Wassup Zengineers!?It's been a minute. How's stuff?We'll keep it simple. ChatGPT dropped... and it's cool enough that we had to bring in a guest and do an episode about it. That's it. We hope you enjoy it.✌️ KerpMore Ramsay here:https://t

099 - On Star Trek TNG (Mostly Commander Data).

Jun 28th, 2022 51m 35s

Wassup Zengineers!I've had this sitting on my desktop for a couple years at this point. Had some time, so I finally processed it. Enjoy. Hope all is well 🚀✌️Kerp--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zengineer

098 - On Open Source Collaboration

Sep 10th, 2020 1h 1m

Howdy, Zengineers!Did you know everything you do all day runs on software? Yup. It’s true. Everything. Well … I mean, not EVERYTHING, but pretty much everything. Your car. Your electricity. Your phone. Your computer. Your TV. Even our dishwash

097 - On Breaking up Big Tech & The Data Economy

Jul 29th, 2020 1h 18m

Hi, Zengineers!I’m sure you’ve heard of Amazon, right? What about Facebook? Do you use it? Google? Apple? Ma Bell? Carnegie? Vanderbilt? Woot woot!! Ok… enough listing. What’s the topic, you ask? Yeah … we’re going for it, and taking on the r

096 - On Superheroes & Comic Books

Jul 16th, 2020 1h 21m

Hey, Zengineers!!We’ve got one of those easy to do and easy to listen to nerd bomb episodes this week. SUPERHEROES!! Also comic books. Yay. What fun? Yes, we agree. Stoked, so let’s get after it.This one is all about why we care, and why we’r

095 - On Wolfram's Theory of Everything

Jun 9th, 2020 54m 19s

Hey, Zengineers!!This week we’re going deep into the void of the unknown, to unravel the deepest mysteries of our universe. How will we get there? What will we discover? No one knows, and that’s what’s so exciting about it. So, let’s get right

094 - On Dice

Apr 29th, 2020 47m 5s

Howdy, Zengineers!!Oh boy. We’ve got a real zinger for you this week. We’re discussing one of our favorite toys; one that’s been with us since antiquity; one that enables so many games; one that truly represents some of the best. We’re talkin

093 - with Dorna Moini - On Access to Justice

Apr 9th, 2020 1h 4m

Hey there Zengineers,This week we've got Dorna Moini on the show. She's co-founder of Documate, a legal tech company that helps lawyers (and other businesses) automate document creation to make their ops more efficient and their services more

092 - On Cognitive Bias

Mar 25th, 2020 50m 45s

Heyo Zengineers,As you might be able to appreciate, things are a bit nuts out there (and over here) right now. So, we're gonna be shorter on our descriptions for a bit in favor of keeping the episodes coming. But, we know that's what you're he

091 - with Alexsandra Guerra of Nori - On The Stories of Climate Change

Mar 4th, 2020 54m 56s

What’s the happs, Zengineers?We’re back with our old friends at Nori, this week talking to Alexsandra Guerra Co-Founder & Director of Corporate Development, and 30 Under 30 GreenBiz 2019 Award Winner. For those in the know, this continues our

090 - On Apple and Encryption Backdoors

Feb 13th, 2020 36m 46s

Hey Zengineers!We’re back with a quick one to hit a timely topic (again!) Encryption backdoors are back in the news, so were hitting it again. If you want to know what’s going on with the latest fight between Apple and the government, and all

089 - with Mike Rosolio - On Video Game History

Jan 7th, 2020 1h 13m

Howdy, Zengineers,This week we’ve got our most popular guest, back for another romp down memory lane. Yes, Mike Rosolio returns to discuss the history of Video Games with us. There are some secret reveals, but I can’t remember if they are so

088 - On Government - Part 1 - An Operating System for the United States

Dec 24th, 2019 57m 39s

Happy Holidays, Zengineers,Adam is our conductor this week, guiding the train down the historical tracks of political exploration. Did you know that Adam went to law school? Of course you did. It comes up all the time. Yes. We do too, but he

