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Anders and Scott talk Twitter's most recent takeover offers and who we'd like (or not like) to see buy our favorite platform, and how ludicrous it is that 350 million users is considered a failure. Would Twitter go public if they were to make the decision in today's market? We discuss. We also go deep on the age of networks that we're currently living in, and what's good and bad about the nature of the closed networks that we all participate in.

Anders and Scott talk about this show, how it's put together, and the decision to have or not have sponsors. It might sound like so much navel-gazing, but we cover some pretty interesting ground along the way.

In our first episode in a while, Anders and Scott talk about Scott's recent experience getting Gig internet service from AT&T, and we dig deep into the DAO contract fiasco and it's impact on Ethereum.

Anders talks in depth about the Mike Hearn bombshell in the Bitcoin community, and we talk about the emergence of smart contracts and Ethereum as "the next big thing".

Anders and Scott discuss the recent announcement by the FAA regarding the registration of drones, and Walmart's jumping into the drone delivery fray with Amazon.

Anders and Scott talk in depth about the return of Jack Dorsey to Twitter, and about why Twitter is struggling while Facebook can seemingly do no wrong. They also talk about the similarities between Evernote and Twitter, and how each company might adjust in the future.

Scott and Anders discuss the latest release from 3D Robotics, a short film series called Life After Gravity, which is shot in its entirety using quadcopters and GoPros. What's a hardware company doing creating content? We talk about it in depth. Listen in.

Scott and Anders welcome Richard Newton, best-selling author of Stop Talking, Start Doing, The Little Book of Thinking Big, and The End of Nice. We talk about the publishing industry, the impact of better and faster automation on career, and how companies and even countries will have to adapt to a new cycle of work and learning.

Scott interviews Anders about the Blockchain class he is teaching at the MIT Media Lab. Scott and Anders also discuss reactions to the recent Apple event where they introduced the iPad Pro.

Anders and Scott discuss the changes over the last 10-15 years in enterprise computing, along with the reasons for the shift away from company-centric to person-centric computing at work.

Picking up where the last show left off, Anders and Scott talk about Jerry Seinfeld's brilliant series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and it's availability only on the internet. We also talk about Tribe Tyler, an up and coming show only on YouTube, and dabble a bit in what Periscope will mean for live sports.

In this episode, Anders and Scott talk about traditional TV (one of our favorite topics), and a deep love of Halt and Catch Fire, a brilliant series on AMC and Netflix.

Anders and Scott talk about the up and coming search engine, DuckDuckGo. The name needs work, but are they a force to be reckoned with? Listen in and find out!

In continuing the theme of the last show, Anders and Scott discuss Scott’s current role as part-time CTO of a few startups, and how much time and energy are wasted early on in startups trying to find the elusive "technical co-founder".

Scott and Anders discuss the current shortage of software developers, the economic impact of that shortage, and how the development of applications will change over the next few years.

Scott and Anders discuss the people and sites they can't live without day to day.

Scott and Anders discuss how the iPhone 6 Plus works as a day to day device.

Scott and Anders talk about The Interview, disruption of internet services by sovereign nations, and how a city in Portugal is pointing us to the future of interconnectedness. There's a lot of talk about a magic bus as well.

Scott and Anders talk about pseudonymity, credentials, privacy and security in this jam-packed episode. What if you could have as many identities as you want, and they were all verifiable by a trusted source? And what if you could prove that you have the right to do something, like drink alcohol or vote, without the other party having to know who you are? Are privacy and security mutually exclusive or can they co-exist?

Scott and Anders take a break from technology and talk about the new Star Wars 7 trailer, TV shows, comedy and recommendation engines in this Christmas episode.