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Tech 4 Grown-Ups
Technology changes fast. Human nature doesn't.
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Tech 4 Grown-Ups is the weekly podcast for adults 55 and over who want straight answers about the digital world; without the jargon, without the condescension, and without being made to feel like they're falling behind.
Every episode covers the technology issues that actually matter to your life: protecting yourself from scams, understanding AI, keeping your privacy…
Episodes
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe $400,000 Phone Call
A 77-year-old retired nurse did the right thing and hung up on a scammer. Seven weeks and $400,000 later, she learned what happened next. This could happen to…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe BS Ends Now
The people building AI are buying bunkers. Meanwhile, your parents can't find anyone to help them with their phone. Which one is the real emergency? After more…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe iPhone Duo Verdict
Apple's September 9 keynote is done, and the numbers actually landed differently than we braced for last week. The iPhone Duo came in at $1,999, not the…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe $2,000 iPhone and the Debt Nobody's Talking About
Apple wants $2,000, maybe $2,500, for a phone that could ship with fewer cameras than the one already in your pocket. Recorded one week before Apple's…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThis Is How They Kill People Without Pulling a Trigger
An 83-year-old man got denied life-changing pain treatment three times. Not by a doctor, by an AI bot. And the company running that algorithm gets paid MORE…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsUsing AI to Shape the Midterm Elections
Your Vote Is Being Manipulated: The AI Midterm Election Threat No One Is Talking About AI deepfakes, election interference, and disinformation are converging…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsFlock Safety Wanted 350,000 Spies on Wheels: The Uber and Lyft Surveillance Plan Nobody Was Told About
I'm going to give you a number today: 350,000. That's how many Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers Flock Safety wanted to quietly turn into a rolling surveillance…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsYour Brain Is Aging Unevenly: AI Just Found Out Which Part Goes First
This week is a little different; for once, I'm not warning you about what AI can do wrong. I'm showing you what it's finally doing right, and it hits close to…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe Machines Are Teaching Our Kids to Stop Thinking
A teacher told me their students' aptitude scores are dropping, right now, in their own classroom, and their school district is barely scratching the surface…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe Face You're Watching Isn't Real (And Neither Is That Investment Tip)
The Face You're Watching Isn't Real (And Neither Is That Investment Tip) I want to start with a confession; last week I watched a video of a very famous…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThey Called It God: What Tech Billionaires Actually Said Behind Closed Doors
I am not afraid of this topic. Some shows won't touch it because it sounds too strange, too far out there. This isn't one of those shows. Here's the promise on…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsYour AirPods May Be Tracking You | SignalTrace and Surveillance
If a machine could listen to you without ever needing your permission, would it ask? That question sits at the heart of this episode, because the devices we…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsIT Horror Stories — Real Threats, Real People, Real Consequences | Feat. Jack Smith, IT Horror Stories Podcast
Your phone rings. It's your son. He's panicking. He needs $500. He's stuck and he needs it now. Except it isn't your son. It's an AI system that cloned his…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThey're Selling Your Brain: The Medical Wearable Scam Nobody Is Talking About | The Virtuous Machine Series
There are companies marketing themselves right now as the answer to your fear. If you have a family member with epilepsy, they're talking to you. If you have a…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe Glasses That Know Your Name - Meta's Secret Face Scanner and the End of Public Anonymity
Picture this. You're sitting in a coffee shop. A stranger walks in wearing a pair of Ray-Ban glasses. They glance in your direction. Their glasses know your…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe Company That Built It Is Begging You to Stop
The company building one of the most powerful AI systems on earth just asked the world to consider stopping. Not a protester. Not a politician. Not a scientist…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsBonus Episode: Apple Is About to Fold, And I Think It's the Best Thing They've Done in Years
I've been using Apple products for over 35 years. I know the difference between Apple genuinely changing something and Apple putting a new colour on something…
Tech 4 Grown-Ups130 Years. Four Generations. One Man With Cash. Where Was Everyone Else?
A family in Pakistan was enslaved, and I am using that word deliberately, for 130 years. Four generations. Great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, and…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsDisney's Dark Secret: Your Child's Face Is Now in a Database
The Happiest Place on Earth Just Scanned Your Grandchild's Face. Without Asking. This summer, millions of families are heading to Disneyland, and almost none…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThey Know It Could Kill Us. They're Building It Anyway.
