Ever notice how the people who claim to have all the answers usually have the most boring lives? We spent our twenties in underground clubs and festival fields, then built businesses in Vietnam. Now we're watching Western culture implode from 8,000 miles away. From historical figures to simulation theory, from AI's impact to why clever people often end up miserable - we tackle questions that keep curious minds awake. We're not experts claiming to have it all figured out, just two guys naviga ...
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Taverncast - Happy Hour in Your Head - Since 2005
Bryce Erwin, Bill Ticknor, Michelle O'Neill, Mike Monan, Aric Watson, Jennifer Albrecht, Lauren Hoban and Derek Chew
Order a beer, pull up a seat and join your friends at Taverncast for our patented un-scripted roundtable discussions, covering a wide range of topics with a unique wit and inviting style - all blended together, it's Happy Hour in Your Head!
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Scrolling to Hell: Why Your Screen Time Is Someone Else's Payday
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1:04:28Send us a text Your Attention Has Become the Most Valuable Commodity on Earth Tech companies are worth billions, not because of what they sell to you, but because of what they sell about you. Your time, your focus, your mental energy - it's all being harvested, packaged, and sold to the highest bidder. Jack and Adam dive into the invisible war for …
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Culture Shock Stories | Why We Can't Go Back to the UK After Living in Vietnam
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1:04:11Send us a text Ever wondered what happens when two Brits spend nearly a decade living in Vietnam? Turns out you start preferring chaotic traffic that actually moves, discover that Greg's sausage rolls aren't actually worth missing, and learn that throwing prawn shells on the floor makes perfect sense. Jack and Adam share their cultural awakening st…
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Raising Generation Alpha: When Your 8-Year-Old Wants a Smartphone
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1:00:23Send us a text When you were eight, you played in muddy ponds. Today's kids are swiping phones in their sleep. Generation Alpha is growing up in a world we barely understand. Jack and Adam explore what it means to raise the first generation of true digital natives - kids born after 2010 who've never known a world without smartphones, tablets, and a…
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The Work Revolution: Same Job, Different Prison? (Just Without Trousers)
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1:03:26Send us a text Remember when showing up to the office early made you look keen, not like a muppet with nothing better to do. The days of lanyard-wearing corporate drones are dying out, and about bloody time too. Jack and Adam explore how work's changing forever, from the ways the pandemic forced companies to admit we don't need to sit in traffic fo…
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The Information Wars: Is EVERYTHING You Read Engineered To MANIPULATE Your Brain?
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1:03:32Send us a text In 1985, journalists took weeks to verify a story. In 2025, AI pumps out a thousand fake ones before your coffee's even cooled. Welcome to the Information Wars - where seeing is no longer believing. This week, Jack and Adam unravel how the truth’s been hijacked by algorithms, media bias, and digital noise. From Vatican propaganda to …
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Send us a text The internet might be full of free nudity, but millions of people are still slapping down their credit cards for OnlyFans. What's that about then... Jack and Adam dive into the weird world of OnlyFans, where people drop their hard-earned cash just to see someone's bits who they've never met and likely never will. Turns out our modern…
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The Education Revolution (Or Lack Thereof)
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1:02:27Send us a text Remember when your calculator got confiscated because you might've scribbled formulas inside the case? Now kids are asking ChatGPT to write their entire essays. Bit of a step up, that. Jack and Adam dig into why our education system seems stuck in the dark ages despite all our technological progress. From those freezing cold BBC comp…
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The Conflict Paradox: Why We're All Secret Masochists
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57:23Send us a text Ever noticed how the moment life gets a bit too comfortable, we start creating problems for ourselves? Like that mate who's got a cushy job but decides to train for an ultramarathon through actual mountains. What's that about? Jack and Adam dive into why humans are oddly drawn to stress and challenges, despite simultaneously whinging…
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Getting Physical: Our Fitness Journey and What We've Learned Along the Way
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1:08:01Send us a text Dust off your sweatbands, snort a Hollywood-sized line of creatine, and prepare to get pumped. Jack Austin and Adam Garcia are exploring the world of fitness and how two former hippies ended up caring about macros. From the terror of stepping into a gym for the first time to navigating the confusing world of supplements, they're shar…
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The Wealth Paradox: Why Success Makes You Crave What You Left Behind
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49:53Send us a text Why do billionaires buy farms? Tech moguls start craft businesses? Corporate lawyers open coffee shops? There's a curious pattern where those who climb highest often end up craving the simple life they left behind. Jack Austin and Adam Garcia explore "The Wealth Paradox" - that strange cycle where we chase success only to discover wh…
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The British Perspective: Life as an Expat
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57:37Send us a text Ever wondered what happens when two Brits spend a decade in Southeast Asia? Turns out they start missing Gregg's sausage rolls and random conversations with strangers, while definitely not missing the Friday night fights. Jack Austin and Adam Garcia unpack what it's like viewing their homeland from afar, exploring how distance change…
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Send us a text The robots aren't coming - they're already here. And they're writing your emails, making your dinner plans, and possibly eyeing up your job. Jack Austin and Adam Garcia dive into the AI revolution that's happening right under our noses, exploring both the mind-blowing possibilities and the frankly terrifying implications of machines …
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Send us a text Ever wondered if being properly clever might actually make you a bit miserable? (And no, we're not just saying that to make ourselves feel better about our own brains.) Jack Austin and Adam Garcia are tackling the bizarre paradox of intelligence and happiness - where apparently having more processing power upstairs might mean you've …
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Send us a text Ever wondered what happens when one bloke gets his fingers in virtually every technological pie going? (And yes, we mean the man who could probably buy all the actual pies too.) Jack Austin and Adam Garcia are unpacking the bizarre phenomenon that is Elon Musk - a fella who's somehow managed to accumulate more influence than entire g…
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Send us a text Right, shall we question everything we think we know about reality? Jack Austin and Adam Garcia are digging into simulation theory - where we might all be living in a sophisticated computer program, and Elon Musk reckons there's only a one-in-a-billion chance we're not. No pressure then. We're chatting about everything from Google's …
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Send us a text Right, let's talk about how we've all traded pints for pixels, shall we? Jack Austin and Adam Garcia are diving into the proper mess that is modern life - where we're more likely to get our dopamine hit from a Instagram like than a ciggy behind the pub. We're chatting about everything from why your kids have American accents (cheers,…
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Taverncast 61 - Life in the Middle Ages
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Taverncast 58B - PLAY IF THE WORLD HAS NOT ENDED
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Taverncast 58A - PLAY IF THE WORLD HAS ENDED
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Taverncast 57 - High Strangeness 2: Doomsday 2012?
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Taverncast Special - Outtakes and Bloopers 2: 2007-2011
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Taverncast 53: Return to World of Warcraft
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Geekistry: Siri, Level My Toon for Me
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Geekistry: Cinavia Turns Pirates Into Zombies
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Geekistry: You'll Want to Cheer for a Truck
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Geekistry: Lowatus of Borg (extended version)
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Taverncast: The Screen - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two
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Taverncast 52: Superheroic Doomsday
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Taverncast 51: Cars, Beards and Drinking Games...
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TC1337: Cairne Bloodhoof is More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine
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Taverncast: On Tap 8 - ABC's Jackhammer Old Ale
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Taverncast: The Screen - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Taverncast: On Tap 7 - JW Lee's Harvest Ale
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