The ETC Podcast
By Casey Li and Aaron Sadhankar
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The ETC PodcastNov 19, 2020
ETC Episode 67 - December 11th, 2021
After a multi-month hiatus, we’re back with a special holiday-ish ETC pod! We figure out how to podcast again, and talk about everything from the entertainment biz to one of the most exciting new vehicles that happens to be a truck.
- Nirvana sued by the baby from Nevermind’s album cover
- Foo Fighters “Everlong” w/ 11-Year-Old Nandi Bushell
- Dave Grohl VS Nandi Bushell EPIC Drum Battle
- Tim Baker (of Hey Rosetta!) is back
- Drake Withdraws His 2022 Grammy Nominations
- It Takes Two Wins Game Of The Year At The 2021 Game Awards
- Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop is canceled
- Rivian R1T
- The Rivian R1T is an Incredibly Fun Electric Pickup!
ETC Episode 66 - April 22nd, 2021
All good things must end - at least for this season of the ETC podcast. We wrap up a historic season 7 with some YouTube, Lego, and (mostly) Apple news. Thanks to all our listeners this season, and we'd love to hear your ideas and requests for special episodes in season 8.
- Mark Rober: The Truth About My Son
- Color the Spectrum LIVE- Mark Rober and Jimmy Kimmel (Apr. 30)
- Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Official Teaser
- LEGO star wars R2-D2 set
- Apple 'Spring Loaded' Event
- Apple’s Spring Loaded event: the 8 biggest announcements
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ETC Episode 65 - April 15th, 2021
On the second last episode of the season we dive into some of the latest entertainment and tech announcements, and debate the future of dedicated devices in your life.
- Fast & Furious 9 – Official Trailer 2
- Arcade Fire released an epic 45-minute single — in Headspace’s meditation app
- Robosen Optimus Prime
- Logitech Harmony universal remotes are being discontinued
- Spotify’s Car Thing debuts as a limited release for selected US users
- Behind Sony’s Studio-to-Streamer Deal With Netflix
- OCan Filmfest
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ETC Episode 64 - April 8th, 2021
We have the latest news on the Ford Mach E's bad software and Apple's much anticipated location tracking network. We also get deep into some serious convo about the current state social networks and personal identity.
- Seaspiracy
- Apple Announces David Attenborough Documentary 'The Year Earth Changed'
- What I Hate About My Ford Mustang Mach E!
- Spotify's car thing
- Third-Party Accessory Makers Can Access U1 Chip in iPhones for Find My
- Facebook isn’t planning to tell you if you’re one of the 533 million people whose data leaked
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ETC Episode 63 - April 1st, 2021
We're back to our more regularly scheduled programming with an (unintentionally) foolish episode. Today we talk about cereal, sweat, and some Apple news.
- Magic Spoon Cereal
- The Dyson V15 Detect
- The joke is on Volkswagen after April Fool’s name change debacle
- Netflix scoops up Knives Out sequels for a reported $450M US
- Apple WWDC 2021
- Gatorade launches new sweat patch for personalised hydration strategy
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ETC Episode 62 - March 25th, 2021
It's finally here. What less than a dozen of you have been eagerly awaiting - our mega "E" environmental episode. Aaron gives an overview of everything he knows, and we dive into all things related to sustainability around E, T, and C.
- 8 documentaries on climate change you need to watch
- Team Trees
- Bill Gates: How To Avoid A Climate Disaster
- How to Save a Planet podcast
- ecosia.org
- Offset your emissions
- Best smart thermostat: Reviews and buying advice
- Climate change food calculator: What's your diet's carbon footprint?
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ETC Episode 61 - March 18th, 2021
Coming at you today with some sad, some funny, and everything in between that's happening and on our minds in the world of ETC. And just a reminder that next we are coming to you live with our much anticipated environmental episode. Write in now if you have any green ETC questions on your mind for us to answer.
- Go behind the scenes to see how Search works
- Sabine Schmitz, Racing Driver and TV Personality, Dies at 51
- Apple TV puts its spin on the old-time radio thriller with 'Calls'
- Canada’s COVID Alert App ‘Completely Useless’, Health Data Shows Low Uptake
- Apple Discontinues Full-Sized HomePod to Focus on HomePod Mini
- Apple Confirms iMac Pro Will Be Discontinued
- Andrew Huang goes to space
- Intel ads: Justin Gets Real
- Zack Snyder's Justice League
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ETC Episode 60 - March 11th, 2021
Back after a 1 week hiatus, we're at episode 60! We catch up on some reader correspondence and rant about sitcoms and car infotainment. Remember to write in to us your requests and questions for our upcoming environmental episode!
