A couple years ago we started releasing some short episodes of the podcast along with the main line episodes. We called these ICEbreakers, after the cyberpunk software hackers used against IC (Intrusion Countermeasures) in cyberspace, and as a conversation starter within public speaking. It was a good fit. Of the 5 ICEbreakers recorded, we released 4, and were looking to do more, though that didn’t come to pass. However, due to recent events, we felt a name change was necessary.
Enter the RAD-away.
RAD in this case stands for Rapid Access Dataport, which seems suitably cyberpunk.
I guess I could call these short episodes “takes”, but in this case we’ll call them “aways”. A quick factoid, a bit to deal with a current event, or address some common bit of misinformation.
Of course, there is a bit of a tie-in with RADaway to the larger geek universe via Fallout series. Not wholly intentional, but a nice bonus, all the same time.
We’re not going to go back and rename the released episodes. But we’ll continue the numbering with the new ones as they come up.
In the meantime, we’ll resume with new episodes shortly. Look for them in select podcast apps shortly.