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.
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



Oct 21, 2025
Oct 21, 2025
48 min
OpenAI just released a new social media platform that consists entirely of AI generated slop. It has some unusual features and is fun to use and experiment with. Who knows where this will go but the ability to generate these short clips from text input is remarkable.



Oct 14, 2025
Drug Side Effects
Oct 14, 2025
Oct 14, 2025
1hr 41 sec
What prescription drugs have the most side effects and what are they? What about generic drugs, are they just as effect as name brand drugs? How well do they perform? We explore both of these topics as well as discuss 3i/Atlas and what coffee we are drinking



Oct 7, 2025
New and Shiny vs Old and Predictable
Oct 7, 2025
Oct 7, 2025
49 min
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



Sep 30, 2025
Fly Me To the Moon!
Sep 30, 2025
Sep 30, 2025
55 min
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



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



Sep 9, 2025
The Health Episode
Sep 9, 2025
Sep 9, 2025
54 min
In this episode Mark and Jeff discuss why older people talk about health concerns.



Sep 2, 2025
The Bears of Katmai
Sep 2, 2025
Sep 2, 2025
52 min
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)



Aug 19, 2025
Bears! With special guest: Kayla Gordon
Aug 19, 2025
Aug 19, 2025
33 min
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!



Aug 12, 2025
AI Slop is taking over the Internet
Aug 12, 2025
Aug 12, 2025
58 min
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.



Aug 5, 2025
Drugs and Mental Health
Aug 5, 2025
Aug 5, 2025
1hr 47 sec
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.








