About The Nexus

Podcasts from the Technological Convergence

The Nexus podcasts discuss a variety of topics including consumer technology reviews, developer news, gaming news and discussions of issues facing our digital society. Technology is weird. We love it, like it, hate it. It's all technology.

History

Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl recorded the network's first podcast on November 13, 2011. Rampersad officially founded The Nexus thirteen weeks later and launched the flagship show, At The Nexus. Over the years the network grew to 11 series with 92 contributors producing 1,384 episodes between 2011 and 2022.

The Shows

The network produced 11 series covering technology news, reviews, developer topics, gaming, and more. Browse all shows on the series page.

  • At The Nexus — 146 episodes — At The Nexus is the premiere weekly podcast of The Nexus featuring Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl with discussion on Apple, Google, Microsoft, lawsuits, software, hardware, trends and technology news.
  • Control Structure — 158 episodes — Control Structure is a podcast about computer science, IT news, stories, opinions, tips, and tricks for programmers, testers, administrators of all types and more, for fun or for profit hosted by Andrew Bailey. And also some other things, just because they are cool.
  • Eight Bit — 119 episodes — Eight Bit is a show about gaming news, gaming hardware, gaming reviews, and pretty much anything that starts with gaming, hosted by Ian Buck and Ian Decker.
  • In Bootcamp — 27 episodes — In Bootcamp podcast is about Matthew Petschl's experience at a local coding bootcamp and journey to software engineer, featuring Ryan Rampersad with industry commentary.
  • Nexus Special — 66 episodes — The Nexus Specials are for awesomely spectacular occasions and breaking news coverage.
  • PodKit — 66 episodes — PodKit is a show about Apple inclined Web Developers discussing web development and technology in general, with hosts Brian Mitchell, Brandon Johnson, and Ryan Rampersad.
  • Robots Will Steal Your Job — 20 episodes — Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK is an audiobook that explores the impact of technological advances on our lives, what it means to be happy, and provides suggestions on how to avoid a systemic collapse. Written by Federico Pistono and read by Ian R Buck.
  • Second Opinion — 118 episodes — Second Opinion is a reviews show about anything and everything under the sun. If we can experience it, we can review it.
  • The Extra Dimension — 56 episodes — The Extra Dimension features deep discussions on how technology intersects with society. Welcome to the heart of the technological convergence.
  • The Fringe — 587 episodes — The Fringe is a collection of before and after show ramblings and actually intentional musings that are unstructured.
  • The Universe — 21 episodes — Science, the final frontier, with astrophysics, neuroscience, computer science, mathematics and more speculation than on morning television, with fledgling computer scientist host Sam Ebertz and Ryan Rampersad.

The People

10 hosts and 82 guests contributed to the network. See everyone on the people page.

Locations

The Nexus was primarily produced out of studios in the Twin Cities, Minnesota and near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Licenses

All shows were released under Creative Commons or public domain licenses. See the full breakdown on the licenses page.

About This Archive

This site is a preserved archive of thenexus.tv. No new episodes are being produced. All 1,384 episodes across 11 series are available to browse and listen to.

The archive was built with Astro from a data export of the original WordPress site, which ran the open-source Nexus Core plugin and Coprime theme.

Contact

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