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NC #1073 Kilowatt Thanksgiving Extravaganza, Recording an Audiobook by Eddie Tonkoi, Adam Engst on Agentic Web Browsers

December 1, 2025·1 hr 20 min·5 clips

Allison Sheridan frames the episode as a Thanksgiving-week show and admits to goofing off during the holiday break. Eddie Tonkoy returns with another contribution. He talks through preparing to record audiobook versions of his wife's fiction books, and the segment lands as both useful and entertaining. Bodie Grimm, a friend of the show and a good friend in real life, brings back the annual Thanksgiving extravaganza from the Kilowatt podcast. Allison and Steve once again end up as the hapless contestants. The game is Jeopardy-style, with answers Bodie made up and categories they know nothing about. One category is even called category five, which becomes part of the joke because Bodie forgot to rename the column. That gives the segment a messy, friendly energy. Adam Engst also appears for a conversation about agentic web browsers. He argues that current tools are not as capable as their hype suggests and compares them to a clueless intern who needs a lot of instruction. He points to a simple-looking task such as downloading a CSV file, then shows how everything falls apart when the relevant action is hidden behind a JavaScript button instead of a normal link. The example makes clear how fast these systems run into real-world web complexity. Allison keeps the pace conversational and lets the contributors carry most of the work. The show closes with reminders about the podcast's YouTube channel, Slack community, Patreon, one-time donation options, PayPal, and the Sunday-night live show.

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A Thanksgiving-week mix of game-show chaos, audiobook prep, and browser realism.

This episode folds a Thanksgiving-week mix of segments into a steady, workable flow: Bodie Grimm's annual game show, Eddie Tonkoy's plans for audiobook versions of his wife's fiction books, and Adam Engst's talk about the limits of agentic web browsers.

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If you like a Thanksgiving-week tech show where audiobook prep, a Bodie Grimm game show, and a blunt take on AI browser agents all show up at once, press play.

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