A Tale of 2.5 Cities
It’s the Insophisticate’s very first multi-state podcast! What an adventure!
Summer Music of the Summer
We talk about the #1 Summer Jamz for what may be the only 2013 episode of The Insophisticate. Spoiler alert: checkout our Spotify playlist.
2012, Part 2
Dino joins us for the exciting(?) conclusion of the world-renowned 2012 end-of-year podstravaganzacast. Video games, books, TV, gadgetry, and [other] are all sort of mentioned.
2012, Part 1
In what will be forever remembered as the definitive podcast of 2012, Rob, Andy and Brad discuss the best movies and music of the year.
Evidently We Bought the New iPhone
Well OBVIOUSLY. Brad, Dino and Andy spend way too much time (again) talking about things that probably don’t matter in the real world. Hopefully Rob will return after politics are done!
Evidently There’s a New iPhone
Well OBVIOUSLY. Brad, Dino and Andy briefly mourn Rob’s boredom-related death before spending way too much time talking about things that probably don’t matter in the real world.
Patently Absurd
Brob, Dandy, Rino and Ad talk about patents and how much or little sense they make with regards to technology. Look for a suspiciously similar podcast from Samsung in a few days.
The Dark Knight Does Some Things
In which Rob and Andy discuss the third and final piece of the Nolan-Batman trilogy. SPOILERS!
Bork Sork Spork Fork
Rob, Andy and Dino talk about The Newsroom and how it compares to TV in general as well as Aaron Sorkin’s previous work.
The new iPad
Andy, Brad and Dino talk about the new iPad and why iOS is pretty great, while most other things… aren’t.
Thank the Academy
In which we (and bonus cohosts Dino Corvino and Brad Schjoth) make various predictions about the Oscars for cash-money, and then complain about the results.
2011
In keeping with our tradition of discussing the notable things of 2011 (that we remember and/or care about).
Applicative
This podcast definitely wasn’t recorded in November. We shop online for socks, and then talk about iOS apps and games.
Giving, Thanks
Enjoy this not-quite-live Thanksgiving-recorded (sort of) episode in which we share what we’re thankful for. Or at least somewhat thankful for.
Netf*x, Round 2
We are still talking about Netflix! Because they are still insane, maybe. Nerds!
Blockbusters
We take a look at the top-grossing movies of Summer 2011 (AKA “Summer of Sequels”)
Tour duh France
As it turns out, we prefer to just guess about things versus actual research (but that’s why you love us). Flag quote courtesy of Jeffrey Rowland.
Netf*x
Andy updates his Netflix queue amid a torrid discussion of the recent price increase, and then the new Transformers movie wins an Oscar.
mInsophisticate: Stuck in the Snow
We made a shiny new podcast, but unfortunately forgot to press “record”. So instead, enjoy this timely short story!
Counting Down the Hitz
Rob was like “we should look at the Billboard Top 10,” and Andy was like “okay”. So then that’s what happened. Turns out there is music there!
Being Creative
We talk about working in professions with expectations of continuous creative output, and discuss just how we manage (or don’t, sometimes) to meet those expectations.
Advertisarial
Today Tonight Now on the Insophisticate: we take a hard-hitting look at the phenomenon that is “Super Bowl advertising”. Where did it come from? Is it safe for you and your family? You won’t want to miss this special report.
Getting Things Done
The Insophisticate returns for 2011 with discussion of workspaces and the people and things that occupy them.
2010 (Part 2)
In which we conclude our discussion of the most notable things of 2010 (that we remember and/or care about).
2010 (Part 1)
In which we begin to discuss the most notable things of 2010 (that we remember and/or care about). FROM THE FUTURE.
His Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
We talk about Kanye West (again), his latest project, and whether people who only know him for his non-music are missing out (spoiler alert: they are).
Co-Co Show-Show
Our beloved Conan O’Brien made his debut this week on TBS after his forced hiatus from television – is it everything we ever dreamed?
Toys!
We talk about the things that occupied us as kid-children, and how they reflect on us as adults. Also, M-M-M-M.A.S.K!
