The Mike Neumann Show

Episode 31: On the Road Again Dr. Tim and I finished Tim's ten, no eleven, travel-related questions so we reminisced about some trips in the past. It's all in the journey! Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 30: Paths Taken Dr. Tim and I enjoyed another fine breakfast and conversation about exploration, a little space stuff, and then the main topic; converting horse-drawn implements into tractor-powered implements. You know you don't want to miss this one! Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 29: Guilty Pleasures Dr. Tim and I again rolled without a plan and this time we made our way through some innocent "guilty pleasures" mainly centering on Tim's YouTube viewing habits inspired by "The Machine." Listen along for the fun of it! Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 28: Bunny Trails Dr. Tim and I chatted LIVE this week, and without a plan. That means bunny trails, but we found our way home. Listen along for the fun of it! Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 27: Super Heavy Liftoff Dr. Tim and I were pretty excited about the SpaceX Starship + Super Heavy liftoff, so we chatted about that, after we chatted about Smart TVs. Enjoy the chat! Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 26: More Rockets! Dr. Tim and I just wanted to talk more about rockets today and so we did. Enjoy the chat! Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 25: Rockets! Dr. Tim and I just wanted to talk about rockets today and so we did. Enjoy the chat! Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 24: Five Travel Questions Dr. Tim showed up with questions today, so we answered them! Join us as we recall some of our favorite travel memories. Enjoy the tour! Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 23: Being a Good Customer Mike and Dr. Tim and I ponder what it takes to be a good customer, explore life in the early 80's as far as the Second Oil Embargo in the US, and touch typing class. Yeah, it's an episode full of nuggets. Enjoy the tour! Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 22: We Have Interlock Mike and Dr. Tim meet up for conversation at breakfast once again. Today we continue the satellite communication story; all the way to interlock. We enjoyed our time and we hope you will as well. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 21: Geosynchronicity Mike and Dr. Tim meet up for conversation at breakfast once again. Today we continue where  Episode 17: Almost to Space  left off. We enjoyed our time and we hope you will as well. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 20: Lagrange was here Mike and Dr. Tim meet up for conversation at breakfast once again. Today we discuss some space things on Tim's mind; covering SpaceX in 2023, the 2022 SLS mission, and Legrangian points in space. We enjoyed our time and we hope you will as well. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 19: Merry Christmases Past Mike and Dr. Tim meet up for conversation at breakfast once again. It being Christmas Eve and all, we decided to reflect on a few of our own personal memories of Christmases Past. We enjoyed our time of discussion and hope you will as well. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 18: Busy Day Mike and Dr. Tim meet up for conversation at breakfast once again. There was a lot going on at the diner this morning, but we made our way through it. Mostly. Join us for the adventure as we move the story a bit further along toward Space. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 17: Almost to Space Mike and Dr. Tim meet up for conversation at breakfast once again. We were headed to space for Tim's second big work project, but at least we made our way from Houston to Austin. We'll get there soon enough. It's a fun journey and as always, We had good fun. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 16: Digital Beginnings Mike and Dr. Tim meet up for conversation at breakfast once again. This time, Tim discusses his first major assignment at Schlumberger; a project to upgrade well site data acquisition and communications systems from analog to digital. We had good fun. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 15: More Travels Mike and Dr. Tim meet up for conversation at breakfast once again. This time, Tim reflects on some of his early business travels that took him on his first international flight. We had good fun. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 14: Early Travels Mike and Dr. Tim meet up for conversation at breakfast once again. This time, Tim reflects on some of his early travels beyond small town Oklahoma. We had good fun. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 13: AI or not AI Mike and Dr. Tim dive in to share our understanding of what is "AI" (Artificial Intelligence), and what it might require from a human perspective at least, to achieve 'true' cognition. We also ask if AGI (Artificual General Intelligence) were to appear, would we realize it, or not? We had good fun. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 12: Language and Philosophy Mike and Dr. Tim began our conversation on the power of language, the meaning of words, and what happens to conversations when the meanings of words are changed. We then made our way to philosophy in a way; discussing NASA's Artemis/SLS vs. SpaceX Starship. We wrapped up discussing Dr. Tim's favorite philosopher: Abraham Maslow. We had good fun. Go Podcasting! -...

Episode 11: Small Towns and Satellites Mike and Dr. Tim tried to stick to one topic today; The Social Fabric of a Small Town. Of course, we ended up talking about space because, we're still fifteen years old. We had good fun. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 10: Down a Black Hole We Go Mike and Dr. Tim try to stick to one topic today; Physics. Physics is a big bite to chew, so we have a go at relativistic things and specifically black holes. Ok, that was still too big a bite to chew. We had good fun. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 09: Agendaless Mike and Dr. Tim are all over the map today. Find something to hang on to. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 08: A File System If You Can Keep It Mike and Dr. Tim discuss Tim's observations on "Due Process" using a computer file system as an analogous framework. We had fun. We hope you enjoy the listen as well. Go Podcasting! -- Mike

Episode 07: Elon's Grand Plan Mike and Dr. Tim chat as we usually do over fine plates of migas. Today we discuss the grand visions of Tim's favorite African American; Elon Musk. Go Podcasting! -- Mike