Rafe Blandford
Co-Host of 361 Podcast
Rafe Blandford has hosted 48 Episodes.
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Recapping 2019 [S17E08]
27 December 2019 | Season 17 | 43 mins 20 secs
The team look back over topics they’ve discussed during the year, with follow-up and the latest news.
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GPS hacking, Apple's Express Transit comes to London & Christmas gifts [S17E07]
9 December 2019 | Season 17 | 37 mins 25 secs
GPS hacking in China, Tube travel in London and Christmas gift ideas. This week we're going places (and bringing a gift).
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eSIMs, the (folding) Motorola Razr & Apple TV+ [S17E06]
25 November 2019 | Season 17 | 41 mins 26 secs
Specialist SIMs, folding phones and (Apple) TV for free... (no, there's no theme this week)
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Airpods Pro, hacking mobile networks & phones vs cameras [S17E05]
10 November 2019 | Season 17 | 38 mins 51 secs
Earbuds that silence, hackers that hide and cameras that see in the dark. It's a feast for the senses.
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Google's Nest Aware, Monzo's starting-over with Plus & 5G [S17E04]
28 October 2019 | Season 17 | 35 mins 9 secs
Paying Google to watch your home, paying challenger banks for fancy cards and would you pay more for 5G?
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Ikea Sonos speakers, Facebook eavesdropping & backdoors for spies [S17E03]
23 October 2019 | Season 17 | 37 mins 19 secs
What's worth listening to, who's listening to you and should the government listen all the time?
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Robots, iPhones 11 & Bags [S17E02]
15 October 2019 | Season 17 | 40 mins 28 secs
The team discuss robot lawn mowers, the iPhone 11 and the best way to carry your stuff.
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Ubiquiti, Huawei & Citymapper Pass [S17E01]
4 October 2019 | Season 17 | 45 mins 32 secs
The team discuss home networking using Ubiquiti's products, the 'Huawei problem', and review Citymapper's multi-mode transit pass for London.
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Palm & companion devices [S16E03]
30 November 2018 | Season 16 | 52 mins 23 secs
This week the team discuss the return of Palm with the, er, "Palm" companion device. Is this a new category of device and could they really replace our smartphones sometimes?
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Autonomous vehicles [S16E02]
12 November 2018 | Season 16 | 51 mins 46 secs
This week the team talk about self-driving cars, Ewan's recent briefing by Waymo in 'the valley' and how autonomous vehicle technology will change the world (probably).
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Smart homes revisited [S16E01]
19 October 2018 | Season 16 | 50 mins
The team discuss the tech they've added to their 'smart homes' since last year's challenge. They discuss what stayed and the new items that have been added.
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Ending the crypto-currency challenge [S15E07]
5 October 2018 | Season 15 | 37 mins 42 secs
After some time away the team are back to (prematurely) end the crypto-currency challenge. We talk about why and the challenges for using things like Bitcoin for anything other than speculation.
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The best explanation of crypto-currencies you'll hear by a geographer this week [S15E06]
25 January 2018 | Season 15 | 1 hr 35 secs
** Nothing in this podcast is investment advice. …
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Festive Winterval special [S15E05]
20 December 2017 | Season 15 | 45 mins 42 secs
This week the team tell bad Christmas cracker jok…
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Who can beat the banks? (FinTech special) [S15E04]
21 November 2017 | Season 15 | 49 mins 4 secs
This week the team discuss 'FinTech' - the apps a…
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Dodgy apps & data thieves [S15E03]
13 November 2017 | Season 15 | 39 mins 17 secs
This week the team discuss the ways apps and serv…