Tech Talk Radio

Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz with Jim Russ, Tech Talk Radio is a mixture of fun and technology. Not too heavy and not too light.


  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. How you can limit an iPhone to using just one app. And we learn about the Italian engineer and inventor who designed the…
    May 29, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Why you probably don’t need a QR Code-reading app. And we learn about the inventor of the cassette tape.
    May 22, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Introducing another kind of cryptocurrency, one that does not involve energy-intensive mining. And we analyze the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.
    May 15, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Oh, the many things it could be if your computer keeps freezing! And we get acquainted with one of the founders of the…
    May 8, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Will there ever be a Windows 11? And we remember a man who used his hacking abilities for good.
    May 1, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. We find out why Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, puts tape over his laptop camera. And we hear the life story of…
    April 24, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Why you should no longer use Windows 7. And we meet the Egyptian scientist who helped make Wi-Fi possible.
    April 17, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Humanity is about to send a drone into space — to spy on the Martians for a change. And we meet the Hungarian…
    April 10, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. How to limit the apps your children access on your phone. And we meet the designer of the world’s first personal computer.
    April 3, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. We explain non-fungible tokens — again. And we meet the co-founder of Adobe Systems and the creator of the PDF.
    March 27, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. We find out if Bing and Yahoo harvest search interests and sell profiling information as much as Google does. And we meet the…
    March 20, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. No more crying over spilled soda. And we remember the inventor of the cassette tape.
    March 13, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. How to hide your notifications from your phone’s lock screen. And we meet the American pioneer who coined the term “machine learning.”
    March 6, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. How to recover saved passwords from Safari on your iPhone. And we meet the American engineer and inventor most notable for the invention…
    February 27, 2021