Technology Archives - Sofa King Podcast https://sofakingpodcast.com/category/technology/ Comedy, entertainment, pop culture, and topics we want to talk about. Tue, 17 Mar 2026 03:40:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/sofakingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SKLOGO-55ad8af4v1_site_icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Technology Archives - Sofa King Podcast https://sofakingpodcast.com/category/technology/ 32 32 Sofa King Podcast true episodic socialmedia@sofakingpodcast.com © Sofa King Podcast © Sofa King Podcast podcast Technology Archives - Sofa King Podcast https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/SofaKingPodcastCoverArt.jpg https://sofakingpodcast.com/category/technology/ TV-MA Weelky Join SK Ultra Join SK Ultra 120746233 Before NASA: The Incredible Story of Auguste Piccard https://sofakingpodcast.com/before-nasa-the-incredible-story-of-auguste-piccard/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:00:44 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=11580 Before astronauts, before rockets, and decades before the space race… one man built a metal sphere, attached it to a balloon, and rode it to the edge of space. In this episode we explore the incredible story of Auguste Piccard, the Swiss physicist and explorer who pushed the limits of human exploration in two completely […]

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]]> full false 1:29:15 11580 Out-of-Place Ancient Artifacts That Break the Timeline https://sofakingpodcast.com/out-of-place-ancient-artifacts-that-break-the-timeline/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:00:20 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=11574 Some artifacts don’t belong. Buried in sand. Hidden in shipwrecks. Locked in museum cases. Objects that shouldn’t exist — at least not according to the official timeline. In this episode, we dive into the world of Out-of-Place Artifacts — the Baghdad Battery, the Antikythera Mechanism, the Iron Pillar of Delhi, the Sabu Disc, the Nimrud […]

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]]> full false 1:22:45 11574 Vimana: Ancient Flying Machines They Called Myth https://sofakingpodcast.com/vimana-ancient-flying-machines-they-called-myth/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:00:51 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=11568 Ancient texts describe flying machines thousands of years before modern aviation — were they myth… or something more? In this episode, we dive into Vimanas — legendary aerial craft described in ancient Indian scriptures like the Ramayana and Mahabharata. These texts speak of metallic flying vehicles capable of hovering, extreme speed, interplanetary travel, and devastating […]

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]]> full false 1:14:27 11568 Hacking the World: The CIA Vault 7 Files https://sofakingpodcast.com/hacking-the-world-the-cia-vault-7-files/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:54 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=11548 When WikiLeaks released the Vault 7 files in 2017, the world got an unfiltered look at the CIA’s secret cyber-arsenal—a hidden kingdom of digital weapons designed to slip quietly into our phones, TVs, cars, and computers. In this episode, the Sofa King Podcast unpacks the tools, the tactics, and the fallout of one of the […]

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]]> full false 1:05:50 11548 Salyut 7: The Ghost Ship Above Earth https://sofakingpodcast.com/salyut-7-the-ghost-ship-above-earth/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:00:41 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=11541 In February 1985, the Soviet space station Salyut 7 went dark. Powerless and frozen, it drifted above the Earth—a ghost in orbit. Months later, two cosmonauts attempted an impossible rescue: a manual docking and revival of a lifeless spacecraft. What they found inside would become one of the most haunting moments in the history of […]

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]]> full false 58:57 11541 The Black Knight Satellite: 13,000 Years of Alien Secrets Orbiting Earth https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-black-knight-satellite-13000-years-of-alien-secrets-orbiting-earth/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:00:45 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=11526 There’s something circling us.Something that doesn’t belong. Long before the first satellite was ever launched, stories began to surface of a dark shape drifting silently above the world—a cold and patient witness in orbit. Some said Tesla heard its whisper in his Colorado lab. Others claimed it echoed our own voices back from the void, […]

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]]> full false 1:01:20 11526 Episode 752: Project Blue Beam: The Unifying Conspiracy Theory? https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-752-project-blue-beam-the-unifying-conspiracy-theory/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:47:02 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=11495 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we put on our tinfoil hats for a doozy of a conspiracy theory—Project Blue Beam. Blue Beam is perhaps the ultimate conspiracy theory. It has false flag events, the illuminati, natural disasters, holograms, telepathy, space aliens, NASA, and maybe even a dash of Tupac Shakur. […]