- ‘Frasier’ Revival With Kelsey Grammer Set at Paramount Plus
- Bill Gates Reveals Why He Prefers Android Over iPhone
- SpaceX’s Starship SN10 explodes after successful take-off, flip in the air, and landing
- Prepear Changes Pear Logo to Settle Trademark Dispute With Apple
- Elizabeth Banks to Direct 'Cocaine Bear'
- Apple TV app now available on the latest Google Chromecast
- Alpine's Latest (non-wireless) CarPlay Receiver Has a 9-Inch Display Hovering Over the Dashboard
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ETC Episode 59 - February 25th, 2021
In today's episode, we discuss our hairstyle choices, the end of an epic electronic music duo, and we have a BIG announcement
- Pigtails
- Daft Punk is over
- Da Funk
- Disney Plus makes a play for adult viewers with launch of Star
- Disney+ at TCA: ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ First Reactions and ‘Loki’ Release Date
- Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets
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ETC Episode 58 - February 18th, 2021
Today we discuss everything from rockets to $59,000 headphones. And we continue with our latest and greatest segment: #doyourthing
- Mars Perseverance Rover
- SpaceX Falcon 9
- Foldable iPhones?
- New Mortal Kombat movie trailer
- Sennheiser HE 1 ($59,000)
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ETC Episode 57 - February 11th, 2021
Happy Chinese/Lunar New Year! Today we dive into Aaron's past high school band days and introduce a brand new segment: #DoYourThing
- Chinese New Year
- Killing in the Name cover
- Apple Car Specs Revealed
- Miami mayor says Elon Musk will tunnel under the city for just $30 million
- Pacific Rim The Black
- Man Swallows AirPod, Ends Up in Emergency Room
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ETC Episode 56 - February 4th, 2021
This week we dive into some big happenings in the tech world, some (or a lot) of Apple news, and Dave's tweet.
- The iPhone's Face ID Will Soon Work With a Mask—if You Have an Apple Watch
- Pad & Quill Debuts New Leather Cases for AirPods Max and AirPods Pro
- Twitter rebrand
- Apple’s rumored VR headset could cost $3,000, feature 8K displays and over a dozen cameras
- This is The $3200 New Apple Ecosystem
- Final Space Season 3
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ETC Episode 55 - January 28th, 2021
After a short hiatus, we're back! New year, same ETC. We go deep on just a few timely topics in this first episode of 2021.
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ETC Episode 54 - December 2nd, 2020
A very special holiday episode to end a very special season. Aaron and Casey talk about fond holiday memories associated with Entertainment, Technology, and yes even Cars.
- Family Guy: Road to the North Pole
- Star Wars Holiday Special
- Christmas Jazz 2
- Sega Dreamcast Launch
- WeatherTech
- Porsche Design $1 million advent calendar
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ETC Episode 53 - November 25th, 2020
The penultimate episode of our record breaking sixth season. Coming to you with the latest news and also why home automation sucks.
- Sawstop Saw
- PlayStation shapes take over London Tube
- Netflix removes Chappelle’s Show after Dave Chappelle asked it to
- The Godfather Coda
- Lego Star Wars
- Amazon AWS outage
- 2022 Subaru BRZ
- The Last Of Us TV adaptation on HBO
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ETC Episode 52 - November 18th, 2020
Two old men rant about social media.
- Lock picking lawyer
- Netflix play something button
- Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend
- Conan O'Brien moving to HBO Max
- Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15 percent
- Twitter Fleets
- Fresh Prince Reunion
- Wonder Woman 1984
- No YouTube Rewind 2020
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ETC Episode 51 - November 11th, 2020
Coming to you again this year the day after an Apple event. We talk about their new M1 powered Macs, how Netflix is bringing TV back, and a great package deal for your next private jet purchase.
- Canada: A People's History (UN peacekeeping)
- Apple Event November 10
- First successful HyperLoop passenger test
- Boom Supersonic
- Vortex wing paper "airplane"
- Netflix is testing a linear channel
- Porsche x Embraer - Duet
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ETC Episode 50 - November 4th, 2020
The big day is here - episode 50 (that's 100 divided by 2, or 3 times 20 minus 10). In celebration of this we list our top 5 "best" technology things we've ever had. This special episode is quite extra so get comfy and tune in.
Aaron's Top 5
Casey's Top 5
- Magellan RoadMate 360
- iPad Pro
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- iPhone 4S
- Sony Bravia KDL-46W3000
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ETC Episode 49 - October 28th, 2020
Coming at you completely unprepared as usual with the latest in E, T, and C. Apple news is back, we go to space, and pigs show up. Also, some lovely correspondence. Stay tuned for our big 50th episode next week!