Baby Got Mac
In which we discuss the implications of Apple’s newly-announced Mac App Store and fawn over the new MacBook Air.
The Nerd Kind
We talk about aliens. The interplanetary kind, not the other kind. Save that for your political podcasts, you… intellectuals.
It’s TV Time
Hey did you know that the new television season starts soon? We did, so we made you a show about it.
Apple Stuff
What would The Insophisticate be without Apple? We look (with our eyes, not our hands) at the newest iPods and other Apple paraphernalia introduced last week.
Of All Time. OF ALL TIME.
Rob and Andy talk about Kanye West and other hip-hop tip-topics. But mostly Yeezy.
I Like to Ride My
We manage to record this despite Dino’s absence (if sound is less than optimal, that’s why), thanks in part to special guest Keith Uhlig. Oh right, the topic is bikes. And biking.
Men of Iron
Spoiler alert! If you haven’t yet seen Iron Man 2, don’t listen because that’s all we talk about. And to a lesser extent, Moon.
Roger Ebert can never be reasonable
The crew spends forty minutes rebutting the assertions of an old man who basically doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Not Really About Tiger Woods
No! This marathon-length podcast is about Apple’s newly-announced iPhone OS 4 and its impending effect on life as we know it.
Swears
In which cursing is discussed. Seriously, this episode contains particularly… uh… colorful language.
Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
This week’s episode is decidely super-human, as the discussion centers around such hard-hitting topics as emo-Spiderman, how cool (or possibly not) a SHIELD movie would be, how much better DC is than Marvel, and of course, Lady Gaga.
Windows Phone Mobile 7 9 Edition Series
The crew takes a look at Microsoft’s new (and confusingly-named) mobile OS. Then talks about some other phones. Then talks about Microsoft again. And dogs.
On Our Feet
In which it is established that there are many things that can be said about shoes: they are cool, sometimes expensive, generally necessary, occasionally customizable, and some people are obsessed with them (and other people don’t understand that).
We Made You This Podcast
The trio discuss a variety of topics, like such as the Olympics, people who don’t “get” computers, the Neo-Futurists, and that article about Roger Ebert.
Special 20th Anniversary Edition
Join us in celebrating 20 years of The Insophisticate (can you believe it’s been that long already?) with this very special clip show episode, lovingly assembled by Robots.
Brad Romance
Special guest Brad Schjoth joins the crew to discuss Lady Gaga and other pop divas, the state of modern music, and Taylor Swift’s scrunched-up face. Dino just wants to dance. Andy just wants to do his taxes. Also Murder at Sea.
The iPad
Is Apple’s iPad destined to become the king of tablets, or will it crash and burn? That’s what we try to figure out in this week’s Insophisticate.
Late Night Shake Up
A very special Insophisticate, in which we lament the passing of the short-lived Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien. We’ll miss you Coco!
Some Kind of Tablet
Rob Mentzer is conspicuously absent from this episode, in which Dino and Andy speculate endlessly about the imminent Apple tablet. Think of it as Insophisticate Classic.
Super Year-End Birthday Edition
In which we discuss our top-fives for the year. Or top ones. Or top threes.
The Jay-Z Episode
Wherein we are joined once again by the incomparable Rob Mentzer to talk about “the hip hop”.
Video james
Look at us, getting all topical as we discuss E3 2009. Or try to, without getting too distracted by car racing.
The 2009 Episode
Hey look – it only took us 13 months to record a new podcast.
And it will apparently take us a little while longer to remember how to use these computer things – wrong file was uploaded, will fix ASAP.
Update: File is fixed!
Well under an hour
We’re very excited to present an episode that is the result of minor planning and also a self-imposed time limit.
We’re really, really sorry
I promise, we’ll try harder to pick a topic next time for reals.
Now with special guest additives
Esteemed blogger Rob Mentzer joins our ruminations on the future past of video games, politics, the Oscars, and left-handedness.
The obligatory post-Macworld thing
Join us as we debate the relative goodness of the Stevenote. Is the MacBook Air a notebook for losers?
FYI, we don’t know what we’re talking about
Smash some champagne and run a System Update, cause we’re here and we’re talking MacWorld.