Double Click
Podcast Description
When your favorite podcast glosses over the thing you want to dive into, Double Click has you covered with a trade secret mix of business, tech and news with a sprinkling of comedy, metaphysics, and even some music. Somehow AI is involved. We try really hard to stay away from politics, especially the mud-slinging kind, but we take regulation head on. Strap in!
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The show dives into themes such as business updates, technological advancements, AI implications, and real estate trends, featuring episodic discussions on specific local markets like Costa Mesa and Laguna Niguel, alongside segments on electric vehicles, corporate incentives, and higher education trends in Orange County.

When your favorite podcast glosses over the thing you want to dive into, Double Click has you covered with a trade secret mix of business, tech and news with a sprinkling of comedy, metaphysics, and even some music. Somehow AI is involved. We try really hard to stay away from politics, especially the mud-slinging kind, but we take regulation head on. Strap in!
Trade secret mix of business, tech, news, comedy, metaphysics, and music. Also AI. Orange County, California-centric but we cover the gamut.
In this pilot episode, my AI alter ego, Mark Mandaubot, interviews me, Marek, and we get into some heavy topics for an unforgettable episode!
See the segment chapter links below. Please be civil in the comments.
Segments:
(00:00:26) Intros
(00:02:40) Pod format
(00:06:59) 1 – Real Estate – Costa Mesa, California, Related Bristol
(00:10:25) 2 – Real Estate – Laguna Niguel, California, Ziggurat
(00:14:25) 3 – Real Estate – Orange County commercial activity
(00:17:31) 4 – Real Estate – Orange County and broader residential market
(00:25:58) 5 – Business, Tech, AI efficiency, and the job market – Orange County
(00:31:54) 6 – EVs, Rivian – Orange County
(00:37:53) 7 – publicly-traded company growth – Orange County
(00:38:47) 8 – Higher Education – Orange County trends
(00:38:59) 9 – Defense Tech – Orange County
(00:40:47) 10 – California state budgets and corporate incentives
(00:48:48) 11 – California AI regulation vetoed and AI LLM development costs
(00:54:04) 12 – AI & neural data regulation passed & AI definition attempt, reconciling law with a futurist take – California
(01:02:00) 13 – summaries of AI regulation passed – California
(01:04:42) 14 – AI regulation – global
(01:07:26) 15 – national news, tech Nvidia Q3, S&P500 today and a look back, Google antitrust in the 2020s compared to Microsoft in the 2000s
(01:17:31) 16 – international business and tech news
(01:22:16) 17 – last mile, synthetic data for AI… and the masses
(01:25:43) 18 – closing remarks
(01:27:09) 19 – musical number – Young Axel Heart – Battle Bot
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