Best Eric Byron Podcasts (2025)

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Mikko Rantanen's natty hatty and the Cowboys trade for George Pickens | DZ 5-8-25 2:52:40

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing to the show at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Ok. We're back in. The Cowboys trade for George Pickens. The Stars have the best player on the planet right now in Mikko Rantanen. Jake receives a plaque from his city and we have a wild ride in closing remarks involving us receiving one of the …

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141. The Murder of Saltanat Nukenova 1:11:28

12h ago1:11:28

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Looking from the outside in, it appeared that 31-year-old Saltanat Nukenova had a perfect life. She was beautiful, successful, had a great family, and had a powerful husband who took care of her. What people couldn’t have imagined was that Saltanat was in reality living a nightmare. Her husband, Kuandyk Bishimbaev, was abusing her and would cause h…

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Karina Holmer | The Boston Au Pair Murder 45:29

1d ago45:29

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Karina Holmer knew within two months that being an au pair was not the job for her. She began to make plans to go home to Sweden, but she was killed after a night out with friends. With conflicting witness statements and no clear answers, the police are still waiting on the one tip that could bring this case together. Anyone with information is ask…

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How OpenAI Builds AI Agents That Think and Act with Josh Tobin - #730 1:07:27

3d ago1:07:27

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Today, we're joined by Josh Tobin, member of technical staff at OpenAI, to discuss the company’s approach to building AI agents. We cover OpenAI's three agentic offerings—Deep Research for comprehensive web research, Operator for website navigation, and Codex CLI for local code execution. We explore OpenAI’s shift from simple LLM workflows to reaso…

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Could Jaydon Blue be the juice the Cowboys are missing & Jared Sandler live from Fenway | DZ 5-6-25 PREVIEW 24:54

3d ago24:54

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Hear the entire show by subscribing to the show at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Dan starts the show asking why aren't male porn stars famous anymore. Then we ponder if Jaydon Blue could be the juice the Cowboys are missing. Jared Sandler drops in from Fenway Park to explain the recent Rangers moves and why this trip to Boston was an emot…

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Roger Gerard - Lead with Purpose 1:04:16

3d ago1:04:16

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Lead with Purpose Dr. Roger A. Gerard is the owner of Sloan & Gerard Consulting, a private consulting practice serving executives and boards in strategic planning, operational planning, executive coaching, and management development. He also specializes in process improvement, and the use of lean methodologies in bringing about significant and meas…

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Dallas Stars comeback win in Game 7 against the Avalanche and an April MBR | DZ 5-5-25 2:59:15

4d ago2:59:15

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing to the show at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone The Stars come back from a 2-0 deficit in the 3rd to take down the Avalanche. We talk Mikko's journey over the last few months and hear how the Av's radio booth handled the loss. Other sports takes us to the Clippers-Nuggets series where James H…

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The Dumb Zone live at the Byron Nelson | DZ 5-3-25 2:38:57

6d ago2:38:57

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone We're live today from the 17th green at TPC Craig Ranch for the Byron Nelson tournament thanks to Tito's Vodka. We're joined by Cirque du Sirois and one half of The Mom Game as we take in golf and try to find a Belichick/Jordon couple (00:00) - Open: Live f…

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Luka eliminated, Today in Belichick, and Eric Nadel promoting his Birthday Benefit | DZ 5-1-25 2:28:55

8d ago2:28:55

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Hear every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing to the show at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Dan and Jake detail their horrendous nail care. We check the Today in Belichick folder for the latest in the greatest coach of all time and his Jordon problem. We touch on Luka's elimination from the NBA playoffs and speak with Texas Baseball H…

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Crystal Girard | The Conviction of Lynn DeJac (Patreon Archive) 1:07:33

9d ago1:07:33

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On February 13, 1993, Lynn Dejac called 911 to tell the police that her boyfriend was in her home and refused to leave. He left before the police arrived and then so did Lynn, leaving her two children home alone overnight. What happened that night would take 13 years to untangle though the official answer remains in dispute. This case is unsolved. …

