Best Crossfader Podcasts (2025)

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Ep. 151 - There are there too many DJs... How can you stand out? 43:57

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The DJ To Producer Course: https://wearecrossfader.co.uk/dj-to-producer/ We’re back with a big one.There are more DJs than ever, so how do you actually stand out?After a week on the ground at Amsterdam Dance Event, we share what we saw and heard, from chats with major artists to honest conversations with students. We get into why flyers don’t grow …

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720: Sad Max Mode 1:08:15

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This week’s episode started with the usual existential sigh before tumbling straight into the corporate bloodbath. Amazon chopped 14,000 jobs under the noble banner of “embracing AI,” which CEO Andy Jassy insists isn’t about money—despite swimming Scrooge McDuck–style in profit. GM’s cutting 1,700 workers, YouTube’s dangling “voluntary” buyouts, an…

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719: Uniquely Devoid of Feeling 1:22:02

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We open with a sobering follow-up: the future is less about AI toast (though Red Dwarf predicted it) and more about a soul-stripping "infrastructure of meaningless" after an AWS outage proved how fragile the internet is. Corporate overlords, like Elon Musk, are taking note: he finally addressed Starlink's use by Asian scam syndicates, but his atten…

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718: Net Unhelpful 1:16:06

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This week, Guest Host Donovan Adkisson joins Jason DeFilippo to wade through the usual tech chaos; California is attempting to regulate the inevitable AI companion chatbots, which is timely, considering ChatGPT is about to launch erotica (with age verification, natch). Turns out, most of the world is less stoked about our algorithmic future than Si…

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717: Quantum of Nope 56:52

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The Dutch courts finally did something useful: they told Meta to quit force-feeding algorithmic slop to everyone, so Facebook and Instagram users might actually see posts from friends again—if they can remember who those are. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s Sora 2 rollout is the kind of chaos that makes you wonder if the company replaced QA with a TikTok filte…

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Ep. 150 HANA: From touring with Grimes to playing EDC 44:12

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD DJ and producer HANA joins Lawrence James to talk about learning Ableton, touring with Grimes and Lana Del Rey, live-streaming her Hannadriel album on Twitch, and evolving into a global Anjunadeep…

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716: Release the CrackerBot! 1:13:02

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The world is a dumpster fire, confirmed. Following California's landmark AI safety bill SB 53, the head of Nvidia is allegedly "quaking in his boots"—which is a good sign, unlike the news that the "Nirvana Baby" Spencer Elden's lawsuit was finally dismissed. Meanwhile, corporate America continues its pivot to chaos: Spotify shuffled its execs, Meta…

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715: Our Wizard Lies 1:07:42

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Grumpy Old Geeks is back with another round of righteous griping and eyebrow-raising headlines in Episode 715: Our Wizard Lies. We kick things off in FOLLOW UP, where TikTok is still the geopolitical hot potato that both the U.S. and China promise to sort out “someday, maybe,” while Wired’s global editorial director explains how tech’s growing poli…

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Ep. 149 DJ's Dont Need To Worry About These 6 Things 49:05

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD Every DJ stresses about gear, music, and “perfection”… but most of it doesn’t matter. In this episode of Off The Record DJ Podcast we break down 7 things DJs can finally…

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714: Crossfade This 1:22:31

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The internet continues its chaotic march, with a TikTok deal potentially happening (for real this time, maybe), while LimeWire bought the Fyre Fest brand, because more viruses are always a great idea. Corporate America is going full AI-bro with massive layoffs at Fiverr, xAI, and Google, while OpenAI reveals people are using ChatGPT for pretty much…

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713: Ourovibeos 1:22:37

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This week on Grumpy Old Geeks, we're diving headfirst into the digital dumpster fire, starting with follow-up that will make you wonder if the rich are finally getting their comeuppance. It seems Tesla's market share is plummeting, and Elon Musk has been unceremoniously knocked off as the world's wealthiest person. Meanwhile, OpenAI and Microsoft a…

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BAP Episode 104: BRING ME THE HORIZON - Sempiternal 1:38:56

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TEXT US, YOU WON'T It's time to discuss Mitch's favorite metalcore album of all time - Bring Me The Horizon's Sempiternal TIMESTAMPS (00:00) Introduction (19:45) Can You Feel My Heart (28:00) House of Wolves (40:00) Sleepwalking (50:30) Shadow Moses (01:04:00) Anti-Vist (01:21:00) Hospital For Souls (01:36:00) [After Outro] New Keurig Day JOIN OUR …

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Ep. 148 What the internet thinks about the CDJ-3000X 44:48

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD Our CDJ-3000X review reached hundreds of thousands of DJs across social in just 24 hours, showing how big this debate is. Is it worth the upgrade?…

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712: Preparation WTF 1:12:39

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The internet's still broken, folks, and apparently, AI's here to make it more awkward. Intel caught a break from Uncle Sam's CHIPS Act, cool for them, not so much for those 'flashing warning signs' in the job market. Meta's been letting celebrity chatbots run wild (and creepy), Midjourney's getting sued by Warner Bros. for stealing IP (who'da thoug…

