Obama’s proposed financial regulations aren’t terrible, but are they motivated by prudence or populism? The NY Times’s new revenue model also has potential, but needs to be pulled off the right way.

Bob reports on the latest in the Microsoft/Google/Apple frenemy love triangle: Bing may become the default iPhone search engine.

And we recap the Golden Globes, that less-credible stepsibling of the Academy Awards.

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Google has second thoughts on its presence in China after suffering a cyberattack, but is its response the right thing to do? And Conan and Leno, what a circus!

Twitter and Facebook seem to be getting more and more like each other. Is this a good thing?

This episode also contains our midseason TV check-in.

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As always, music is provided courtesy of Devin Martin and David Wesson from the Emergence and Charles Jischke. I encourage you to follow the links and check them out further.

Bob declares 2010 the year of the e-Reader, and we break down what needs to happen for e-Books to break big.

Finally, we give our Big Love preview. Season 4 started Sunday. If you’re not watching it yet, we’ll talk you into it!

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As always, music is provided courtesy of Devin Martin and David Wesson from the Emergence and Charles Jischke. I encourage you to follow the links and check them out further.

We also respond to reader comments to our first episode from Marc and Adam about moderates and Climategate.

Bob, as always, keeps us up to date in the tech world by reporting on the latest from Google–the Nexus One phone and Chrome OS.

And we give in and talk about Tiger Woods. We do it for you, listeners; we know you’ve been dying to hear what we have to say. We wrap up by chatting about the movies we’d planned to see a few weeks ago and have finally gotten around to.

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As always, music is provided courtesy of Devin Martin and David Wesson from the Emergence and Charles Jischke. I encourage you to follow the links and check them out further.

Bob’s Tech Report covers the fiasco surrounding JooJoo/CrunchPad and addresses Facebook’s ever-evolving privacy policies. The Pop Culture Update is about Bob’s attendance at the Muse concert and both of us talking about our favorite live bands.

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As always, music is provided courtesy of Devin Martin and David Wesson from the Emergence and Charles Jischke. I encourage you to follow the links and check them out further.

Bob reports on two new map applications from Google and Microsoft, and we talk upcoming movies.

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Music is provided courtesy of Devin Martin and David Wesson from the Emergence and Charles Jischke. I encourage you to follow the links and check them out further.

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Just like this blog, it’s about politics (especially libertarianism and conscious capitalism), technology, and pop culture. (The blog post this episode is based on is this one about a “new” libertarianism.) We had fun recording it and I hope you enjoy it, but I will admit that you can tell it’s our first try. We welcome feedback of any kind.

A special thanks to Devin Martin and David Wesson from the Emergence and to Charles Jischke for the use of their music. I encourage you to follow the links and check them out further.

I hope to get listed on iTunes soon, so keep an eye out.