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Caution! Listening to this weekly show about technology and culture may cause the following symptoms: uncontrollable laughter, onset confusion, chronic empathy, and heightened awareness. Listen at your own risk! Hosted by Georgia Dow, Brianna Wu, and Steve Lubitz.

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    • Jan 7, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 7m AVG DURATION
    • 81 EPISODES


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    Disruption 90: Game Over: Thank You For Playing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2018 59:21


    So long, and thanks for all the pandas.

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    Disruption 89: You're Protecting the Bumper

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2018 64:15


    After Batterygate brings us to the realization that Apple is the corporate equivalent of a woman in tech, we try to distract ourselves with Switch games before making an announcement about the show.

    Disruption 88: 88: Porsch-UH

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2017 69:15


    With Georgia unable to work her new house and Bri's car in the shop, we look at other things that broke this week, like net neutrality and Patreon.

    Disruption 87: IncriminatingStories.com

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2017 62:00


    With more disturbing stories from Congress and Facebook opening up their platform to six year olds, we decide we'd be better off just letting Bri run all the industries.

    Disruption 86: Brianna's Bargain Basement Therapy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2017 51:17


    Bri suffers through Justice League in the name of marital balance, Steve tries to justify paying for a Street Fighter Transformer, and Georgia copes with her new reality of his and hers VR rooms.

    Disruption 85: This Turns The Safety Features Off

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2017 47:26


    With Georgia off moving into her personal Holodeck, Bri drives Steve around town in her new car to talk about video games at high speed.

    Disruption 84: The Fog of Childhood

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2017 63:06


    Georgia finally realizes how bad the US government is thanks to Facebook's nude photo collection, Bri doesn't need any stinking lootboxes to own people in Star Wars Battlefront, and Steve discovers just how far his robot hero has fallen.

    Disruption 83: Colonial Conquest of the Mushroom Kingdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2017 57:53


    In a week full of things we're happy about, we take the time to settle the big questions, like how to get your dog to send Animojis, and the legitimacy of Princess Peach's claim to the throne.

    Disruption 82: Handel Liked Harpsichords

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2017 57:39


    We destress from trying (and failing) to find empathy with racist Uber riders by gushing over the cast of the live action Lion King movie.

    Disruption 81: The Rose Gold Trash Lifestyle

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2017 44:10


    In which we look to Wolfenstein to take the fight to the Nazis, and to Apple to allow us to preorder the iPhone X to save us from bad Pixel screens.

    Disruption 80: Skeletor Charisma

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2017 56:21


    Since an AI writing Scrubs scripts is clearly ushering in the end of civilization, we decide to spend all our cash on loot boxes. (It seemed like a good plan at the time.)

    Disruption 79: From the Mouths of Cartoon Avatars

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2017 78:10


    In which we long for a buggy Google Home Mini in the Facebook office, in the hopes it would surreptitiously record the meeting that left us with VR cartoon avatars in Puerto Rico.

    Disruption 78: More Chromosomes than a Chicken

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2017 63:55


    In which we look to Star Trek's future to be our unicorn chaser after reading the expose on Breitbart and white nationalism.

    Disruption 77: A Brotastic, Technofascist Orwellian Nightmare

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2017 67:37


    In which we figure out the best web sites to mine for cryptocurrency so we can afford the plane tickets for our dogs.

    Disruption 76: Purity Sphere

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2017 72:45


    The internet's Jessica Dennis is back to call out Bri for bailing on her Apple Watch, while Mikah and Georgia try to figure out how to hold secret grudges with one another.

    Disruption 75: Ahistorical Trash

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2017 56:31


    We're here just in time to help you decide which new Apple products to buy with the proceeds from your lawsuits against Equifax.

    Disruption 74: Platypongos

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2017 55:08


    In which R2D2 arrives at Georgia's house, with the secret plans for Disney's new streaming service. (Just don't tell her children.)

    Disruption 73: Scuba Sausage Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2017 70:26


    We reject the new VR dating show because of its embarrassing lack of Borg integration, shark drones, and coconut related fatalities. (But the new Star Wars toys are pretty cool.)

    Disruption 72: Full Ferengi

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2017 68:52


    This week, we take a tour of all the horrors of the internet, where we drive an Apple designed car while wearing an internet connected shock bracelet, and decide whether we'd rather be murdered by AI robots or live in the stomach of Yoshi.

    Disruption 71: A Well Armed Marriage

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2017 82:59


    Who wants to discuss American Nazis? Not us, but we’ll do it anyway. Also, speaking of abominations - we cover pop rocks burritos.

    Disruption 70: Empathy Deprivation Chamber

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2017 67:00


    This week, Brianna shares a heartwarming story about burning a Trump guild to ashes, Georgia is displeased with Disney, and Mikah is dismayed about the Google Memo. Steve showed up, which was brave, given that the Hearthstone expansion was released.

    Disruption 69: The Whitest Mannest Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2017 67:45


    In which special guest Jessica Dennis joins us to help us come to peace with Homekit and kiss our 32 bit apps goodbye before the AIs come to kill us all.

    Disruption 68: The Honorable and Venerable Colonel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2017 64:56


    In which Bri and Steve refuse to let Mikah and Georgia off the hook until they buy Splatoon 2.

    Disruption 67: Maximum Misery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2017 71:24


    We fly down to Florida to stay in the Star Wars hotel, and leave anonymous reviews for our barefoot seatmate on the plane. (Disrespecting personal space is the path to the Dark Side.)

    Disruption 66: I Voted for Rodimus Prime

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2017 70:17


    What to say to your sexy therapist after witnessing a collision between a self-driving car and a kangaroo makes you spill your Pokemon McFlurry all over your KFC smartphone.