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711: Oh Thank Heaven 44:45

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Remember when we thought AI was going to bring about utopia or Skynet? Turns out, it's mostly just a bunch of fancy spreadsheets, a potential bubble ready to burst (looking at you, Nvidia), and a legal minefield. We're talking wrongful death lawsuits because a chatbot encouraged suicide, OpenAI admitting their 'safety controls degrade,' and then se…

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Ep 147 How I Became Toolroom's Biggest Selling DJ - Essel 46:10

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD Essel joins us to share her wild journey from dancing and cruise ships to Ibiza residencies, Beatport number ones, and touring the world. In this unfiltered conversati…

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710: Mass Delusion Events 1:17:08

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Remember all that "AI is gonna change everything" nonsense the kids were screaming about just a few months ago? Yeah, about that. It turns out 95% of corporate generative AI pilots are, to use a technical term, completely shitting the bed, according to a report from MIT. This shocking revelation has sent Wall Street into a tizzy, wiping trillions o…

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Ep 146 The Mind behind Songstats & DONT BLINK - Oskar Eichler 56:11

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD From bedroom DJ to building platforms that power the global dance scene - Oskar (DONT BLINK / 1001Tracklists / Songstats) has transformed the way DJs and artists gro…

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709: Grumpy Old Gardeners 1:12:09

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Well, strap in, because this week the tech world decided to set itself on fire just for kicks. First up, Elon Musk’s much-hyped Tesla Diner in Los Angeles is already a culinary disaster, slashing its menu faster than you can say “over-promise and under-deliver.” Speaking of rolling garbage fires, the Cybertruck now apparently sounds like Fred Sanfo…

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708: Spicy Mode 1:08:50

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Alright, buckle up, buttercups, because this week's "Spicy Mode" episode of Grumpy Old Geeks proves that while things change, they mostly stay the same—just with more AI and less common sense. First up in FOLLOW UP, some poor schmoe automaker actually got a federal exemption for automated vehicles. Because what could possibly go wrong when we let r…

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Ep. 145 How To Get Festival Gigs (7-Steps) 54:14

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD In this episode, we break down the real steps DJs need to take to land festival gigs — and how to make the most of them once you're booked. We start by explaining wh…

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707: Someone Spilled the Tea 43:55

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While Brian frolics somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, Jason brings in cyber-sleuth Dave Bittner for a jam-packed episode covering everything from Gen X’s slow descent into obscurity to furries, feds, and face-scanning your way into porn. The guys start with a salute to the late, great Tom Lehrer—a math nerd with a piano and zero tolerance for BS—…

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Ep 144 . How I Broke Into The Ibiza Club Scene 43:48

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD 🎧 In this episode, we sit down with DJ & producer Angel Lee to talk about her journey from the Leeds nightlife scene to playing at iconic venues like Amnesia Ibiza a…

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706: Let There Be Scams 1:07:24

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This week, we're drowning in the genius of our tech overlords as Elon Musk opens his Tesla diner, complete with $17 hotdogs and a blocked apartment view, while his $9 billion Neuralink startup claims it’s a "disadvantaged" business. Not to be outdone, SpaceX is mad about other people's space junk, France is criminally probing X for algorithm manipu…

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Ep 143. The Man Who Built a Drum & Bass Empire - Chris Goss (Hospital Records) 1:04:58

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD Join us for an electrifying deep dive into 30 years of drum & bass history with Hospital Records co-founder Chris Goss. From humble beginnings in Leeds and vinyl sho…

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705: Vibe Defunding 1:22:02

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Kicking things off, Jack Dorsey—a man with too much time on his hands—has vibe-coded his beard into an insecure messaging app that the company admits you shouldn't trust... yet. Meanwhile, if you want a piece of a legendary disaster, the Fyre Festival brand sold for a mere $245k after some shady bidding that might be a "shitty agentic AI" at work. …

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Ep 142. How to Build a DJ Brand That Actually Grows 46:15

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD In this episode of Off The Record, Crossfader’s Lawrence James shares game-changing advice for up-and-coming DJs and producers. Recorded during a live session with T…

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704: I’m Lovin’ It 1:22:19

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Apparently, you can’t keep a good grifter down, as Billy McFarland’s seven-figure Fyre Fest deal collapsed, so he’s hawking the brand on eBay like a box of junk. Meanwhile, Indeed and Glassdoor are laying off over 1,000 workers, probably to pay for the AI that’s jacking up our electric bills. Speaking of AI, a Tesla robotaxi crashed itself while El…

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Ep 141 : Marketing Expert Breaks Down the Business Side of DJing 53:34

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD In this episode of the Crossfader Podcast, we sit down with Olivia Mancuso - founder of Elevated Frequencies and business coach for DJs and music creatives. We dive …

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Ep 140 “Stop Telling DJs What Gear to Use” - DJ Angelo 1:00:05

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD In this very special episode, we sit down with one of the most respected DJs and educators in the world: DJ Angelo. From humble beginnings in the UK to becoming a gl…

