Gadgets, markets and world headlines, talked through out loud.
Backyard Conversations crams gadgets, geopolitics and money into the same episode, so a Valve hardware announcement can share airtime with Trump versus the BBC and a Nigeria World Cup qualifier. The tone is casual and opinionated, and the talk keeps asking what a launch or market rally means for someone without spare cash.
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Backyard Conversations is a current-events conversation about tech, money, world politics and culture, often all in the same episode. The titles make that clear: 'Steam Announcement, Tesla CarPlay & Trump vs. The BBC' and 'Google Pixel, say hello to AirDrop & Shoutout to making art with humans.' both read like a list of headlines. Jide Ajide III created the show and hosts it with Temi Davis, and Dapo is a frequent voice in the conversation. The mood is casual. Some episodes open by previewing the lineup. The Steam episode, for instance, promises Valve's new devices, CarPlay finally reaching Tesla and Nigeria's World Cup qualifier against Gabon. Tech is where the talk gets most specific. The Samsung Galaxy XR is sized up as a cheaper Vision Pro that runs Android, with a pointed note that YouTube has no native app on Apple's headset. OpenAI's browser draws harder criticism. Letting an agent fill a shopping cart is called a turn-off, and the privacy stakes worry the speakers even more. Accessibility comes up as the one case where that kind of automation might make sense. Elsewhere, a free design suite that puts photo, illustration and layout tools in one app is praised as almost too good to be true, and its Canva AI upsell is read as a sign that something will eventually change. Gaming gets hands-on detail too, down to DualSense haptics and a microphone trick for fanning an in-game fire. Money is a steady undercurrent. One conversation walks through selling part of an NVIDIA stake to recover the original investment and play with the profits. The year-end edition, '2025: A Year in Summary', brings three voices together to revisit the year's biggest stories and asks whether Bitcoin and gold favor people rich enough to wait out the swings. The question of who can afford what comes up more than once: new gaming hardware, the voices point out, is mostly good news for people with spare change. Politics gets the same frank treatment. White House chatter about intervening in Nigeria over violence against Christians gets a hearing, and the Steam episode also sets up a segment on Trump and the BBC. A conversation about relief giving turns practical, questioning how much of a donation actually becomes relief and asking listeners to suggest reputable organizations. There is lighter material too, like a riff on a real-life heist that already looks like a Netflix documentary. One episode tries a short and sweet, rapid-fire format and asks for feedback on whether to keep it. Sign-offs are warm and full of thanks to listeners and reviewers. It rewards a listener who wants a wide spread of headlines with personal takes attached.
Made for: Suits a listener who wants tech launches, market moves and world news covered in one casual conversation, with opinions attached and an eye on what things cost ordinary people.
What sets it apart: Many tech shows stick to gadgets, but this one mixes hardware and AI talk with US politics, stories from Nigeria and personal-investing chatter, often inside a single episode title.
Backyard conversations is a show about tech, culture and the arts that's focused on how we interact with all these facets of life and how they shape us. Created and hosted by Jide Ajide III alongside Temi Davis, this show is about listening and learning together.
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Backyard Conversations and Dapo open with Valve's new hardware push, including the Steam Machine, Steam Controller, and Steam Frame, plus the claim that the Steam Deck turned the microSD card into a new cartridge.
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Backyard Conversations opens on NVIDIA's $5 trillion valuation, with Timmy saying he sold part of his position after covering his original investment.
Backyard Conversations examines Samsung Galaxy XR, which the hosts compare with Apple's Vision Pro on gestures, apps, and platform strategy.
Backyard Conversations examines gold's all-time high, including a prediction that the metal could reach $5,000 and a discussion of inflation, currency devaluation, and de-dollarization.
Backyard Conversations examines Figure 03 humanoid robots, AI replacing computer-based work, Nvidia's valuation, and methods for spotting AI-generated videos.
Backyard Conversations examines AI-generated media through Sora 2, Meta’s Vibes, AI versions of Michael Jackson, Tupac, and Kobe, and the effect on artists using Blender, Maya, and Unreal Engine.
Backyard Conversations follows Tini’s return from Japan and Vietnam, including his comparisons of Tokyo, Da Nang, Lagos, and Panama City.
Backyard Conversations examines iOS 26, including Apple's year-based naming, Liquid Glass refinements, iPad windowing, Preview, group-message typing indicators, polls, and Apple Intelligence in Shortcuts.
Backyard Conversations examines support for Dangote’s refinery, arguing that Nigeria’s crude exports and imported refined petroleum raise costs for petrol, diesel, kerosene, gas, bitumen, and fertilizer.
Backyard Conversations covers Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Ultra, Galaxy Buds, and Galaxy Ring, with Dakbo arguing that the watch and earbuds closely resemble Apple products.
Backyard Conversations reviews Apple’s WWDC announcements with Summer, beginning with VisionOS 2.0’s spatial-photo conversion and expanded Mac display support for Vision Pro.
Backyard Conversations examines Apple Vision Pro’s reported sales decline, its $3,500 price, and the hosts’ doubts that wearing the device for two hours fits ordinary routines.
Backyard Conversations examines Sam Altman's rapid removal and return at OpenAI, including Microsoft's attempted recruitment of OpenAI staff and speculation about artificial general intelligence.
Backyard Conversations’ “WWDC Edition” follows Apple’s June 5 keynote from the Mac Pro’s M2 Ultra transition through operating-system updates and Vision Pro.
Backyard Conversations returns from a hiatus to discuss Mason Greenwood, whose dropped charges prompted debate about abuse, reporting, evidence, and mentorship for young athletes.
Backyard Conversations features Aji, Timmy Davis, and Dapo discussing Queen Elizabeth II’s death, the iPhone 14 Pro, and Nigeria’s lowest oil output in 32 years.
Backyard Conversations covers Anthony Joshua’s loss to Usyk, Kamaru Usman’s defeat after apparently leading on points, House of the Dragon’s reported $20 million-per-episode budget, M.I Abaga’s album The Guy, and U.S.
Backyard Conversations examines Manchester United’s poor opening to the Premier League season, Elon’s joke about buying the club, and the reported scale of its needed rebuild.
Backyard Conversations examines a Northern Nigeria blasphemy killing, U.S.
Backyard Conversations discusses a Nigerian football event where Biafra-related protesters moved from peaceful expression to chanting, insults, and confrontations with spectators.
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Backyard Conversations covers Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including civilian displacement, discrimination against Black and brown refugees, gas prices, and the hosts' estimate that Russia and Ukraine produce about 30% of the world's wheat.
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Backyard Conversations reviews 2021 through Nigeria’s Twitter ban, the death of T.B.
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