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CTIBench: Evaluating LLMs in Cyber Threat Intelligence with Nidhi Rastogi - #729 56:18

9d ago56:18

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Today, we're joined by Nidhi Rastogi, assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology to discuss Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), focusing on her recent project CTIBench—a benchmark for evaluating LLMs on real-world CTI tasks. Nidhi explains the evolution of AI in cybersecurity, from rule-based systems to LLMs that accelerate analysis by p…

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The Shedeur slide in the draft and Jared Sandler on the Rangers offensive struggles | DZ 4-29-25 PREVIEW 14:59

10d ago14:59

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Hear the entire episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing to the show at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone We have on Jared Sandler, broadcaster for the Texas Rangers, to talk about the offensive woes of the Rangers Also on the episode, we discuss the slide of Shedeur Sanders in the draft, the best hockey bit we've seen in some time, and is dod…

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Cowboys draft observations with Jon Machota and what is going on with Bill Belichick | DZ 4-28-25 2:42:04

11d ago2:42:04

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing to the show at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone The Dallas Cowboys had themselves a pretty decent draft albeit kind of boring. The Athletic's, Jon Machota, helps us break it down including the slide of Shedeur Sanders and if the Cowboys were thinking about selecting him. Something weird is go…

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Cowboys select Tyler Booker and Duke Manyweather on how good he can be | DZ 4-25-25 PREVIEW 8:12

14d ago8:12

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Hear the entire episode by subscribing to The Dumb Zone at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone The Dallas Cowboys select an offensive guard at the 12th pick in the NFL Draft and we have all of the audio you need to hear from draft night including Jerry Jones from the post draft press conference, Micah Parsons's draft night stream, and reading a…

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NFL Draft Day, Shannon Sharpe defends himself, and Dan with a Name Game | DZ 4-24-25 2:39:21

15d ago2:39:21

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing to the show at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone It's draft day and the Cowboys slightly tip their hand on where they're going in at 12. Shannon Sharpe says he has nothing to hide, Kevin Farley joins the show as he's headlining at Hyenas this weekend in Dallas. Plus, what happens when you give…

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Episode 140. The Case of Keana Barnes 59:04

15d ago59:04

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Keana Barnes seemed to have it all growing up: a close-knit family, friends, and a cushy lifestyle. But somewhere things took a turn for her where she decided she no longer wanted those things, and left her privileged life behind for one of uncertainty. While she was couch surfing, one of Keana's friends, PJ Jennings, was found murdered, and when h…

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Generative Benchmarking with Kelly Hong - #728 54:17

16d ago54:17

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In this episode, Kelly Hong, a researcher at Chroma, joins us to discuss "Generative Benchmarking," a novel approach to evaluating retrieval systems, like RAG applications, using synthetic data. Kelly explains how traditional benchmarks like MTEB fail to represent real-world query patterns and how embedding models that perform well on public benchm…

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Manuela Silverio | The Wig Shop Murder 56:09

16d ago56:09

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In 1998, a young man committed a random attack in a Houston wig shop. A suspect was identified and while the victims and their families say they have the right person, he has maintained his innocence for over 25 years. This case is solved. Support the show! Get the exclusive show Beyond the Files plus Crimelines episodes ad free on Supercast: https…

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Dumb Zone+: Jake sits down with Harper Weaver 59:48

16d ago59:48

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing to the show at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Jake is joined by Harper Weaver, World Series Champion and candidate for Plano School Board. Harper is running Plano ISD School Board Place 3. The General Election is May 3, 2025. Early voting starts April 22. If you live in Plano or have friend…

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Steve Noviello drops by for some Gay/Not Gay and Jerry Jones is sane compared to Nico Harrison | DZ 4-22-25 PREVIEW 17:39

17d ago17:39

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Hear the entire episode by subscribing to The Dumb Zone at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Fox 4's, Steve Noviello, drops by to promote our appearance this week on Last Call. We do some Gay/Not Gay with Steve while eavesdropping on the Cowboys pre-draft press conference. Then we see how to diffuse a dog fight, something is off about Nico Ha…