087 - with Sam Rad - On Blockchains, Supply Chains, and Paradigm Shifts

Dec 10th, 2019 1h 11m

Our friends, the Zengineers,We are joined this week by anthropologist, technologist, speaker, and author, Samantha Radocchia, AKA, Sam Rad. Yeah, that's a great full name and great nickname. Way to be named, Sam!!We've been excited about this

086 - with Peter Dering - On Peak Design, Kickstarter, and Living Carbon Neutral

Sep 24th, 2019 1h 21m

Heyo, Zengineers!This week, we get to be fan boys of our guest. As you all know, Adam and I are life long photographers, so you can imagine our joy when Peter Dering of Peak Design agreed to join us for a few hours to share his experience des

085 - with Jeffery A. Martin - On Happiness, Fundamental Wellbeing, and Flow States

Sep 11th, 2019 1h 21m

What’s up, Zengineers?We’ve got a real fun one this week. We’re joined by Dr. Jeffery Martin. He is a founder of the Transformative Technology space, serial entrepreneur and social scientist who researches personal transformation and the state

084 - On Stuff - Headphones

Aug 21st, 2019 1h 11m

Hi, Zengineers!That's right! It's time to learn about stuff. You know, those everyday things that we all interact with but we don't always take time to think too much about. This week, that stuff, is headphones!These crazy things are everywhe

083 - with Greg Kieser - On AI Superintelligence

Jul 30th, 2019 1h

What's happening, Zengineers?This week we're joined by Author, Technologist, Entrepreneur and Angel Investor, Greg Kieser. He shared his most recent book, "Dear Machine, A Letter to a Super Aware/Intelligent Machine (SAIM)" with us a few mont

082 - On Curating A Media Diet

Jul 18th, 2019 1h 9m

Heyo, Zengineers!Podcasts are all the rage these days. "What a hip new form of media," they say. "Adam and Brian are so cool for hosting their own podcast." It's true. We're super cool. That's cuz media drives culture. It always has.This we

081 - with Bethany Simpson - On VR, Egypt, and the Future of Education

Jul 2nd, 2019 1h 17m

Hi, Zengineers!We're heading back in time this week to explore the wondrous and captivating world of ancient Egypt. "Wow, that's terrific," I bet you're saying to yourself. So many people have been consumed by a fascination into the fantasy a

080 - On a Life of Video Games

Jun 18th, 2019 1h 11m

Zengineers!! What's the happs?Let's have a fun chat this week, we said. Something we both love, that reminds us of being young, and that we could talk about in depth and at length. Well, we came up with video games. In fact, we were so excite

077 - with Tim Foad - On Economics, Technology, and Productivity

Jun 18th, 2019 56m 59s

What's up, Zengineers?Welcome back to the laboratory. This week we're discussing economics with a real live economics professor. Wow! Tim Foad is a good friend, the Chair of the Department of Economics at San Diego State University, and a gre

079 - with Patrick Mellor - On Earth’s History of Climate Change

May 22nd, 2019 1h 11m

Hey there, Zengineers?We hope you're down for a wild ride this week. Our guest is Patrick Mellor: biological scientist, philosopher, geological climatologist (we may have invented this title), researcher, journalist and poet. Needless to say,

078 - On Surviving In The Woods

Apr 27th, 2019 52m 10s

What's up, Zengineers?We're back in the party pad! Hooray. This week we're getting grungy, or is it crunchy, or maybe grundly? I don't know. Whatever you call it, we're talking about surviving in the great outdoors. You know, AKA, hiking, cam

076 - On Dragon Capsules, Space Trash, and VR Experiences

Mar 30th, 2019 49m 14s

What's up, Zengineers?Welcome back to the laboratory. It's just us this week (no guests), so we've taken the liberty of chasing a bunch of random topics as a throwback to our early episodes.We started the convo with the intention of sharing