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The number one podcast about tech business and culture, from James "JR" Hennessy and Raph Dixon.

#83 - Meta: Checking in on Casa de Zuck

4 mins; May 18, 2023

#82 - Fitness: Lifting a 1kg weight while the Rocky theme blares

30 mins; May 16, 2023

BuzzFeed News/Vice: Remembering the clicks era

5 mins; May 11, 2023

#80 - AI Jobpocalypse: Computer took my job

40 mins; May 09, 2023

Activision Blizzard: Antitrust, but for gamers

6 mins; May 04, 2023

#78 - Dropshipping & Affiliate Marketing: How to become richer than the devil himself

31 mins; May 02, 2023

#77- It's yet another Down Round Q&A!

5 mins; April 27, 2023

#76 - Cars: Car goes vroom vroom, computer goes beep boop

32 mins; April 25, 2023

#75 - Instagram: Down Round liked this and 56 other photos

29 mins; April 20, 2023

#74 - Discord: 350 million sweaty gamers can’t be wrong

45 mins; April 18, 2023

Microchips, Pt. 2: One weird trick to solve the global supply chain crisis

4 mins; April 12, 2023

#72 - Microchips, Pt. 1: A walk down memory lane

36 mins; April 12, 2023

#71 - Twitter & AI: Blue ticks for all!

3 mins; April 06, 2023

#70 - TikTok Ban Watch: This podcast has been approved by the Central Committee of the CCP

31 mins; April 04, 2023

#69 - Politics: The Peter Thiel Power Hour

4 mins; March 30, 2023

#68 - Shein: Fashion, but make it faster (ft. Veronica Milsom)

46 mins; March 28, 2023

#67 - GPT-4: This time it’s personal

4 mins; March 23, 2023

#66 - Apple: Do you smell what Cook is cooking?

30 mins; March 21, 2023

#65 - Atlassian: Jira lovers unite!

2 mins; March 16, 2023

#64 - Silicon Valley Bank: Listen to this while sprinting to your local bank branch

35 mins; March 13, 2023

#63 - AI Doom, Pt. 2: Hot enough for ya?

32 mins; March 08, 2023

#62 - AI Doom, Pt. 1: It's unfortunately time to die

33 mins; March 08, 2023

#61 - The news: Breaking! Extra! Exclusive!

5 mins; March 02, 2023

#60 - Dating apps: Raph Super Liked you!

35 mins; February 28, 2023

#59 - The Accountability Episode: Correcting the record

6 mins; February 23, 2023

#58 - Gaming: Gamers rise up, you have nothing to lose but your chains

35 mins; February 21, 2023

#57 - Microsoft vs. Google: This one is for the Bing heads

4 mins; February 16, 2023

#56 - Sports betting: 3 blokes share their luckiest multis (ft. Mark Di Stefano)

30 mins; February 14, 2023

#55 - Reddit: r/downround has been permanently banned

44 secs; February 09, 2023

#54 - Instant grocery: A single Twix bar delivered to your house in two minutes

30 mins; February 07, 2023

#53 - The creator economy: Please like and subscribe

56 secs; February 02, 2023

#52 - Food: From Soylent to soy burgers (feat. two soyboys)

27 mins; January 31, 2023

#51 - AI, revisited: Computer, generate me some swag

53 secs; January 26, 2023

#50 - Tech layoffs: This too shall pass

25 mins; January 24, 2023

#49 - Frank: Frauds, scams, flimflams, rackets, swindles and more

58 secs; January 19, 2023

#48 - Micromobility: It's time to scoot

21 mins; January 17, 2023

#47 - Collectables: One weird trick to get rich quick

43 secs; January 12, 2023

#46 - The unbearable agony of being Zuck ft. Mike Isaac

48 mins; January 10, 2023

#45 - Payments: Buy now, pay... never?!

48 secs; January 05, 2023

#44 - Tesla: Full Self Driving Fail Compilation 2023

31 mins; January 04, 2023

#43 - 2023 Predictions: Come, let us peer into the crystal ball

3 mins; December 28, 2022

#42 - Down Round Q&A: A Santa stocking stuffed with questions

55 secs; December 22, 2022

#41 - Podcasts: Two podcasters podcast about podcasts (podcast edition)

29 mins; December 20, 2022

#40 - TikTok: More like TikToxic! (Has anyone said that before?)