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]]> full false 1:24:44 11495 Episode 748: The State of AI: Part Three https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-748-the-state-of-ai-part-three/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:17:44 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=11454 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we continue our ongoing conversation about The State of Artificial Intelligence. Since GPT came out, AI has exploded into every facet of our lives, and we continue our discussion of what has happened most recently. We talk about Elon Musk’s Neuralink and how it may […]

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]]> full false 1:20:14 11454 Episode 737: Derinkuyu: The Underground Empire https://sofakingpodcast.com/derinkuyu-the-underground-empire/ Thu, 09 Nov 2023 10:31:10 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10871 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at the amazing underground city of Derinkuyu. This tomb of a city is in modern day Turkey and dates back thousands of years. Nobody is sure when they started building it, but at its peak, it held a sustainable population of 20,000 people. […]

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]]> full false 1:21:33 10871 Episode 734: Mars: The Future of Humanity? https://sofakingpodcast.com/mars-the-future-of-humanity/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:31:53 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10831 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk the red planet, Mars. There is a lot to unpack here. I mean, yes, it is super cool that errors in interpreting early photos led us all to think Mars was covered in canals and highways. This lead to fiction such as The […]

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]]> full false 10831 Episode 732: Archimedes: The Warrior Scholar https://sofakingpodcast.com/archimedes-the-warrior-scholar/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:59:22 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10809 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the ultimate brain baller, Archimedes. He was born in 287 BC, but he was a genius the likes of which the world has seldom known. The cool stuff was his machines. He created giant claws that could scoop attacking ships out of […]

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]]> full false 1:23:14 10809 Episode 729: The Phantom of Heilbronn: The Woman Without A Face https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-729-the-phantom-of-heilbronn-the-woman-without-a-face/ Sat, 12 Aug 2023 02:10:02 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10783 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast we talk about one of the strangest True Crime cases we’ve ever seen—the Phantom of Heilbronn. Also called “The Woman Without a Face,” this master criminal left DNA evidence at over 6 murders and 40 crime scenes spread over three countries. From the gang-style murder […]

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]]> full false 1:19:28 10783 Episode 724: State of A.I. Part Two https://sofakingpodcast.com/state-of-a-i-part-two/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:31:26 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10738 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we dive back in to the treasure trove of Artificial Intelligence with a talk on the state of A.I. (part 2). This time around, we talk about some of the newer events unfolding with AI. We cover the music being generated by AI, which uses the exact […]

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]]> full false 10738 Episode 714: The State of AI: Part One https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-state-of-ai-part-one/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 09:31:36 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10658 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we take a look at the State of Artificial Intelligence. We’ve covered this topic before (way back in time), but so much has happened in the past year, and the growth is so stupendous, we thought it was worth revisiting. So, if you want to hear us […]

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]]> full false 1:35:49 10658 Episode 712: Blackrock and Aladdin: Hail Hydra! https://sofakingpodcast.com/blackrock-and-aladdin-hail-hydra/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 09:31:13 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10644 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the most powerful company you’ve never heard of, Blackrock. Blackrock is an investment firm that was created by Larry Fink, the guy who brought you the housing collapse. After a computer lost his bank $100 million dollars due to an error, he created Aladdin, […]

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]]> full false 1:19:47 10644 Episode 702: Tetris: Piracy, Profits, and Murder https://sofakingpodcast.com/tetris-piracy-profits-and-murder/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:31:45 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10551 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we take a look at one of the more bizarre stories in video games—The Tale of Tetris. It is a story of mass piracy, Soviet Secrecy, and murder! Everyone knows this brick stacking game, and most of us have been addicted to it at some […]

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]]> full false 1:29:47 10551 Episode 689: Beer: Liquid Civilization https://sofakingpodcast.com/beer-liquid-civilization/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:31:12 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10434 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk beer. The history of beer is no less than the history of human civilization. Archaeologists and historians can track most major human innovations back to the need to make better beer. Its history is thousands of years old, and people think everything from the wheel […]

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]]> full false 1:19:17 10434 Episode 665: Sputnik: Start of the Space Race https://sofakingpodcast.com/sputnik-start-of-the-space-race/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 09:31:30 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10215 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about Sputnik. Sputnik was the first man-made satellite to ever orbit the earth, and it started the Space Race and made the Cold War grow even hotter. It was designed by the Soviet Union using a system of interlocking governmental agencies. Sputnik was […]

