Best Codec Podcasts (2025)

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How to Protect Barix Audio Codecs from Radio Broadcast Hijacking 21:29

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Radio stations across America are getting hacked through vulnerable Barix audio codecs, and your station could be next. In September 2025, hackers hijacked KPOG in Des Moines and KRLL in Missouri during Labor Day weekend, broadcasting explicit content and fake Emergency Alert System messages. Over 600 Barix Instreamer and Exstreamer devices remain …

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Unraveling Capcom's 2005 Cult Classic: Haunting Ground 12:30

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This is an audio version of a blog post found over on the SuperPod Network. The SuperPod Network has a plethora of video game related podcasts, blogs, and other video game related content, so be sure to give these things a look if you’re interested 😊 The original blog post by Tony: "Haunting Ground: A Survival Horror Classic About A Girl and Her Do…

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Cloud Bills Made You Cry? Gamers Already Fixed That 19:33

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Ever notice how interactive video feels great one moment and laggy the next? We dig into why - and what it takes to make streams feel as immediate and fair as a top-tier multiplayer game. Coming from a gaming-first background, we talk candidly about round-trip latency, jitter, and why 30 ms one way is the magic threshold for experiences where peopl…

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AWS Outage: Why Broadcasters Need Multi-Cloud Like Backup Internet 19:40

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The October 2025 AWS outage that took down major internet services for hours proves why broadcasters need multi-cloud redundancy and hybrid infrastructure to protect both revenue and emergency alerting capabilities. When automation goes down, commercials don't air, programming stops, listeners tune out, and advertising revenue disappears. Tyler bre…

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From Campbell to Codensity: A Practical Hero’s Journey in Video Encoding 13:46

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What if a hardware roadmap could read like a myth? We take Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey and map it to a concrete engineering pivot - from life in the ordinary world of CPU/GPU encoding to a high-density, power-efficient future with NETINT’s Codensity G5-based VPUs. We talk through the initial reluctance to touch specialized hardware, the mentor…

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The Box Music Network: The Interactive TV Channel MTV Had to Kill 13:39

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The Box Music Network was the interactive TV channel that let viewers pick the music videos — years before YouTube and streaming. Launched in Miami in 1985, The Box gave communities real control over what played next, from underground hip-hop to banned Madonna videos. By the mid-1990s it was reaching 30 million homes and even beating MTV in viewers…

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From Network Variability to Playback Intelligence: Airtel’s Sudeep Kumar on Streaming in India 37:32

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Episode Overview In this episode of the VideoVerse Podcast, we’re joined by Sudeep Kumar, Product Lead at Airtel Digital, one of India’s largest telecom providers. Hosted by Zoe Liu (CEO, Visionular), the conversation dives deep into the evolving video experience in India, from live streaming trends and CDN selection to data usage behavior and the …

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Hyperscale for Video | Stop Asking GPUs to Be Everything at Once 18:42

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What if video finally got its own processor, and your streaming costs dropped while quality and features went up? In this episode, we dig into the rise of the Video Processing Unit (VPU) - silicon built entirely for video - and explore how it’s transforming everything from edge contribution to multi-view sports. Instead of paying for general-purpos…

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Charlie Ergen’s $23 Billion Spectrum Gamble: How Dish Lost the 5G Race 13:26

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What happens when a professional poker player spends decades hoarding billions of dollars in spectrum licenses? In this episode of Fully Modulated, we follow Charlie Ergen’s incredible rise from selling backyard satellite dishes to running Dish Network, his bold $13 billion bet on 5G, and the $23 billion spectrum sale that just ended his dream of b…

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Energy Is the New Bottleneck in Live Video | Why VPUs Beat GPUs for Low-Res ABR at 4–6x Energy Savings 10:09

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Live video is exploding, power budgets are shrinking, and the old “throw more GPU at it” mindset is breaking. We dig into the real constraint behind streaming at scale - energy - and share new data showing how VPUs can deliver 4–6x better efficiency than top-tier GPUs while holding quality where viewers notice it most. From the early days of CPU-on…

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SOS for SNES: The Capsized Ship Game You Might Have Missed 8:19

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When Metallica Discovered Their Own Song on Radio Before They Released It - The Napster Leak That Changed Music Forever 18:12

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In 2000, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich got the shock of his life: their unreleased song "I Disappear" was playing on radio stations across America - before they'd even finished recording it. This is the wild story of how a leaked demo ended up on Napster, radio DJs started downloading it illegally, and one phone call triggered the biggest lawsuit i…

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The TikTok of Live TV | Swipe, Watch, Repeat 43:59

