Posts in Season 7
S7E8 - Gas vs Electric Cars: The Tech Choices We Do and Don’t Have

Gas prices went crazy this year. Are electric cars actually better?

This is the one where Adam tries to decide whether to buy an electric car. In the age of Tesla, is it the right choice? Where did the choice even come from?

Adam and Chris take a look at the key issues that could help us decide.

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S7E5 - The Digital Prophet: Marshall McLuhan, with Nick Ripatrazone

When Wired magazine started, they did the weirdest thing a tech magazine could do—they picked a patron saint. Was Marshall McLuhan a digital prophet?

Chris interviews Nick Ripatrazone, author of Digital Communion: Marshall McLuhan's Spiritual Vision for a Virtual Age (2022). Nick is the Culture Editor for Image Journal and a Contributing Editor for the Catholic Herald.

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S7E4 - Does Slack Make Work Better?

Do you use Slack at work? Is your email inbox overflowing? Has any of this tech made our work better?

Workplace tech has grown a lot… from memorandums to fax machines to email to Slack! So are we all more efficient? Or more overwhelmed?

Workers check their email every 6 minutes. Slack users check it every 5! How do we get anything done? Do we just send messages to show our boss that we’re working? Performative productivity is real!

Chris and Adam arguing about work life for the first time. Tech is collapsing our work and personal lives together. Maybe that’s a good thing?

Plus, find out what happened a week after IBM introduced email into the company.

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S7E2 - What Christians Are Getting Wrong about Tech, with Tony Reinke

Author Tony Reinke thinks Christians have made a wrong turn with technology, and he is out to steer us right. We’re coming along for the ride.

We interview Tony Reinke, author of the new book God, Technology, and the Christian Life, exploring how humanity’s innovation relates to God’s purposes. You don’t want to miss this conversation!

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S7E1 - Hits & Flashbacks. Episode 50!

50 technologies. 50 arguments. 50 episodes. After 6 seasons, we’re celebrating with clips from our greatest hits. Get ready for flashbacks. We dug into the archives, and dusted off a handful of clips that have stuck with us, going all the way back to Season 1! For as fast as tech changes, these episodes have stood the test of time. And they’re still worth your ears.


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