

Teeth, Laptops, Cots and Software
In this short-but-sweet premium ep, Raph and James rattle through some of the biggest stories from the past week, planting flags for later told-you-so's: Private equity firms are feeling the SaaSpocalypse Apple's MacBook Neo play The SNOO Zuckerberg vs Wang Plus, Raph describes his whirlwind weeke…

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On The Chopping Block (PREMIUM)
You may know Jack Dorsey as co-founder of Twitter or the guy who runs the company that makes those little card reader doo-dads at your local coffee shop, or perhaps that one random mention in a Kendrick Lamar song. Right now, he's in the news for laying off a whole hunk of people from Block, the c…

Anthropic Goes To War
For today's free ep, we examine the current spat between Anthropic and Trump's Department of War over use of their AI model Claude. Should a next-token prediction model be allowed to make decisions in the heat of battle? Should the snuffing out of a human life be prompted by a computer? Is Mark Zu…

Anthropic Goes To War
For today's free ep, we examine the current spat between Anthropic and Trump's Department of War over use of their AI model Claude. Should a next-token prediction model be allowed to make decisions in the heat of battle? Should the snuffing out of a human life be prompted by a computer? Is Mark Zu…

The Far-Flung Future of 2028
When one thinks of impossible futures, they often think of a luxurious, technological wonderland. An unimaginable utopia where humans live in perfect harmony, their every want and need being fulfilled through meteoric advances in artificial intelligence. A prosperous society of abundance and civili…

The Far-Flung Future of 2028
When one thinks of impossible futures, they often think of a luxurious, technological wonderland. An unimaginable utopia where humans live in perfect harmony, their every want and need being fulfilled through meteoric advances in artificial intelligence. A prosperous society of abundance and civili…

Squat and Cough
Hairline receding? Penis limp? Belly big? Ask your telehealth consultant about Down Round's 1-a-day chewable vitamins, prescribed exclusively through our beautifully designed custom app. Be the you you want to be! Live forever! Meet your great great grandchildren! Eat the bug and live in the pod, …

Down Round Q&A Pt.1
Some have argued that doing Q&A episodes is just a way of farming out the hard bits of doing a podcast to your audience. Not around these parts, buster.

Down Round Q&A Pt. 2 (PREMIUM)
You had more questions for us in the mailbag, and we had some answers.