Explainercast Shane Swenson and Dave Smith

In episode 17, Shane and Dave explain the surprising science of rainbows. Can you touch one? Does everyone else see the same rainbow that you see?

In episode 16, Shane and Dave explain how GPTs work. GPTs are a type of large language model, and the most famous is ChatGPT.

In episode 15, Shane and Dave explain the Domain Name Service, which is how your web browser
figures out the IP addresses to use for domain names like google.com

In episode 14, Shane and Dave explain how Alexa works. Alexa is the most popular household
voice assistant. Find out how Alexa works on the inside!

In episode 13, Shane and Dave explain how the internet ensures that data is delivered between
computers reliably and in order.

In episode 12, Shane and Dave continue explaining the saga of telecommunications. Computer networks! How the technologies work that power the internet.