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]]> full false 1:33:20 10215 Episode 655: Bob Lazar: The Godfather of Gray Aliens https://sofakingpodcast.com/bob-lazar-the-godfather-of-gray-aliens/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:31:54 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10106 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we look at the man single handedly responsible for the popularity of Area 51 and gray aliens, Bob Lazar. In 1989, he gave a sensational interview to reporter George Knapp. In it, he talked about his time in an facility called S4 and his work figuring out […]

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]]> full false 1:33:17 10106 Episode 629: Corn: Mayans, Monocrops, and Monopolies https://sofakingpodcast.com/corn-mayans-monocrops-and-monopolies/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 10:31:31 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9878 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we drop some science and talk about one of the most important feats of agriculture in all of human history—Corn. You may be asking, why Corn? Many people argue that it is disastrous for the environment and for agriculture in the US. For another thing, it is […]

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]]> full false 1:39:24 9878 Episode 606: Hindenburg Disaster: The Hubris and The Humanity https://sofakingpodcast.com/hindenburg-disaster-the-hubris-and-the-humanity/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 09:31:54 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9681 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we discuss the fiery crash of the Hindenburg. Its last moments were made famous by the grainy black and white footage and the scream, “Oh the humanity!” The ship was very interesting before that, however. It was built in Germany and was almost immediately commandeered for Nazi […]

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]]> full false 1:41:40 9681 Episode 593: Harley Davidson: An American Success Story https://sofakingpodcast.com/harley-davidson-an-american-success-story/ Fri, 23 Jul 2021 09:31:24 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9532 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the founders, history, and reputation of bad boys of motorcycles, Harley Davidson. It was started by William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson (and his brothers) in 1903. They wanted to make bicycles that did the work for you. Within a decade, they were one […]

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]]> full false 1:39:53 9532 Chernobyl: A Sofa King Classic https://sofakingpodcast.com/chernobyl-a-sofa-king-classic/ Fri, 28 May 2021 11:00:21 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9349   Dave is gone for 8 days so here is a Sofa King Classic from the archives Quotable moments from radioactive grandmas to Cesium queefs… you wont want to miss this one. On this episode, we discuss the accident at the Chernobyl power plant as only the Sofa King Podcast can. The Chernobyl power plant […]

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]]> full false 1:32:59 9349 Project Azorian: Patreon Vault Release https://sofakingpodcast.com/project-azorian-patreon-vault-release/ Thu, 27 May 2021 11:00:27 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9345 On this bonus episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we cover a real world conspiracy theory that turns out to be true: Project Azorian. What was Project Azorian? Well, it was a little plan concocted by the CIA. In 1968, a Soviet nuclear sub sank, and the Russian didn’t know where it was. The US […]

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]]> full false 49:59 9345 Episode 577: Bayer: The Abhorrent Actuality of Aspirin https://sofakingpodcast.com/bayer-the-abhorrent-actuality-of-aspirin/ Fri, 07 May 2021 09:31:36 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9200 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we take a look at the pharmaceutical company Bayer. What could be interesting about a company that is world famous for its aspirin? A lot, actually. This small German company didn’t invent aspirin, but it perfected and patented it, just as it did heroin (which it originally […]

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]]> full false 1:38:36 9200 Episode 575: Marie Curie: Of Science and Sexism https://sofakingpodcast.com/marie-curie-of-science-and-sexism/ Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:31:54 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9172 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the greatest scientists to ever live, Marie Curie. She battled with crazy sexism, anti-Semitism, and an endless bout of cancer and tumors due to her radioactive research. But through it all, she was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the […]

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]]> full false 1:16:28 9172 SOFA KING CLASSIC: Nikola Tesla – Laser Pigeon Lover https://sofakingpodcast.com/sofa-king-classic-nikola-tesla/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9019 As per listener request, this week’s Sofa King Podcast covers the life and inventions of Nikola Tesla. Born in Croatia in 1856, he was the archetype of the mad scientist. We start the episode with a look at his feud and relationship Thomas Edison. At the heart of this rivalry was a race to provide […]

