Radio and PodcastRadio and PodcastLive Radio & Podcasts
This Week in Google (Audio) cover
Society & Culture

This Week in Google (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, Ant Pruitt, and their guests talk about the latest Google and cloud computing news. Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pac...

Episodes

20 of 71 episodes

IM 894: Ghosting Meta Muse - Will Cloud Spending Sink AI's Biggest Players?

Is the AI gold rush running on shaky ground? Get the inside story on Anthropic's blockbuster IPO, massive compute bets, and why some insider...

2:19:44Oct 28, 2026

IM 893: It All Comes Back to Cats - From Academic Papers to 1.2 Million Startup Ideas

From AI-generated Halloween scares to personal assistants that just won't quit, the age of at-home intelligence is here. But with each new f...

2:26:11Oct 21, 2026

IM 892: Pants-based Benchmarks - GitHub's Agent Revolution

GitHub's developer relations VP, Martin Woodward, reveals just how dramatically AI agents are reshaping who codes, what gets built, and why...

2:31:51Oct 14, 2026

IM 891: Previously on Swarm Chasers - Digital Swarms and the Persistence Problem

From deleting critical files to oversharing your banking details in Slack, today's AI agents are proving both incredibly helpful and hilario...

3:14:15Oct 7, 2026

IM 890: 200 Donuts - How One Engineer Manages a Team of 24 AIs

What happens when a single person manages a staff of 24 AI "employees" with one-on-one performance reviews and weekly stand-ups? This episod...

2:52:34Sep 30, 2026

IM 889: We Are the Neanderthals - Why LLMs Fail at Complex Reasoning

Forget large language models. This episode uncovers a radically different approach to AI, where physics-guided reasoning and energy-based mo...

2:37:02Sep 23, 2026

IM 889: We Are the Neanderthals - Why LLMs Fail at Complex Reasoning

Forget large language models. This episode uncovers a radically different approach to AI, where physics-guided reasoning and energy-based mo...

2:37:02Sep 23, 2026

IM 888: Large Linguine Model - Inside the AI Doom Debate

Discover how to run serious AI at home without breaking the bank, as Lon Seidman reveals his tricks for turning old data center GPUs into po...

2:41:37Sep 16, 2026

IM 888: Large Linguine Model - Inside the AI Doom Debate

Discover how to run serious AI at home without breaking the bank, as Lon Seidman reveals his tricks for turning old data center GPUs into po...

2:41:37Sep 16, 2026

IM 887: September 39th - Siri's Next Move: Inside Apple's Ambitious AI Overhaul

As Apple finally pulls back the curtain on its next-gen Siri AI, we break down what actually works, where it falls short, and how a wave of...

2:21:25Sep 9, 2026

IM 887: September 39th - Siri's Next Move: Inside Apple's Ambitious AI Overhaul

As Apple finally pulls back the curtain on its next-gen Siri AI, we break down what actually works, where it falls short, and how a wave of...

2:21:25Sep 9, 2026

IM 887: September 39th - Siri's Next Move: Inside Apple's Ambitious AI Overhaul

As Apple finally pulls back the curtain on its next-gen Siri AI, we break down what actually works, where it falls short, and how a wave of...

2:21:25Sep 9, 2026

IM 886: Infinite Slop - The End of Apps? Meet the Agentic OS Built for Your Phone

Why is a 27-year-old founder betting against massive AI models and building powerful, ultra-specialized agents to run right on your phone? F...

2:43:50Sep 2, 2026

IM 886: Infinite Slop - The End of Apps? Meet the Agentic OS Built for Your Phone

Why is a 27-year-old founder betting against massive AI models and building powerful, ultra-specialized agents to run right on your phone? F...

2:43:50Sep 2, 2026

IM 886: Infinite Slop - The End of Apps? Meet the Agentic OS Built for Your Phone

Why is a 27-year-old founder betting against massive AI models and building powerful, ultra-specialized agents to run right on your phone? F...

2:43:50Sep 2, 2026

IM 885: Get on the Butter Box - Can Local AI Models Outperform Frontier Labs?

With Apple and Nvidia unleashing hardware that makes powerful local AI a reality, this episode unpacks the tech arms race changing how we ru...

2:22:21Aug 26, 2026

IM 885: Get on the Butter Box - Can Local AI Models Outperform Frontier Labs?

With Apple and Nvidia unleashing hardware that makes powerful local AI a reality, this episode unpacks the tech arms race changing how we ru...

2:22:21Aug 26, 2026

IM 885: Get on the Butter Box - Can Local AI Models Outperform Frontier Labs?

With Apple and Nvidia unleashing hardware that makes powerful local AI a reality, this episode unpacks the tech arms race changing how we ru...

2:22:21Aug 26, 2026

IM 884: Cyber Jim - Why Critical Infrastructure Depends on Obsessive Code Reviews

Veteran software engineer Dan O'Dowd argues that our power grid's outdated, insecure code puts millions at risk, detailing why regulators, i...

2:35:33Aug 19, 2026

IM 884: Cyber Jim - Why Critical Infrastructure Depends on Obsessive Code Reviews

Veteran software engineer Dan O'Dowd argues that our power grid's outdated, insecure code puts millions at risk, detailing why regulators, i...

2:35:33Aug 19, 2026