Padre's Corner (Audio)

Padre's Corner (Audio)

18% science, 27% irreverence, 22% current events, 56% geek life, 13% non-sequiturs and $19 of ranting. That's the formula for Padre's Corner – A show that's not necessarily about tech news, but created by those who love news about tech. Join Padre each week as he picks up the stories that fall through the cracks and geeks out with your favorite folks from around the Interwebz. Although the show is currently on hiatus, you can enjoy episodes from the TWiT Archives.

Episodes

April 3, 2015 21 mins

Scientists who are helping us find a way to take care of wastes from nuclear disasters, how to build an antenna out of a can, and a mini rant on ISPs popping up with new services out of nowhere to compete with Google Fiber.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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Sweden rewards you for driving safely, drone enthusiasts reward you for flying safely, and tech journalist Ryan Ozawa asks you to live safely.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Ryan Ozawa

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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A town in Germany fights drunken nuisances with wet feet. Then OhDoctah comes on the show to make you love him!

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Owen JJ Stone

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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A clever professor who spent a year living out of a dumpster, a review of the PowerPot which is a cooking pot for camping that has a thermal generator to create electricity, and Brian Chee comes by to talk net neutrality.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Brian Chee

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New Horizons, an awesome space probe on a long term mission and the one and only Scott Johnson drops in to talk about life as the "weird kid".

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Scott Johnson

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Breaking the ice with icebreaker ships with drones, Leo Copter takes off, catching up with Chase Nunes of Geek Gamer TV, and more!

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Chase Nunes

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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Renovating your house is easy... unless your house is an aircraft carrier! Also, Comcast hates you and Cheebert loves 3D printing.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Brian Chee

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How do you "unboil" an egg? Microsoft is going holographic, and Lou Maresca and Padre drone on.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Louis Maresca

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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Hawaii is the future of solar, Falcon 9 was a SUCCESS, and Myriam Joire drops by to geek out with Padre.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Myriam Joire

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Lasers on planes, microbes in space, and how Padre met Hippo.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Bryan Burnett

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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Using magnets to prevent too many bubbles in beer, clean up oil spills, and an interview with Steve Gibson about coding, security, and geekiness.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Steve Gibson

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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A new engineering material that is stronger and safer than steel or fiberglass, a DRM hack for your Keurig, and how to boost the speed of your Windows 7 or 8 computer without changing hardware.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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Highlights and interviews from Padre's Corner in the year of 2014.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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LEDs and batteries and satellites -oh my! Also, Robb Boyd from TechWiseTV drops by to geek out over enterprise tech.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Robb Boyd

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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How Geckos work and using science to imitate their wall climbing ability, an awesome camp stove called the BioLite, and a Podcast within a Podcast with The Book Guys.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guests: Paul Alves, Jimmy Goots, and Alan Middleton

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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If you want people to like you on the internet, be nice... but if you want to be popular, be mean! Lasers cut up the future of nuclear power, Padre preaches about Net Neutrality, and author Andy Weir drops in to talk about publishing, movie making, and "The Martian".

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Andy Weir

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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Google X is working on nano particles to seek out cancer cells in your body, the virtually indestructible ioSafe, and CEO of ioSafe, Robb Moore, this week on Padre's Corner.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Robb Moore

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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Is the future of solar in nanoparticles? Will balloon-delivered WiFi be the Internet of the future? Will Tim Stevens tell us the secrets of tech, journalism and the need for speed? Find out on this episode of Padre's Corner!

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guests: Tim Stevens and Bryan Burnett

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Powering nanomachines, swallowing needles for your health, and living nuclear all on this week's exciting episode of Padre's Corner.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Robert Stone

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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The future is about Oxygen-loving crystals, the ARC may help your EV to graze instead of gorge, and Steve Kovach from "Business Insider" drops in to talk about reviewing gadgets.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Steve Kovach

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Music: "Swimming in Turpentine" by Josh Woodward

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