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]]> full false 1:12:10 9019 Episode 551: The Road to Dystopia: Social Media and You https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-road-to-dystopia-social-media-and-you/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:31:38 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8478 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we do a somewhat unique show and do a deep dive on the Netflix documentary called The Social Dilemma. What exactly is the dilemma? Well, for one it’s privacy and the way that apps like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and all the rest use our data and manipulate […]

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]]> full false 1:42:10 8478 Episode 534: Thomas Edison: Unbridled Genius https://sofakingpodcast.com/thomas-edison-unbridled-genius/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 10:31:06 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8184 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time and look at the first tech giant in American history, the one and only Thomas Edison. Edison was credited for almost 1100 patents in his life (400 of them from just a short 8 year period!). He is known for inventing the […]

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]]> full false 1:46:51 8184 Episode 533: Elizabeth Holmes: Blood and Billions in Silicon Valley https://sofakingpodcast.com/elizabeth-holmes-blood-and-billions-in-silicon-valley/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:31:50 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8155 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the greatest failures and cons by any tech startup in Silicon Valley, the lies and deceit of Elizabeth Holmes. Holmes started the tech firm Theranos from Paulo Alto, California, home to all the tech giants. She idolized Steve Jobs so much, that […]

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]]> full false 1:25:55 8155 Episode 524: Nintendo: From Yakuza to Mario https://sofakingpodcast.com/nintendo-from-yakuza-to-mario/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:31:35 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8014 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the interesting history and massive success of the Japanese gaming giant Nintendo (and we might just look at little red plumber who jumps on psychedelic mushrooms and hides in pipes while we’re at it). Nintendo didn’t start like you think it did. […]

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]]> full false 1:47:07 8014 Episode 503: Apollo 13: Explosions, Starvation, and Duct Tape https://sofakingpodcast.com/apollo-13-explosions-starvation-and-duct-tape/ Fri, 31 Jul 2020 09:31:42 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7726 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the infamous flight of NASA’s Apollo 13. Made famous for a new generation by the film of the same name, this was one of the most important moments in all of space flight. A critical error on the way to the moon led to […]

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]]> full 7726 Episode 485: Jeff Bezos: Behind The World’s Richest Man https://sofakingpodcast.com/jeff-bezos-behind-the-worlds-richest-man/ Fri, 29 May 2020 09:31:59 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7489 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the wealthiest man on earth, Jeff Bezos. Originally, a seller of books, Bezos has become our overlord. Most people in America rely on him for everything from groceries and clothing to furniture and even television shows. He runs one of the largest space exploration […]

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]]> full 7489 Episode 484: Atari: Life Behind the Pong https://sofakingpodcast.com/atari-life-behind-the-pong/ Tue, 26 May 2020 09:31:55 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7488 On this episode of the world Famous Sofa King Podcast, we do a dive into the history of the video game and look at the rise and fall of Atari. The world of video games would not exist without the innovation of Atari. They started the video arcade with the invention of the coin operated […]

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]]> full 7488 Episode 461: DuPont: Chems, Cancer, and Killing https://sofakingpodcast.com/dupont-chems-cancer-and-killing/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 10:31:22 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7188 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we take a look at one of the largest corporations in the world: DuPont. The chemicals it has invented in the past two centuries have changed the world, but it is a family and company that are rich with crime and scandal. In recent years, the films […]

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]]> full 7188 Episode 432: Mark Zuckerberg: From Zucknet to Facebook https://sofakingpodcast.com/mark-zuckerberg-from-zucknet-to-facebook/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:31:06 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=6721 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the most influential (and richest) people on the planet, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. People tend to hate his world-changing social media platform, but they just can’t quit him and repeatedly go back to check their likes and update their profiles. Zuckerberg is […]

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]]> full 1:41:31 6721 Episode 410: CERN: Physics, Conspiracies, and Other Dimensions https://sofakingpodcast.com/cern-physics-conspiracies-and-other-dimensions/ Fri, 09 Aug 2019 11:31:46 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=5237 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look get quantum and talk about one of the world’s greatest scientific organization, CERN. CERN, of course, is famous for their Large Hadron Collider and all the experiments and conspiracy theories that are associated with it (some of which are plausible, some of which […]

