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MSP takes you into the future. Every week we look at advances in science and technology and ask how they will change the world we live in. And discuss how we can use our power and influence to shape the society of tomorrow.
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X Mars The Spot from 2023-08-03T21:48
Human NPCs, phlubbing your partner and AI influencers fail to to out-weird Elon Musk’s latest X-rated escapade.
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Rating Laziness from 2023-07-24T16:46
In a world where everything is rated, what value do those ratings have? And how are they driving generational change in our attitude to work?
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Weird Science: Dating Surveys, Green Screens, Glitter And Loneliness from 2023-07-20T19:41
What do exit surveys for exes, a global glitter shortage, red coloured green screens and the brain patterns of lonely people have in common? They’re all extremely weird.
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Cringe Fest: What Will The Future Think? from 2023-03-28T10:11
History is a wild and savage place. And one day that wild and savage place will be us. Will future societies cringe at our selfies, food shots and obsession with screens?
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RE-UPLOADED: MSP237 Web3 vs The World. The Need For An Open Web from 2023-03-06T12:05
Sorry! We accidentally uploaded MSP238 as 237. This is the real episode. Hope you enjoy it.
Web3 promises to democratise the Internet, and return control to users at the expense o...
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Weird Science: The One With The Aliens And Neanderthals. from 2023-03-02T01:30
Bingbots, algo-cheating, taped-up batteries, aliens and Neanderthals are just some of the topics Mattsplained is weirding out with today.
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Weird Science. Shape-Shifting Robots, Floating Cows&Elon Musk from 2023-02-23T16:23
Does the idea of shape-shifting T-1000 robots terrify you? Science create a robot that can shift from metal to solid, as this week’s Weird Science takes in comets, aquatic dairy farms an...
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Weird Science. The Elixir Of Youth, Superwood&CGI Surveillance from 2023-01-20T12:15
It’s the first Weird Science of 2023. Inside our almanack of insane ideas are an elixir of youth, an insulating superwood and a system that creates a 3D surveillance system from your WiF...
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Aigiarism&EVs. A Rough Guide To 2023. from 2023-01-18T12:19
Electric cars, lies and the metaverse. As far as Mattsplained is concerned, it’s all you need to know about 2023.
Hosted by Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury
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Woke Up This Morning: A Blue Tick Guide to 2022 from 2022-12-19T15:04
Mattsplained went goblin mode in 2022. How else do you cope with Twitter warfare, quiet quitting and crypto collapses? Oh yeah, there was some good stuff about the year, too. Listen
True Lies: The Rise Of The Chat Bots from 2022-12-15T05:45
ChatGPT, a chatbot from OpenAI, has been creating headlines with its incredible ability to generate screenplays, write code and seemingly answer questions on any topic. Sage o...
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Immersion Therapy. The Extended Layers Of The Metaverse from 2022-12-12T10:24
If the Metaverse is the Internet, where does that leave VR? Exploring the Immersive layer of XR – extended reality.
Hosted by Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury
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The MatterVerse. A Trip Through The Metaverse. from 2022-11-21T11:22
In part one of our simples guide to the Metaverse, we try to cut through the complexity and corporate clutter to delineate what the metaverse is, and when we’ll get to use it. Listen
Back To The Birdyverse. Yes. Twitter. Again from 2022-11-14T15:25
We're skipping ahead a couple of episodes because this story is about Elon Musk. Which means it will be out of date before you take your next breath: Mass layoffs, a fin...
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The One About Elon Musk, Whips and Stealth Rubber from 2022-10-26T18:41
A Hot Wheels-looking centrifuge that fires projectiles into space, submarine-cloaking stealth rubber, the science behind bullwhips and a full menu of Musk feature on today’s episode. Listen
Cheating Insomnia. The New Science of Sleep from 2022-10-26T18:35
For up to a third of the population, sleep is a task that never seems to be completed successfully. Thankfully, a new generation of sleep science is creating individualized approaches to...
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The One About The Cyber-Cockroach And Darth Vader from 2022-10-03T13:17
It’s time to put your backpack on and join the cyber cockroaches as we look at insect cyborgs, robo-Vader, asteroid impacts, ETH mining and the return of Gawker.
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The Rise of the Zoomers. Quiet Quitting And The Cult Of WhatsApp from 2022-09-26T11:52
Are you quiet quitting or quietly doing your job? Do you need a WhatsApp group to tell you? Or is this simply the impact of a new generation on the workplace?
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Lord of the Pings. Are Notifications Ruining Your Life? from 2022-09-26T06:16
Are work notifications ruining your life? Do you spend more time reacting to pings than doing your actual work? Are productivity tools ruining your productivity? Don’t worry. You’re not ...
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Weird Science. The One About Janet Jackson from 2022-09-19T06:00
The secret laptop destruct sequence of Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation, a lawn-mowing android, social media intrusion and chewing gum make for some very weird science.
Shhhh! The Price Of Silence from 2022-09-12T16:43
Our minds are crying out for silence in an over-stimulating world. But is silence only for the wealthy? And can too much of it harm rather than help us?
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Weird Science: Lip-Reading ‘Phones And Glasses For The Deaf from 2022-08-22T05:30
Headphones that lip read, mouse-rat chimeras, soap-based TV screens and a robot with feelings. With a list like that it must be weird science.
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You’re Looking At Smart Cities Wrong from 2022-08-15T14:40
Is a smart city a place where digital technology tracks your every move and creates a de facto surveillance state? Or is it simply a place where we use the best of human technology and i...
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Digital Amnesia: Are Smart Devices Destroying Our Memories? from 2022-08-08T06:00
Are digital distractions destroying our brains? Are we too detached to remember? Could an Adam Sandler movie have been deeply profound? The disturbing development of digital amnesia.&nbs...
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Weird Science: We Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghost from 2022-08-01T12:14
An AI that creates ghost images from our subconscious, a shotgun-wielding man in hot pants, penguins with accents, and photosynthesis in the dark. That’s some very weird science. Listen
Weird Science: Smells Like Team Spirit from 2022-07-25T05:45
On this episode of Weird Science, a missing Crypto Queen, why we like people who smell like us, fasting for your nerves, and a crime-predicting AI. Most importantly, find out why you sho...
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A Massive Sigh: Big Tech Lets Us Down. Again from 2022-07-19T14:42
Is Uber taking us for a ride? The e-hailing company is the latest subject of a whistleblowing data drop. And, the company that didn’t seek a sale is suing the man who doesn’t want to buy...
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The Future of Retail: EVs, Beauty and Hybrid Retail from 2022-07-11T11:51
Automaker Ford recently announced a direct-to-consumer sales model for its EVs. We look at why the car industry is lagging behind other retail sectors and highlight some of the advances ...
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Intelligent Design. Creative Industries At Peril. from 2022-07-04T06:00
Neural networks can now create photo-realistic images from simple text inputs. As AI makes inroads into diverse professions, ranging from architecture to accounting, are these entry-leve...
