Audeze founder Sankar Thiagasamudram explains that the next big thing in audio is 3D in a way you didn’t know you were missing with your typical headphones today. The headphones of the future will be spatially aware, and adjust to your listening preferences using artificial intelligence. And the crazy thing is these headphones already exist. The post The Future of Headphones is 3D appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Jul 01, 2020•27 min
What if that random joke you make turned into a party game? The Brothers Hermann of My Fake Band drop by Studio 3B to talk about kickstarting the Next Big Thing around the campfire. Plus: K-pop as the world’s conscience and a middle finger to Donald Trump. The post My Fake Band appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth .
Jun 24, 2020•23 min
The United States might have put a man on the moon first, but it was the Russians who first sent a woman to space. The Vintage Space star and author Amy Shira Teitel joins the geeks this week on a supporters-only livestream recording session and Q&A about Valentina Tereshkova, a woman 20 years ahead of her US counterparts. Russia won the female space race 57 years ago by G&B Senior Segment Producer Amber Healy From the early days of the space race, research supported the idea of women se...
Jun 17, 2020•38 min
Pop Life host and entertainment gadfly Richard Crouse is cramped in his spacious home office talking to celebrities in his fabulous hair while he waits for COVID-19 to pass and he can get back to making traditional television. We talk about new media and “In Isolation With”, the revenue power of funeral services announcements, and the secret to a successful interview. Oh, and Alan and Michael have a revolting idea on how to cash-in on Coronapocalypse. The post Isolating Richard Crouse appeared f...
Jun 10, 2020•32 min
Multi-platinum, Grammy winning mastering engineer Glenn Schick drops by Studio 3B to talk about the evolution of getting a musician’s idea out of their head and into your ears. The digital nomad whose work has crafted the sound of Justin Bieber, Drake, and The Weeknd stuns Alan with an interesting revelation. Also: why men should want to be a grower, not a shower. Yes, that. This episode sponsored by Audeze. The post Mixing + Mastering with Glenn Schick appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podc...
Jun 03, 2020•32 min
Music Producer Rob Wells drops by Studio 3B to talk about his crowdsourced version of a classic Journey hit by musicians from around the world. Plus, how the introduction of Pac Man 40 years ago marked the beginning of the end of the Pinball Wizard. The post Don’t Stop Believin’ in Crowdsourcing appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
May 27, 2020•38 min
Amy Shira Teitel of Vintage Space drops by Studio 3B to tell the story of two female aviators fighting for control of a 1960s NASA astronaut program that did not exist. The space historian and YouTube star’s latest book, Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight hit store shelves just in time for COVID19. Awkward. Plus: the ultimate documentary for 80s Sci-Fi nerds flirts with a million dollar Kickstarter milestone and why Alan Cross won’t be going back to C...
May 20, 2020•38 min
Instrument online sales are through the roof, but returns aren’t. Cosmo Music’s Mark Hebert isn’t worried about a rash of regretful rocker wannabes. But it’s not all rosy: Amazon takes a huge piece of the action. What is Canada’s largest independent music store going to do? The post Instruments of COVID-19 appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
May 13, 2020•31 min
Veteran CNN reporter Jessica Yellin on how COVID19 is changing newsrooms, her Instagram-based news service, and why Fox News isn’t solely to blame for the Untied States of America. News Not Noise By Christa Sampson What happens when the news you consume comes from a live stream vs. the mainstream? There are no special effects. […] The post News Not Noise with Jessica Yellin appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
May 06, 2020•37 min
A blessing in disguise? Cardi B is suffering a 17% drop in online streaming amid COVID-19. But are we really turning to radio as we WFM? Zack Zalon of Super HiFi joins Alan and Michael to discuss the intersection of old media and new while the pair bicker like the Costanzas over the idea that anyone would turn on the radio at home in the first place. The post COVID Killed the Streaming Star with Zack Zalon appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Apr 29, 2020•33 min
How does a car company switch to producing ventilators in the age of COVID-19? Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) joins us to talk about marshalling his members to convert production lines from making car parts to medical equipment. Plus, Volpe’s choice of bitchin’ tunes to play while burning rubber in […] The post The Car Man vs. COVID-19 appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Apr 22, 2020•32 min
It’s 1985, you just bought this bitchin’ IROC-Z. What’s the first song you play as you drive off? We put that to the listeners and came up with #possiblyfakefacts about each entry then turned the tables on Alan Cross to see if he could tell if we faked it. Plus: Canadians have gone sex-gadget crazy […] The post COVID-19 vs IROC-85 appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Apr 15, 2020•30 min
Nobody cares about audio until they can’t hear it. But when it comes to VR, what makes the virtual real is as much the sound as the three dimensions around you. Overworld XR founder Jonathan Rowden joins us in self-isolation at his home studio to talk about sound engineering in 3D as Michael goes on […] The post The Future of VR is Sound appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Apr 01, 2020•37 min
(Fixes missing audio) What Pornhub analytics tells us about how we’re “working from home.” The Coronavirus Panic Index claims its A.I. saw this coming by analyzing the emotion of our social media posts. Cognovi Labs CEO Dr. Beni Gradwohl introduces us to his machine. Plus: Half-Life is back and only in VR. Guess who’s super […] The post Take 2-Coronapocalypse AI: The Panic Index appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Mar 25, 2020•33 min
