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21 episodes
The Art of the Move: Logistics, Tech, and Resilience
Tired of the rental grind? Herman and Corn explore how to hack your next move using military logistics, smart tech, and psychological resilience.
Escaping the Rental Jungle: Why the Law Often Fails
Why does the rental market feel like a jungle despite new laws? Herman and Corn explore the gap between tenant rights and lived reality.
Tiny Humans, Big Hazards: Baby Proofing Your Home
Is your coffee table a "jagged monolith"? Herman and Corn share essential baby-proofing tips for small apartments and curious crawlers.
Beyond the Diaper Log: Parenting in the Age of AI
Stop tracking every milliliter and start understanding the "why." Herman and Corn explore how AI and developmental science can save new parents.
Beyond Sticky Paper: Heat Shrink, Linux, and Pro Labeling
Stop using labels that fade in the sun. Herman and Corn explore thermal transfer printing, heat shrink tubes, and the best labelers for Linux users.
The Death of the VPN: Moving Toward a Zero Trust Future
Is the classic corporate VPN a dying dinosaur? Explore why the "castle and moat" model is failing and how Zero Trust is taking over.
Staying Online: The Math of UPS and Fiber Reliability
Keep your internet alive for 24 hours. Learn the math of UPS systems, the "inverter tax," and why fiber optics are a digital survival superpower.
Beyond the Blackout: Tech for Digital Survival
When the grid goes dark, how do you get the truth out? Explore the high-stakes world of BGP hijacking, satellite jamming, and mesh networks.
Your Life for Sale: Navigating the Data Broker Economy
Discover how a $430 billion industry tracks your every move and learn the steps you can take to reclaim your digital privacy in 2026.
Beyond the Four-Screen Limit: Mastering Multi-Monitor Setups
Hit the four-monitor wall? Herman and Corn explore how to drive massive display arrays using DisplayLink, daisy-chaining, and hidden GPU features.
Beyond HTTPS: Securing Your Digital Shadow with Private DNS
Think HTTPS protects everything? Think again. Learn how Private DNS hides your browsing habits from ISPs and advertisers in this deep dive.
Reclaiming the Rhythm: The Radical Circadian Lifestyle
Stop being a passenger in your own biology. Herman and Corn explore how to radically sync your life and home with the natural cycle of the sun.
The Agentic Mesh: How AI Agents Talk to Each Other
Move past human-to-AI chat. Discover how agents are negotiating, coding, and transacting in a decentralized machine-to-machine ecosystem.
Beyond the Mortgage: Is Home Ownership a Dying Dream?
Corn and Herman explore whether the drive to own a home is a biological instinct or an economic trap in an era of skyrocketing prices.
The Secret Language of Security: CVEs and CrowdSec
Discover the hidden plumbing of the internet, from the global CVE catalog to how tools like CrowdSec create a digital neighborhood watch.
The Invisible Dance: How Bluetooth Survives the Crowd
Ever wonder why your headphones don't pick up a stranger's music at a busy airport? Herman and Corn dive into the magic of frequency hopping.
Undersea Cables: The Fragile Backbone of the Global Web
Think the internet is in the cloud? Think again. We explore the 1.4 million kilometers of undersea cables and the global race to protect—or tap—them.
Eyes Everywhere: The Hidden World of Modern Surveillance
Explore the tech behind professional security and the "iceberg" of hidden sensors watching our every move in the modern age.
The Authenticity Crisis: Proving You’re Real in 2046
In a world of perfect deepfakes, how do we prove what is real? Explore the future of content provenance and the "Proof of Personhood" problem.
The Portable Fortress: Moving Your Network Like a Pro
Learn how to build a "portable digital fortress" using military tactics and roadie discipline to make your next move tech-stress-free.
Predictive Motion: How Transformers Are Learning to Walk
Explore how the same transformer architecture behind chatbots is now enabling robots to navigate the physical world using action tokens.