    Disruption 65: I Have a Price Tightening

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2017 74:25


    Hey baby, I'm swirked to gave ever to say it for drive.

    Disruption 64: Doctor of Shade

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2017 57:11


    In which Bri drives a Winnebago to DisneyQuest, Georgia tries to assassinate Steve via Canadian confections, and Mikah reveals his unusual beliefs about books.

    Disruption 63: "Accidentally"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2017 64:26


    Looking for some funny show description text here? Yeah, well. You don't always get what you want, do you? Sort of like America's goal to go on living if Trumpcare is passed. Ugh.

    Disruption 62: Mario Took My Kidneys

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2017 65:33


    In which E3 has Bri lining up to buy a new Pokemon game, Mikah buying tickets to Japanese arcades, and Steve trying (and failing) to pronounce Mario's name correctly for a full hour.

    Disruption 61: Hetero Georgia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2017 74:52


    No one should listen to this trainwreck of a WWDC show: Brianna gives you the full Brianna. Steve is happy(?), Mikah isn't down with Babadook pride, and Georgia is heterosexual.

    Disruption 60: God Bless the USA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2017 55:09


    In which we're thankful that there's no Siri Speaker yet to record evidence of Bri's Nerf rifle's inaugural outing.

    Disruption 59: Estrogen Overdrive

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2017 65:40


    In which Google ruins Bri's impending marital Nerf ambush by sharing photos automatically.

    Disruption 58: Retraction

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2017 58:40


    In which Mixed Feelings' Quinn Rose joins us to discuss sexism in VR, Bri's Star Wars recriminations, and other things that make us WannaCry.

    Disruption 57: Shark Shagger

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2017 59:02


    In which cameras installed on outdoor advertisements bear witness to the inevitable conclusion of Bri's feud with the Nintendo Switch.

    Disruption 56: Vaguecom? Vajcom?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2017 62:07


    In which we resort to playing Puyo Puyo Tetris and lusting after new Microsoft laptops to temporarily distract us from the debacle that is Trumpcare.

    Disruption 55: Inferior Masticating Juicers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2017 67:26


    Not even Travy K's very bad day at Uber or Mikah's secret double life as a spy can distract us from getting down to the most important question of the day: Exactly how many augurs does your juicer need?

    Disruption 54: The Monkey Flies Alone

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2017 67:56


    In which our only respite from a dystopian future of racist AI and disappearing tech jobs is the siren's song of the Unicorn Frappuccino.

    Disruption 53: Hey, Sorry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2017 61:02


    Georgia's back just in time to smuggle Nerf weapons across the border for Bri, judge Steve's taste in fast food, and counsel Mikah through his existential crisis brought on by a terrible Burger King ad.

    Disruption 52: We Did the D

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2017 64:43


    In which the Internet's Jessica Dennis joins us to convince Mikah that a magic internet connected wristband could finally help him learn to love Disney World, creepy robots and all.

    Disruption 51: Georgia Judgement

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2017 69:20


    Georgia learns why Twitter's default avatar is an egg just in time, Mikah finds a phone made just for him, and Bri tells Steve just enough about Mass Effect: Andromeda to send him back to Hearthstone.

    Disruption 50: The Nintendo Ministry of Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2017 57:03


    It's our 50th episode, just in time for ISPs to start selling our secrets, which has Steve photoshopping Hearthstone wins, Bri scrubbing Switch searches from her Amazon account, Mikah putting faith in snow ninjas, and Georgia literally hiding in a closet.

    Disruption 49: Domaino Name

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2017 80:53


    In which Bri hacks her car, Mikah hacks his house, and Steve and Georgia plan the saddest rave ever.

    Disruption 48: Surgery on a Squirrel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2017 71:33


    We start discussing universal basic income to prepare for the day that the robots take over. (Hopefully Nintendo isn't supplying the hardware.)

    Disruption 47: Lured to the Van

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2017 58:21


    As Brianna’s campaign defends against a phony scandal perpetuated by right-wing news, Georgia tries to resolve the very real issue of Steve hating on the Nintendo Switch, while Mikah defends eating in the shower with diagrams.

    Disruption 46: A Joycon in a Banana

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2017 74:01


    Steve and Bri innovate the FRAK out of bad Trump news with a complaining contest, Georgia's plans to buy a Hummer are decimated like the environment, and Mikah gets excited about younger, sexier planets.

    Disruption 45: Do You Wanna Build a Strawman?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2017 82:26


    In which Unconsoleable's Jessica Dennis joins us to solve whitewashing in Hollywood, decide once and for all if Steve's heart is too cold for Frozen, and bring peace to the warring Girl Scout cookie factions.

    Disruption 44: ...A Duck

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2017 58:36


    In which we take the W3C to task for proposing policy that could leave security holes in browsers that Bombergirl could blow wide open.

    Disruption 43: The Safe Word Is "Sponsor"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2017 57:58


    In which we take on the president's Muslim ban, look at how medical advances are helping those with locked-in syndrome communicate, and go on a joy ride in Bri's new (to her) 2001 Audi TT.

    Disruption 42: My Comfy EULA Chair

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2017 73:22


    In which we decide once and for all how sexy the Microsoft Surface Studio is, on a scale of Supaboy to Superboy.

    Disruption 41: Switch Your Attitude

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2017 77:28


    In which we realize that we can't make fun of Canada anymore, so we pivot to taunting Georgia into buying a Nintendo Switch instead.

    Disruption 40: Subordinate Pants

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2017 70:30


    Disrupticons, reporting for duty! Mikah’s dealing with cognitive distress, Georgia’s can’t upgrade her bacon to a drone, Steve ushers in the bug apocalypse, and Bri fails to choose her words carefully in church.

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