All Episodes
Shorty 004 - Give Us Your Rants
In appreciation of everyone who supports us and listens to the show, we want to feature YOU on Zengineering Podcast's 50th Episode, scheduled for release in the first ...
041 - with Leah Culver of Breaker - On The Potential of Podcasts
Today we’re joined by Leah Culver, entrepreneur, avid podcast listener, and CTO of Breaker (the app we both use to listen to podcasts). Leah has joined us to discuss h...
040 - On Star Wars vs Star Trek - May the Prime Directive Be With You
Welcome back, Zengineers. We’re finally doing it. Yes! Wait, what are we talking about? Star Wars versus Star Trek! YAY!!! Do you think the Millennium Falcon is the gr...
039 - with Lin Qiu - On Startups Part 1 - What’s My Motivation
This week our guest is Lin Qiu, Senior Software Engineering at Upside Travel! Lin's an old friend and a co-conspirator on a number of projects with Adam and Brian… and...
038 - With Scott Bauer - On Your Secret Love Affair With Pop Music
Howdy Zengineers! Today we're talking about Music with industry expert, Scott Bauer. Not just any music, either. We're talking specifically about Pop Music. Cringe! Wh...
037 - On Artificial Intelligence - Part 3 - A Philosophy Of Terminators
Welcome home, Zengineers! This is the final episode in our three part series on Artificial Intelligence. This is the deep dive into the big questions. Will computers b...
036 - On Virtual Reality - Part 2 - A Dungeon of Whiteboards
Howdy, Zengineers. Welcome to our second episode on Virtual Reality. We start this episode by examining the five traditional senses (evolutionary technologies?) that o...
035 - On File Sharing, Distributed Technologies, And The Birth Of Bitcoin
Hey Zengineers! Let me ask you a strange question. How would you feel if you knew that all your hard earned money was just going to be converted into a digital bit str...
034 - On Virtual Reality - Part 1 - A Weekend with an HTC Vive
In this episode, we discuss “alternate” realities, aka virtual realities. To do so, I travelled to Los Angeles to visit Adam (this is Brian, btw). Why you may ask woul...
Shorty 003 - On Writing Honestly
Hey it's a shorty! This week we've got a quick convo on podcasting versus writing, how each is used to convey info, and where it's easier to be dishonest. Dig it! Shar...
033 - With Alan Gilbert - On Procedurally Generated Content
Alan’s back, to help us bring you Procedurally Generated Content. What the hell is that? Well it might be our every day reality, but we’ll start simple where you may o...
Shorty 002 - On Stuff Made in China
It's a shorty! Just a little something something to get you through the week. This one's about some of the problems and complications inherent in the idea that we're g...
032 - On Bill Nye, Activism, And The Depths Of Science
The March for Science happened this last weekend all over the world. Did you know about it? We almost didn't. How awkward. Did we attend? Nope. Why not? Urrrrr ... Umm...
Shorty 001 - On Monkey Sex
Hey Zengineers! We're taking this week to introduce a new format you'll be seeing/hearing on our feed more often. The SHORTY! We'll explain in the episode. This one's ...
031 - On Planets - Why We Explore And What We Know
We've wanted to up our stoke recently, so after a lot of consideration, we decided to launch a three part series on PLANETS. We love em. We love em a lot!! Heck, we be...
030.5 - On Logical Fallacies - With Mike Rosolio
Hey! It's a bonus 'cast! When we had Mike Rosolio on last week we failed to make it out of the intro for the episode we planned before time ran out. After that we ran ...
030 - On How to Argue Good - with Mike Rosolio
We missed the Rhetorical Theory and Semantics class in school, but our guest this week got his degree in it! What's that mean? He's really good at arguing, and persuad...
029 - On Artificial Intelligence - Part 2 - What is Modern AI?
We're back, with our second conversation on Artificial Intelligence. Last time we mostly talked about the past, while we tried to dissect what AI actually is. We mused...
028 - On Crossfit and Being Fit Enough - With Ryan Zaffino
Hey everybody! We’re back with more Zengineering goodness. This week we’ve got guest Ryan Zaffino hanging out. He’s a Crossfit coach, personal trainer, and studying to...
027 - On Artificial Intelligence - Part 1 - A History of Artificial Memory
Howdy, Zengineers! A lot of season one danced around the topic of Artificial Intelligence, so we decided it was time to dive in for realz. This is part one of a three ...
026 - On Corrections with Alan Gilbert - Quantum Computing, Gold Dollars, and Solipsism
Hello Zengineers! We're back with our second guest episode of Season 2. Have you ever been listening and thought, "These guys are really really good looking, but what ...
025 - On Podcasts, with Borson And D-Abel
Welcome to 2017! In celebration of a New Year, we're hosting two of our good friends that are launching their New Podcast (I Don't Know Shit, with Borson & DAbel). We'...
024 - On Holiday Safety, Costco Carts, and Trump Snow Globes
Happy Holidays! This week we're giving out some holiday safety tips to keep the family from experience too many Chevy Chase Christmas-Vacation moments! We're talking a...
023 - On Fake News, Political Discourse, And Media Literacy
Hey Zengineers! Episode 22 was our Season One finale so we took some time off to invite new listeners (welcome!) and to clean up our digital landing pads so we can com...
022 - On Patreon, The Value Of Time, and Redistribution Of Wealth
Holy cow! 22 Episodes. That’s a whole season! This week Adam and Brian are talking about plans for season 2, our big move to Patreon, microtransactions, and of course,...
021 - On Mutant Mosquitoes and Internet of Things Cyberattacks
Hey there Zengineers! Did you notice the podcast wasn’t streaming for a bit last week? Worried about catching Malaria or Zika? Then this one’s for you. This week Adam ...
020 - On Millennials Watching Stuff, The EpiPencil, And The Napster Of Everything
Is the pharmaceutical industry headed for a Napster moment, is every industry? Adam & Brian are back, and they’re working through this one. First they're talking about...
019 - On Uncomfortable Silence, and Star Wars Simulation Theory
What’s up Zengineers!? It’s been crazy over here, but we owe you an episode, so Brian is Skyping in from the road. Sorry if it sounds a bit wonky. Anyway, this week we...