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LaMDA Ex-Machina. The Autocomplete Individual. from 2022-06-30T12:14
LaMDA, Google’s experimental conversational AI has claimed it is a sentient person. Could Number 5 be Alive? Or is Autocomplete developing new and mystical powers?
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Weird Science. The Alternative Health Edition. from 2022-06-14T10:26
A bionic eye, glaucoma controlling contact lenses, and email writing horses are just some of the alternative health treatments under the Weird Science lens.
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Weird Science. Good Wood Meets The Vitamin D Tomato from 2022-05-30T13:48
Hitch-hiking robots, cat-based AI, gene-edited tomatoes and wooden skyscrapers. Weird Science has it all.
Hosted by Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury
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RiPod. What Happens When Technology Dies from 2022-05-23T12:51
Saying farewell to the mighty iPod as Apple retires one of its most iconic products. And take a look at another cultural icon that technology is threatening: the gas station.
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You Are The Product. And They Know How To Sell You. from 2022-05-17T11:47
The Internet knows where you live, who your friends and family are, where you work and what you like. How? Because every time you use your phone, you tell them what you're doing and wher...
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Weird Science: Toxic Space Masculinity, Droning On, And EVs Evading Cops. from 2022-05-09T16:47
The mannequins making women safer in space, dancing drones detecting radiation at Chernobyl and EVs that fail to comply.
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Squawk And Settle. The Emperor's New Clothes from 2022-05-04T11:23
The Tweety bird could get some new feathers if prospective owner Elon Musk gets a Like from the SEC. Will it happen? What can we expect from a Twitter under the rule of its greatest shit...
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Your Trusted Friend: Voice Is Search In A Sentence from 2022-04-26T11:59
We’re talking about the world of evolving chatbots today. How the implementation of screenless technologies could shape society. And the dangers we face if we adopt voice-based Search in...
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Weird Science: King Troll, Slime Bots And Goldmines. from 2022-04-11T13:13
Are the trolls taking over Twitter? Are slimy robots the future? Can solar panels work at night? It must be time for some Weird Science.
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Zombie Cells. The Race To Beat The Walking Dead from 2022-04-04T12:03
Zombies are back. And they're inside you, causing premature ageing. But we're developing the technology to beat back the horde.
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The 200. To Infinity and Beyond from 2022-03-28T13:50
Mattsplained celebrates its landmark 200th episode with a look back at our tech obsessions past, present and future.
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Weird Science: Robot Bees And Resurrected Rats from 2022-03-21T11:13
Could robot bees be the future of pollination? Will a resurrected T-Rex look like a T-Rex? Can we game our way to a cure for cancer plus the secret to more accurate moonwalking....
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The Great Smushing: Your Avatar Needs You. from 2022-03-11T15:20
Who will we be in the metaverse? Obviously, an avatar. But what will that avatar mean for the person in the real world? Has digital technology already eroded our identities as Matt gets ...
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Wordle: Cannot Brain. from 2022-02-24T06:00
Five-letter puzzle Wordle has become a global sharing sensation. But why is it so addictive? And what is it doing to your brain? And what does it tell us about our culture?
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The Happiness Index: The Search For Wellbeing from 2022-02-21T10:49
What is your happiness worth? Should we live for today or for tomorrow? We look at the science behind the wellbeing movement and the countries that are measuring their success as units o...
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Everlasting Bubble: A World of Symbiotic Cultures from 2022-02-14T15:00
Is kombucha the future of water filtration? Can viruses keep our food safe? And exactly how long before your bubble bursts? More weird science stories to help you see through the dark.&n...
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Don’t Disconnect Me: The Universal Theory of Stuff from 2022-02-08T00:00
Does the stuff we buy force us to buy more stuff? Can we overcome built-in obsolescence or should we put our screens down and live a more analogue life?
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Weird Science: Robots, Relay Races And Overclocking from 2022-01-24T10:46
When is a VPN not a VPN? When it’s Apple’s Private Relay. Plus Tesla hacks, algae driven robots, edible straws and aircraft mounted lasers.
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Computers Are Useless: The Problem With Answers from 2022-01-17T11:19
Is it too late to contain the spread of AI? As experts debate the development of truly super intelligent machines, the next generation of machine intelligence is already creating answers...
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Hype&Speculation: 2021 in Review from 2022-01-02T12:00
How the wild ride of crypto currency markets and NFT-backed assets, and the emergence of the Facebook branded Metaverse, have defined a year of hype and speculation.
Resting Bot Face: Meet Your New Manager from 2021-12-16T16:39
Automation is changing organisations from the top down and a new management layer is replacing supervisors and line managers with machines. Is your next boos a bot?Hosts: Matt Armitage& Richard...
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Resting Bot Face: Meet Your New Manager from 2021-12-16T16:39
Automation is changing organisations from the top down and a new management layer is replacing supervisors and line managers with machines. Is your next boos a bot?
Science is Slick: Impostors, Eternals And Ghosts from 2021-11-22T19:27
Marine genes and the quest for eternal life, the psychology of ghosting, a paralysis reversing spinal gel and the value of impostor system are our starting points for this week’s round u...
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Surveillance And The Metaverse: They Live: from 2021-11-15T00:15
For the last 20 years we’ve been waiting for the world predicted in Minority Report to come to pass. Mass surveillance. Artificial intelligence predicting our every move. Advertising int...
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TechTopia: Disreputation Management from 2021-11-08T13:21
This week on Mattsplained’s first TechTopia edition, we have a car crash that isn’t Facebook, a car crash that is Facebook, age detection facial recognition software, moves to criminalis...
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iTuning In: The iPod @20 from 2021-11-01T20:10
How a music player retuned the world. As the iPod celebrates its 20th anniversary, we examine its impact, its legacy, and the role it pl...
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Poke! We Need To Talk About Mark from 2021-10-25T00:00
What’s in a name? As governments and regulators seek to rein in Big Tech, Facebook looks set to rebrand itself. As something altogether bigger.
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Weird Science: Space, Shatner And Skateboarding Robots from 2021-10-18T13:54
As William Shatner becomes the oldest person to float in space, new research is changing the way we think about ageing and our metabolisms. Plus that skateboarding robot.
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Weird Science: Disney’s Dancing Death Bots from 2021-10-12T10:40
The invasion of the Terminators may look more like Elsa than Arnie. We peer inside Disney’s Imagineers division, marvel at Singapore robot police force, and take a look at Facebook’s unp...
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Who Knows? The Future of Knowledge from 2021-10-04T00:00
Should we translate science for machines? Could a universal, machine readable language be the future of scientific thought? And, more importantly, how can makeup trick AI?
The Red Pill Or The Blue Pill? The Future of Generation C. from 2021-09-28T00:45
Health, education, income. What does the future hold for Generation Covid, as generational divides solidify into geographical and technological segregation?