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When Ignacio "Nacho" Opazo opened his laptop in 2011, he wasn't just writing code, but rather, he was laying the foundation for what would become Latin America's pioneering OTT platform. A musician turned self-taught developer, Nacho's journey from creating El Telón (Latin America's first streaming television service) to building Zapping (now servi…

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When Radio Stations Go Wild - The Art of Stunting 21:25

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Ever tune into a radio station and hear the same song playing... for hours? That's called radio stunting, and it's one of the weirdest, most effective tricks in broadcasting history. This episode digs into the crazy world of radio stunts - from a Louisiana governor who played an obscure song for almost 60 hours straight in 1955, to the California s…

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Watts Up With Your Encoder? Akamai & Cires21 Benchmark VPUs vs. GPUs 44:40

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Energy efficiency is quickly becoming the new battleground in video processing infrastructure, and a groundbreaking benchmark study has revealed just how dramatic the differences can be between competing technologies. In this eye-opening conversation, Chris Milstead from Akamai and Dennis Mungai from Cires21 share findings from their joint research…

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The Complete Guide to Radio Microphones: From 1930s Ribbon Mics to Modern Podcast Equipment 16:24

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Ever wonder what's behind that perfect radio voice that draws you in during your morning commute? This episode takes you on a fascinating journey through nearly a century of radio microphone technology, from the massive, temperamental ribbon microphones of the 1930s to the sleek digital mics powering today's podcasts and broadcasts. You'll discover…

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Efficiency, Economics, and Innovation - Transforming Video Architectures 52:42

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The economics of video delivery are changing dramatically, forcing media companies to rethink their entire approach to content distribution architecture. In this fascinating roundtable discussion, leaders from Akamai, Scalstrm, and Arcadian reveal how the push for efficiency is reshaping video workflows across the industry. As streaming platforms e…

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When the Last Voice Goes Silent: How Budget Cuts Could Kill Alaska's Most Remote Radio Station 17:21

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KSDP 830 AM serves just 600 people in Sand Point, Alaska—one of America's most isolated communities. But this tiny radio station is a lifeline, broadcasting everything from tsunami warnings to local fishing reports across the Aleutian Islands. Now, federal budget cuts threaten to silence KSDP forever, potentially leaving an entire community without…

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Training Your Own LLM: The Untapped Value of Media Archives 40:20

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The AI revolution in media production is moving beyond marketing hype into practical applications delivering real value. Ryan Jesperson from Cires21 takes us deep into how their Media Co-Pilot platform is transforming workflows for tier-one broadcasters through thoughtfully implemented artificial intelligence. Unlike basic AI integrations that simp…

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Stardew Valley NPCs Revealed: Secrets, Stories & Relationships 26:27

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This is an audio version of a blog post found over on the SuperPod Network. The SuperPod Network has a plethora of video game related podcasts, blogs, and other video game related content! The original blog post by Lucie: "Stardew Valley NPC's and their drastically different backstories despite living in the same tiny village." The music in the bac…

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Howard Stern’s SiriusXM Prank: How He Fooled Fans and the Media 9:58

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Howard Stern just reminded the world why he’s still the master of media. After months off the air, Stern’s return to SiriusXM started with a prank that had Andy Cohen taking over his channel, news outlets reporting he was gone, and fans convinced it was the end. But it was all Stern’s idea, a perfectly timed stunt that exposed how fast rumors sprea…

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Midwest Broadcasters Clinic Conference Preview 19:19

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Tyler previews the upcoming Midwest Regional Broadcasters Clinic in Madison, Wisconsin (September 15-17, 2025), highlighting the sessions he's most excited to attend in his professional capacity. Topics Covered: Audio Processing: Finding That Elusive Signature Sound with Mike Erickson (Orban Labs) Workbench Tips to Improve Engineering Efficiency wi…

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HD Radio's Hidden Success Story: How America's Failed Digital Radio Revolution Actually Won 13:22

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Got pushback on my last episode calling HD Radio a complete failure? You were right to call me out. While HD Radio's original consumer vision crashed and burned spectacularly, the technology quietly found success in ways nobody predicted. In this follow-up episode, I break down where HD Radio actually succeeded after failing as a consumer product: …

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The Engine Isn’t Enough: Building Robust Media Frameworks Around the VPU 46:41

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The beating heart of every video streaming service is its encoding technology, but raw power alone isn't enough to deliver exceptional viewer experiences. In this eye-opening conversation, Mark Donnigan explores what happens when you combine the incredible performance of Video Processing Units (VPUs) with thoughtfully designed software frameworks. …

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HD Radio: Why America's $3 Billion Digital Radio Revolution Failed Completely 21:40

