Episode 325: The Real Celebrity Chefs of the Hollywood Hills

TOPIC: Again with the motivation.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about what motivates the companies who make set-top boxes vs. the providers of the content for those dinguses. What attracts fans to a given platform, and why are we getting so resistant to straight-up buying movies and TV shows? ("I learned it by watching you!")

In listener feedback, your hosts examine whether and how various apps and services can be deployed in the service of building better habits.

Links for this episode:

• Quotidian Public Radio #3: Nation of Talkers - "Planet Comment"
  "Social Media expert, Dr. Robert Chandler (onFocus University), joins Connor to discuss web-based community and user-generated content. He also takes a few calls from QPR listeners."
• Soundgarden - Wikipedia
  
• Goliath (TV series) - Wikipedia
  
• Todd Vaziri on Twitter: "More basement cleanup: all DVDs now in sleeves and binders. All jewel cases and inserts recycled. This is about 1/4 of the collection. https://t.co/u3ymdqywKt"
  
• 2016–2017 TV Season in 5 Really Depressing Charts
  
• Todd Vaziri - IMDb
  
• Biofeedback - Wikipedia
  
• Theremin - Wikipedia
  
• Home - Pavlok
  
• Defending the Border | Do By Friday
  (The one where everybody shocks each other)
• Apple’s New Campus: An Exclusive Look Inside the Mothership | WIRED
  
• 441: When Patents Attack!
  
• Upgrade 142: You Want Applause — Upgrade — Overcast
  

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