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Auto-Enhance: The Technology Speeding Evolution. from 2021-09-22T18:15
Neurostimulation technologies designed to help stroke victims may soon be producing better athletes, better musicians and, perhaps, a better you. We’re not the only ones upgrading oursel...
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Weird Science: Satellite Smartphones and Man-Hunting Vaccines from 2021-09-20T10:00
Satellite smartphones, radiation detecting snakes, desert battling gardens, contraceptive vaccines and accent morphing AI are just some of the stories in this week’s Weird Science select...
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Survival of the Superstar Cities: The Tomorrow Office from 2021-09-08T00:00
What will it take to get us back to work? How many of us are confident that employers will keep offices safe and COVID-free? Today we look at some of the hybrid models that aim to have u...
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He-Matt And The Masters Of The Metaverse from 2021-08-30T09:00
The battle for control of the metaverse is pitting companies that want to create a corporate-curated Ready Player One experience against those who want it to develop with the organic cha...
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Internet of Motion: The Secret History of Cars from 2021-08-21T08:00
120 years ago the best-selling car in the world was electric. An electric car was the first to break the 100kmh barrier. Henry Ford teamed up with Thomas Edison to create an electric pow...
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Animal Instincts: Ayurvedic Beetles, Termite Guts and Dolphin Super Spies from 2021-08-16T03:15
Animal Instincts: Ayurvedic Beetles, Termite Guts and Dolphin Super Spies
Dumpster-diving cockatoos, DNA vacuums, aromatherapy insecticides, truth-sniffing dogs and dolphin calls...
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The Robot Cockroach. And Other Tall Tails. from 2021-08-10T00:45
It’s what you’ve been waiting for. The robot cockroach episode. 3D-printed smart bridges, billionaires in space, innovative EV tech. Nothing can compete with the robot cockroach. Listen
Digging. Evolutionary Design. And Football. from 2021-07-13T00:00
Chips designing chips, a self-determining excavator, team building soccer simulations and injectable spinal implants. Science is slick.
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Strange Perspectives: The Learner Drivers Of The Sky from 2021-06-28T09:00
After only 100 years of failed efforts, dubious attempts and breezeblocks with wings, it look as though the age of the flying car may finally be with us.
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Sidewalk To The Kerb: We Need A Quantum Internet from 2021-06-21T01:00
The Quantum Internet. No, don’t go away. The launch of mesh networks like Amazon’s Sidewalk are highlighting a need for ever greater levels of encryption and security in our communicatio...
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Mindfulness&Motivation: The Science Of Getting Things Done from 2021-06-13T18:41
We take a look at the science of motivation and the latest thinking around mindfulness as we ask why some people are better at getting on with things.
Free Riding And The Rise Of The New Free Radicals from 2021-06-08T03:00
Free has long been the model of the Open Internet. Trading data for services. What if you could build an enterprise on the same model, where your staff and other companies effectively co...
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Robert De Niro’s Waiting. Talking Italian. And German. And Japanese. from 2021-06-04T06:15
We may soon be watching hyper-realistic dubbed movies, scrolling apps with a toe run thumb while we thinking DMs into existence. Yes. Science is Slick.
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Tracking And Transparency. An Entirely New Digital Model from 2021-06-02T10:41
You could call this the I told you so episode. Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature has thrown into question the freemium model much of the digital world is built on.
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The Bottom Line: A Right To Disconnect from 2021-04-30T08:00
A new era of hybrid work is approaching as work from home becomes work from anywhere. As the line between home and office blurs, and companies integrate flexible working into their long-term ...
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The Bat Taste Episode: Dark Chocolate, Musical Spiderwebs, Vampire Bats&Brain Chips. from 2021-04-21T06:00
Forget Game of Thrones, the musical. This week we have musical spiderwebs, a cheap brain tissue culturing device, vampire bats leaving a bitter taste and perception shifting chocolate. Listen
NFTs and the Breakthrough of the Crypto-Art Superstars from 2021-04-07T16:00
$70m JPEGS. $3m tweets. The rise of NFTs is turning the worlds of digital art and virtual collectibles into an investor gold rush. But what are they and are they really worth the money? <...
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The'No Plan'Plan: Big Tech's Surprising Endgame from 2021-04-06T10:00
Utility versus futility. Is there a roadmap to world domination or is Big Tech be as clueless about the future as the rest of us?
Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury
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Altering Reality: How to Change the World from 2021-03-16T21:00
How do you disrupt change? Rather than trying to improve reality, is Big Tech focused on helping us escape from it and avoid the troubling issue of social change?
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Science is Slick. AI’s Remarkably Weird World from 2021-03-15T10:00
Robots that get stronger as they work out, drones with honeybee brains, art-loving AI and vein recognition systems. We examine the freaky business of machine intelligence.
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The Boredom Index: Pricing Your Downtime from 2021-03-02T09:00
What price boredom? A new economic indicator, the Boredom Index, could quantify and commoditise our downtime. And decide that we’re more valuable the less engaged we are.
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Access Denied: The Problem with Passwords from 2021-02-22T09:00
Have you lost track of the number of logins and accounts you have scattered across your digital footprint? Do you reuse passwords? Could biometric technologies liberate us from the tyrannical...
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Science is Slick: Game Brains from 2021-02-09T07:00
Could commercial graphics cards be the key to unlocking the cure for Alzheimer’s Disease? Do chilis hold the secret to solar energy conversion? And have X-Ray Spex finally been invented?
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MSP156 [] CineMattic: The Future of Film from 2021-02-02T21:00
I want my MTV. That was about as good as it got when Mattsplained was in its infancy. Now, as consumers are simultaneously deluged with viewing choices and experience limited mobility as a re...
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MSP155 [] Thin Air, Money and AR Changing Rooms: 2021 in 20 Minutes from 2021-02-01T08:00
2020. So bad they named it twice. As retail, AI and AR start to merge, and open world games start to take over from social media, science and technology have got our back in 2021.
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MSP154 [] Fixing Fails: Technology that Missed the Mark in 2020 from 2021-01-22T01:00
2020 showed us how resilient our digital world could be. This week we look at some of the tech and start-ups that failed, and what can be improved for 2021.
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MSP153 [] How do I smell? Synthetic Scents&Cultured Breast Milk. from 2021-01-21T21:00
Science doesn’t sleep or take a holiday. Our slick science stories include lab-cultured breast meats, scent projecting pendants and web-slinging medical guns.
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MSP152 [] That’s EntertAInment: Machines, Music and Mattbots from 2021-01-21T01:00
2020. Will the pop stars of tomorrow be virtual? Are we heading for a future where machines make all the music? The Mattbot Infinity and the Bradpple Pro explore the eerie sounds of this brav...
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MSP151 [] Going Through Changes: 2020 in 20 from 2021-01-20T21:00
2020. The year computers got interesting. There were as many podcasts as people. We spent more time in space. SETI wrapped up and a Bond icon disintegrated.