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Ever wondered why HD Radio never took off despite being technically superior to regular FM? This might be the most tragic story in broadcasting history - a technology that had everything going for it but still managed to fail spectacularly. In this episode, we explore how HD Radio went from revolutionary promise to comprehensive disaster. We'll cov…

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Silicon Showdown: CPUs, GPUs, and VPUs Battle for Data Center Dominance 53:20

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Hybrid cloud infrastructure has finally arrived for video streaming, and it's transforming how organizations balance performance, cost, and sovereignty requirements. In this enlightening conversation with Stefan Ideler from i3D.net, we explore how the gaming industry's early adoption of hybrid approaches now offers valuable lessons for video stream…

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The Wild History of Pirate Radio: How Offshore Ships and Underground Stations Changed Music Forever 18:52

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Ever wondered how rock and roll conquered British radio? It all started with rebellious DJs broadcasting from ships in the North Sea. In this episode, we dive into the wild world of pirate radio - from Radio Caroline's first broadcast in 1964 to the underground stations that introduced reggae, house music, and hip-hop to British audiences. We'll ex…

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Pixels, Profits, and Processing: The Hidden Economics of Streaming 59:52

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Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes when your favorite streaming platform adds thousands of classic films overnight? The challenges are far more complex than most realize. Joe Waltzer, CEO and founder of Arcadian, pulls back the curtain on the intricate world of media workflow engineering in this enlightening conversation. With over five yea…

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Is Radio’s Birthday a Lie? The Bizarre Origins of National Radio Day 24:33

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On this bonus episode of Fully Modulated, Tyler drops the curtain on the weirdest holiday in broadcasting: National Radio Day. Why August 20th? Who actually invented radio? And what happens when the whole country suddenly remembers the tower selfie folder on their phones? Tyler digs into the chaotic, disputed origins of National Radio Day, spins st…

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Beyond the Tone: Innovations in Alerting 15:57

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In this final chapter of our special series, The Story Behind EAS, Tyler Woodward explores how emergency alerting is moving beyond familiar tones and crawls into a new era of rich data and smarter delivery. From the Common Alerting Protocol to NextGen TV, the systems that warn us are becoming faster, more precise, and more connected than ever. You’…

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Mini Box, Massive Impact: How Advantech and NETINT built a compact edge server for high-performance streaming. 41:08

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Dom Mrakuzic from Advantech joins Voices of Video to unveil how this revolution is unfolding through solutions like the Quadra Mini Server, a collaboration with NETINT Technologies. This compact half-rack appliance represents a significant breakthrough in edge video processing, capable of encoding 20 simultaneous 1080p broadcast-quality streams whi…

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Local Heroes: The County Emergency Managers Who Keep You Safe 22:28

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Ever wondered who actually pushes that button sending jarring alerts over your radio and phone? The answer might surprise you - it's usually not someone in Washington, but your neighbors working in county emergency operations centers. Most county EOCs aren't glamorous command centers but rather ordinary rooms in courthouse basements or sheriff's de…

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From Gaming to Streaming: How i3DNet's Hybrid Infrastructure Breaks Vendor Lock-in 39:40

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As the second most peered network globally with over 65 points of presence worldwide, i3DNet has built something remarkable - an infrastructure designed to satisfy gaming's most demanding users that now powers millions of concurrent streams on platforms like Discord. "Gamers are the most demanding users in the internet world," Stefan explains, high…

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When disaster strikes, will your Netflix marathon keep you in the dark? 13:54

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Have you ever wondered what happens when a tornado warning is issued while you're deep in a Netflix binge? Our emergency alert infrastructure, designed for the broadcast era of the 1990s, faces a critical challenge in today's digital world. The Emergency Alert System (EAS) was built when everyone gathered around TV sets at scheduled times to watch …

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A Surprising PlayStation Purchase: The Tale of Glover 5:22

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This is an audio version of a blog post found over on the SuperPod Network. The SuperPod Network has a plethora of video game related podcasts, blogs, and other video game related content, so be sure to give these things a look when you're done listening to this episode! The original blog post by Jacob: Glover: Gotta Love the Glove The background m…

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Save 66%: Why Your Video Streaming Budget is Going Up in Smoke 31:42

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The numbers are staggering: using AWS Media Live for HD video processing costs approximately $10,117 per stream over three years, while the NetInsight/NetInt solution delivers the same capabilities for around $3,500 – a reduction of 66-70%. These aren't theoretical projections but real-world figures that are opening eyes throughout the industry. We…

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Challenges and Limitations of EAS 18:12

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What happens when the systems we rely on to keep us safe suddenly fail? That moment when a Hawaii missile alert sends an entire state into panic because someone selected the wrong menu option. Or when a critical warning never reaches you because your favorite podcast app isn't required to interrupt your listening experience like traditional radio. …

