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News of the weird has the FBI tweeting about Wu-Tang's album, Thom Yorke and Adele complain about streaming, and dumb audiophiles argue about 'breaking in' a cd player.

Lyons and Mike share thoughts about Metal Gear Solid V, and Mike weighs in on his first month with the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.

In the spirit of the season, Mike and Lyons talk about tech support responsibilities with family, and some New Year's resolutions to be better technologists and creators.

Justin and Mike share a rundown of their favorite films, tv shows and video games of 2015 in this perfect holiday season episode. Find out why they were disappointed by Peanuts, thrilled by The Martian, and why Colin Trevorrow worries them regarding the future of Star Wars.

Polly and Shelby share their favorite Christmas memories and traditions - including fights over the best kind of Christmas tree, the viewing of Christmas vacation, and what makes the best items for stocking stuffers. Also: Polly's mom is impossible to surprise, Christmas cookies are great, and the Bachelor starts in a few weeks. Enjoy! Happy holidays and a happy new year!

Matt releases his first solo EP, Spotify is hiring a UX expert. ALSO: We discuss desktop music players and a wicked cool new experimental control surface. POTWS: Pure Bathing Culture and Girls In Hawaii.

We welcome guest host, Meredith, to the podcast! We talk about the start of the Eclectic Read-a-thon starting the evening of Dec 19. We list our book wish list for Christmas; just message us for our addresses. And we discuss emotions during the high school years.

The Mac App Store continues to decline. What does it mean for email clients when Dropbox shuts down Mailbox and Carousel? And Apple's battery case.

Samsung partners with Google to make TouchWiz not suck. Porting games is way harder than you think. And Mike gets a Roomba!

Carolyn joins the ladies of Likely Story for a full episode. They dig right into the latest NFL updates, including Brock N'Roll and the Rodgers Duo. After a quick check-in on Fall TV Shows, they get down to business discussing the first half of The Walking Dead Season 6. Also: Star Wars, Thanksgiving stories, and Zoo.

Mike is officially creating a new album of original music, Rdio files for bankruptcy, Microsoft finally ends the Zune (you read that right). A new DAW appears on iOS and Tim Exile is still inventing the future of music tools. Picks of the Week from The Besnard Lakes and Terranigma!

Consoles are basically just PCs now and that might be a good thing. Lyons gushes a little bit about Arkham Knight. And will Apple ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack? Do we want them to?

Lyons tries to review the Nexus 6P but mostly just bashes TouchWiz. And a discussion of Hyrule Warriors Legends new character Linkle.

Shelby and Polly are back with Episode 21. Nothing brings the mood down like talking about grief and loss. But don't worry - they get back to discussing bad tv quickly. For example the Bastard Executioner, which has already been cancelled. Also: The Walking Dead, VEEP, and Life in Pieces are winning the world.

Mike is back on the show with a special tribute song. Also, we discuss slowing down chipmunks, harmonizators and the balanced keyboard.

Mike returns and shares the sad story behind his absence, as well as how you handle the digital artifacts of a departed loved one's life. On the lighter side, Mike got to use the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil and it's a huge step in the right direction.

In this final episode with Bruce, we discuss the rise of the paperback, the heyday of 20th century publishing, science fiction’s origins in magazines, and the meaning of books and reading. Also, some good old fashioned speculation on the future of reading and literacy: Why haven’t ebooks overtaken physical books in popularity? How is social media affecting literacy? And are writers being reduced to simple soundbites and Good Reads quote pages and bad graphic design posters?

We explore humanity through the discussion of two magical characters. Things get philosophical. Susan gets a new Kindle, and Jeannette makes Tara mad. Also! We introduce our Eclectic Readathon, which YOU can join!

Lars joins Matt as they talk about the combination of the visual and the aural, music tastes in relationships and their Picks of the Week that both could agree on.

Susan guests again this week and shares life with actually bad software. Comcast won't call it a 'data cap'. Family sharing may finally be coming to Google Play. And Amazon opened a book store because the one thing they don't sell is irony.