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September 7, 2026Episode 1344 min

Season 09 Episode 13 Ollindemans

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode13, we discuss Local LLMs, Hermes, and Openclaw. Working from home. What we are drinking: Lindemans D'or vs Noir both 8% abv What we did over the break Experience running local LLMs with two Nvidia 3060v2s Hermes agent and Openclaw We have a twitter @BeerandBroad Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons License

July 6, 2026Episode 1240 min

Season 09 Epsiode 12 Sour Economy (July 4th)

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 12, we discuss the jobpocalypse. Working from home. What we are drinking: Legion Friends and Beer Supernova Passionfruit Orange Guava Sour Ale 4.7% ABV Happy July 4th The jobpocalypse is upon us article We have a twitter @BeerandBroad Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons License

June 29, 2026Episode 1137 min

Season 09 Episode 11 Hard Socialist Speeches

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 11, we discuss CEO taxes and Commencement speeches. Working from home. What we are drinking: Appalachian Mountain Cidery Southern Apple Hard Cider 5% ABV CEO tax being equated with socialism by Google Founder article Commencement speeches met with boos over AI topics except one article1 article2 We have a twitter @BeerandBroad Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons License

June 22, 2026Episode 1058 min

Season 09 Episode 10 Venti IPv8 with a splash of Ram

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 10, we discuss Starbucks AI woes, RTX 3080s, and South East Linux Fest 2026. Working from home. What we are drinking: Lindeman's D'or Tropical Fruit Beer 8% ABV South East Linux Fest 2026 RTX 3080 has either 10gigs or 12 gigs of VRAM and the 3080ti has 12gigi VRAM Starbucks gets rid of AI inventory tool article We have a twitter @BeerandBroad Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons License

June 15, 2026Episode 937 min

Season 09 Episode 09 Malicious Hard CIDR

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 09, we discuss brewing a good basic apple cider, openclaw, and malware. Working from home. What we are drinking: Jo's CIDR 7% abv Local LLM with openclaw Reputable Malware Article 1 Article 2 We have a twitter @BeerandBroad Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons License

June 8, 2026Episode 833 min

Season 09 Episode 08 Efficiently Cooled Datacenters

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 09, we discuss using solar power to create ice and data center power usage. Working from home. What we are drinking: Southern Tier Holiday Cran Cran 7% ABV Solar options for storing energy and cooling off grid homes/ campers instead of batteries. ICE! article Data centers are eating up power on the east cost of the US. Power prices in many areas rose by almost double per megawatt hour. article We have a twitter @BeerandBroad Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons License

June 1, 2026Episode 729 min

Season 09 Episode 07 Coughing out the Windows

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 07, we discuss AI coding in production and moving to Linux as an OS. Working from home. What we are drinking: Southern Tier Rope Swing Sipper 5% abv AI coding in a production environment. Are we sacrificing quality and stability for quantity and speed? article Another reason to move to some form of Linux. Microsoft is now starting to auto launch edge when users login to windows. article We have a twitter @BeerandBroad Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons License

May 25, 2026Episode 646 min

Season 09 Episode 06 Addiction Mobile

Show Synopsis: In Season 06 Episode 06, we discuss Chat bots leaking personal info and private networks. Working from home. What we are drinking: 1911 Orange Creamsicle Hard Cider 6.9% LLM backed Chatbots handing out personal info. article Christian only mobile network will be available soon. article We have a twitter @BeerandBroad Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons License

May 18, 2026Episode 525 min

Season 09 Episode 05 Inexpensive Solutions for Advanced Problems

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 05, we discuss inexpensive technology verses expensive solutions. Working from home. What we are drinking: Stone Brewing Buenaveza Lager 4.7% Cheaper drones destroying expensive military equipment Bluetooth tracker in mail reveals top secret ship location. We have a twitter @BeerandBroad Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons License

May 11, 2026Episode 445 min

Season 09 Episode 04 Apple Lime ID Verification

Show Synopsis: In Season 09 Episode 04, we discuss ID verification and Apples CEO transition. Working from home. What we are drinking: Thirsty Dog Perro Mexican Lime Lager 6% ABV Apple is rolling out age verification around the world and so is discord Tim Cook steps down as CEO of apple, John Ternus replaces him. We have a twitter @BeerandBroad Get 25 dollars in credit at Ting . This Episode of Beer and Broadband is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons License