Tech talk with useful detours.
Don't Panic treats technology as part of ordinary life, not a separate expert zone. Sean Jennings, Dan Miller, and Colby Rabideau move from software reactions and design changes to weather, hospitals, road trips, breakfast sandwiches, and whatever else is suddenly worth arguing about.
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Don't Panic is a conversational technology show that keeps proving the topic is wider than the word suggests. Gadgets and internet culture are the official frame, but the real shape is three familiar voices sorting through the week by whatever detail catches first. Technology events are a recurring anchor. Software design, video podcasts, and the uneven promise of new software all get treated with practical curiosity and dry suspicion. The show is not trying to sound like a keynote. It is more likely to ask how a design actually works with a mouse, why a feature shipped before something more useful, or whether a screenshot is quietly dodging the hard part. Then the conversation slides into life. Travel stories bring in storms, road trips, state fairs, and long afterlives for fairground cookies. Food gets ranked with suspicious seriousness. Gas-station sandwiches, breakfast sandwiches, farm-stand rules, and the idea of reselling bread all become material because the show enjoys the logic of everyday systems. Home ownership, office setups, 3D printers, hospitals, weather patterns, and parenting logistics sit beside the tech without feeling like interruptions. That is the point. Sean Jennings, Dan Miller, and Colby Rabideau have a loose, practiced rhythm: one tangent invites another, someone clarifies the absurd part, and the group keeps moving before the bit wears out. The pacing is quick. The mood is amused, occasionally exasperated, and rarely polished for effect. Don't Panic suits listeners who want tech talk that sounds like people actually live with the devices they are discussing.
Made for: For listeners who follow technology news, gadgets, podcasts, and internet culture but prefer dry conversation over formal analysis. It also fits anyone who enjoys everyday complaints turned into running bits.
What sets it apart: The show's strength is how naturally it blends tech criticism with domestic logistics, food rankings, travel stories, and local oddities. It feels less like a segment machine and more like recurring friends finding the tech angle in regular life.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Don't Panic tests technology announcements against daily use, finding practical questions and comic friction inside polished product demos.
Don't Panic turns product announcements into a loose, funny conversation among Sean Jennings, Colby Rabideau, and Dan Miller. Everyday stories about parenting, houses, food, and office chairs share space with technology news, giving the show a lived-in perspective on how gadgets…
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A stormy Hawaii detour, a bread hustle, and a house that might be falling down.
Don't Panic starts with Sean Jennings and the crew trying to turn a Hawaii trip into a Super Bowl watch party, only to get knocked off course by a rainstorm, a governor telling people to stay home, and a very bad canyon drive idea.
A new 3D printer and a breakfast-sandwich gamble turn ordinary routines into easygoing domestic comedy.
Technology enters Don't Panic by way of Colby's new home office, with a Christmas 3D printer serving as both gadget and conversation starter. The first recording from the new place gives the episode a relaxed domestic frame, and Sean Jennings and Colby Rabideau move easily from…
A hospital detour that lets the show's loose banter do the work.
Don't Panic uses Dan Miller's return as a loose frame for a hospital story that keeps wandering into the place's practical absurdities: a volunteer cart stocked with puzzles, crosswords, cards, crayons, and pens, the odd freedom to drift through hospital wings, and parking…
A karaoke detour that settles into the licensing math behind the joke.
The episode moves from tired banter into consumer-tech absurdity, starting with a LaCroix Sunshine can that never quite says what is inside it before landing on karaoke-style features built around shower singing, lyrics on a phone, and a waterproof iPhone.
A cautious WWDC reaction that keeps testing Tahoe against everyday Mac use.
Don't Panic spends this WWDC stretch on the practical questions that will decide whether the Mac OS Tahoe redesign feels usable or just flashy.
A Boston commute, a new foundation, and Cybertruck jokes turn everyday logistics into loose tech commentary.
The episode uses Colby's gray concrete foundation as a way into the everyday systems that quietly shape a day. Sean Jennings and Colby Rabideau move from the increasingly real house project to Dan's absence after the birth of his child, then into the time gained and lost in a…
A grounded gadget discussion where a half-broken Linux install meets hard-earned AppleCare.
Consumer-tech spending turns into useful friction as Sean Jennings folds a new Framework laptop into a conversation about Apple watch announcements.
A loose, specific tech chat that turns pizza, chairs, and EU fines into something worth hearing.
Episode 364 leans into a pleasantly eccentric mix of frozen pizza deliveries, angry woodchucks, and emails from friends of the show before folding into the week's tech news.
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The hosts of Don't Panic discuss a Seattle-based sourdough pizza delivered frozen locally.
The hosts of Don't Panic discuss how to spend a $1,000 home office budget, considering options like webcams and VR headsets.
Sean Jennings, Dan, and Colby open with a Hawaii trip that collided with a Super Bowl, a rainstorm, and a broken TV app that made even finding the game difficult.
Don’t Panic episode 408 centers on Colby Rabideau’s new house, a Prusa 3D printer he assembled from roughly 1,000 screws, and a wire he broke and replaced after a two-week wait from Prague.
The hosts of the Don't Panic podcast catch up after a month apart, joking about aging and the cold weather.
The hosts discuss sweater weather and a local weather phenomenon called the triangle of weather sadness.
The hosts of Don't Panic catch up after a break, sharing summer travel stories about Yellowstone and the Minnesota State Fair.
Recorded July 1st, 2025, "Don't Panic" episode 404 brings Dan Miller back after episode 400 and opens with Sean Jennings and Colby Radu talking about the new baby, Sophia.
Sean Jennings and Colby spend most of the episode on Apple's WWDC 2025 follow-up, with episode 403 recorded June 16th, 2025 and focused on watchOS, tvOS, macOS Tahoe, and Spotlight.
Sean Jennings and Colby cover Apple's WWDC 2025 keynote on episode 402 of Don't Panic, sorting each announcement into categories like 'game changer' and 'who cares.' They discuss the unified year-based OS numbering system moving to version 26 across platforms, the new Liquid Glass design language featuring layered translucent interface elements, and phone features like call screening and hold assist.
Sean Jennings and Colby Rabideau open with "episode number 401" and a May 12th, 2025 recording, then joke about Colby's "new foundation" and Dan's parental leave after "he had his baby." They spend a long stretch on Tesla ownership, Cybertrucks, and bumper stickers like "I bought this car before Elon went crazy," with Sean saying regular Tesla owners are different from Cybertruck buyers.
The hosts discuss a failed Node.js upgrade on their website, joking about potential security risks.
The hosts discuss a new job and the experience of assembling a Framework laptop with Linux.
The hosts of the Don't Panic podcast reunite after a break and discuss recent tech-related events, including a router failure and a sales meeting.