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Take a light hearted look at the world of tech, science, and sci-fi. Special interviews with industry notables. Feed Your Inner Geek!

Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Steppe


    • May 16, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 59m AVG DURATION
    • 191 EPISODES

    4.9 from 35 ratings Listeners of Technorama that love the show mention: geeky goodness, 101, tech news, geeks, rambling, sci fi, plain, laid back, technology, science, dose, rocks, great interviews, isn't, podcasting, jokes, production, weekly, history, old.



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    Episode 772: We forgot to update the Firmare!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 63:55


    In this episode, we dive into a whirlwind of experiences! From conquering virtual classroom setups with clever caching at the ServiceNow conference in Vegas (and a mind-blowing Gwen Stefani concert at The Sphere!), to navigating the bittersweet moments of family … Continue reading →

    Episode 771: 20th Anniversary Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 63:33


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: Which Franchise Movie/TV show should be or needs to be turned into a sitcom version? (Laugh tracks, etc) On This … Continue reading →

    Episode 770: Don’t Quark Your Day Job

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 50:25


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: Would you rather live on a terraformed Mars (thin atmosphere, limited Earth contact) OR live in a massive orbiting space … Continue reading →

    Episode 769: Binary System of Fun

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 60:35


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes  from the show. Feedback QOTW: What’s the most ‘futuristic’ thing you’ve tried that turned out to be a complete letdown? On This Day In History for April … Continue reading →

    Episode 768: All the Good Jokes Are Gone

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 63:19


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What seemingly mundane everyday task would be exponentially improved (or hilariously worsened) with the addition of a rogue AI assistant, … Continue reading →

    Episode 767: Boeing! Boeing! Boeing!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 57:12


      Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What fictional character would you want to have a drink with? Voice mail: Krazy Joe (3) On This Day … Continue reading →

    Episode 766: The Wrath of Kahnectivity Issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 58:29


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: You’ve discovered a new planet entirely populated by sentient plants. What’s the first question you ask them? Voice mail: Jason … Continue reading →

    Episode 765: Livin’ in a Simulation!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 54:00


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: “What’s the most ridiculous tech-related purchase you’ve ever made?” (We all have those impulse buys we regret!) On This Day … Continue reading →

    Episode 764: Things That Make Us Go ‘Huh?’

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 55:18


      Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: Complete this sentence: It’s Technorama, of course they… Email from Madmarv …bring up the rear end of the DragonCon … Continue reading →

    Episode 763: Space Trash and Robot Cats

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 54:47


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What Tech or Science dreams do you wish will come true in 2025? On This Day In History for January … Continue reading →

    Episode 762: AI Ate My Homework

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 69:46


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.   Feedback QOTW: Now that the holidays are over, If you could come up with a new holiday tradition using the latest … Continue reading →

    Episode 761: The Starship Tannenbaum

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 60:03


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes from the show. Feedback Email from Tom Posz note about the quasar if it was closer to earth and then as bright as the sun, how we … Continue reading →

    Episode 760: Jingle Bells and Gigawatts

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 66:20


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback You’re building a themed escape room based on a scientific concept. What’s the concept and what’s the most challenging puzzle? On … Continue reading →

    Episode 759: We are short one Reindeer!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 64:02


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes from the show. Feedback Voicemail! (technology sometimes) QOTW: What seemingly ‘old-fashioned’ tech do you still use regularly and love? (e.g., vinyl records, physical books, a landline phone) … Continue reading →

    Episode 758: Christmas Crunch

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 69:30 Transcription Available


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes from the show. Feedback You’re stranded on a deserted island (cliché, we know, but roll with it!) and you can only bring THREE pieces of technology with … Continue reading →

    Episode 757: Cyber Turkeys 2: The Gobbling

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 53:28


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What would be the dumbest, lamest, and most boring superpower you could have that gave you an edge of normal … Continue reading →

    Episode 756: The Future is Now (ish)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 56:31


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: If you could instantly become an expert in any emerging technology, which would you choose and why? On This Day … Continue reading →

    Episode 755: Ghosts can’t lie. You can see right through them.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 72:57


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Latest recovery update from Kreg Chuck accidentally discovered Samsung DEX (Patreon topic) Chuck investing time in Notion (more in the Patreon show) … Continue reading →

    Episode 754: Space Tourism…Can We All Hitch a Ride?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 53:44


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: You accidentally trigger a teleportation device that merges you with a household appliance. Which appliance are you now fused with … Continue reading →

    Episode 753: Tainting the LLMs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 59:54 Transcription Available


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: You time travel to the year 2124 for ten minutes and are allowed to make one Google search. What is … Continue reading →

    Episode 752: This is Just Fan Fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 57:24


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback Postcard from Jorge QOTW: If you could have any fictional creature as a… – Technorama Podcast | Facebook On This Day … Continue reading →

    Episode 751: The Periodic Table of Elements…of Humor!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 51:24


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: Which fictional universe would you feel at… – Technorama Podcast On This Day In History for August 21, 2024 This … Continue reading →

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    Episode 750: A Beginner’s Guide to Bending the Space-Time Continuum

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 49:56


      Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What is the funniest inconvenient curse to put on someone? On This Day In History for August 14, 2024 … Continue reading →

    Episode 749: The Nerdvana Chronicles

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 54:57 Transcription Available