Legendary Tragically Hip manager Jake Gold tells us why COVID-19 will make SARS look like the sniffles for the music industry. And actual doctors are recommending we switch from shaking hands to the “Live Long and Prosper” sign. Remember when you had concert tickets for shows in March and early April and were so stoked […] The post My Corona appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Mar 18, 2020•37 min
The man behind MIDI 2.0, Mike Kent, drops by Studio 3B to talk about why an update to a 37 year old technology is going to revolutionize the way music is produced, and how it’s so powerful, we have no idea what we’ve unleashed once artificial intelligence gets a hold of it. Plus: Alan was […] The post The Future of Music Has Arrived: MIDI 2.0 appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Mar 11, 2020•40 min
Your AirPods are thanks to grunge musicians of the 1990s. Your dad’s headphones came from the U.S. Navy. And Grampa? The invention of the telephone. Headphone wizard and CEO of Audeze Doctor C. joins us to look back at the history of cans. Plus: how to direct a live music video. The post History of Headphones appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Mar 04, 2020•32 min
Music fans in Toronto can easily club and hall hop on any given night and see a lineup of incredible homegrown and internationally known bands, from tiny rooms to a major arena. That wasn’t the case even 50 years ago, when “rock bands (were) playing in tiny coffeehouses in Yorkville,” says Jonny Dovercourt, author of […] The post Any Night of the Week appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Feb 26, 2020•28 min
What do Mark Hamill, Wutang Clan, James Spader, Pearl Jam, Pokemon Go, Spotify, Augmented Reality, Samsung, and a vinyl pressing plant fire all have in common? This episode. The post The B Material appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth .
Feb 19, 2020•36 min
Valentine’s Day shouldn’t just be for new couples, amirite? Pol Gerbeau of Desire Games on his “Dare” app for married couples, Michael browses “the best edibles for a romantic evening” while Alan fears his wife’s reaction to the app. The post Married Valentine appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth .
Feb 12, 2020•29 min
The rise of the iPod marked the decline of the dominance of the Home Stereo. But as streaming audio dominates, HD audio is making a comeback - and Apple should be worried. Mark Cohen of Audeze joins us to talk about the return of High Fidelity. Plus: Ground Zero for the Coronavirus is also the home of China's punk scene, and why we've been KICKED OFF SPOTIFY The post The Return of High Fidelity appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Feb 05, 2020•32 min
A new study has found AI is better at spotting breast cancer than a doctor. A super team of researchers from Google Health, Imperial College London, the National Health Service and Northwestern University have trained an AI model on X-ray images from almost 29,000 women. The post Doctor AI appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Jan 29, 2020•31 min
The geeks look back at the creative force behind Rush, why Star Trek Picard may determine the future of CBS All Access thanks to subscription fatigue, and Dr. House in Spaaaace…. The post Neil Peart appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth .
Jan 22, 2020•40 min
Cannabis journalist Jameson Berkow joins us to talk about why the best gadget at CES 2020 may have been a Vape Pen from CES 2016. Plus, the founders of high-tech marijuana humidor maker Keep Labs walked away from CES 2020 and an award after being told they couldn’t tell attendees their biometric security device was […] The post The Technology of Getting High, David Lee Roth Review appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Jan 15, 2020•55 min
Join the geeks as we eat our way through CES 2020, Michael discovers IOT-powered diapers, field reporter Andy Baryer finds a Samsung TV that rotates itself to portrait mode for vertical video, and Alan uncovers a doggy door that keeps you from getting out of bed in the middle of the night for your pooch. […] The post Live from CES 2020 appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Jan 11, 2020•1 hr 18 min
We close 2019 with our good friend and music producer Brent Bodrug to talk all about Men At Work’s song, “Down Under” – and not the version that was the hit song of the 1980s. Released in 1981 by Australian band, Men At Work, the song reached Platinum certification in the US and the UK, […] The post The Original “Down Under” by Men At Work appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Jan 01, 2020•41 min
It was a weird year. And not just that a Canadian tops the streaming charts, the Raptors were the most searched term, or that the world’s biggest porn site reports Grandma watches for longer than her grandkids. 2019 in Music Let’s look back at music of 2019. Spotify is notorious from having AMAZING analytics at […] The post 2019: The Year in Streaming, Search, and Sex appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Dec 18, 2019•38 min
1/5th of the Kids in the Hall joins the geeks from the block-heater capital of Canada to talk about getting the band back together, why he’s not the least bit qualified to write and sing in a rock opera, and why the hell he’s living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The post Kevin McDonald’s Rock Opera and Other Oddities appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Dec 11, 2019•42 min
Social Media Guy Stewart Reynolds tells us why Tik Tok doesn't get sued for music sampling, his inaugural Social Media North conference, and why U2 is just getting big halfway around the world. The post Social Media North appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth .
Dec 04, 2019•41 min
The music industry is locked in a cold war for gold records. And in the digital streaming age, the weapons are algorithms. Entertainment Intelligence founder Greg Delaney joins us from the London bureau to talk about how an avalanche of data is burying artists who don’t adapt to the modern age. The post Entertainment Intelligence appeared first on The Geeks and Beats Podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth ....
Nov 27, 2019•34 min
