Grumpy Old Geeks

A few professional Gen X geeks dissect the tech news train wrecks of the week, calling out what went wrong and who’s to blame. Think of this podcast as if Kurt Cobain threw down with Tom from MySpace, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg in a back alley brawl. No mercy, no filter—if tech had a walk of shame, this would be it.

"Sporting a nice balance of serious sensibilities, sarcastic cynicism, and downright funny moments, it’s a good case study of the realities of the online experience. " ~ Fast Company

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May 30, 2025

699: TACO 2025

In this week’s “we told you so” edition, we kick things off with the latest AI faceplant—go ahead, Google “Is it 2025?” and try not to spit coffee on your keyboard. Meanwhile, over at Meta, Zuckerberg’s brilliant idea to loos...
May 23, 2025

698: Watch Out for That Tree!

This week, we kick things off with the return of Space Karen’s meltdown tour: Elon Musk got flustered in an interview, sputtered out one-word answers, and called the journalist an “NPC,” which is rich coming from the guy whos...
May 16, 2025

697: Office of Defects

This week on Grumpy Old Geeks: FOLLOW UP kicks off with Manus madness, a $2 million ticket to Trump’s crypto cash-grab, and Elon’s Boring Company worming its way into an $8 billion Amtrak boondoggle. Meanwhile, CryptoPunks ge...
May 9, 2025

696: Googliearchs

In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, we’re serving up a buffet of dystopia with a side of snark. First, Kuwait has finally realized crypto bros are an energy drain, not a feature. Celsius Network’s founder gets 12 years for r...
May 2, 2025

695: Mad Hatter

On this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks: Staingate delamination gets messy; Trump’s meme coin gets government domains; Elon wears two hats to a Trump meeting; DOGE hands housing laws to AI; MoviePass launches crypto box office bets; 4chan limps back online; Meta’s bots get creepy; AI rewrites 30% of Mi…
April 25, 2025

694: Hammers Don’t Hallucinate

Fyre Festival reboots as a music app; Amazon and Microsoft hit pause on AI infrastructure; Google’s AI hallucinates confidently; Kevin Roose wants us to feel bad for Skynet Jr.; OpenAI wants Chrome despite being broke; Perplexity brags about stalking your browser; Meta axes more VR staff while faki…

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Great Podcast

"Do you enjoy the two old guys from the muppets, that sit up in the balcony and heckle the stage? Boy! Do these guys have a show for you! They sit upon their podcast balcony heckling the tech world …"

Axe Coach David | July 3, 2021

First podcast

"This is the first podcast I listened to regularly and still the only one where I do not miss an episode and am also a paid subscriber. The mix of tech criticism and media banter makes for an enjoyab…"

PD Philly | Feb. 8, 2023

They think they're old!

"I've been listening to this podcast for a couple of years now, it is part of my weekly podcasts, along with Hacking Humans, Darknet Diaries, and a bunch of others. Must listen, all of them! They …"

Dave from WA and TX | Feb. 14, 2023

Long time listener, listen every weekend to protect my sanity!

"Love the show, each week is a great summary of the weeks highlight in tech news, the world and stuff going on. Dave Bitner's recent review of his trip to Walt Disney World and Star Wars land was awe…"

David Hinz | March 22, 2023

Dont Know where this is going - Yall keep it up

"Unlike many TV shows and podcasts, this show just keeps going on with great quality. Usually after about 20 episodes or less a podcast becomes complete crap. Been listening for 7 years and still feel…"

Anthony JB | Feb. 10, 2024