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Nico speaks after Mavs elimination and Jared Sandler on MLB replay | DZ 4-21-25 3:01:08

18d ago3:01:08

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing to the show at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Nico Harrison holds court as the Mavs were eliminated over the weekend. Jared Sandler on if replay is ruining some big moments in baseball. And a weekend check from over the Easter weekend and there's a fish in our studio (00:00) - Open: Easter …

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Aaron Rodgers and Deion Sanders talk in circles and Dan made Southlake Magazine | DZ 4-18-25 PREVIEW 14:01

21d ago14:01

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Hear the entire episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Deion Sanders says it isn't about the money 31 years after his song "Must Be The Money" and Dan made Southlake Magazine ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By No Puppet Productions

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The Mavs win a play-in game, the Greg Maddux documentary, and Ted Emrich back from The Masters | DZ 4-17-25 2:17:27

22d ago2:17:27

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Ted Emrich is back from The Masters, so naturally we have to broadcast from a golf course for Wire Will. Dan watched the Greg Maddux documentary, Tyron Smith retires a Cowboy so we wonder what the worst one-day contract signing is, and the Mavs win a play-i…

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Jennifer Wathall - AI-Powered Pedagogy 1:03:04

22d ago1:03:04

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AI-Powered Pedagogy Dr. Jennifer Chang-Wathall is an independent educational consultant, author, and part-time instructor at the University of Hong Kong. With a rich background spanning over 30 years in international education, she has worked at various international schools, such as South Island School and Island School in Hong Kong, and The Unite…

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Episode 139. The Case of Eric Hill, Rosa Hill, and Selma Hill 51:16

22d ago51:16

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When Eric Hill and Rosa Li met in late 2002, the couple quickly hit it off, began dating, and married in 2005. It seemed that the Hills were set to start a wonderful life as husband and wife, but Eric soon discovered that this was not going to be the case. After their daughter, Elizabeth, was born in 2006, the couple separated in 2007, and Rosa’s o…

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Pearl Pinson | Missing from Vallejo CA 24:04

23d ago24:04

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Pearl Pinson left for school one morning and, in full view of witnesses, was kidnapped as she walked. A shoot out with the prime suspect changed the course of this investigation, but the answer to “where is Pearl?” is something the right tip can bring in. If you know anything, please call the Solano County Sheriff's Office 707-421-7090 or NCMEC at …

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Mavs horrible PR job with Kirk Henderson and Ben Swanger, who was at the private Nico Harrison press conference | DZ 4-15-25 PREVIEW 10:07

24d ago10:07

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Hear the entire episode by subscribing to The Dumb Zone at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Kirk Henderson and Ben Swanger join us to talk about the latest Mavs PR blunder which was Nico Harrison and Rick Welts holding a private press conference to a select number of Dallas media. Ben was there and takes us inside the room where "defense win…

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Rory McIlroy wins his Masters, Jim Nantz is insufferable, and Jared Sandler on why the Rangers bats are struggling | DZ 4-14-25 2:53:25

25d ago2:53:25

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing to DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Comedian, Vinnie Corrales, sits in with us today as we recap our weekends and Blake talks about his trip to Denver last week. Jim Nantz is so self-absorbed it's disgusting and what does the Connecticut attic boy know about chicks? (00:00) - Open: Weekend ch…

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Exploring the Biology of LLMs with Circuit Tracing with Emmanuel Ameisen - #727 1:34:06

25d ago1:34:06

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In this episode, Emmanuel Ameisen, a research engineer at Anthropic, returns to discuss two recent papers: "Circuit Tracing: Revealing Language Model Computational Graphs" and "On the Biology of a Large Language Model." Emmanuel explains how his team developed mechanistic interpretability methods to understand the internal workings of Claude by rep…

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The Shafia Family Part 2 50:39

