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Dancing in the Streets
Episode 701
This week, we light a candle for lost legends and torch a few bad takes. In Follow Up, Molly White reminds us that giving a damn still matters—despite the rising tide of apathy (and flaming robotaxis…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Going Antiquing
Episode 700
On this week’s episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, we kick things off with the glorious meltdown of two of our least favorite Bond villains: Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Not only is their public pissing matc…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
TACO 2025
Episode 699
In this week’s “we told you so” edition, we kick things off with the latest AI faceplant—go ahead, Google “Is it 2025?” and try not to spit coffee on your keyboard. Meanwhile, over at Meta, Zuckerber…
Published on 3 months ago
Watch Out for That Tree!
Episode 698
This week, we kick things off with the return of Space Karen’s meltdown tour: Elon Musk got flustered in an interview, sputtered out one-word answers, and called the journalist an “NPC,” which is ric…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Office of Defects
Episode 697
This week on Grumpy Old Geeks: FOLLOW UP kicks off with Manus madness, a $2 million ticket to Trump’s crypto cash-grab, and Elon’s Boring Company worming its way into an $8 billion Amtrak boondoggle.…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Googliearchs
Episode 696
In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, we’re serving up a buffet of dystopia with a side of snark. First, Kuwait has finally realized crypto bros are an energy drain, not a feature. Celsius Network’s f…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Mad Hatter
Episode 695
In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks—Mad Hatter edition—we kick things off with a refresher on Staingate and the joys of delamination (spoiler: it’s not a spa treatment). Then we dive into the U.S. go…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Hammers Don’t Hallucinate
Episode 694
This week on Grumpy Old Geeks, Fyre Festival rises from the ashes yet again—but not as a festival, because even Billy McFarland finally figured out he’s better at selling pipe dreams than tents. Mean…
Published on 4 months ago
Let Them Eat Space
Episode 693
This week, we blast off with a tale as old as grift: Fyre Fest 2 has been postponed—again—proving that you really can fail upward if you squint hard enough and wear enough white linen. Over at Automa…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Confabulation and Frivolity
Episode 692
This week, the boys kick things off with some serious déjà vu as Fyre Fest’s favorite grifter promises he’s totally throwing another festival — because nothing says “I’ve changed” like doubling down …
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago