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We may soon be watching hyper-realistic dubbed movies, scrolling apps with a toe run thumb while we thinking DMs into existence. Yes. Science is Slick.  Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Follow us: http://www.kulturpop.com/ (www.kulturpop.com) https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/ (https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/)  https://twitter.com/kulturmatt (https://twitter.com/kulturmatt)

You could call this the I told you so episode. Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature has thrown into question the freemium model much of the digital world is built on.  Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Follow us: http://www.kulturpop.com/ (www.kulturpop.com) https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/ (https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/)  https://twitter.com/kulturmatt (https://twitter.com/kulturmatt)

A new era of hybrid work is approaching as work from home becomes work from anywhere. As the line between home and office blurs, and companies integrate flexible working into their long-term planning, Mattsplained asks if employees should have a right to disconnect. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/13/ministers-urged-to-give-uk-home-workers-a-right-to-disconnect https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/explainereverything-you-need-to-know-about-the-right-to-disconnect-workplace-code-40264654.html https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498912/Irish-employees-right-to-disconnect-enshrined-in-code-of-practice https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25033310-900-exercise-pills-should-we-use-drugs-that-mimic-benefits-of-a-workout/ Follow us: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/ https://twitter.com/kulturmatt

Forget Game of Thrones, the musical. This week we have musical spiderwebs, a cheap brain tissue culturing device, vampire bats leaving a bitter taste and perception shifting chocolate.  Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2270282-should-we-all-wear-sensors-to-avoid-being-run-over-by-driverless-cars/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2273165-vampire-bats-might-avoid-bitter-substances-to-dodge-indigestion/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2274185-the-frequencies-of-a-vibrating-spider-web-have-been-made-into-music/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2274084-artificial-nervous-system-senses-light-and-learns-to-catch-like-humans/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2273694-human-brain-organoids-grown-in-cheap-3d-printed-bioreactor/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2274082-people-expect-chocolate-to-taste-bitter-if-it-is-in-black-packaging/ Follow us: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kult

$70m JPEGS. $3m tweets. The rise of NFTs is turning the worlds of digital art and virtual collectibles into an investor gold rush. But what are they and are they really worth the money? Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13U573keZ3A https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/opinion/NFTs-beeple-crypto.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/technology/crypto-art-NFTs-trading-cards-investment-manias.html https://www.withvincent.com https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/arts/design/beeple-nonfungible-nft-review.html https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/mar/13/how-non-fungible-tokens-became-the-latest-tech-speculation-bubble https://www.reuters.com/article/us-retail-trading-nfts-insight-idUSKCN2AT1HG https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/mar/12/non-fungible-tokens-revolutionising-art-world-theft https://amycastor.com/2021/03/14/metakovan-the-mystery-beeple-art-buyer-and-his-nft-defi-scheme/ https://www.for

Utility versus futility. Is there a roadmap to world domination or is Big Tech be as clueless about the future as the rest of us? Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Follow us: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/ https://twitter.com/kulturmatt

How do you disrupt change? Rather than trying to improve reality, is Big Tech focused on helping us escape from it and avoid the troubling issue of social change? Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.wired.com/story/billionaires-use-vr-avoid-social-change/ https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/14/22228885/fortnite-music-concerts-travis-scott  Follow us: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/ https://twitter.com/kulturmatt

Robots that get stronger as they work out, drones with honeybee brains, art-loving AI and vein recognition systems. We examine the freaky business of machine intelligence. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2268652-soft-gel-could-power-robot-muscles-that-grow-stronger-with-a-workout/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2266301-flying-robots-suggest-bees-cant-rely-on-instinct-to-land-on-flowers/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933220-100-insect-brains-will-teach-us-how-to-make-truly-intelligent-robots/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2265811-ai-can-tell-what-song-you-are-listening-to-from-your-brainwaves/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2266240-ai-art-critic-can-predict-which-emotions-a-painting-will-evoke/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2267502-ai-can-use-the-veins-on-your-hand-like-fingerprints-to-identify-you/  Follow us: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/

What price boredom? A new economic indicator, the Boredom Index, could quantify and commoditise our downtime. And decide that we’re more valuable the less engaged we are. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/business/gamestop-investing-economy.html  Follow us: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/ https://twitter.com/kulturmatt

Have you lost track of the number of logins and accounts you have scattered across your digital footprint? Do you reuse passwords? Could biometric technologies liberate us from the tyrannical grip of password management? Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jan/31/the-tyranny-of-passwords-is-it-time-for-a-rethink https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55748964 https://www.idrnd.ai/passive-vs-active-facial-liveness-detection-which-is-best/ https://venturebeat.com/2020/08/27/popids-face-based-payments-pose-privacy-and-security-risks/ Follow us: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/ https://twitter.com/kulturmatt

Could commercial graphics cards be the key to unlocking the cure for Alzheimer’s Disease? Do chilis hold the secret to solar energy conversion? And have X-Ray Spex finally been invented? Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/27/seen-all-this-before-tourism-nz-says-ditch-influencer-shots-for-something-new https://www.newscientist.com/article/2266304-video-game-graphics-cards-can-simulate-monkey-brains-on-the-cheap/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210126-the-richest-human-made-marine-habitats-in-the-world?ocid=global_future_rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=Sendible&utm_campaign=RSS https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264683-chemical-that-makes-chilli-peppers-spicy-boosts-solar-panel-cells/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264636-superhuman-sight-may-be-possible-with-lens-that-makes-uv-light-visible/ https://www.wired.com/story/trump-biden-rocket-dilemma/?utm_campaign=RSS&utm_mediu

