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Discover the realm where digital expertise meets candid conversations on "Surprise - It’s Not a Toaster" - a podcast led by digital experts and technophiles Ed Bennett and co-host Chris Boyer. Together, they venture into the fabric of online experiences, dissecting annoyances and irritations about navigating the modern online world. In each episode, they unveil contemporary tools, technologies, and software solutions, providing a firsthand exploration of what's shaping the digital landscape and the hosts challenge the limits of GenAI, where questions are posed to various LLMs, illuminating the interplay between human expertise and machine-generated insights. Tune in to navigate the digital maze, equip yourself with valuable insights, and engage in compelling discussions that bridge the gap between the human and digital worlds.
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Signup to Generate a PitchDiscover the realm where digital expertise meets candid conversations on "Surprise - It’s Not a Toaster" - a podcast led by digital experts and technophiles Ed Bennett and co-host Chris Boyer. Together, they venture into the fabric of online experiences, dissecting annoyances and irritations about navigating the modern online world.
Recent episodes include "The Roach Motel Hired a Robot" (26 October 2026, 32 minutes), "Sloptimized" (30 June 2026, 32 minutes), and "We’re Running Out of Letters" (4 June 2026, 36 minutes).
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 60 episodes.
Booking probability for Surprise - It's Not a Toaster is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Surprise - It's Not a Toaster requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Surprise - It's Not a Toaster's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Surprise - It's Not a Toaster are IT Services & Software Development and Libraries, Archives & Web Portals. Surprise - It's Not a Toaster has a technology audience.
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster is a technology podcast with 60 episodes published.
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Episode #1
Signing up takes one click. Leaving takes five screens, a notice clause and, in Ed's case, an overseas collection agency. Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer take on the subscription trap, starting with Ed's forgotten $150...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
For 25 years Google organized the web so you could find the page you needed. Now it answers for you, buries the links, and sells a spot inside the answer. Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer take on Google going AI-first in...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
You're not bad at remembering drug names. You're listening in on a conversation you were never the audience for. Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer take on the engineered weirdness of prescription drug names, inspired by a...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
A meme is the most efficient way to move an idea. It is also the least accountable. Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer trace what memes actually do: compress complicated thinking, strip the citations, outrun every fact check...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
Every decade, the same behavioral design gets a new name and a fresh regulatory fight. Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer trace the structural lineage connecting online gambling, gamified stock trading, and prediction markets —...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
Getting real news shouldn’t feel like decoding a puzzle designed by someone who doesn’t want you to solve it. This week, Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer take on the modern news machine - from broadcast consolidation and...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
The book you downloaded is not the book the author wrote. It might have been quietly sensitivity-edited. It might now contain brand references the author never put there. Or, in the case of Pretty Little Liars, it just...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
In this episode of Surprise - It’s Not a Toaster, Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer take on the growing frustration around algorithms. Not just how often they change, but how little control users actually have over what...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
In this end-of-year episode of Surprise - It’s Not a Toaster, Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer take on the annual ritual of being “Wrapped.” What began as a fun reflection has turned into a full-blown platform performance...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
In this very special holiday episode, Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer crack open the shimmering, pine-scented world of modern “smart” gifts — which somehow manage to be both futuristic and profoundly unnecessary. Think of it...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
Hosts Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer face the modern entertainment apocalypse: streaming content. What started as freedom from cable has devolved into a fragmented, confusing, overpriced mess where your favorite show is...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer open the episode with a semi-rant on the AI marketing hype machine - billions pouring in, big-tech companies tossing money back and forth, and everyone pretending this is about “innovation”...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer dive into the latest digital annoyance: chatbait. It’s the AI version of clickbait - when chat tools just can’t let go, coaxing you to “keep the conversation going” long after you got your...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer kick things off with a rant about the subscription economy. From Columbia House record clubs in the 1970s to the boom of Blue Apron, Birchbox, and Stitch Fix, subscriptions once promised...
Episode #10
Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer kick off with a rant about vertical video — because nothing says “breaking news” like watching a natural disaster unfold in portrait mode. Sure, TikTok made it trendy and one-handed filming is...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
Turns out the future of tech might not be sleek voice commands or intuitive design — it might just be one giant button you can’t miss. Ed and Chris debate the glory of the “big hard button,” skim (and snark) their way...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
You thought filters were just for photos? Think again. In this episode, Ed Bennett and Chris Boyer wade through the murky waters of modern digital life, where everything seems to be a filter: restaurant reviews, dating...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
Chris Boyer and Ed Bennett step knee-deep into sludge. Not the metaphorical goo clogging your gutters, but the bureaucratic muck that slows down everyday life. Inspired by The Atlantic’s takedown of “customer service...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
Chris Boyer and Ed Bennett dive nose-first into Apple’s latest design offense: Liquid Glass. Or as users have dubbed it, Liquid Ass. A sleek new look, sure — if you enjoy smudges, glare, and interfaces that feel like a...
Surprise - It's Not a Toaster
Chris Boyer and Ed Bennett unravel the oddly powerful pull of digital streaks. Whether it’s Duolingo applauding your 99-day run or the shame spiral from missing one puzzle in the NYT Games app, streaks are everywhere —...
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