Mix-Minus with Matthew McQueeny

Matt talks about summer colds, Siri Faux Pas, iOS 9 Beta, Ex Machina, and the promise and pitfalls of truly humanoid robots.

Greg Hrinya has covered the Brooklyn Nets for the past five years for Examiner.com. His just-released book is titled "Five Year Plan: The Nets' Tumultuous Journey From New Jersey to Brooklyn." The 5-Year Plan: The Nets' Tumultuous Journey from New Jersey to Brooklyn

Matt talks his first extended vacation with a baby, Jurassic World, The New York Mets, Apple Music, and another thing that the Apple Watch needs to do.

Dan Morris, who works at MTV Networks, joins Matt to talk about all of the interesting things announced at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC).  The two also discuss their shared experiences as Apple Watch early adopters. 

Caseen Gaines is an author, director, educator, and popular culture historian. His third book, We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy , hits the streets Tuesday, June 23rd and was published in 2015 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the popular film franchise through Plume (Penguin Random House). We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy Try...

Matt is joined by Tim Castano to talk about the NBA Finals, summer movies, and Interstellar.  

Matt answers "When is Father's Day?" and talks boxer shorts, Apple Watch shipping, FC Barcelona, Lionel Messi, soccer in America, the Triple Crown, the Cleveland Cavaliers and why they should trade Kyrie Irving for Carmelo Anthony.

Matt discusses Fish in the Dark on Broadway, Mike Tannenbaum's intense connection to the NBA Finals, Google I/O, Android, Spotify, and streaming music.

Tim Castano comes on the show to talk NBA Playoffs, the 1996 NBA Draft, the time that he was a stand-in for David Stern, and the ways the playoffs could be made better. 

Matt talks about going to his little brother's college graduation, his baby's first extended outing, Amazon Fire TV's new private listening, Grantland's Orlando Magic oral history, and nights in Allentown, Pennsylvania.  

Matt talks NBA Conference Finals, Los Angeles Clippers, Hack-a-player, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks, and a little New York Mets baseball.   Get Two Free Audiobooks from Audible >>

Matt talks Mother's Day, Fish in the Dark, Pacquiao Mayweather, NBA Playoffs, the New York Mets, and more.

Matt talks Nets-Hawks, NBA, New York Mets, Mount Tambora, Fracking, Climate Change, A Most Violent Year, Diet Pepsi, McDonald's, and Crumbs!

Matt talks warm weather, Peloton Bikes, how April is the best month of the year, the New York Mets' hot start, the Brooklyn Nets and the NBA Playoffs. Get Two Free Audiobooks from Audible >>  

Sean Pena is a lawyer and social commentator.  Discussion hits on Apple vs. Android, Apple Watch, parenting, Walter Scott, Rolling Stone's University of Virginia rape story, Milton Bradley, and more. Get Two Free Audiobooks from Audible >>

Matt McQueeny is joined in-studio by old friends Andrew Pangert and Matthew O'Daniels.  Topics include the Germanwings crash, how people convey themselves on social media, "window-dressing" honesty, robots,  Inherent Vice, baseball, UBER, and one man's experience with psilocybin.

Matt's brother Tom McQueeny joins the show to talk about podcasts, apps, Sirius XM's new app, Tesla, driverless cars, Walking Dead, and more.

Andrew Bucholtz is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports and the sports media blog Awful Announcing. Last year he did a multi-part story on the career of Bill Simmons. Matt and Andrew discuss Bill Simmons' telling interview with the tech news site Re/code and where things stand between Simmons and ESPN in this the last year of his contract. Related Episodes #85: Andrew Bucholtz  | #89: On Glenn Beck &...

Matt O'Daniels joins the show for the second annual Mix-Minus NCAA Tournament/March Madness breakdown.

Matt talks about the Apple Watch, HBO Now, CBS All Access, the iPad Air 2, dealing with non-tech savvy relatives, and Pocket Casts' new android app. 

Matt talks all about the experiences on a business trip to Atlantic City, the uselessless of a business center in a casino, the excitement of changing things up and getting away, Google vs. Apple, and a few experiences of recent synchronicity.

Matt talks coffee, Russell Westbrook, Citizenfour, Net Neutrality, the Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 Edge, and HTC One M9.  He also goes into where smartphones could go next - a Phabrid? - and what cellular companies could do to better service customers who want the latest and greatest in technology.

Matt talks about the bi-annual anxiety of the dentist checkup, why we continue to stock up for every storm, Artie Lange and his new podcast, Stephon Marbury, Kevin Garnett, Nightcrawler, how to choose the best streaming movie/tv service, Google's new iPad apps for Inbox and Google Music, Apple's foray into car manufacturing, Better Call Saul, and Psilocyban.

Tim Castano and Jayme Alfano Mulhern join the show to talks Oscars 2015/87th Academy Awards, including nominees for Best Picture, Actor/Actress in a Leading Role, Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role, and more.

Matt goes solo to talk about a night in New York City to see John Oliver standup, the ridiculousness of driving into the city, french press coffee, liquid's role in starting fights, Microsoft 10, Box.net, movie piracy, Bill Burr, StartUp, Chipotle going vegan, and more.