I want my MTV. That was about as good as it got when Mattsplained was in its infancy. Now, as consumers are simultaneously deluged with viewing choices and experience limited mobility as a result of the pandemic, is it time that movies and cinema, pop culture mainstays for more than a century, moved into a new realm. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/business/media/netflix-2021-movies.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/business/media/adam-aron-movie-theaters-amc.html  Follow us: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/  https://twitter.com/kulturmatt

2020. So bad they named it twice. As retail, AI and AR start to merge, and open world games start to take over from social media, science and technology have got our back in 2021.  Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54507044 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/technology/personaltech/tech-2021-augmented-reality-chatbots-wifi.html  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/11/video-games-music-youth-culture https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/travis-scott-fortnite-record-viewers-live-1234589033/ https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/tech-trends.html https://www.fastcompany.com/90588717/top-tech-trends-2021-post-pandemic-predictions-ai-fintech-health Follow us: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/  https://twitter.com/kulturmatt

2020 showed us how resilient our digital world could be. This week we look at some of the tech and start-ups that failed, and what can be improved for 2021.  Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 More about Mattsplained: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/  https://twitter.com/kulturmatt

Science doesn’t sleep or take a holiday. Our slick science stories include lab-cultured breast meats, scent projecting pendants and web-slinging medical guns.  Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/04/spider-man-style-medical-gun-spins-out-skin-substitute-for-burns  https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833133-300-can-chemistry-replicate-the-flavour-of-vintage-whisky-overnight/  https://www.newscientist.com/article/2134074-artificial-whisky-taster-has-the-palate-of-a-connoisseur/  https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/23/17703454/wine-whiskey-synthetic-climate-change-lab-made-ava-winery-endless-west  https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210104-the-reason-why-you-cant-smell-television-shows-yet  https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/18/1013247/biomilq-breast-milk-helaina-turtletree/  More about Mattsplained: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/  https://twitter.com/kulturmatt

2020. Will the pop stars of tomorrow be virtual? Are we heading for a future where machines make all the music? The Mattbot Infinity and the Bradpple Pro explore the eerie sounds of this brave new world.  Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://app.inferkit.com/demo https://soundcloud.com/openai_audio https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/nov/09/deepfake-pop-music-artificial-intelligence-ai-frank-sinatra More about Mattsplained: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/  https://twitter.com/kulturmatt

2020. The year computers got interesting. There were as many podcasts as people. We spent more time in space. SETI wrapped up and a Bond icon disintegrated.  Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/technology/2020s-hot-gadget-is-the-computer.html https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/11/ring-lights-for-all/617143/ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/19/small-business-startups-corporate-employees-pandemic https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-president-asks-elon-musk-to-study-country-as-venue-for-spacex-launch-site  https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/laser-powered-time-machine https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53518238 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55226099 https://phys.org/news/2020-08-canada-intact-ice-shelf-collapses.html https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/arecibo-telescope-collapses-ending-57-year-run    More about Mattsplained: www.kulturpop.com https

What a year 2020 has been. Or hasn't been, depending on your perspective. In this episode, and for the next few weeks, Mattsplained will look back at 2020 and try to make a little bit of sense of some of the things that have happened in this most unusual year. Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/technology/2020s-hot-gadget-is-the-computer.html https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/11/ring-lights-for-all/617143/ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/19/small-business-startups-corporate-employees-pandemic https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-president-asks-elon-musk-to-study-country-as-venue-for-spacex-launch-site  https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/laser-powered-time-machine https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53518238  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55226099  https://phys.org/news/2020-08-canada-intact-ice-shelf-collapses.html  https://www.sciencemag.org/news

We all hate it when someone tells us how we should feel. It’s going to be a heck of a lot worse when it’s a machine doing the telling.  Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: Episode Sources:  https://www.newscientist.com/article/2256925-earphone-cameras-watch-your-facial-expressions-and-read-your-lips/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833092-700-emotion-detecting-ais-are-here-do-they-work-and-how-should-we-feel/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/18/1012259/ai-summarizes-science-papers-ai2-semantic-scholar/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/opinion/amazon-halo-surveillance.html https://www.wired.com/story/ai-can-run-work-meetings-now-headroom-clockwise/   More about Mattsplained: www.kulturpop.com https://www.instagram.com/kulturpop/  https://twitter.com/kulturmatt

As SpaceX delivers its first payload of astronauts to the ISS, we look at low gravity toilets, using bacteria to mine metals on Mars and the expansion of plant-based food options here on earth.  Hosts: Matt Armitage & Richard Bradbury  Produced: Richard Bradbury for BFM89.9 Episode Sources: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/10/1011935/microbes-extract-metals-minerals-space-rocks-mining/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/nov/17/spacex-dragon-capsule-astronauts-crew-docks-with-the-international-space-station-nasa https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259920-your-own-sweat-could-be-used-to-produce-a-natural-antiperspirant/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/18/fleets-twitter-launches-disappearing-tweets-tool-worldwide https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/movies/harry-potter-tiktok.html https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/18/unilever-sets-target-of-1bn-in-annual-sales-of-plant-based-foods https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260415-computer-vision-can-estimate-calorie-con