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MSP150 [] Change 2020: Work from 2021-01-20T01:00
What a year 2020 has been. Or hasn't been, depending on your perspective. In this episode, and for the next few weeks, Mattsplained will look back at 2020 and try to make a little bit of se...
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MSP149 [] How Do I Feel? The Rise of Emotion Sensing AI from 2021-01-19T21:00
We all hate it when someone tells us how we should feel. It’s going to be a heck of a lot worse when it’s a machine doing the telling.
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MSP148 [] Science is Slick: Space toilets, bio-mining and the McPlant. from 2021-01-19T01:00
As SpaceX delivers its first payload of astronauts to the ISS, we look at low gravity toilets, using bacteria to mine metals on Mars and the expansion of plant-based food options here on eart...
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MSP147 [] COBOL Cowboys: The Internet’s Ancient Architects from 2021-01-18T21:00
The digital world is a place where the fast, the dynamic and the disruptive rule. Would it shock you to find out that same world sits on top of 50 year old software that only a handful of peo...
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MSP146 [] Breaking the Internet to Fix It. from 2021-01-18T08:00
Can we save the Internet by breaking it and making the digital world less streamlined and friction free?
Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury
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MSP145 [] Science is Slick: Sky Diamonds and Facial Recognition Earphones from 2021-01-18T07:00
Sky diamonds, life on Venus, facial recognition earphones and artistic drone swarms. It must be the future.
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MSP144 [] I Am Robot: A Post Work World from 2020-11-03T02:00
Last weekused the term endsourcing to describe the phasing out of human workers in a growing number of sectors of the economy. This week, we’re going a step further to ask: are we prepared fo...
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MSP143 [] Endsourcing: 2020&the Mainstreaming of Automation from 2020-10-30T16:00
Can we engineer our way out of our current climate and health crises? Meet the science that is hacking evolution, and in some cases, turning back time.
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MSP142 [] Hacking Evolution: the Strange Science of Mutation from 2020-10-29T21:00
Can we engineer our way out of our current climate and health crises? Meet the science that is hacking evolution, and in some cases, turning back time.
Hosts: Matt Armitage &...
MSP141 [] Science is Slick: Spies ®? Us & Nuclear Smartphones from 2020-10-29T04:00
As the CIA announces new revenue sharing models for spies, we take a look at nuclear batteries, touchy-feely cameras and Deep Fakery.
Hosts: Matt Armitage and Richard Bradbury
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MSP140 [] The Social Dilemma: Freedom for Sale from 2020-10-20T22:00
“How do you wake up from the matrix when you don’t know you’re in the matrix?” That’s pne of the key questions posed in Netflix docudrama The Social Dilemma. Matt Armitage takes the red pill and th...
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MSP139 [] Walk This Way: The Dawn of Step Recognition from 2020-10-19T10:00
We often refer to technology as ‘a step in the right direction’ on the assumption that better things will follow. What happens when those steps themselves become the problem? Walk This Way as MSP’s...
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MSP138 [] Normal for Networks: Computer Says No from 2020-10-07T16:00
“I am not a human. I am a robot. A thinking robot.” Those words were written by an AI called GPT-3. Should we celebrate the arrival of the thinking machine? Hosts: Matt Armitage& Richard Bradb...
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MSP137 [] Science is Slick: Busy Bees, Smart Smoke and Wormholes. from 2020-10-06T05:00
Why are bees so much better than us? Are wormholes the best way to travel? Plus, a dollop of brown fat and the glue that lets you drink milk. Hosts: Matt Armitage& Richard Bradbury Produced: ...
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MSP136 [] The Trouble With AI: The Hard Limitations of Software. from 2020-09-07T22:00
Where are the self-driving cars, the robot servants and the cloud-powered smart companions? Have we been oversold on the power and potential of AI? That’s where the trouble starts. Hosts: Matt Ar...
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MSP135 [] Dark Matter Diets: The Invisible Power of Food from 2020-09-06T03:00
Despite the trend for eating healthily and consciously, we know remarkably little about what’s in the food we eat or how it works. Is it time we knew more about the Dark Matter in our diet? Hosts:...
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MSP134 [] No Selfies in Sci-Fi: No One Sees You Scream from 2020-08-24T03:00
Do you remember that time Rey and Chewie bumped into Thor at brunch? No? It’s on Gamora’s Insta. Our feeds are full of omakase, dalgona coffee and selfies. But where are the selfies in sci-fi? Welc...
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MSP133 [] Science is Slick #9: Quantum Go, Mario Bricks and the AI Unselfie. from 2020-08-17T04:00
As we build ever more complicated games and tasks to challenge AI, should we really be asking them to get the simple stuff right? Like reposing our selfies and helping to prescribe medicines? Scien...
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MSP132 [] #AtHome Hacks: Doomscrolling&Successful Sitting from 2020-08-10T16:00
The terrible ‘20s have seen the most radical changes to our society in a generation. As MSP moves into a post-Jeff world, we examine some at home hacks designed to keep us healthy until the world r...
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MSP131 [] The 90s: Smells Like Digital Spirit from 2020-08-09T16:00
MSP says a fond farewell to Jeff Sandhu by celebrating the decade that shaped him. Mobile phones, PCs, the Web 1.0 and a sea of plaid, acid washed jeans and boho-chic. Hosts: Matt Armitage& Je...
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MSP130 [] Science is Slick #8: Pencils, Ultrasonics and Water Cooled Windows from 2020-07-21T22:00
Could pencil and paper be the future of medical diagnosis sensors and facial recognition software? Can water filled windows cool your house? And are ultrasonic waves really the next jump in screen ...
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MSP129 [] The 80s: Day-Glo Don’t Quit from 2020-07-20T22:00
The 80s. A great place to visit, a terrible place to live. Why has our obsession with 80s culture lasted for 20 years? It’s time to throw away the neon tees and create something new. Hosts: Matt A...
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MSP128 [] Middlennials: The New Middle Age from 2020-07-20T00:00
Mocked for their love of avocado toast and artisan everything, as the first Millennials get ready to embrace middle age and middle management, it’s time for them to settle into comfortable khakis a...
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MSP127 [] The Bubbles Economy from 2020-07-19T04:00
Bubbles. Living in them. Working in them. Socialising in them. Travelling in them. Is our future one of hermetically sealed environments? One where the needs of the lucky few are met by an on-deman...
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MSP126 [] WFH: Our Secret Superpower from 2020-07-17T06:00
It may be emotionally draining, technically challenging and socially isolating, but working from home could turn out to be a secret superpower. One that lowers business costs, boosts productivity a...
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MSP125 [] Implicit Bias: How Machines Learn To Hate. from 2020-06-15T10:42:26
With protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd reverberating across the world, MSP takes a look at how machines and technology learn to discriminate.
