Hank Watson's Garage Hour Podcast
05.15.25: Big Speakers, Old Stereo Equipment, Fresh Four-Wheeling Plans, the Value of a Good Repairman, the Threat of Spies in Modern "Connected" Electronics, & Some Excellent Weirdo R.I.P.s for Joe Don Baker, George Wendt & Bruce Glover
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- Duration: 1:11:12
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Synopsis
Catching up with the backup - it's a timely episode of the Garage Hour (not to be cornfused with the usual when-we-can upload freakout). There are still a few more further-behind units to be kicked into production, so don't worry - you won't miss a thing. What's in this 'un? Good electronics versus new, "dumb" appliances versus robot vacuums conspiring with the 'fridge, and the importance of having a good TV repairman up your sleeve. There's a stint with the inevitable: electric cars and why taxpayer dough makes them soft and flabby (and inevitable losers); a possible breakthrough in small trucks (because it's simple), the spy on the counter, the spy in your solar panels, the spy in A.I., and how Carl Sagan called this 50 years ago (and Asimov did 100 years ago). Add on a few thoughts about the freedom to roam (and boat, when you're in Florida (man)), and more from JFS3, and you've got a show. While we're at it, this episode's got a few Excellent Weirdo R.I.P.s for some high-Q fellows who left us (and i