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW:  If you could fund research to solve one major scientific problem, what would it be and why?  On This Day … Continue reading →

    Episode 748: Is Your Fridge Smarter Than You? The Rise of Kitchen AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 68:42


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW:  If you could fund research to solve one major scientific problem, what would it be and why? On This Day … Continue reading →

    Episode 747: The Boeing Engineer was caught winging it on the job!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 48:23 Transcription Available


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: If we discovered an alien civilization, besides verbal language, how would you try and communicate with them? On This Day … Continue reading →

    Episode 746: Keep Calm and Geek On

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 74:47


      Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Chuck: What3Words – easy location finding Feedback QOTW: If you could create a game show for any fictional universe, what would … Continue reading →

    Episode 745: The Photon Funnies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What free thing is so good you can't believe it's actually available for free? On This Day In History for … Continue reading →

    Episode 744: Data Dumpster Dive

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What scientific breakthrough are we closer to than most people realize? On This Day In History for May 19, 2024 … Continue reading →

    Episode 743: Leaving Las Vegas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 61:37 Transcription Available


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: If time travel were possible, would you visit… – Technorama Podcast | Facebook On This Day In History for May … Continue reading →

    Episode 741: Fact, Fiction, and the Final Frontier

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 57:37 Transcription Available


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What is a movie where the main character just can’t get anything right? Postcard from Jorge in Oslo On This … Continue reading →

    Episode 740: Task Failed Successfully

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 47:53


      Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What seems to be overpriced, but in reality is 100% worth it? Voicemail from Krazy Joe Email from Dave … Continue reading →

    Episode 739: Technorama is an inside job

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 50:18 Transcription Available


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What is something that you think shouldn’t exist? On This Day In History for April 10, 2024 This is the … Continue reading →

    Episode 738: No Joke

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 67:58


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Reuters covered one of our stories… Dogs can associate words with objects, study finds | Reuters Feedback QOTW: What is your favorite … Continue reading →

    Episode 737: Catacoustics

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 62:10


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What movie would be the most improved if you add “vs Predator” to the title? On This Day In History … Continue reading →

    Episode 736: Neutrons Cannot Drive Electric Cars

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 61:34


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: If humans discovered a way to teleport anywhere on Earth instantaneously, how would this change daily life and global society? … Continue reading →

    Episode 735: Going on a Voyage

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 56:50 Transcription Available


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW:  If time travel was possible and you could send a modern smartphone back to a scientist from the past, who … Continue reading →

    Episode 734: Heart Flush

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 65:52


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.   Feedback QOTW: Take your favorite Superhero and give them a D&D Class On This Day In History for February 14, 2024 … Continue reading →

    Episode 734: Heart Flush

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 65:52


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.   Feedback QOTW: Take your favorite Superhero and give them a D&D Class On This Day In History for February 14, 2024 … Continue reading →

    Episode 733: Playing with the Speed of Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 54:45


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.   Feedback QOTW:  Fill in the blank: The reason I run or play Dungeon and Dragon’s is _______ (Wrong answers only) Email … Continue reading →

    Episode 732: Quantum Whiplash

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 67:27


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What are you looking forward to in the new year? On This Day In History for January 10, 2024 This … Continue reading →

    Episode 731: Brought to you by Steamboat Willie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 67:38


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What treasures that we 100% know existed still haven't been found? On This Day In History for January 3, 2024 … Continue reading →

    Episode 730: Sweet, Sweet Milky Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 71:09


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW:  What movie name or line from a movie would make an awesome band name? On This Day In History for … Continue reading →

    Episode 729: Embarking on a Kaleidoscopic Journey Through the Multiverse of Geekdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 63:52 Transcription Available


    Don’t forget November is International Technorama Voicemail Month! 707-530-2428 Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What is your go-to Halloween tradition or Costume? On This Day … Continue reading →

    Server Room of Horrors (from the Archives 2005)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 9:31


    The last thing you want to do is respond to a server problem on a cold, stormy night… especially if it's Halloween. Friends in Tech presents, The Server Room of Horrors. What secrets lurke in YOUR server room? Cast of … Continue reading →

    Episode 728: Toxic Workplace Environment

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 65:42


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: A person from 1923 gets transported to the year 2023. What things will shock him/her the most? On This Day … Continue reading →

    Episode 727: Podcast McPodface

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 58:00


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What idiotic trend throughout the years can you happily say you've never participated in? On This Day In History for … Continue reading →

    Episode 726: This is where Kreg gets fun

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 62:53


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What conspiracy theory is so easily disproved that you don’t understand how it’s still going? On This Day In History … Continue reading →

    Episode 725: Nationwide Emergency Podcast Alert System

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 52:42 Transcription Available


      Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.   Feedback QOTW:  You’ve been abducted by aliens. 30 minutes later they throw you out of their spaceship because you wouldn’t … Continue reading →

    Episode 724: Goodbye September

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 60:54 Transcription Available


    Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW:  What is one HP (hit point) to you in real life? On This Day In History for September 27, 2023 … Continue reading →

    Episode 723: ChatGPT is the only one that understands our sense of humor

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 55:18


      Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.   Feedback QOTW: What Geek-centric holiday should be nationally recognized? Q: What did Yoda say when he saw himself in 4K? … Continue reading →

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