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Quality, Cost, Latency: The Hidden Battles in Video Delivery 39:14

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Starting with signal reception at massive satellite dishes, Martin Azpiroz, director at Bold MSS walks us through the complete delivery chain, from transcoding and packaging to content protection and playback. We explore Bold MS's fascinating technical evolution from CPU to GPU to their current ASIC-based encoding approach. This shift hasn't just i…

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When Seconds Count: EAS in Real-World Emergencies 16:32

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When disaster strikes, the Emergency Alert System becomes the critical lifeline between danger and safety. But how well does this federally mandated network actually perform when lives hang in the balance? Through compelling real-world examples, we dive into EAS operations during the devastating 2011 Joplin tornado, where broadcasters became first …

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600 Channels, 1 Server - Reimagining Video Processing for Sustainability 32:16

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Hardware acceleration is changing the economics of video delivery, and Scalstrm is at the forefront of this revolution. After showcasing their just-in-time transcoding solution at NAB, Dominic returns to Voices of Video to share how they've partnered with NETINT to create a groundbreaking platform that's already winning customer deployments. • Scal…

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How Broadcasters and Engineers Manage EAS 17:45

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Have you ever wondered what happens between a tornado warning being issued and that jarring alert interrupting your favorite radio show? Behind those familiar tones lies a sophisticated network of stations, protocols, and dedicated professionals working to keep you informed and safe. As a broadcast engineer who manages several emergency alert syste…

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From VHS Tapes to Huddle: The Evolution of Sports Video Analysis 54:06

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Casey Bateman, Principal Engineer at Huddle, reveals how their video platform revolutionized sports analysis by replacing the old system of coaches exchanging physical tapes with instant digital access. Founded in 2006 at the University of Nebraska, Huddle now serves 97% of US high school football programs and has expanded globally to 40+ sports. •…

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The Science and Structure Behind Emergency Alert System Tones 19:01

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That jarring, unmistakable sound that interrupts your favorite radio show or TV program serves a vital purpose beyond merely getting your attention. The Emergency Alert System's distinctive tones represent a sophisticated communication framework meticulously designed to save lives. As a senior broadcast engineer with years of experience maintaining…

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Cores Galore: Video Processing Without the Computational Gymnastics 1:01:22

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ARM architecture is revolutionizing video processing with power-efficient processors that deliver predictable performance without the computational gymnastics required by traditional x86 systems. • Ampere builds ARM-based processors with massive core counts (up to 192 cores) focused on sustainable computing • Traditional x86 architecture struggles …

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Kirby Super Star: A Classic SNES Adventure 9:29

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This is an audio version of a blog post found over on the SuperPod Network. The SuperPod Network has a plethora of video game related podcasts, blogs, and other video game related content, so be sure to give these things a gander when you have the time. The original blog post by RetroMo: Kirby Super Star: Sakurai's Magnum Opus I did something a lit…

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The Invisible Network That Could Save Your Life 17:09

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Ready for a deep dive behind those jarring tones that interrupt your favorite radio show during emergencies? Let's explore how the Emergency Alert System actually works. The EAS operates on a surprisingly elegant principle: a game of telephone played with broadcast equipment. Each station monitors several others in what engineers call a "daisy chai…

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The Onion Layers of Video: A Deep Dive into WebRTC 57:14

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WebRTC pioneer Tsahi Levent-Levi shares his extensive knowledge on this real-time communication protocol, explaining its inner workings, challenges, and proper implementation approaches. • WebRTC consists of both a protocol stack (standard specification) and Google's implementation (libwebrtc) used in all major browsers • The protocol is designed s…

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From Bomber Alerts to Amber Alerts: America's Emergency System Evolution 18:09

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The familiar tones of emergency alerts that interrupt your favorite shows have a strange and fascinating origin story rooted in Cold War paranoia. What began as CONELRAD—a system designed to prevent Soviet bombers from using American radio signals to navigate—evolved through decades of technical advancement and hard lessons into the multi-layered e…

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Who Owns Your Digital Brain? 51:26

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Reza Rasool, CEO of nonprofit AI lab KWAI, shares his vision for democratizing artificial intelligence through personal AI systems that prioritize user privacy and local computing. • KWAI aims to create personal AI assistants that run locally on users' devices rather than in the cloud • Current cloud-based AI services create privacy concerns as the…

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Emergency Alert System: The Lifesaving Broadcast You Need to Understand 14:19

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Ever wondered what happens when those jarring alert tones interrupt your favorite show? As a broadcast engineer, I'm taking you behind the curtain of one of America's most crucial yet misunderstood safety systems. The Emergency Alert System isn't just annoying beeps—it's a sophisticated nationwide network designed to deliver critical information wh…