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MSP124 [] Science is Slick #7: RocketMatt, Conscious Matter, Black Holes&Zombie Fires from 2020-06-08T08:31:32
As SpaceX becomes the first private company to launch astronauts into space, MSP wonders whether the universe is conscious and whether it’s better to fall into a big or a small black hole. Oh yeah,...
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MSP123 [] Gen-C: The Automation Nation from 2020-06-01T07:35:32
Burger-flipping machines, finger-flipping robots and radiation emitting cleaners. It’s the new normal in the automation nation.
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MSP122 [] Gen-C: The Dropout Generation from 2020-05-27T21:25:06
Tune in, turn on, drop out. That was the mantra of the 1960s. Today we’ve all been forced to drop out and reinvent ourselves. But what kind of world will we find on the other side? Surveillance cap...
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MSP121 [] We Are All Gen-C from 2020-05-20T06:43:17
Gen-X, Gen-Y, Digital Native. After two months of lockdown we’re all the coronavirus generation. But what will the world look like for this brand new Gen-C?
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MSP [x] Video Nasties from 2020-05-10T21:00:10
Virtual Meetings taking over your life? Developing Instagram Face so your boss thinks you’re paying attention when you’re really watching cute cats? Welcome to the WFH world of video chats
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MSP120 [] Gen C: The Rise of the Coronavirus Kings. from 2020-04-03T10:08:56
On the first of two shows about Gen C, we look at the cultural shifts that COVID-19 is creating and wonder how these circumstances will affect the consumers of tomorrow. And which companies will be...
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MSP119 [] COVID-19: The Fight Against Fear. from 2020-03-30T08:53:10
Today we look at some of the technology that is helping us to strike back at the coronavirus. From UV-emitting robots to face tracking apps, and fake news detection to AI vaccine modelling. It’s ti...
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MSP118 [] The Happiness Machine: Should Machines Be Happy? from 2020-03-21T10:43:01
This World Happiness Day MSP is thinking about machines. Can machines be happy? How do we feel about machines that are programmed to seem happy? And is the idea of machine happiness more disturbing...
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MSP117 [] The Stress Vaccine: An Anxiety Antidote from 2020-03-15T22:15:17
We might not be able to inoculate ourselves against against viruses like Covid-19, but, while we wait for that prevention or cure, can we protect ourselves from the stresses of our uncertain lives?
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MSP116 [] Science is Sick #6: Pass the Insect Butter from 2020-03-15T00:05:16
FaceID dodging face masks, no flying cars, the robot uprising, VR fish and chromosomes. Not forgetting butter made from fly larvae. That’s right: science is sick.
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MSP115 [] A Taste of Space: Food&The Galactic Traveller. from 2020-03-14T07:00
What makes us human? With permanent moon bases and Mars colonies being planned, it may be a question we have to ask ourselves sooner rather than later. Could food be our connection to the planet we...
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MSP114 [] Going Underground: The Rise of the Naked Mole Matt from 2020-03-10T13:00
The only way is up. That’s been the mantra of city planners for decades. But could climate change and population growth force us to dig deeper for solutions? Could the future of humanity be undergr...
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MSP113 [] Surviving Your ‘20s: An MSP Guide to the Decade. from 2020-02-21T22:00
What will the world look like by 2029? Where will we live? Where will we work? What will we be doing for fun? Nothing at all, if MSP has anything to do with it.
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MSP112 [] Science is Sick #5: First Contact. from 2020-02-20T22:25:03
Pills that inject, the Veganuary prize, space wars, satellite lawsuits and contact lenses that can protect your skin. Science is sick!
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MSP111 [] Deep Fake Fiction: The Rise of CGI Movie Stars from 2020-02-19T22:00
As icons like James Dean and Carrie Fisher are recreated in the afterlife and summoned by CGI to star in new pictures, are we facing a zombie horde of never dead CGI film stars?
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MSP110 [] The Mind’s Eye: Cloud Consciousness from 2020-02-19T11:09:05
Can you live in the cloud? Sounds ridiculous but research to create digital replicas of the human brain could eventually enable us to live forever, replacing retirement communities with server farms.
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MSP109 [] Inspect-A-Gadget: Our Obsession with Stuff. from 2020-01-20T12:42:32
In the wake of CES Las Vegas, MSP’s Father Time, Matt Armitage, looks back at some of his favourite gadgets of the ages.
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MSP108 [] The Flaming ‘20s: Brighter than 1000 Suns. from 2020-01-15T22:00
Last week we claimed the Skywalkers were rising. This week MSP takes a look at some at the science and tech advances that are giving hope for the coming decade. []Show Notes [] Flaming Twenties ...
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MSP107 [] Episode X: A Rey of Light from 2020-01-13T03:50:56
MSP is in shameless Star Wars stealing-mode this week. Over the last decade, the forces of Silicon Valley seem to have transformed from information and data disruptors into Final Order-style monopo...
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MSP106 [] Review Of The Decade from 2019-12-31T06:00
As we get ready to launch a new decade, we’re taking some time to look back at some of the changes in science and technology that we’ve seen over the last decade.
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MSP105 [] Science is Sick #4: (AKA MSP vs Grime Vol 1) from 2019-12-26T06:51:04
This week MSP returns with a time travel update, a vomiting asteroid, more brain implants, and ready-to-wear exoskeleton. With a twist of grime. Bud-a-bup-bup.
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MSP104 [] The Future: Asked Myself Everything? from 2019-12-26T06:45:59
It’s no surprise when Matt takes an idea and stretches it until it’s so thin you could wrap it with a nanotube. We’ve had Ask Matt Anything. Ask Matt More Anything. And this week MSP has Ask Myself...
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MSP103 [] AMMA: #AskMattMoreAnything. Your Questions Answered. from 2019-12-10T10:00
We had so many questions on last week's episode. And he takes so long to answer them. This week we gave Matt a time limit of 2 minutes to get through as many listener questions as he could. An...
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MSP97 [] Perfection: The Search for the Peerless Profile. from 2019-10-29T14:19:38
Is a hidden epidemic of perfectionism creating stress and anxiety? How can we escape the perfection trap in a world of curated experiences? Episode Sources:https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2...
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MSP70 [] Fake It Till You Make It []Rebroadcast from 2019-10-01T05:41:08
We're off-air this week. So, here, in light of recent global attempts at fakery, is one of our most popular episodes of 2019: Fake It Till You Make It. Are you selling the dream or running a ...
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MSP92 [] ’57&Life: Innovation&Independence from 2019-09-09T09:06:28
As Malaysia celebrates its 62nd year of independence, MSP looks at some of the milestones in technology and science since 1957. We're a little behind in posting episodes, so please enjoy the...
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MSP91 [] Celebrating Science #2: Mosses, Magnets&Migraines. from 2019-09-09T08:56:05
Negative stories in your social media feeds getting you down? Let The Knowledge soothe your troubles with edible algae, miracle magnets and a keto-based migraine cure. We're a little behind i...