25d ago50:39

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In June of 2009, a Nissan Sentra with four bodies in it was pulled from a canal near Kingston, Ontario. In part 1, we discussed the backstory of the family at the center of this case and now, in part 2, we’ll discuss the crime scene, the timeline, the changing stories, and the final resolution. This case is solved Support Right To Learn Afghanistan…

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We recap Jake and TC's trip to the AAC with Michael Mooney and Luis Ellis | DZ 4-10-25 PREVIEW 17:43

29d ago17:43

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Hear the entire episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Michael Mooney tells us the story of Backpage. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By No Puppet Productions

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Luka is back in town and we sent Jake and TC down to the AAC for live reaction | DZ 4-9-25 2:39:52

29d ago2:39:52

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Jake and TC head to the AAC for a live pregame of Luka's big return to Dallas. Plus, Mike Sirois joins the show! (00:00) - Lakers/Mavs pre-game with special guests Mike Sirois and TC (32:46) - News (53:39) - Viewer Mail (01:05:42) - Jake and TC reporting li…

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The Shafia Family Part 1 56:27

30d ago56:27

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When the bodies of four women and girls were pulled from a car in a canal, the community rallied around the grieving family who suffered an inexplicable accident. But the police, from the very start, believed they could explain what happened and it was no accident. This case is solved Thank you to this week's sponsor Spot & Tango! For a limited tim…

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The Dodgers visit The White House and we talk tariffs with Sarah Hepola | DZ 4-8-25 PREVIEW 19:06

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Hear the entire episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone We compare Luka's return to 9/11. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By No Puppet Productions

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Teaching LLMs to Self-Reflect with Reinforcement Learning with Maohao Shen - #726 51:45

1M ago51:45

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Today, we're joined by Maohao Shen, PhD student at MIT to discuss his paper, “Satori: Reinforcement Learning with Chain-of-Action-Thought Enhances LLM Reasoning via Autoregressive Search.” We dig into how Satori leverages reinforcement learning to improve language model reasoning—enabling model self-reflection, self-correction, and exploration of a…

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How are we supposed to approach Luka's return and Jared Sandler on The Rangers' great start | DZ 04-07-25 2:35:39

1M ago2:35:39

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone We do a little Weekend Check that features our Austin/San Antonio trip and offer up some Bad Beats. Plus: Jared Sandler! (00:00) - Open: Weekend Check (41:36) - Sports: The Final Four, MAVS talk + Luka returning to Dallas (01:08:38) - Viewer Mail (01:23:51)…

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The Dumb Zone in San Antonio | DZ 4-4-25 2:13:53

1M ago2:13:53

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Lone Star Beer takes us to The Rose of San Antonio for the Final Four so The Dumb Zone hits the streets of San Antonio and remembers the Alamo with Mike Sirois (00:00) - Open: The Dumb Zone in San Antonio (56:26) - Sports: Will Milton push Dak? (01:20:14) -…

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Live from Rivian in Austin | DZ 4-3-25 2:33:32

1M ago2:33:32

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone The Dumb Zone hits the road and we broadcast live from Rivian in Austin (00:00) - Open: Live from Rivian in Austin (38:01) - Big Thursday Viewer Mail Bag (01:13:33) - Cowboys make a trade (01:23:31) - ER stories: The Buffalo Crammers (01:43:20) - News: Ask …

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Episode 138. The Staudte Family Murders 1:10:20

1M ago1:10:20

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When two members of the Staudte family died in 2012, people thought that the family was a magnet for tragedy. When a third family member was hospitalized in June 2013, things no longer seemed like bad luck to someone in the family's close circle, and so an anonymous tip was placed to the Springfield PD about the sudden deaths that had taken place. …

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Cowboys happy with off-season, Mavs in the play-in, and the March MBR | DZ 4-1-25 PREVIEW 22:49

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Hear the entire episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Dan has a tale about trying to corral a loose horse in his neighborhood, Stephen Jones is happy about the Cowboys off-season and that's before they extend Micah Parsons, college baseball coaches aren't happy about curfews, and the March MBR. ★ Support…

