder Japanese-style 7-Eleven stores on this side of the Pacific. All this and more in Episode 386!

    • iPhone 17, iPhone Air, AirPods Pro 3, and everything else announced at Apple’s hardware event(TechCrunch)

    • Apple October Event 2025: 5 New Products Coming Soon (Gadget Hacks)

    • Apple still has 10 more product launches in the pipeline, here’s what’s coming (9to5Mac)

    • Apple’s new iPhone charger is a first of its kind (The Verge)

    • iPhone 17 Pro Max vs. Google Pixel 10 Pro XL: I compared both and here's the winner (ZD Net)

    • Google Gemini is the top free iPhone app (9to5Google)

    • What to expect at Meta Connect 2025: 'Hypernova' smart glasses, AI and the metaverse (Engadget)

    • Amazon announces fall hardware event (The Verge)

    • How to use ChatGPT at university without cheating: ‘Now it’s more like a study partner’ (The Guardian)

    • Rolling Stone Publisher Sues Google Over AI Summaries (The Wall Street Journal)

    • Google misled users about their privacy and now owes them $425m, says court (Malwarebytes blog)

    • Sizing Up A Possible Paramount-WBD Merger, Hollywood Wonders If This Episode Is A Repeat (Deadline)

    • Is America Ready for Japanese-Style 7-Elevens? (The New York Times)
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    35 mins
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