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703: None More Black 1:16:43

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This week, we saddle up for another bumpy ride through the dystopian tech clown show. We kick off with the surveillance state’s greatest hits: ICE raids sweeping L.A., a website literally called FuckLAPD.com that lets you ID cops by their mug shots, and a Norwegian tourist who learned the hard way that having a JD Vance chipmunk meme on your phone …

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702: TikTaco 1:24:51

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In this week’s episode, Trump delays the TikTok ban for the third time—because procrastination is the new policy—and Twitter’s old sign finds new purpose as desert firewood. Tesla continues its streak of “hold my beer” engineering by blowing past a school bus in FSD tests, then mysteriously dumps Cybertrucks in Jersey parking lots while prepping a …

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Ep 139 Is Soundcloud Still Good For DJs? 53:26

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD Welcome back to Off The Record, the ultimate DJ podcast by Crossfader! In this packed episode, we kick things off with stories from Parklife Festival 2025 -festival …

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701: Dancing in the Streets 1:18:19

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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 in downtown L.A.). Protesters across the country chant “No Kings!” while Elon does his best impression of a bootlicker groveling back to Trump. Meanwh…

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Ep 138 How to get your first 10k followers as DJ 1:01:02

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD Breaking that first follower/subscriber barrier can be the toughest part of being a beginner DJ. But don't worry, we have put together an easy step-by-step guide for…

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700: Going Antiquing 1:19:28

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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 match tanking Tesla’s market cap, but now Trump’s launching a crypto wallet to… fund freedom? Or at least funnel it straight to his latest shell game. Mean…

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Ep.137 Why Most DJs Stay Average (And How to Escape It) 43:02

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD From Average to Excellent: What Makes a Great DJ?Feeling stuck as “just an average DJ”? This episode is your wake-up call. We break down the real reasons DJs struggl…

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699: TACO 2025 1:17:31

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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, Zuckerberg’s brilliant idea to loosen content moderation has, shocker, led to more harassment and violent content. Elsewhere in tech dystopia: Texas is trying t…

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Ep. 136 - We Used AI to Build a DJ Career from Scratch 51:16

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD Off the Record: Building a DJ Career with AI (The Synth Boys Project) In this special episode of Off the Record, the Crossfader team puts AI to the test - tasking a …

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698: Watch Out for That Tree! 1:20:32

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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 rich coming from the guy whose only real upgrade since PayPal is yelling “freedom” in meme fonts. Meanwhile, 23andMe sold your DNA to Regeneron at a bankr…

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Ep.135 Calvin Harris vs Chicane - who's wrong? + How to Follow a Terrible Headliner 40:15

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD 🎧 Off the Record: How to Follow a Bad Headliner + Calvin Harris vs Chicane Beef In this week’s episode, the Crossfader crew dives into one of the trickiest DJ scenar…

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697: Office of Defects 1:17:16

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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. Meanwhile, CryptoPunks gets handed off to a nonprofit like an expired Groupon—proof the NFT hype cycle ends with a 501(c)(3) and a shrug. IN THE NEWS,…

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Ep. 134 - Should you DJ for FREE? + How To Deal With TOXIC Promoters 54:29

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD How to Get Paid as a DJ (and Avoid Toxic Promoters) In this episode of Off the Record, we're getting real about one of the most frustrating parts of DJ life: getting…

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696: Googliearchs 1:25:03

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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 founder gets 12 years for running a “safe investment” Ponzi scheme. And in Lopez v. Apple, we find yet another reason to question Cupertino’s moral comp…

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695: Mad Hatter 1:10:16

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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. government’s latest tech innovation: buying up domains that sound like QAnon Mad Libs in support of Trump’s meme coin. Meanwhile, DOGE decided to hand th…

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Ep.133 - How the DJ Industry is growing but making LESS money 25:48

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD In this special episode of Off the Record, we're coming to you from the stunning Hyde Hotel in Ibiza during the International Music Summit (IMS). We dive deep into t…

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694: Hammers Don’t Hallucinate 1:23:43

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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. Meanwhile, Amazon and Microsoft are tapping the brakes on their AI data center dreams, Google’s AI keeps confidently explaining made-up nonsense like it’s …

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693: Let Them Eat Space 1:23:59

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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 Automattic, employees discovered secret watermarks in their internal comms, because what workplace isn’t better with a sprinkle of corporate surveillance cos…

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692: Confabulation and Frivolity 1:26:41

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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 on the same scam. Meanwhile, the IRS decided to become ICE’s BFF by casually sharing migrant tax data, and their commissioner moonwalks out right after…

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EP 132. THIS is how the DJ INDUSTRY works in 2025 - Will Clarke 1:28:05

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Join Crossfader for free 👉 get access to lessons, resources, and your own personalised learning journey: ⁠⁠⁠www.wearecrossfader.co.uk⁠⁠ For 20% Off DJ Courses, Use Code: 20OFFTHERECORD This week on Off The Record, we’re joined by the unstoppable force that is Will Clarke, Grammy-nominated DJ, producer, and host of one of the most honest podcasts in…