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]]> full 1:30:09 5237 Episode 403: John MacAfee: Viruses, Scat Sex, and Murder https://sofakingpodcast.com/john-macafee-viruses-scat-sex-and-murder/ Tue, 16 Jul 2019 11:31:24 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=5197 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one man with a hell of a resume. He was accused of murder. He has been an international fugitive more than once. He had live-in 18 year old prostitutes stay in his mansion and give him scat sex. He ran for president. […]

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]]> full 1:43:03 5197 Episode 393: Pine Gap: Australia’s Area 51 https://sofakingpodcast.com/pine-gap-australias-area-51/ Tue, 11 Jun 2019 11:31:06 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=5122 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we hit the land down under and talk about the joint US/Australia secret base known as Pine Gap. It is considered the Area 51 of Australia. It is involved in everything from Cold War spying to modern big data mining and UFO sightings. Edward Snowden […]

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]]> full 5122 Episode 367: Project A119: Why Not Nuke the Moon?! https://sofakingpodcast.com/project-a119-why-not-nuke-the-moon/ Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:31:53 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=4436 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we take a look at some Cold War madness and delve into America’s plan to nuke the moon—Project A119. The year was 1957. The Soviet Union had just launched Sputnik and was winning the nascent Space Race. The American military needed a win, so their […]

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]]> full 4436 Episode 331: Cicada 3301: The Web’s Darkest Mystery https://sofakingpodcast.com/cicada-3301-the-webs-darkest-mystery/ Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:31:25 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3923 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we take a look at one of the biggest mysteries of the internet era, the deep, impossible, mysterious puzzle called Cicada 3301. Just who wrote this strange internet puzzle (is it a game?) is unknown. Also unknown is why they did it. It involves expert level decryption […]

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]]> full 1:10:36 3923 Episode 319: 4Chan: Home of Hackers, Memes, and Web Warriors https://sofakingpodcast.com/4chan-home-of-hackers-memes-and-web-warriors/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:31:54 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3797 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we discuss one of the most important websites in the world, even though you may have never heard of it or visited it—the notorious 4Chan. 4Chan is the birthplace of memes, the meeting ground for Anonymous, the bastion of the Alt-Right and the far left, and the […]

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]]> full 1:31:23 3797 Episode 318: Albert Einstein: The Ultimate Genius https://sofakingpodcast.com/albert-einstein-the-ultimate-genius/ Fri, 27 Jul 2018 11:31:37 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3783 On this very nerdy episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we talk about discoveries, math, and quantum shift in the world that was Albert Einstein. Virtually every discovery about Quantum Physicist is based in part on papers written by a very young Albert Einstein. By the age of 26, he proved that atoms and molecules […]

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]]> full 1:22:28 3783 Episode 313: Boston Dynamics: The Real-Life Terminators? https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-313-boston-dynamics/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 11:05:40 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3749 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we oil up the servos and get ready to fight the upcoming robot overlords by exploring the history, robots, and unique funding source of the strangest corporation most people have never heard of—Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics was founded in 1992 as a means to fulfill its founder […]

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]]> full 1:25:51 3749 Episode 297: Future of Sex: Virtual Reality, and Artificial Intelligence https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-297-future-of-sex-virtual-reality-and-artificial-intelligence/ Tue, 15 May 2018 11:01:43 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3434 On this sort of regular episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we dig deep into the psyche of each other and plumb the depravities and carnal sexual desires of the hosts as well as the future of virtual sex. From 28,000-year-old phallic toys made from stone and camel dung to the modern day magicians behind […]

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]]> full 1:32:40 3434 Episode 288: Wright Brothers: Home Grown Genius https://sofakingpodcast.com/wright-brothers-home-grown-genius/ Fri, 13 Apr 2018 11:32:28 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3358 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we take to the skies and talk about the life, inventions, business, and first flight of the Wright Brothers. One historian says of Wilber and Orville Wright “”Before the Wright Brothers, no one working in aviation did anything fundamentally correct. Since the Wright Brothers, no one has […]

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]]> full 1:18:12 3358 Episode 281: Jim Henson: Master of Muppets https://sofakingpodcast.com/jim-henson-master-muppets/ Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:32:24 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3306 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we look at the life, works, films, television shows, and Muppets of the one and only Jim Henson. Jim Henson was one of the most influential figures in popular culture for several decades. By creating everything from Sesame Street to the Muppet show and from Dark Crystal […]

