Episodes Archives - LPX https://lpxshow.com/category/episodes/ Home of the LPX Show Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:19:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://lpxshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-lpx_trans_26k-1-32x32.png Episodes Archives - LPX https://lpxshow.com/category/episodes/ 32 32 181412984 LPX Episode 14: Adapted (Kaomi Goetz on Korean international adoptees returning to Korea) https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-14-adapted-kaomi-goetz-on-korean-international-adoptees-returning-to-korea/ https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-14-adapted-kaomi-goetz-on-korean-international-adoptees-returning-to-korea/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2016 21:45:33 +0000 https://lpxshow.com/?p=250 About 200,000 Korean children have been adopted internationally since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Most were taken in by American families, but some were raised in Europe, Australia, and other nations. As those children  have become adults, many have struggled with questions  of identity and belonging… and many have come together in […]

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]]> https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-14-adapted-kaomi-goetz-on-korean-international-adoptees-returning-to-korea/feed/ 1 250 LPX Episode 13: Someone is wrong on the internet! (Snopes editor Brooke Binkowski on fake news & real journalism) https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-13-someone-is-wrong-on-the-internet-snopes-editor-brooke-binkowski-on-fake-news-real-journalism/ https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-13-someone-is-wrong-on-the-internet-snopes-editor-brooke-binkowski-on-fake-news-real-journalism/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:00:46 +0000 https://lpxshow.com/?p=244 In the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election in the United States, we heard a lot about “fake news” and its proliferation on social media, where millions of people get much of their news… and where many people like, share, or just scan through a sea of made-up headlines and news stories that can be […]

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]]> https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-13-someone-is-wrong-on-the-internet-snopes-editor-brooke-binkowski-on-fake-news-real-journalism/feed/ 4 244 LPX Episode 12: Superbook turns your smartphone into a laptop https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-12-superbook-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-laptop/ Thu, 08 Sep 2016 18:30:34 +0000 https://lpxshow.com/?p=228 Smartphones are useful for a lot of things. You can read the news, watch videos, play games, keep up on your email, and even write a novel on a smartphone. Oh yeah, you can also make phone calls and send text messages. But sometimes you want a larger screen, a bigger keyboard, or some of […]

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]]> 228 LPX Episode 11: FreeDOS keeps classic computing alive, decades after MS-DOS is retired https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-11-freedos-keeps-classic-computing-alive-decades-after-ms-dos/ https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-11-freedos-keeps-classic-computing-alive-decades-after-ms-dos/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:30:51 +0000 https://lpxshow.com/?p=215 A generation of computer users grew up using Microsoft DOS in the 80s and 90s, but Microsoft started to phase out the operating system with the launch of Windows 95. Decades later, there are still people playing DOS-based games and even corporations using DOS-based software. Writer George R.R. Martin famously said in 2014 that he […]

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]]> https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-11-freedos-keeps-classic-computing-alive-decades-after-ms-dos/feed/ 1 215 LPX Episode 10: BLOCKS modular smartwatch https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-10-blocks-modular-smartwatch/ https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-10-blocks-modular-smartwatch/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2016 20:45:21 +0000 https://lpxshow.com/?p=194 Dozens of smartwatches have hit the market in the past few years. Apple has one. Samsung has half a dozen. Pebble has a few. And companies ranging from Motorola to TAG Heuer have gotten in the action. The idea is to put an internet-connected device on your wrist that looks as good as a traditional […]

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]]> https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-10-blocks-modular-smartwatch/feed/ 1 194 LPX Episode 9: Funeral for an Atom (processor) https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-9-funeral-for-an-atom-processor/ https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-9-funeral-for-an-atom-processor/#comments Tue, 17 May 2016 22:05:50 +0000 https://lpxshow.com/?p=185 Intel’s Atom processors have been powering low-cost computers since 2008. The first models were used in netbooks, but these days you can find Atom chips in Chromebooks, Windows and Android tablets, tiny desktop computers, and even a handful of smartphones. But Intel never really made much headway in the smartphone space, where companies like Apple and Samsung […]

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]]> https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-9-funeral-for-an-atom-processor/feed/ 7 185 LPX Episode 8: Designing the DragonBox Pyra handheld computer https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-8-designing-the-dragonbox-pyra-handheld-computer/ https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-8-designing-the-dragonbox-pyra-handheld-computer/#comments Fri, 06 May 2016 17:32:44 +0000 https://lpxshow.com/?p=173 The DragonBox Pyra has a 5 inch screen and a dual-core ARM-based processor. But it’s not a smartphone. In fact, this handheld computer looks more like a cross between a tiny laptop and a Nintendo DS game system. It has a physical keyboard, a bunch of storage and input/output options, dedicated buttons for playing games, and […]

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]]> https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-8-designing-the-dragonbox-pyra-handheld-computer/feed/ 2 173 LPX Episode 7: Are chatbots the new apps? https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-7-are-chatbots-the-new-apps/ Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:45:14 +0000 https://lpxshow.com/?p=158 Are chatbots the new apps? A lot of developers seem to think so. Facebook and Microsoft have both rolled out tools that make it easy for coders to create bots that you can chat with on Facebook Messenger, Skype, and other platforms including plain old SMS text messaging. I wanted to get a better sense […]

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]]> 158 LPX Episode 6: Vivaldi is a web browser for power users https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-6-vivaldi-is-a-web-browser-for-power-users/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 06:00:34 +0000 https://lpxshow.com/?p=150 Vivaldi is a new web browser that’s aimed squarely at power users. Like to open 25 browser tabs at a time? Vivaldi has tools that makes it easier to manage your tabs and move from one to the next. Want to save notes and screenshots while you surf the web? There’s a tool for that. Like […]

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]]> 150 LPX Episode 5: Building a fair(er) phone https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-5-building-a-fairer-phone/ https://lpxshow.com/lpx-episode-5-building-a-fairer-phone/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:47:31 +0000 https://lpxshow.com/?p=138 Most people probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the materials used to build their phones, or the workers who put the hardware together. But Amsterdam-based Fairphone is trying to change that… by selling phones made with conflict-free minerals from Africa and by setting up a Worker Welfare fund for factory workers in China. […]

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