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Where's The Future?

Where's The Future?

By: Brandt Krueger & Will Curran
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Where’s The Future? Podcast (WTF) is your weekly guide to the technology shaping how we’ll live, work, and play. Hosted by Will Curran and Brandt Krueger, we explore the cutting edge of smart home innovation, electric vehicles, AI breakthroughs, phones, wearables, Apple tech, and AR/VR/XR experiences. Plus, the future-weird ideas that make you say... “WTF?” We decode complex tech into real-world insights, share hands-on reviews, and talk with innovators building tomorrow’s tools today. Whether you’re a tech professional, industry insider, or just future-curious, you’ll get bold predictions, thoughtful analysis, and conversations that keep you ahead of the curve. From automation hacks to next-gen mobility, AI ethics to immersive reality trends, WTF delivers the context and clarity you need to navigate what’s next.Copyright - All rights reserved. Politics & Government
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  • Our Kinda Sorta 250th Episode

    Our Kinda Sorta 250th Episode
    Mar 26 2026
    Episode Summary:Will and Brandt celebrate their 250th episode by diving into their AI platform journeys, with Will sharing his switch from ChatGPT to Claude and his experiments with agentic AI systems. The conversation explores Claude Code features, OpenClaw setups, and the future of AI assistants running automated workflows. They also discuss the challenges of building complex automation systems and share their latest tech recommendations.Discussions Include:Will's migration from ChatGPT to Claude and the reasons behind the switchBuilding agentic AI workflows with OpenClaw and automation systemsThe evolution of AI coding assistants and Claude Code capabilitiesAudio and video routing in home studios using NDI and Dante protocolsRoborock vacuum recommendations and smart home automationQuotable Quotes (Should you choose to share):"Hardware is always gonna do a better job than software. That's why everything in my studio is hardware routed." - Brandt Krueger"I had my own personal Claude $20 a month plan and was loving that. I quit it because I was like, oh we've got this enterprise ChatGPT. And like a week later, I reupped my Claude plan. I was like no, not for my daily driver." - Brandt Krueger"My journey into Claude was primarily driven by the desire to find a better technology to try to improve my OpenClaw setup." - Will Curran"Claude doesn't have any native image generation but honestly, the interface is fantastic. I get better answers." - Will CurranAnd here's the referenced Claude "Hedcut" image showing it can't do image gen: .::::::::::. .:::::::::::::::::::. .:::::::::::::::::::::::. .:::::::::::::::::::::::::::. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::: .---------. .---------.:::::::: ::::::::| @@@@@@@@@ | | @@@@@@@@@ |::::::: ::::::::| @@@ . @@@ | | @@@ . @@@ |::::::: ::::::::| @@@@@@@@@ | | @@@@@@@@@ |::::::: :::::::: ·---------· ·---------·:::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::| |:::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::| |:::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::: ·· ::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: ~~~~ ::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ········································· ···######################################## ·########################################### ·############################################ ·############################################ ·############################################ ·############################################ ·###################·######################## ·##################···####################### ·#################·····###################### ·################·······##################### ·###############·········#################### ·##############···········################### ·#############·············################## ·############···············################# ·###########·················################ ·##########···················############### ·#########···················##############· ·########···················#############· ·#######···················############· ·######···················###########· ·#####·················##########· ·####·················########· ·###·················#####· ·##·················##· .---- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----. / \ | ................ | | ························ | | ···························· | \ ···················...
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • A Meshtastic New Career Move

    A Meshtastic New Career Move
    Mar 3 2026

    Episode Title:
    A Meshtastic New Career Move


    Episode Summary:

    Will walks Brandt through the ins and outs of Meshtastic, an off-the-grid mesh networking technology that allows users to send messages and share locations without relying on cellular networks or the internet. The duo explain how the decentralized system works by creating a network of independent nodes that relay messages across the airwaves. Plus, Brandt announces his exciting move from live event production into event tech as the new Director of Industry Relations & Partnerships at EventMobi.


    Discussions Include:

    • What Meshtastic is and how it uses free 915 MHz radio spectrum for decentralized messaging
    • The node-based mesh network concept and how it differs from traditional cellular reliance
    • Real-world setup and configuration of your first Meshtastic node
    • Practical applications for events, natural disasters, and off-grid team communication
    • Brandt's transition to EventMobi and the future of event technology

    Quotable Quotes (Should you choose to share):

    "Meshtastic essentially is an off the grid way to message and share your location without the use of a cell network, internet, or anything like that." - Will Curran

    "The people are the network. So you're not relying on T-Mobile. You're not relying on any kind of AT&T or anybody like that." - Brandt Krueger

    "Hugely excited that you are now in that role and I know you're gonna do wonders- you're gonna kill it completely." - Will Curran
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    56 mins
  • When AI Tries Too Hard to Be Helpful

    When AI Tries Too Hard to Be Helpful
    Feb 9 2026

    Episode Summary:

    Will and Brandt swap real-world stories about AI tools going off the rails, from hallucinated brand standards and fabricated form fields to image compression issues that break OCR workflows. They compare experiences across ChatGPT, Claude, and other platforms, unpack why defaults and guardrails matter, and discuss when advanced modes like agent or thinking actually help. Along the way, Will shares hands-on wins using Cursor and home automation, while Brandt highlights the risks of AI making things up instead of admitting uncertainty.


    Discussions Include:

    • Brandt’s experiences with ChatGPT hallucinating brand standards and form data when source files or images were unreadable
    • Will and Brandt comparing Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, projects, GPTs, and agent mode behavior
    • The dangers of AI defaults, image compression, and systems that refuse to say “I don’t know”
    • Will’s recent successes using Cursor, Home Assistant, and automation powered by AI tools

    Quotable Quotes (Should you choose to share):

    “So I fed it a blank document and it completely made up an entire brand standard and held me to it as I wrote my document.” - Brandt Krueger

    “Rather than saying, I don’t have any data, it just completely made stuff up.” - Brandt Krueger

    “AI right now is just trying to be so helpful that they have programmed it to not say, I don’t know.” - Will Curran

    “The fact that I have to go in here and say, do not make things up, is terrible for consumers.” - Brandt Krueger
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    47 mins
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