Tech 4 Grown-Ups
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Technology changes fast. Human nature doesn't.
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Tech 4 Grown-Ups is the weekly podcast for adults 55 and over who want straight answers about the digital world; without the jargon, without the condescension, and without being made to feel like they're falling behind.
Every episode covers the technology issues that actually matter to your life: protecting yourself from scams, understanding AI, keeping your privacy intact, and making sense of a digital world that was not exactly designed with you in mind.
Hosted by Michael Routhier — with a little help from the Stoics.
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S1E24 The Company That Built It Is Begging You to Stop
The company building one of the most powerful AI systems on earth just asked the world to consider stopping.Not a protester. Not a politician. Not a scientist warning from the sidelines.Anthropic,…
S1E23 Bonus Episode: Apple Is About to Fold, And I Think It's the Best Thing They've Done in Years
I've been using Apple products for over 35 years. I know the difference between Apple genuinely changing something and Apple putting a new colour on something old and calling it revolutionary.This…
S1E22 130 Years. Four Generations. One Man With Cash. Where Was Everyone Else?
A family in Pakistan was enslaved, and I am using that word deliberately, for 130 years. Four generations. Great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, and children. All of them born into debt. All of…
S1E21 Disney's Dark Secret: Your Child's Face Is Now in a Database
The Happiest Place on Earth Just Scanned Your Grandchild's Face. Without Asking.This summer, millions of families are heading to Disneyland, and almost none of them know that the moment they walk…
S1E20 They Know It Could Kill Us. They're Building It Anyway.
One of the three people most responsible for building modern AI, the most-cited living scientist in the world, is now saying it could make humanity extinct. And he is spending his own money to try to…
S1E19 Meta Fired 8,000 People. Then Their Stock Went Up.
Meta just cut 8,000 people. At the same time, they increased their AI spending to $145 billion. Mark Zuckerberg did not apologize. And Wall Street barely flinched, because this is exactly what…
S1E18 Kodokushi: The Lonely Death Epidemic Nobody in the West Is Talking About
In Japan last year, nearly 77,000 people died alone, and in over 7,000 of those cases, the body wasn't found for more than a month. The Japanese have a word for it; kodokushi. Lonely death. And Japan…
S1E17 The Great Dumbing Down: How Tech Is Making Us Weaker and Calling It Progress
When was the last time you were genuinely, uncomfortably bored, with nothing to scroll through, nothing to look at, nothing to listen to?Most of us can't remember. And Michael thinks that's exactly…
S1E16 The IMF Just Said Your Bank Could Get Hit By AI - And Used The Word Inevitable
The International Monetary Fund just used a word you don't hear from the world's most cautious financial institution very often: inevitable. Not possible. Not likely. Inevitable. AI-powered…
S1E15 Tech That Actually Matters, (part 2 of 2)
You've been told technology is for younger people. You've been handed a simplified version of an app, talked to like you need a different internet, and made to feel like the real tools aren't meant…
S1E14 When AI Brings Back the Dead, And Who Really Benefits
You didn't expect this conversation. You didn't see it coming in your news feed or your doctor's office. But somewhere out there, a grieving family is paying a monthly subscription fee to hear what…
S1E13 Ghost Tapping: The Digital Pickpocket You Never See Coming
You never took out your wallet. You never tapped your card. You never handed anyone your phone.And yet there's a charge on your account you don't recognize.That's ghost tapping, and as summer…
S1E12 WhatsApp Is Changing in May 2026 — Here's What to Turn Off Right Now
If you use WhatsApp, and there's a good chance you do, this episode is not optional.In May 2026, Meta is embedding its AI system directly into WhatsApp's core messaging infrastructure. Not as a…
S1E11 The Tech That Actually Matters — And What Nobody Bothered to Tell You (Part 1 of 2)
Go ahead and Google "elderly tech." I'll wait. What comes back is phones with giant buttons, devices that sound like medical equipment, and tablets designed like Fisher-Price toys. As if turning 65…
S1E10 SMS Blasters: The Text Scam That Doesn't Just Steal From You, It Can Get People Killed
Most text scams want your money. This one can cause a stampede.In this episode, we break down one of the most dangerous and least talked-about threats in digital safety right now, SMS blasters. These…
S1E9 How to Help Your Aging Parents Stay Safe Online — Without It Turning Into a Fight
Doug's 78-year-old mother almost wired $4,000 to a scammer pretending to be her grandson in trouble overseas. A bank teller stopped it, barely. And Doug had already tried to warn her. Multiple…
S1E8 75,000 Fake Songs a Day, And Nobody's Stopping It
75,000 AI-generated songs are being uploaded to streaming platforms every single day. 85% of the streams on those tracks are bots. And the platforms you pay every month are choosing to do nothing…
The Honest Conversation About AI Nobody Else Is Having
Everyone is talking about AI. Almost nobody is being honest about it. This episode is the honest version.In this special episode of Tech for Grown-Ups, I step away from how-to guides and settings…
S1E6 The Comparison Trap: Why Facebook Makes You Feel Like a Failure
Have you ever scrolled through Facebook and put your phone down feeling worse than when you picked it up? There is a name for what is happening to you, and it is being done on purpose.In Episode 4 of…
S1E5 The Verdict Is In: YouTube and Facebook Were Built Against You
A Los Angeles jury just ruled that YouTube and Facebook deliberately designed defective products — and if you are over 55, this verdict is about you too.On March 25th, 2026, a jury found that Meta…
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