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]]> full 3306 Episode 129: Howard Hughes: Playboy to Madman https://sofakingpodcast.com/howard-hughes-playboy-madman/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/howard-hughes-playboy-madman/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:31:03 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1169 This episode of The Sofa King Podcast looks at the life and legacy of Howard Hughes. Born to a wealthy oil-industry magnate on December 24th, 1905, Hughes lived a life of privilege. His father created a drill bit that allowed for the Texas oil boom to occur, and his mother was a strange woman obsessed […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/howard-hughes-playboy-madman/feed/ 1 full 1:22:25 1169 Episode 98: Anonymous: Hackers or Heroes? https://sofakingpodcast.com/anonymous-hackers-heroes/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/anonymous-hackers-heroes/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2016 11:31:00 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1003 This episode explores the notorious hacktivist group known as Anonymous. They started as an outgrowth from the website 4Chan back in 2003 and have expanded ever since. Anonymous is often said to be an internet gathering of a hackers, protesters, and mouthpieces speaking for freedom of speech and the end to oppression. They have a […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/anonymous-hackers-heroes/feed/ 1 full 1:25:02 1003 Episode 87: Transhumanism and Immortality: A Talk with Zoltan Istvan https://sofakingpodcast.com/zoltan-istvan-talk-transhumanism/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/zoltan-istvan-talk-transhumanism/#comments Tue, 03 May 2016 11:31:41 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=951 On this episode, we interview our very special guest, Zoltan Istvan. Zoltan is a transhumanist (and is in fact the official Presidential candidate for the Transhumanist Party!). What is transhumanism? It is a social movement of people trying to use science and technology to improve the human condition, many hoping to achieve immortality within our […]

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]]> full 1:27:00 913 Episode 80: Bill Gates–The Billionaire Hustle https://sofakingpodcast.com/bill-gates-hustling-nerd/ Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:31:35 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=901 On this episode, we focus on the life and career of Bill Gates. Born October 28, 1955, this socially awkward kid had a nose for business and contracts from early on, even making his family sign contracts with him for access to things like baseball mitts. But aside from business smarts, the man was also […]

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]]> full 1:41:22 901 Episode 77: Apple Computers: Darkside of a Corporate Empire https://sofakingpodcast.com/apple/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:31:42 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=887 On this episode, we explore the iconic computer and technology giant, Apple. Founded in 1976 by Steve Job, Steve Wozniak (and the forgotten Ronald Wayne), this corporation truly invented the modern day home computer. From a small homebrew computer club, this company grew to innovate everything from the commonplace use of the computer mouse to […]

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]]> full 1:47:09 887 Episode 59: Nikola Tesla https://sofakingpodcast.com/nikola-tesla/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/nikola-tesla/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:31:43 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=775 As per listener request, this week’s Sofa King Podcast covers the life and inventions of Nikola Tesla. Born in Croatia in 1856, he was the archetype of the mad scientist. We start the episode with a look at his feud and relationship Thomas Edison. At the heart of this rivalry was a race to provide […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/nikola-tesla/feed/ 2 full 1:12:10 775 Episode 57: The Silk Road https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-silk-road/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-silk-road/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:31:26 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=764 On this episode, the Sofa Kings discuss the controversial Silk Road Marketplace and the Deep Net (or Dark Net) in which it resided. The Dark Net is a portion of the Internet that cannot be accessed by your average browser and instead needs a program such as TOR. TOR (which stands for The Onion Router) […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-silk-road/feed/ 1 full 1:15:36 764 Episode 56: Renewable Energy https://sofakingpodcast.com/solar-energy/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/solar-energy/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:30:21 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=756 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we explore solar power and other alternative energy sources. Since Americans spend 8% of their income each year on power, and since greenhouse gasses are killing the planet, many listeners wanted us to cover this topic. While solar energy is truly beneficial, we explore the growth of […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/solar-energy/feed/ 2 full 55:03 756 Episode 51: MMO and Esports https://sofakingpodcast.com/mmo-esports/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/mmo-esports/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2015 12:30:21 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=734 This week Dave is off exploring new lands in hopes to find his inner peace and we must keep the show alive by subjecting a friend of ours to the mutiny that is the Sofa King Podcast. First we talk to Jared from Subway about massively multiplayer online games and the addictive nature they have […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/mmo-esports/feed/ 1 full 1:16:59 734 Episode 48: HAARP https://sofakingpodcast.com/haarp/ Fri, 04 Dec 2015 02:01:54 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=716 In this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we take a look at the facts and conspiracies surrounding the infamous HAARP station in Gakona, Alaska. HAARP (the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) was a joint effort by the US Air Force and Navy, the University of Alaska, and DARPA. It’s official function is to […]

