Greetings, electron steering folk
I am very much enjoying
"The Amp Hour" podcasts, notably:
> The Vincent Himpe episode
https://theamphour.com/169-an-interview-with-vincent-himpe-escaped-electron-elocution> The Forrest Mims episode
https://theamphour.com/171-an-interview-with-forrest-mims-snell-solisequious-scientist> The CREE LED episode
https://theamphour.com/the-amp-hour-71-luciferous-led-lucubratorI very much enjoy old timer stories of yore, with the exceptions (not always) being:
> I find anything related to/leading to "retro" computing/Apple/Silicon Valley etc, rather stale and "meh" - it's just that there is SO much repetition of these stories, and so many digital consumer computing history stories around, I can find that noise anywhere, and am tired of it. Example - Woz - he's amazing, but I've heard his stories a gazillion times, and as for Steve Jobs... yawn...
I like things I can relate to - old tales of factories and workplaces (like the Vincent Himpe episode with the silicon fab tales), preferably non-consumer gear - a good story telling guest is a plus. Oh, and yeah - you may notice I am not picky, heh! Anything unusual, takes from greybeards and nothing related TOO much to software and processors - preferably analogue stories or stories from factories, development.... I am finding it hard to PRECISELY quantify the mood of what I like, but it's 50s-90s kinda quirky stories that go ON AND ON... the longer the podcast (3 hours+ is better, the longer the better.)
Definitely NOT interested in:
"Gaming"
"Raspberry Poo"
"Open Source" or software hippie stuff, CRINGE.
Anything of that ilk, regurgitated too often online.
I am interested most in the simple stuff, how components are made, tested, invented - funny stories, how the paths of life of the guest take unexpected turns, industrial/military/silicon fab/inventions... etc etc...
If you can recommend any episodes based on this somewhat obscure criteria, I am indebted to you.
Shalom.