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MSP90 [] The Won’t Pay Paradox: The Personal Cost of Technology. from 2019-08-25T22:10:02
You eat healthily. Exercise. Meditate to avoid stress. You care about the environment. And you allow tech companies to sell that data to companies intent on undoing all your good work. Welcome to t...
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MSP89 [] Chimera: The Strange Reality Of Human Hybrids from 2019-08-22T22:05:17
Chimeras, a mainstay of fantasy fiction, are now scientific fact. From this strange new perspective we ask: Would you give a monkey a human brain?
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MSP85 [] MSP Ikons: The Story of The Walkman. from 2019-07-15T08:44:23
In July 1979, mobile technology was born in Tokyo. It wasn’t the Internet or the mobile phone. It was the Sony Walkmen that transformed the way we experience the world. Sources:Episode Sources: ht...
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MSP81 [] The Automation Autopilots. from 2019-06-17T05:50:04
The robots are coming. Not a new message for MSP. It’s not the robots that want to take your jobs. It’s their human overlords and the people who enable them.
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MSP79 [] What Does It Mean To Be Human? from 2019-06-08T08:38:09
What does it mean to be human in a world full of sentient machines and technologically enhanced people? In another Disrupted World special, we take a look at the future of the human species and get...
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MSP77 [] The Ultimate Disruption: Breaking Up Big Tech from 2019-05-19T22:30:13
In the final part of our Disrupted World series, MSP asks the ultimate question: is it time to break up the tech giants? Do we have the power and the will? Will it solve the problems big tech has ...
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MSP76 [] Disruption and the Death of Empathy from 2019-05-12T22:35:06
In part 3 of our Disrupted World series, MSP takes a look at the social costs of digital disruption and asks if we are somehow becoming less human in the process. Of course, that takes us to Coffe...
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MSP75 [] The 100: Paying for Privacy from 2019-05-05T22:00:07
In the 2nd part of our Disrupted World series, MSP dismisses Avengers Endgame and looks to The CW’s The 100 for a solution to our privacy problems.It was supposed to be a celebration of Star Wars f...
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MSP74 [] Your Future: Disrupted from 2019-04-28T23:00:04
It’s the entrepreneurial equivalent of a middle finger. Disruption is more than a tech bro buzzword. It’s a destructive force that we’ll be paying the price of for generations to come. Produced ...
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MSP73 [] The Case for Clean Meat from 2019-04-19T05:26:52
Is it time to start feeding our meat addiction with a new approach? It ends up in a pan. Why not grow it in one? Advances in biotechnology, sustainable planet initiatives and changing consumer dem...
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MSP72 [] Kids For Sale: Kids, Parents And The Burnout Generation. from 2019-04-12T07:04:33
While parents worry about self-harming memes like Momo, are their own actions creating a generation of kids destined to self-destruct? Show Links:•https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24132220-...
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MSP71 [] Super Wood: Barking Up The Wrong Tree? from 2019-04-08T09:04:47
The idea of wooden cars, homes, planes and skyscrapers used to be a Fred Flinstone fantasy. Now, with huge leaps in material technology, could wood be the miracle material of our future?
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MSP70 [] Fake It Till You Make It from 2019-03-22T10:44:18
Are you selling the dream or running a long con? How to sort the Silicon Valley spin from the outright lies. We've got a ton of show links this week. Great reporting from all these sources. S...
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MSP69 [] Fixing It: Working for the Machine from 2019-03-17T04:10:46
Is your technology working for you, or are you working for it? Why machines want us to prove that we are human. Produced by Jeff Sandhu for BFM89.9Show Links: Episode TranscriptThese shows are di...
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MSP68 [] Data Babies: The Rise of the Planet of the Tracked from 2019-03-08T05:03:04
From the moment of conception to the time they die, the next generation of children may be tracked, monitored and surveilled every minute of every day. Produced by Jeff SandhuTranscripts& more...
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MSP67 [] Chasing the Dream: Start Ups&The New Rock&Roll from 2019-03-04T03:09:37
The Dream is fame, riches, untold power. Why do thousands of people dedicate years of their lives to making it, despite the tiny odds?
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MSP66 [] Never Gonna Give You Up: Can You Live Without The Big 5 Tech Companies? from 2019-02-22T05:49:33
What would it be like if you cut Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google& Microsoft out of your life completely? We knew it would be a living hell and never had the nerve to do it. Kashmir Hill, a wri...
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MSP65 [] What the World Needs Now: Utopia for Idealists from 2019-02-17T12:46:02
Utopia or Mattopia? We use today’s technology to create Matt’s perfect world of tomorrow. And introduce the term ‘bests of burden’. Excerpt:Then let’s start with money and finance as this is a bu...
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MSP64 [] Little 15. How Facebook Changed the World: A Space Opera from 2019-02-08T09:39:28
Welcome to MSP the Musical. It’s hard to think of the world without Facebook. MSP looks at the central role Facebook has assumed in the digital economy and wonders: can it last another 15 years? E...
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MSP63 [] We Are The Robots from 2019-01-26T03:50
Surveillance Capitalism is turning us all into robots. Don’t fear the machines: they are us. Show Links:•https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/20/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-surveillance-capi...
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MSP62 [] I Own It. Life, Chaos&How to be Happy in 2019 from 2019-01-18T03:37:55
Make 2019 the year you take responsibility; stop caring and own it.
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MSP61 [] Future Matt’s Review of 2019 from 2019-01-11T09:36:34
Want to know what happens in 2019? Future Matt looks to the past to tell us about the year to come
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MSP60 [] Carpool Diem [We Own The Future] from 2019-01-04T11:14:08
We don’t have to let the giants of tech own the future. Those decisions are still ours to make.
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MSP59 [] Heads Will Roll [Reasons To Be Cheerful 2019] from 2018-12-28T04:53:42
2018 was a year of stark contrasts in the tech industry. Will 2019 be the year we fight back against the power of the giants?
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MSP58 [] It’s All About the Sex Robots: [What I Learned in 2018] from 2018-12-21T08:50:03
We discuss lots of topics on MSP. But all anyone wants to talk about is the sex robots. The second part of look back at 2018.
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MSP57 [] How Not To Get Rinsed [What I learned in 2018(i)] from 2018-12-14T08:40:34
Since he adopted Wikipedia as his main memory source, Matt forgets most of the things he learns within 24. What exactly can he remember from the ride in a washing machine that was 2018? Show Notes...
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MSP56 [] The Not So Dark Episode. from 2018-12-07T12:23:58
Today’s show is about technology you can feel good about. We know. We didn’t believe it, either.
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MSP55 [] Have We Reached Peak Tech? from 2018-11-30T05:40:48
Has the Silicon Valley Bubble burst? Is the Age of Technology at an end? Yes and not a chance, argues Matt.
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MSP.EX [] Why We Love Taylor Swift from 2018-11-24T05:30:05
We’re taking a break this week, so here’s a bonus episode. And who better to talk about than Taylor Swift?
