Tech Tales Podcast
Tech Tales is a podcast exploring the technology world's epic failures, forgotten successes, and everything in between. Hosted by @corbin.io. Made without generative AI.
Listen on Spotify, YouTube, and all podcast apps: techtalesshow.com
- New episode! @corbin.io and @tallshmo.com discuss Microsoft Kin, the Windows Phone spinoff that went from launch to death in two months. YouTube: youtu.be/IFkWKKxZEIU SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...
- Enjoy this Microsoft Kin advertisement from 2010 discussed in the episode! Microsoft officially apologized for this commercial because it was "encouraging sexting," according to Consumer Reports. Source: www.lightpress.tv/microsoft-ki...
- Rebecca Heineman, the video game developer and comics artist you might remember from our Doom 3DO episode, needs help paying for cancer treatments. Please consider donating and sharing the fundraiser if you can!
- The Tech Tales episode on the DOOM port to the 3DO, which was primarily developed by Heineman:
- Get ready for Techathon 2025! Corbin, some Tech Tales guests, and other tech folks will be raising money for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on a livestream this Saturday, September 27th, 2025.
- New episode! @corbin.io, @zwander.dev, and @347online.me discuss Pirates of Silicon Valley, the 1999 docu-drama about the rise of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod... YouTube: youtu.be/-Ylhbm24a0Y
- Last reminder to watch Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) before the Movie Club episode goes live next week! Where to watch: www.justwatch.com/us/movie/pir...
- The next Movie Club episode will be Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999), starring Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates! Watch the movie now before the episode airs next week. Where to watch: www.justwatch.com/us/movie/pir...
- Tech Tales is four years old today! This past year, the show had three episodes, over 5K plays on audio platforms, and over 5K views on YouTube. More episodes are on the way, but thanks for sticking around! Listen to the Year Four playlist: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...
- New episode! @corbin.io and @codytoombs.bsky.social discuss ".beat" Internet Time, a new way of telling time from the 1990s, and how it led to an international incident over radio frequencies and Russia's Mir space station. SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod... YouTube: youtu.be/pEfNs67rjc4
- New episode tomorrow!
- New episode! @corbin.io and @tallshmo.com discuss the WannaCry ransomware attack that crippled hundreds of thousands of Windows systems in just a few hours. SoundCloud: buff.ly/4grUO31 YouTube: buff.ly/3ZTB5Sz
- Thanks for listening in 2024! #SpotifyWrapped
- New episode! @corbin.io and Mason discuss the robotic Abraham Lincoln created for the 1964 New York World's Fair. SoundCloud: buff.ly/3zf8Nc3 YouTube: buff.ly/3TlQqZH
- New episode coming tomorrow!
- New episode next week! "The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty..."
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- Tech Tales is now three years old! Thanks for listening and sharing the show this past year. ❤️
- New episode! @corbin.io, Zach, and Joe return to discuss the 2010 film Tron: Legacy. Bio-digital jazz, man. YouTube: youtu.be/er1sTpGoEmM SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...
- Hello world! 👋
