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The Smart Home Show

The Smart Home Show

Hosted by Adam Justice

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Episodes

216

Latest episode

Dec 2025

Language

EN

About the show

Join hosts Adam Justice and Richard Gunther as they explore the smart home universe. The Smart Home Show features interviews with smart home leaders, analysis of the latest smart home news and the occasional Q and A and product review. All smart home, all the time.

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December 28, 20251 hr 13 min

Episode 236 - Technology.FM Fireside Chat 2025

It’s that time of year when we get together with the other Technology.FM folks to discuss what’s happened in the smart home this year and what may happen in the smart home next year. Thanks for sticking with us!

August 11, 20251 hr 1 min

Episode 235 - Automate Your Yard Work with Robot Mowers

This summer, we're taking the smart home outside. This is the first in a series of outdoor smart home episodes where we'll focus on technology that can make the exterior of your smart home as smart as the interior.YouTuber and Podcaster Brandon Doyle joins Richard and Adam in this episode to survey the landscape of smart outdoor maintenance devices. And the timing is perfect, as Brandon has recently published his roundup of multiple robot mowers.

June 30, 202551 min

Episode 234 - Taming the Wi-Fi in Your Smart Home

Adam and Richard are diving deep into Wi-Fi, so you can make the best of the spectrum in your home for your smart, connected devices.

January 17, 202555 min

Episode 233 - CES 2025

Adam and Richard are at CES this year, talking about the products, categories, and themes that are catching their attention at the show. They also discuss this show's value to companies, small businesses, and entrepreneurs.

December 27, 20241 hr 35 min

Technology.FM Fireside Chat 2024

It time for the 10th annual technology.fm year-end wrap-up. This year, Adam and I join the guys from the HomeTech Podcast to share our thoughts on the year and weigh in with predictions for 2025.If you want a Mill of your own, you can get $200 off using Richard's referral link.Have questions or feedback for us? Send it to feedback@smarthome.fm.

November 19, 202459 min

Episode 231 - What’s So Great About Home Assistant?

Paulus Schoutsen, the founder and creator of Home Assistant, dives deep into home automation software with Adam and Richard. They discuss what moves Home Assistant is making in the DIY and pro spaces, and why it's receiving a surge of interest from a more general audience.Have questions or feedback for us? Send it to feedback@smarthome.fm.

September 18, 20241 hr 15 min

Episode 230 - Richard’s Smart Home 2024 Update

Adam checks in with Richard about his smart home acquisitions from the past year, including new lighting solutions from Inovelli and Legrand, a smart outlet from Leviton, and the Nest Learning Thermostat v4.They also discuss the Mill Food Recycler, which turns food scraps into something resembling coffee grounds. Those grounds can then be composted, used as fertilizer, or shipped back to Mill to be turned into chicken feed.If you want a Mill of your own, you can get $200 off using Richard's referral link.

July 16, 202451 min

Episode 229 - AI in the Smart Home

Adam and Richard talk about the state of AI in the smart home, including fridges with computer vision and how Josh.ai is trying to fix voice-controlled home automation. Then, they talk about Apple's AI-related announcements at WWDC, including a huge tie-up with OpenAI ... but when, exactly, will we see this tech on all our devices?Also on today's episode: Why Apple is playing catch up with its virtual assistant Siri, rumors of a new HomePod with a screen, and how does everyone feel about the ethics of AI content scraping, anyway?Have questions or feedback for us? Send it to feedback@smarthome.fm.

May 16, 202444 min

Episode 228 - Food Tech and the Smart Kitchen with Mike Wolf

Mike Wolf returns! The original host of the Smart Home Show, now running The Spoon and the Smart Kitchen Summit, is back to talk with Adam and Richard about the latest and greatest food tech. That extends from robots in restaurants to home composting solutions like The Mill.The trio also talks about how advances in AI may change our cooking and eating habits, and whether emerging technologies will be better for the environment and help reduce food waste.Richard is moderating a panel at the Smart Kitchen Summit in June! Use “PODCAST” at checkout to get 15% off: https://www.smartkitchensummit.com/Have questions or feedback for us? Send it to feedback@smarthome.fm.

March 26, 202452 min

Episode 227 - Is Kaleidescape Really the "Ultimate Movie Platform?"

Adam has been testing the Kaleidescape home theater movie platform, and on our last episode, he interviewed the company's director of technical marketing, Andre Floyd. Today, Richard interviews Adam about what he's learned from using the so-called "ultimate movie platform," who should definitely use it, and who might want to think twice before investing in it. They discuss ease of setup, movie selection, converting DVDs to digital titles, parental controls, pricing, and more. Kaleidescape provided Adam the hardware to try it out, but at the end of the interview, he explains whether or not he would pay full MSRP to have this in his home theater.Have questions or feedback for us? Send it to feedback@smarthome.fm.

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