44 secs; December 15, 2022

#39 - The Twitter Files: James read them so you don't have to

27 mins; December 13, 2022

#38 - The Apple tax, Elon and our old friend SBF

50 secs; December 08, 2022

#37 - ChatGPT: Revenge of the chatbots

24 mins; December 06, 2022

#36 - Smartphones: Can’t beat ‘em! Seriously, we’ve tried.

22 mins; December 01, 2022

#35 - FTX: It just gets worse and worse

19 mins; November 29, 2022

#34 - The inaugural Down Round Q&A Special

37 mins; November 24, 2022

#33 - Disney: That’s showbiz, baby!

30 mins; November 22, 2022

#32 - Twitter & Elon Musk: Back at it again

20 mins; November 17, 2022

#31 - FTX & Sam Bankman-Fried: SBF, a polycule, amphetamines and the biggest crypto scam in history

37 mins; November 15, 2022

#30 - Airbnb: Tenants of the world unite – you have nothing to lose but your bond!

21 mins; November 10, 2022

#29 - Apple vs Europe: See you in hell, Lightning cable!

21 mins; November 08, 2022

#28 - [ATTN: YOUR DATA HAS LEAKED ON THE DARK WEB] ft. Ariel Bogle

29 mins; November 03, 2022

#27 - Elon Musk & Twitter: What happens when a cool and funny guy liberates free speech

32 mins; November 01, 2022

#26 - Productivity software: Another day, another dollar

27 mins; October 27, 2022

#25 - Peaceful Rain Sounds to Sleep/Study to - beautiful, ambient, relax, chill

23 mins; October 25, 2022

#24 - Meta's Metaverse: A 10 minute long game of beer pong where no one speaks

20 mins; October 20, 2022

#23 - Kanye West (Ye): Is Yeezus going to finally solve social media's moderation conundrum?

29 mins; October 18, 2022

#22 - AI: Is it (finally) coming for our jobs? ft. Dan Nolan

34 mins; October 13, 2022

#21 - Alt-Tech: This episode is strictly NOT for soy drinkers

18 mins; October 11, 2022

#20 – Google: Whistling through the graveyard

22 mins; October 06, 2022

#19 - Elon Musk: What's going down in the DMs of the richest people on the planet?

19 mins; October 04, 2022

#18 - Love: What happens when you give a "one click checkout" guy LSD?

20 mins; September 29, 2022

#17 - NEOM: This podcast is officially sponsored by the Saudi Public Investment Fund

17 mins; September 27, 2022

#16 - Uber: The unbearable agony of ridesharing

19 mins; September 22, 2022

#15 - Adobe: The most hated company on Earth rides again

16 mins; September 20, 2022

#14 – Amazon: The plan for world domination ft. Mark Di Stefano

40 mins; September 15, 2022

#13 - AI Art: Finally, creatives get knocked down a peg

18 mins; September 13, 2022

#12 - OnlyFans: Finally, the British invented something interesting

19 mins; September 08, 2022

#11 - The Rant Zone: The 7 most busted things online

20 mins; September 06, 2022

#10 – The Ethereum Merge: It's time to freak out

17 mins; September 01, 2022

#9 – Twitter, Elon and some guy named Mudge

16 mins; August 30, 2022

#8 — The Metaverse: What's it like in there? We checked.

27 mins; August 25, 2022

#7 - Andrew Tate: A testosterone-fuelled journey into the algorithm

17 mins; August 23, 2022

#6 - Tornado Cash: You can’t sanction an idea, man!

15 mins; August 18, 2022

#5 - Flow: Elevating the world's consciousness, again

18 mins; August 16, 2022

#4 – It's time to BeReal

19 mins; August 11, 2022

#3 – MindGeek: One weird trick to lose all your advertising revenue

15 mins; August 09, 2022

#2 – Helium: Finally, a non-criminal use case for crypto... right?

22 mins; August 02, 2022

#1 – Apple is F'ing Facebook

19 mins; July 27, 2022

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