Wonder what ever happened to AM radio? It’s hiding in a podcast near you. By Bill Wood A podcast is a digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or mobile device...
Personal Streaming
More intimate than the printed word for communicating with others. by Bill Wood Maybe ten years ago I had several conversations with creators of a never-before-seen motor-sport discipline. They were...
The Frame
Samsung is bringing art into your home. When we decide to watch something on Netflix, we have to go through Chromecast. Because we’re not the most tech savvy couple, it usually takes us some...
Cook vs. Zuckerberg
Two tech moguls will battle it out over your privacy rights. By Bill Wood Set your DVRs for Friday, April 6th, 2018 at 8pm ET, MSNBC. That’s when we get a deep dive into Apple CEO Tim Cook...
Red Bull TV
In the face of declining TV ratings, Red Bull is taking things into their own hands. By Bill Wood We hear a lot about declining television ratings for all types of programming, from dramatic episodic...
Building Banjos
The banjo has deep roots in American music, and Tim Gardner takes us through the art of making one. The banjo as we know it today is one of the great contributions to the American music tradition...
My Big Ten Inch…
With racy lyrics, Bull Moose Jackson knew how to have fun with music. Benjamin Clarence “Bull Moose” Jackson (April 22, 1919 – July 31, 1989) was a blues and rhythm-and-blues singer and...
Get to Know Tristan Harris
A former Google Design Ethicist discusses how we are manipulated by internet search engines and social network providers. by Bill Wood If you’re reading this you’ve already displayed two...
Labor Day Movies
America’s film industry is changing. Do you think the industry is listening? by Bill Wood Some quick background. I look for reasons to celebrate the end of the week and that often means going...
Cutting the Cable Cord
If you’re watching television, listening to the radio, or reading a newspaper as you did thirty years ago, you’re out of touch. By Bill Wood In November, 1974, Muhammad Ali told a battery...