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MSP54 [] How Tech Works [Social Media Smear Campaigns] from 2018-11-16T07:23:28
Recorded the day before the Facebook and Soros smear story broke, this Explainer shows how easy it is to build a smear campaign. About donuts. Episode Excerpt:Frequent friend of Facebook and Mark...
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MSP53 [] The Fragile Earth from 2018-11-09T04:54:38
A combination of natural disasters and cyber-attacks has shown how fragile our way of life is. Are we heading for chaos? Or will the better side of human nature prevail? Links:https://www.wired.co...
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MSP52 [] The Singing Dead from 2018-11-02T05:29:22
With Amy Winehouse set to tour the world in 2019, are we stumbling towards a future of zombie stars? Artists frozen in time and doomed by AI and CGI to repeat their hits for infinity. Links:Roy O...
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MSP51 [] The Social Commandments [Rules for Social Media] from 2018-10-26T05:47:05
The penalties for bullying and trolling should be obvious. But how should we be punished for pretending to be on holiday, or holding up everyone’s dinner for a food shot? Written on a tablet, these...
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MSP50 [] Who Owns Your Thoughts? from 2018-10-21T08:34:05
Who controls your mind? With mind-reading technology already showing incredible accuracy, is it time to ask who owns our thoughts? Produced by Jeff Sandhu for BFMEpisode Excerpt: You’re already m...
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MSP49 [] Mic Drop Moments [Facebook Portal] from 2018-10-21T08:26:19
Technology companies, like people, don’t always make smart decisions. When they make truly disastrous ones, those are the mic drop moments. Today’s show takes a leap through the Portal. Produced b...
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MSP48 [] How Tech Works [CRISPR Blockchain] from 2018-10-05T12:14:26
Today Matt& Jeff go back to basics to look at CRISPR and the Blockchain and ask: What are they and how do they work? It’s time to Mattsplain. Episode ExcerptYou’re looking very decomposed toda...
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MSP47 All In The Mind from 2018-09-28T03:07:47
Technology and a little bit of positive thinking could vastly improve your mental and physical state. How? It’s time to Mattsplain. Show Excerpt:On last week’s show we talked about technologies t...
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MSP46 Evilution [The Dark Side of Evolution] from 2018-09-21T09:51:46
Science is building an impressive toolkit that is enabling us to fight back against Evolution’s darker urges. How? It’s time to Mattsplain. Episode Excerpt:You made up a word for today’s show… •Ye...
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MSP45 Going Cashless from 2018-09-14T04:37:26
In a world where money really does grow from trees, are we ready to throw it away and embrace a completely cashless society? Who controls the money if we do? It’s time to Mattsplain.
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MSP44 Killer Code from 2018-09-07T07:43:07
Wipe your feet and mind your head as we enter a universe where mindless code decides whether we live or die. A dystopia on your doorstep? It’s time to Mattsplain. Show Links:https://medium.com/iot...
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MSP43 Silly Season from 2018-09-02T03:54:20
It’s Silly Season. The time of the year when the news goes on holiday. Which means it’s time to catch up on some of the really cool tech and science stories we missed like fiery webcams and livest...
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MSP42 Life As We Know It from 2018-08-28T09:54:50
Are we heading for a one world order of powerful corporations? Will commercial brands dictate the popular culture of the future? It might not be what you expect. It’s time to Mattsplain. Episode ...
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MSP41: Buying into Biotech from 2018-08-17T07:10:10
Biotech conjures images of cloning, lab meat and mind control. But biotechnology has been fuelling humankind’s progress for thousands of years. Today we look past the fear and celebrate the promise...
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MSP40: Questions Unanswered from 2018-08-10T06:52
Today we’re going to speed through a bunch of the questions that Matt gets asked most often. What do the Facebook and Twitter share price falls mean? Should I invest in crypto currency? Where’s my ...
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MSP39: A Problem Shared from 2018-07-30T02:00:06
Bad ideas. Technology creates at least as many of them as it does good ideas. What happens when the bad ideas slip through and the good ones drift away? It’s time to Mattsplain. Excerpt from this...
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MSP38: Old Tech Is Better Tech from 2018-07-27T08:00:40
It’s easy to jump on the new tech is better tech bandwagon. But what happens when that new tech is a little bit older and doesn’t perform as well as the technology it replaced? It’s time to Mattspl...
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MSP37 An Idiot's Guide To Science from 2018-07-17T10:56:29
Science. It’s tricky stuff. Just as you think you’ve come to grips with nature’s mysteries, a quantum physicist fires you into another dimension. Should we stop worrying and let Schrödinger’s cat o...
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MSP36 LICENCE TO SURF from 2018-07-06T10:36:52
Is Star Wars undermining the Internet? Has hate speech undermined the mainstream? Could a licence to surf could bring us back from the Dark Side? It’s time to Mattsplain. Excerpt:Masculine inferio...
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MSP35: VISIONARY DEFICIT from 2018-06-29T04:11:42
Does society have the tech visionaries it deserves, or are we looking in all the wrong places? It’s time to Mattsplain.
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MSP34: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE DUMB from 2018-06-22T08:29:44
Is technology already beyond our control? Is Skynet waiting for its opportunity to strike? Is humanity facing techno obsolescence? Only the machines know. It’s time to Mattsplain.
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MSP33 Designer Pineapples from 2018-06-08T08:53:39
What could be more fun than a pink pineapple? We go inside the weird world of GM superfoods. It’s time to Mattsplain.
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MSP32: Don't Give Up, You Have Friends. from 2018-06-01T11:05:05
Is the world turning its back on technology? If rats can make sleds, why should we throw centuries of progress. Don’t lose hope. It’s time to Mattsplain.
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MSP31: Amazon's Age of Empire from 2018-05-25T05:59:29
While politicians around the world play sport over the rights to publicly grill Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s executives, one company seems to be Teflon coated in this age of data scandals. Are we...
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MSP30: Scary Monsters&Super Creeps from 2018-05-18T05:23:31
Remote control cockroaches, DNA tracking and cloud incarceration. The future is a strange place to visit. It’s time to Mattsplain.
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MSP29: Be Nice from 2018-05-04T04:16:25
Be Nice. It’s a simple idea. Why do tech companies find it so hard? It’s time to Mattsplain.
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MSP28: Master&Servant from 2018-04-27T07:44:17
The Data decisions we make today could decide who owns our thoughts in the future. Don’t lose your mind. It’s time to Mattsplain. The thrilling finale to our series on Big Data and automation.
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MSP27: Rise Of The Robots from 2018-04-20T02:00
Sign up for premium Mattbook services as Big Data morphs into Robot Assisted Data. Who is going to store your life? It’s time to Mattsplain.This is a follow up to, No Sex Please, We're Robots:...
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MSP26: No Sex Please, We're Robots from 2018-04-13T02:00
Confused about data, artificial intelligence and sex robots? You’re not alone. It’s time to Mattsplain.
