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.


Latest Podcasts / Episodes

  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Setting up a wi-fi printer. And we meet the developer of the computer algebra system Mathematica.
    April 25, 2020
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Don’t waste your money on a “dark web scan.” And meet a professor of mathematical biology, who specializes in the patterns of spread…
    April 18, 2020
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Learning to give music lessons by Skype. And we meet another serial tech entrepreneur who consistently disappointed his parents as a high schooler.
    April 11, 2020
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Figuring out your new blog’s traffic statistics and learning the difference between hits, page views and visits. And, no, it’s not your imagination:…
    April 4, 2020
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. How to completely wipe your hard drive. And we meet the co-creator of the Netscape Navigator web browser.
    March 28, 2020
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. How to get two-factor authentication on your Amazon account. And we examine the math behind COVID-19’s exponential growth.
    March 21, 2020
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. How to speed up your aging Windows computer. And we meet the science pioneer who not only invented the electric battery, but discovered…
    March 14, 2020
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. There is a simple way to charge all of your Lightning compatible Apple devices using a standard wall or car charger. And we…
    March 7, 2020
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. How to to change your username on Facebook. And we remember the woman and mathematician whose story is told in the movie “Hidden…
    February 29, 2020
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. We ask if it makes sense to build your own laptop instead of buying one. And we meet the creator of cut and…
    February 22, 2020
  • FACIAL RECOGNITION ON YOUR PHONE, THE HISTORY OF THE TRANSISTOR, AND OF COURSE , A HUGE MAILBAG
    February 16, 2020
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. How to let popups come back on when using a Chrome browser. And we explain what went wrong with the vote tabulation at…
    February 8, 2020
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University..What to do when your Windows computer gets old and slow. And we meet the computer scientist who designed the world’s first high-level programming…
    February 1, 2020
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Doc cuts through cookies and the many other ways there are of tracking what you do online.
    January 25, 2020