One of the three people most responsible for building modern AI, the most-cited living scientist in the world, is now saying it could make humanity extinct…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsMeta Fired 8,000 People. Then Their Stock Went Up.
Meta just cut 8,000 people. At the same time, they increased their AI spending to $145 billion. Mark Zuckerberg did not apologize. And Wall Street barely…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsKodokushi: The Lonely Death Epidemic Nobody in the West Is Talking About
In Japan last year, nearly 77,000 people died alone, and in over 7,000 of those cases, the body wasn't found for more than a month. The Japanese have a word…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe Great Dumbing Down: How Tech Is Making Us Weaker and Calling It Progress
When was the last time you were genuinely, uncomfortably bored, with nothing to scroll through, nothing to look at, nothing to listen to? Most of us can't…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe IMF Just Said Your Bank Could Get Hit By AI - And Used The Word Inevitable
The International Monetary Fund just used a word you don't hear from the world's most cautious financial institution very often: inevitable. Not possible. Not…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsTech That Actually Matters, (part 2 of 2)
You've been told technology is for younger people. You've been handed a simplified version of an app, talked to like you need a different internet, and made to…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsWhen AI Brings Back the Dead, And Who Really Benefits
You didn't expect this conversation. You didn't see it coming in your news feed or your doctor's office. But somewhere out there, a grieving family is paying a…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsGhost Tapping: The Digital Pickpocket You Never See Coming
You never took out your wallet. You never tapped your card. You never handed anyone your phone. And yet there's a charge on your account you don't recognize…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsWhatsApp Is Changing in May 2026 — Here's What to Turn Off Right Now
If you use WhatsApp, and there's a good chance you do, this episode is not optional. In May 2026, Meta is embedding its AI system directly into WhatsApp's core…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe Tech That Actually Matters — And What Nobody Bothered to Tell You (Part 1 of 2)
Go ahead and Google "elderly tech." I'll wait. What comes back is phones with giant buttons, devices that sound like medical equipment, and tablets…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsSMS Blasters: The Text Scam That Doesn't Just Steal From You, It Can Get People Killed
Most text scams want your money. This one can cause a stampede. In this episode, we break down one of the most dangerous and least talked-about threats in…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsHow to Help Your Aging Parents Stay Safe Online — Without It Turning Into a Fight
Doug's 78-year-old mother almost wired $4,000 to a scammer pretending to be her grandson in trouble overseas. A bank teller stopped it, barely. And Doug had…
Tech 4 Grown-Ups75,000 Fake Songs a Day, And Nobody's Stopping It
75,000 AI-generated songs are being uploaded to streaming platforms every single day. 85% of the streams on those tracks are bots. And the platforms you pay…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe Honest Conversation About AI Nobody Else Is Having
Everyone is talking about AI. Almost nobody is being honest about it. This episode is the honest version. In this special episode of Tech for Grown-Ups, I step…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe Comparison Trap: Why Facebook Makes You Feel Like a Failure
Have you ever scrolled through Facebook and put your phone down feeling worse than when you picked it up? There is a name for what is happening to you, and it…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsThe Verdict Is In: YouTube and Facebook Were Built Against You
A Los Angeles jury just ruled that YouTube and Facebook deliberately designed defective products — and if you are over 55, this verdict is about you too. On…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsYour TV Takes Screenshots Every 10 Seconds (Here's How to Stop It)
Did you know your smart TV takes screenshots of everything you watch, every few seconds, and sells that data to advertisers? It does not matter if you are…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsEp. 3 — The Shame Nobody Talks About: Life After a Scam
If you have ever been scammed, or someone you love has, the money was not the worst part. The shame was. And that is exactly what nobody is talking about…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsEp. 2 — Why You Can't Stop Scrolling: The Science Behind Doomscrolling (And What Actually Works)
Think about the last time you read the news on your phone. Did you feel informed afterward, or anxious, unsettled, like the world was falling apart and there…
Tech 4 Grown-UpsEp. 1 — The Algorithm Knows Your Loneliness (And It's Using It Against You)
Have you ever picked up your phone to check something quickly and looked up to find an hour had passed? You were not weak. You were not careless. You were…