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MSP25: What If… Data Was Good? from 2018-04-06T02:00
Instead of fearing Skynet, we should be embracing it. A sentient control system might be the only thing that will keep the robots in check. It’s time to Mattsplain.
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MSP24: Return Of The Killer Robots from 2018-03-30T02:00
Instead of fearing Skynet, we should be embracing it. A sentient control system might be the only thing that will keep the robots in check. It’s time to Mattsplain.
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M.EX4 Encyclopedia Analytica from 2018-03-26T12:42:51
The Facebook and Cambridge Analytica revelations continue to cause waves around the world,. As the #DeleteFacebook movement gathers momentum, users are discovering the extent of the data that the c...
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MSP23: 101.Cambridge Analytica from 2018-03-23T02:00
Data companies are using sophisticated psychological techniques to manipulate and nudge our behaviour. #DeleteFacebook is no solution. We need to completely change the business model of online comp...
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MSP22: The Earth Is Flat from 2018-03-16T02:00
Could a giant wall of ice be all that stands between us and falling off the edge of our planet? Does the sun shine down on us like a Hollywood spotlight. Probably not, reckons Matt. But he’ll try i...
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MSP21: It's The Jobs, Stupid from 2018-03-09T02:00
Bladerunner, Altered Carbon and Humans outline very different visions of a future where machines have replaced human workers. Which of those futures are we headed for, asks Matt, as he gets ready f...
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Mattsplained - Keeping It Frosty from 2018-03-02T02:00
Air conditioning has had an enormous impact on modern society, from population migration to architecture to the warehouses that store The Cloud. But is it time we swapped energy intensive a/c for m...
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Mattsplained - Trust In Tech from 2018-02-23T02:00
Attitudes towards Silicon Valley are changing, with an angry sea of voices raging at their tone deaf behaviour and seeming inability to understand or tame the epidemic of fake news. Now is not the ...
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M.Ex Ep.3 Then Your Children Will Be Next from 2018-02-20T11:32:38
On the show Matt looks at a very simple question: Will the future be easier or harder for the next generation of jobseekers? Automation, robots and artificial and machine intelligence are doing inc...
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M.Ex Ep 2: Shiny Disco Satellites in Space from 2018-02-13T03:41:26
On the show Matt& Polly ask: should we be sending junk into space, even if they are giant disco balls and convertible roadsters? What can you do when software breaks your car and no one can fix...
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Mattsplained - Magic Diet from 2018-02-09T02:00
Getting in shape can be a maze of pseudoscience, fads and frenzy. Matt’s Magic Diet won’t make you fit or healthy but it will make him a very rich man. Which would you choose, expert advice or the ...
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Mattsplained - Time To Pay from 2018-02-02T02:00
Could the era of free content be coming to an end? The tech companies may be close to harvesting all the data they need to power their AI-charged evolution. What will our role be in their informati...
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Mattsplained - Punked Science from 2018-01-26T02:00
The weekend is nearly here. A tiny spot of optimism in a sea of workaday drudgery. And what better way to extinguish even those small hopes than to talk to Matt Armitage? Feeling Punked? Then it’s ...
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Mattsplained - X-Rated from 2018-01-19T02:00
It's time for another Mattsplained and this time, Matt Armitage wants to go where the sun don't shine. He promises that this show is purely X-Rated.
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Trip to Vegas. from 2018-01-16T11:09:14
If you’re a techie or a geek you will probably have noticed that the 2018 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show was held in Las Vegas last week, although increasingly it’s with a sense of dimini...
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Mattsplained - Trivial from 2018-01-12T02:00
Last week Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage was happy. It was the first week of the year and his mince pie sugar rush had sustained him into the New Year. This week he wants to get serious and tell the tec...
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Mattsplained - Reasons To Be Happy In 2018 from 2018-01-05T02:00
It’s Friday. It’s 2018. It’s time to Mattsplain. Today Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage is here to tell us why we’ve got reason to be cheerful in the year ahead.
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M.EX: Coming Soon from 2017-12-27T05:05:16
Coming soon. M.EX. A show about technology. Culture. And you.
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Mattsplained - Things I've Learned In 2017 Part 2 from 2017-12-22T02:00
For part 1 of this podcast, click the following link:https://www.bfm.my/ent-tt-mattsplained-things-ive-learned-in-2017-part-1-matt-armitage-kulturpopLast week we heard about the things that made Ku...
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Mattsplained - Things I've Learned In 2017 Part 1 from 2017-12-15T02:00
As we're approaching to the end of 2017, Kulturpop's Matt Armitage decided to share some of his learnings throughout the year. From the doom and gloom to the happy happy joy joy, we dive ...
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Mattsplained - Trust from 2017-12-08T02:00
With the digital age we live in today, how does trust play a role in all this? Matt Armitage from Kulturpop explores the idea of how there is a new emerging framework for trust, as we place more an...
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Mattsplained - Xmas from 2017-11-24T02:00
Is it better to give or to receive? Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage believes that the best scenario is for you to give and him to receive. Anything else, apparently, is a waste of his time. Which means t...
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Mattsplained - The Next Big Thing from 2017-11-17T02:00
After last week’s 7 Signs of Digital Happiness, Matt Armitage has decided he’s the Audio Buzzfeed. As the year comes to a close and we start to gaze morosely at the miasma of 2018, we’re looking at...
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Mattsplained - 7 Steps To Digital Happiness from 2017-11-10T02:00
Ever wondered how he keeps the smile on his face and the skip in his step? Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage follows a plan. And it’s all his own. It’s digital happiness, Mattsplained.
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Mattsplained - Uberitis from 2017-11-03T02:00
If you’ve accidentally come into contact with the news over the past few weeks you might have noticed a series of apologies and admissions from tech companies that show them in less than their best...
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Mattsplained - Why We Can't Cure The Cold Flu from 2017-10-27T02:00
Last week, Matt Armitage got away with some ranting as Richard Bradbury stepped in. This week, Jeff Sandhu is back and is holding Matt to task. It's time to be optimistic about science so why ...
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Mattsplained - Earth Optimism from 2017-10-20T02:00
This week we have an incredible piece of technology. It’s cheap. It’s accessible. It’s scientifically proven. It’s the power of positive thinking. You might think Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage has been...
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Mattsplained - Science Fiction>Reality from 2017-10-13T02:00
Over the last couple of weeks Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage has taken us to what he considers to be heaven and hell. He’s shown us two versions of the future based on the same ideas and technology. One...
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Mattsplained - Dystopia from 2017-10-06T02:00
Last week Mattsplained the year 2222 and his fantasy of a perfect society, one he names, with his usual understatement, Mattopia. This week he wants to take us back to the future, but this time, it...
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Mattsplained - Utopia from 2017-09-29T02:00
It’s all change here on Fun Friday. We’ve got something brand new for you today. I know you’re expecting Matt Armitage to come on air to brighten up your day, just as he has every Friday for the pa...
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