The Connect2 Podcast

A conversation between Mark and Jeff, two information junkies, about a wide range of contemporary issues. We discuss current events, nerdy things, business concepts, marketing, technology, media and photography. As we are based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, there are lots of local topics. The podcast is generally upbeat and often covers current events and we occasionally have guests. Each episode typically has a central focus for most of the podcast but also lots of other regular topics including what they learned in the last week and what media they are consuming.
Episodes
Episodes



Tuesday Oct 07, 2025
New and Shiny vs Old and Predictable
Tuesday Oct 07, 2025
Tuesday Oct 07, 2025
Do you like to try new things? Are you resistant to change? Why are some people motivated to try new things while others resist change? Mark and Jeff discuss this



Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Fly Me To the Moon!
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Nasa is planning it's Artemis program to send astronauts to the moon and establish a base on the Moon to get us to Mars. Today, we talk about the Artemis program, where it is at and where it is going



Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
AI Robots are Coming!
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
What happens when you have a humanoid robot and you put into it, AGI? Where does that leave humanity?



Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
The Health Episode
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
In this episode Mark and Jeff discuss why older people talk about health concerns.



Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
The Bears of Katmai
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Mark and Jeff discuss Mark's recent trip to Katmai National Park in Alaska where he got to photograph Kodiak Brown Bears, some of the biggest bears in the world (basically the same size as polar bears)



Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Bears! With special guest: Kayla Gordon
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Mark is on the road on a photography excursion to photography Kodiak bears in Katmai National Park. On this travel edition of the podcast, Mark interviews a fellow photographer (Kayla Gordon from Winnipeg) and they discuss where they are and what they have been doing. ****WARNING**** The noise quality is a little rough (the generator for the boat was going on in the background), we were in an open space and the portable recorder was not as nice as our regular studio microphones, but the episode is worth it!



Tuesday Aug 12, 2025
AI Slop is taking over the Internet
Tuesday Aug 12, 2025
Tuesday Aug 12, 2025
Have you seen lots of AI generated videos in your social media or Youtube? Well, AI slop used to be easy to spot and low quality, but it is rapidly getting better. It is also proliferating at an incredible rate. Because of monetization policies of various social media platforms, AI slop is rapidly taking over. It has the potential to completely overwhelm these social media platforms making them virtually unusable.



Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
Drugs and Mental Health
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
Drugs are an important treatment option for many mental health challenges, but our bodies adapt to the drugs and many of them lose their efficacy over time. Mark and Jeff discuss the types of medications whose usefulness wanes with time and what they are used for.



Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
Windows vs Mac 2025
Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
After over 30 years of using windows machines including work managing IT for a two different companies, Mark finally decided to try to make the switch to Mac. He is currently eating a large slice of humble pie and should have done this a while ago. It has gone well. Today's podcast discusses this and some earlier predictions from this podcast in 2020



Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
80's and 90's bands.... where are they now?
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Listening to music in the 80's and 90's, there are lots of favourite bands that had hits that we haven't heard from in years... Did they breakup? Did they stop playing? It turns out that there are many that have continued playing, releasing albums and touring. Why don't we listen to them anymore?