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23 Dec 13
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A Tale of 2.5 Cities

It’s the Insophisticate’s very first multi-state podcast! What an adventure!


061

21 Jul 13
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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.


060

19 Dec 12
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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.


059

17 Dec 12
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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.


058

13 Oct 12
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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!


057

18 Sep 12
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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.


056

31 Aug 12
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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.


055

6 Aug 12
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The Dark Knight Does Some Things

In which Rob and Andy discuss the third and final piece of the Nolan-Batman trilogy. SPOILERS!


054

18 Jul 12
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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.


053

19 Mar 12
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The new iPad

Andy, Brad and Dino talk about the new iPad and why iOS is pretty great, while most other things… aren’t.


052

29 Feb 12
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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.


051

30 Dec 11
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2011

In keeping with our tradition of discussing the notable things of 2011 (that we remember and/or care about).


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15 Dec 11
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Applicative

This podcast definitely wasn’t recorded in November. We shop online for socks, and then talk about iOS apps and games.


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27 Nov 11
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26 Nov 11
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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.


048

26 Oct 11
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Netf*x, Round 2

We are still talking about Netflix! Because they are still insane, maybe. Nerds!


047

16 Oct 11
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Apple

Apple stuff happened. Big stuff. We are aware of it!


046

14 Sep 11
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Blockbusters

We take a look at the top-grossing movies of Summer 2011 (AKA “Summer of Sequels”)


045

23 Jul 11
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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.


044

15 Jul 11
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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.


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27 Jun 11
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mInsophisticate: Stuck in the Snow

We made a shiny new podcast, but unfortunately forgot to press “record”. So instead, enjoy this timely short story!


043

20 May 11
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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!


042

25 Apr 11
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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.


041

12 Feb 11
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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.


040

24 Jan 11
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Getting Things Done

The Insophisticate returns for 2011 with discussion of workspaces and the people and things that occupy them.


039

28 Dec 10
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2010 (Part 2)

In which we conclude our discussion of the most notable things of 2010 (that we remember and/or care about).


038

23 Dec 10
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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.


037

3 Dec 10
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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).


036

15 Nov 10
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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?


035

5 Nov 10
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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!


034

26 Oct 10
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Baby Got Mac

In which we discuss the implications of Apple’s newly-announced Mac App Store and fawn over the new MacBook Air.


033

28 Sep 10
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The Nerd Kind

We talk about aliens. The interplanetary kind, not the other kind. Save that for your political podcasts, you… intellectuals.


032

16 Sep 10
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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.


031

10 Sep 10
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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.


030

6 Sep 10
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Of All Time. OF ALL TIME.

Rob and Andy talk about Kanye West and other hip-hop tip-topics. But mostly Yeezy.


029

4 Jun 10
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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.


028

21 May 10
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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.


027

22 Apr 10
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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.

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026

9 Apr 10
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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.

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26 Mar 10
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Swears

In which cursing is discussed. Seriously, this episode contains particularly… uh… colorful language.

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18 Mar 10
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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.

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5 Mar 10
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26 Feb 10
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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).

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19 Feb 10
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12 Feb 10
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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.

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5 Feb 10
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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.

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29 Jan 10
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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.

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21 Jan 10
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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!

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8 Jan 10
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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.

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18 Dec 09
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Super Year-End Birthday Edition

In which we discuss our top-fives for the year. Or top ones. Or top threes.

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2 Oct 09
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The Jay-Z Episode

Wherein we are joined once again by the incomparable Rob Mentzer to talk about “the hip hop”.

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5 Jun 09
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Video james

Look at us, getting all topical as we discuss E3 2009. Or try to, without getting too distracted by car racing.

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22 May 09
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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!

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15 Feb 08
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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.

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6 Feb 08
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003

25 Jan 08
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17 Jan 08
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The obligatory post-Macworld thing

Join us as we debate the relative goodness of the Stevenote. Is the MacBook Air a notebook for losers?

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14 Jan 08
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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.

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