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Micah Parsons upcoming extension and Jared Sandler on the Rangers great start | DZ 3-31-25 3:00:14

1M ago3:00:14

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone A big weekend check on this Monday featuring Today in Fast Food and The Handoff. Micah Parsons said in December he would take less to get more talent around him; we'll see how his upcoming extension is handled. Then Jared Sandler joins us with some Rangers …

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Waymo's Foundation Model for Autonomous Driving with Drago Anguelov - #725 1:09:07

1M ago1:09:07

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Today, we're joined by Drago Anguelov, head of AI foundations at Waymo, for a deep dive into the role of foundation models in autonomous driving. Drago shares how Waymo is leveraging large-scale machine learning, including vision-language models and generative AI techniques to improve perception, planning, and simulation for its self-driving vehicl…

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Rangers Opening Day reaction and LeBron isn't funny | DZ 3-28-25 21:10

1M ago21:10

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Hear the entire episode by subscribing to The Dumb Zone at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone We broadcast from one of the nicest homes we've ever been to. We've got reactions from Opening Day, we have to listen to LeBron speak, and we've got a crazy story in closing remarks ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

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Live from 2025 Texas Rangers Opening Day with Jim Knox | DZ 3-27-25 2:11:54

1M ago2:11:54

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone We broadcast live from Leddy's bang bus from 2025 Texas Rangers Opening Day. Steve Noviello drops by and his surrogate happens to be a part of Leddy's crew. Dan's connection to the Cleveland radio host starting the Dak trade to the Browns rumors. And Jim Kn…

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Episode 137. The Amato Family Murders 55:46

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The Amato family seemed to be a good family unit from the outside, but things were not as they appeared. Chad and Margaret were parents to Jason, Cody, and Grant, who were great children until one of them seemed to spiral out of control. Grant, in his late 20s, lost his job, lived at home, and began to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from hi…

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Bonus: Interview with Truer Crime! 27:39

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Find Truer Crime wherever you listen to podcasts! Thank you to our March sponsors! For a limited time go to SpotandTango.com/crimelines and use code crimelines to get 50% off your first order! Use code Crimelines at newspapers.com for an exclusive 20% discount on your subscription! Ready to help your kids learn the value of money? Just head to acor…

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Dan fights KT over Severance and local news teases | DZ 3-25-25 PREVIEW 22:59

1M ago22:59

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Hear the entire episode by subscribing to The Dumb Zone at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone Dan fights KT & Jamison over Severance, we review local news teases during sweeps, North Texas is so North Texas, and college wrestling controversy??? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By No Puppet Productions

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Jared Sandler with a 2025 Texas Rangers preview | DZ 3-24-25 2:51:52

2M ago2:51:52

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Get every episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone We tip off this week with a weekend check involving one of us upgrading in the phone department. Tiger had a weird tweet and we got to witness Calipari vs. Pitino. Plus, Jared Sandler joins us for a 2025 Texas Rangers preview and how the ABS system worked i…

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Dynamic Token Merging for Efficient Byte-level Language Models with Julie Kallini - #724 50:32

2M ago50:32

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Today, we're joined by Julie Kallini, PhD student at Stanford University to discuss her recent papers, “MrT5: Dynamic Token Merging for Efficient Byte-level Language Models” and “Mission: Impossible Language Models.” For the MrT5 paper, we explore the importance and failings of tokenization in large language models—including inefficient compression…

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Tim MacMahon's new book takes you behind the scenes of the Luka trade and Julie Dobbs in for some Friday fun | DZ 3-21-25 PREVIEW 26:55

2M ago26:55

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Hear the entire episode of The Dumb Zone by subscribing at DumbZone.com or Patreon.com/TheDumbZone ESPN's, Tim MacMahon, discusses his new Luka book and takes you behind the scenes of what lead to the trade of the NBA superstar and Julie Dobbs is in for some Friday fun where we discover couples are swinging to save their marriage! ★ Support this po…

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