- Shure MV7
- PS5 Design
- Snoop Dogg has an Xbox Series X fridge
- Apple’s iPhone 12 seems to have a secret reverse wireless charging feature
- You Can Finally Mute WhatsApp Conversations Forever
- Uncharted movie
- Bugatti Bolide
- Yes, the SSC Tuatara actually went 532 km/h
- SpaceX Starlink Space-Based Broadband Goes Live In Beta
- Elon Musk trots out pigs in demo of Neuralink brain implants
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ETC Episode 48 - October 21st, 2020
We string together another week of exciting and questionable news. Everything from the future of our favourite street racing franchise to cool new software for recording your next vlog. And for the first time in a long time - no Apple news.
- New Nest thermostats
- ‘Fast and Furious’ Franchise to End With 11th Film
- Disney and Pixar’s Soul | Official Trailer 2
- #SAVEOURSTAGES
- Google’s new ‘hum to search’ feature
- Some Good News with John Krasinski
- Introducing Descript
- DOF Reality racing and flight simulators
- Justin Bieber - Lonely
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ETC Episode 47 - October 14th, 2020
It's been a whole Apple Event since our last show, so we rant and rave about the latest announcements. Also, it's the return of a very special musical guest.
- The Nature Of Things With David Suzuki
- New Smarties box
- Apple Event - October 13
- Apple HomePod Mini
- 5G iPhones
- MagSafe
- iPhone 12 Mini
- Ready Player Two
- Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series will start filming in March
- The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story
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ETC Episode 46 - October 7th, 2020
We say a little tribute to Van Halen and 80s performance rock, and then dive into everything from video game programming to even more deepfakes.
- Ikea catalog pictures are fake (photorealistic) news!
- Van Halen Eruption - Guitar Solo
- Van Halen - Jump
- Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
- Orville Season 3
- Cineworld shuts down after Bond delay
- Apple Sues Canadian Recycling Firm for Reselling 100,000 Apple Products
- Apple Sues Small Business With Pear Logo
- FaceTime Eye Contact
- Inventing Virtual Meetings of Tomorrow with NVIDIA AI Research
- Oasis - 'Return To Rockfield' [(What's The Story) Morning Glory? 25th Anniversary
- FogBlocker
- How Crash Bandicoot Hacked The Original Playstation | War Stories | Ars Technica
- The Legendary Fast Inverse Square Root
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ETC Episode 45 - September 30th, 2020
Vin Diesel has a song with Kygo, deepfakes, flying indoor drones. 2020 is wild. All this and more this week.
- 40 FINGERS - Africa (TOTO)
- AFRICA - Toto x Peter Bence (Piano Cover)
- International Podcast Day
- The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
- Drinking with Freelancers podcast
- It's Not That Deep podcast
- Living The Startup podcast
- Cautionary Tales
- Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Vin Diesel Feel Like I Do
- Hotshot Racing
- Inertial Drift
- Farmville shutting down
- Tokyo Olympics Shop
- Deepfake Putin, Kim Jong Un
- Google Pixel Event
- Amazon Ring Drone
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ETC Episode 44 - September 23rd, 2020
You asked for it, and we delivered. Back this week with some C - cars & cereal.
- i before e except after C is not a rule!
- No Frills Presents: Haulin' State Of Mind
- Tesla Battery Event
- Model S Plaid
- 72nd Emmy Awards: Jimmy Kimmel Opening Monologue
- Tim Hortons Timbits cereal
- Marantz Audio-Video Streamer
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ETC Episode 43 - September 17th, 2020
This was basically Apple fanboy hour, but some other great ET (no C) news and we hear from some amazing listener correspondence.
- Apple September 2020 event
- Airpods Pro Spatial Audio
- The Social Dilemma trailer
- Listener correspondence!
- Our very first audio listener feedback
- Apple Watch blood oxygen sensor
- Fresh Prince reboot
- Animaniacs Reboot
- Mandalorian Season 2 trailer
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ETC Episode 42 - September 9th, 2020
Back just a week later with the latest musings on entertainment, technology, and large cats.
- The Haunting of Bly Manor Trailer
- The Mandalorian Season 2 coming Oct. 30
- Dune (2020) Trailer
- Shenmue Anime series
- Mario Kart Live
- Cougar Story
- The international controversy over Disney’s Mulan, explained
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ETC Episode 41 - September 2nd, 2020
The long awaited (by many multiple of people) return of the ETC Podcast has arrived! Casey and Aaron get back into the swing of things with a whole lot of random and a trip down memory lane.
- #41
- Reminiscing on old episodes
- Tenet trailer (nowhere as good as the in-theater preview)
- Cineplex COVID policy
- The VW-Porsche story that should be a movie
- David Blaine Ascension
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ETC Episode 40 - March 3rd, 2012
ETC Episode 39 - January 20th, 2011
ETC Episode 38 - September 28th, 2010
A huge milestone in the ETC Podcast history - we actually do an interview. Is it good? Who knows. But you can bet your ass it's entertaining - well maybe you can't. The boys from Global Authority join us to talk about their Common Grounds TV project.
Here are some things we talked about:
This episode's song
- People Get Ready by The Frames