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]]> full 59:52 716 Episode 40: Simulations and Alternate Universes https://sofakingpodcast.com/simulations-and-alternate-universes/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:31:48 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=678 After recent discussions on the show about the “Berenstain” Bears and alternate realities, we decided to base this episode around a discussion of the nature of reality. More specifically, we explore the hypothesis that the universe is an advanced simulation run by a superintelligence and the arguments for alternate quantum universes and multiverses. This one gets pretty trippy! […]

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]]> full 1:09:55 678 Episode 33: Time Travel https://sofakingpodcast.com/time-travel/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/time-travel/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:30:12 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=624 In honor of the date Marty McFly travels to in Back to the Future II (October 21, 2015), this episdoe of the Sofa King Podcast focuses on time travel. Is it possible? What are the effects of altering the past, if you even can? These are good questions that we set to answer. We begin […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/time-travel/feed/ 2 full 1:00:00 624 Episode 30: Television https://sofakingpodcast.com/television/ Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:30:04 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=611 This episode focuses on television and the effects it has on people. We focus mostly on children, and the issues of obesity, violence, and attention disorders. The conversation gets quite heated at times since we don’t agree on the power of this medium to psychologically influence children in the long term. Not to hate on […]

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]]> full 1:21:32 611 Episode 29: Identity Theft Part Two https://sofakingpodcast.com/credit-card-fraud-part-two/ Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:30:24 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=604 Today’s talk is a follow up on last week’s conversation about identity theft and credit card fraud. Last week, we talked about some of the major scams you should worry about. This week, we added medical identity theft and phishing scams to the list. More importantly, we add “Brad’s Tips,” a segment where we give […]

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]]> full 1:00:00 604 Episode 27: Identity Theft Part One https://sofakingpodcast.com/show-notes-credit-card-fraud/ Fri, 18 Sep 2015 00:01:12 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=590 In this episode, we talk about identity theft and credit card fraud. With almost $12 billion a year in U.S. credit card theft, this is a big topic for the world we live in. In this Sofa King Podcast, we cover scams that can get your data stolen, how your data is being used by […]

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]]> full 1:00:00 590 Episode 22: Artificial Intelligence https://sofakingpodcast.com/artificial-intelligence/ Tue, 01 Sep 2015 05:13:50 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=560 In this episode we take a look at Artificial Intelligence. We cover the broad spectrum from your household thermostat deciding when to kick on the AC, to the possibility of cognitively self aware machines deciding whether or not the human race is of any value to there motives. Will we harmoniously transcend into a blissful […]

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]]> full 1:00:00 560 Episode 16: Radio Savages – with Jake Chavez KSVG Savage Radio https://sofakingpodcast.com/savage-radio-with-jake-chavez/ Tue, 04 Aug 2015 11:31:46 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=497 Jake Chavez from Savage Radio KSVG 89.7 FM joins us Episode 16 – This week we invite Jake Chavez from local radio station KSVG Savage Radio who’s dream it was to start his own radio station to the show. We take a look at the process that went into starting a station from the ground […]

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]]> full 1:16:45 497 Episode 03: Ridiculous News & DARPA https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-003-ridiculous-news-darpa/ Tue, 28 Apr 2015 22:55:59 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=184 Stupid News and DARPA. This week’s episode takes a look at stupid news stories from the web and the government group called DARPA. First, we look at some of the most stupid “news” stories we can find, read 21 reasons the British hate Americans, and play a game of “News or Bull***t.” For the second […]

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]]> full 1:22:10 184 Episode 01: Where’s the Water & Human Cyborgs https://sofakingpodcast.com/sofa-king-podcast-episode-1/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/sofa-king-podcast-episode-1/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2015 22:35:06 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=105 This is our official Sofa King Podcast blog. Welcome aboard. California Water Crisis and Bio Hackers. This week on Sofa King Podcast, we first explore the California Drought. We have a heated discussion about what citizens can do to conserve and whether or not they should since the corporations (such as Nestle and Big Ag) use […]

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