Rice and Cannoli Podcast

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Rice and Cannoli is a podcast hosted by two founders who actually build things. We have opinions, and we're not afraid to use them. We cover AI, tech, and the broader cultural moment playing out in real time. Some episodes are deep dives. Some are just two guys who've been paying attention, saying what everyone else is thinking. 🍚 Rice: Renny Chan 🥐 Cannoli: Jim Verducci

  1. 2d ago

    Rice & Cannoli Podcast - Ep 21 - Goodbye Sir Patrick, Anthropci's S1 is Crazy, Apple's Touchcreen

    It's a Halloween special of the Rice and Cannoli podcast, and Cannoli shows up as Taco. The costume is a nod to last week's guest, Dave Winterbourne of Zoom Drain Phoenix East Valley, who picked taco as his food alias. It also comes from a kids' musical based on Dragons Love Tacos.Rice and Cannoli swap Halloween stories, from Canadian mall trick-or-treating to pizza night and Treehouse of Horror marathons. Then they remember Sir Patrick Stewart, from Shakespeare to Star Trek to the X-Men and American Dad.On the news docket:AppleThe Reddit drama (it's not what you think)Anthropic's S-1Things getting wild at ProtonThe Binance and Polymarket hacksA fun segment to close the showIf you like the show, like and subscribe on YouTube. On Spotify or Apple Podcasts, share an episode with a friend.

  2. Oct 27

    Rice & Cannoli Podcast - Ep 20 - Interview with Dave Winterborne

    inks:Zoom Drain https://www.zoomdrain.com/phoenix-east-valley/about-us/Dave Winterborne: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-winterbourne-17951b/Is AI coming for every desk job, and are the trades the safer bet? Rice and Cannoli put that question to Dave Winterbourne, who spent about 25 years in tech and left in 2025 to open a Zoom Drain franchise in Arizona with his wife.Dave was a founding engineer at AppDynamics, where he rose to senior director of engineering. He was there when Cisco acquired the company in 2017. Before software, he studied geology. In this episode he explains why he swapped code for drains, and what he thinks the AI boom means for both worlds.In this episode:Dave's path from geology to software to running a drain and sewer businessWhether AI will reshape entry-level tech jobs, and what it could do to how we thinkAI-assisted code review, and what happens when nobody reads the "blueprints" anymoreWhy software has no apprenticeship path like the trades, and whether it shouldThe data center backlash, and what AI-driven building really means for trades jobsHow AI and robotic tools could help the trades, from crawler cameras to AI companions

  3. Oct 20

    Rice and Cannoli Podcast - Ep 19 - iPhone Duo, Hackers, PS5 Jailbreak, Bloons

    Welcome to our latest tech news roundup! In this episode, we cover the highly anticipated release of the iPhone Duo, hackers targeting Albert Heijn, the latest PS5 jailbreaks, and the upcoming Bloons cartoon. Stay up-to-date on all things technology and AI with our weekly rundown. Don't forget to subscribe for more updates!

  4. Oct 13

    Rice & Cannoli Podcast - Ep 19 - Apple After Steve Jobs

    Did Apple lose its product soul after Steve Jobs — or become a more sophisticated kind of product company? We compare Apple's 2011 and 2025 filings, its high-margin Services business, enormous buyback program, MacBook design reversals, App Store regulation and the real successes of Apple Watch, AirPods and Apple Silicon. We revisit Jobs's warning about monopoly-era organizations, ask whether Vision Pro and Project Titan show ambition or missed intuition, and look at the 2026 Cook-to-Ternus CEO transition. Then: Anthropic's bizarrely fascinating new rule about being gratuitously cruel to Claude, model welfare and the Vatican. Key receipts: Apple FY2011 filing: https://thequarterly.org/sec-filings/aapl/2011/10-k.html | Apple FY2025 10-K: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019325000079/aapl-20250927.htm | Apple FY2026 June-quarter 10-Q: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000032019326000020/aapl-20260627.htm | Steve Jobs 1995 interview: https://allaboutstevejobs.com/videos/misc/triumph_of_the_nerds_interview_1995 | EU Digital Markets Act decision: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-finds-apple-and-meta-breach-digital-markets-act | Apple CEO transition: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/tim-cook-to-become-apple-executive-chairman-john-ternus-to-become-apple-ceo/ | Apple Silicon M1: https://www.apple.com/ca/newsroom/2020/11/apple-unleashes-m1/ | Gemini/Siri reporting: https://www.reuters.com/business/google-apple-enter-into-multi-year-ai-deal-gemini-models-2026-01-12/ | Anthropic Usage Policy: https://www.anthropic.com/news/2026-usage-policy-update | Model welfare: https://www.anthropic.com/research/end-subset-conversations | New York Times Anthropic investigation: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/anthropic-claude-morals-ai.html

  5. Oct 6

    Rice & Cannoli Podcast - Ep 17 - Pewdiepies's Great Sidequests

    We're just a couple of founders that love Pewdiepie's current story arc. We also didn't want to miss out on Meta's Muse AI and OpenAI's dots announcements. PewDiePie is building local AI tools, Meta is pushing always-on agents into your life, and the demos are already exposing why this tech can go sideways fast. If you care about AI, privacy, and the future of consumer tech, this episode is a must-listen.Rice and Cannoli kick things off with a surprisingly nerdy detour into Nintendo, Smash Bros., and why some franchises become cultural giants, then pivot into the real headline: PewDiePie’s side quest into AI. From Linux and self-hosted servers to a fine-tuned local model and an open-source harness called Odysseus, they break down how one of YouTube’s biggest creators is building for digital sovereignty instead of surrendering everything to Big Tech.

  6. Sep 29

    Rice & Cannoli Podcast - Ep16 - Feat BBQ Parker Miller, Bill Gates Late to the Party, Suno AI

    Episode descriptionGo Check Standin @ https://standin.co if you have remote teamsParker's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rennychan/StartingUP Podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-startingup-333594182Bill Gates' Billion Deaths: https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/bill-gates-warns-ai-powerful-150039056.htmlSuno's V6 Model is terrible: https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/09/09/suno-v6-launch/Wendy's makes an emo EP and it's AWESOME: https://www.wendys.com/blog/wendysr-square-deal-blog/wendys-drops-emo-album-songs-listen-wendys-parking-lot

  7. Sep 22

    Rice & Cannoli Podcast - Ep 15 - All The AI's Have Gone Rogue!

    A wild week in AI, a legal saga that keeps escalating, and a data center pitch so bizarre it sounds fake. If you care about what happens when hype, power, and bad judgment collide, this episode is for you.Rice and Cannoli kick things off with the latest chapter in the Reckless Ben vs. Bricks and Minifigs drama, where a franchise feud turns into a viral spectacle with new store openings, legal threats, and a growing debate over who really owns the brand, the inventory, and the narrative. Then the conversation shifts hard into AI, where Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, and Google’s latest claims raise fresh questions about safety, security, and whether anyone is actually in control.

  8. Sep 21

    Rice & Cannoli Podcast - Ep 14 - Interview with the Founder of PorkChop

    GO CHECKOUT PATRICK'S COMPANY!: https://porkchop.appLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-adukonis-3819ba22/YouTube copyright abuse, prediction markets, and AI hype collide with a founder story you will not hear anywhere else. Rice and Cannoli bring on their first-ever guest, Patrick Adukonis, the butcher-turned-builder behind Pork Chop, and he opens up about survival, grit, and why hands-on skills may be the ultimate edge in an AI-shaped economy.Patrick’s path is anything but conventional. Born in 1984 and shaped by a childhood marked by instability, he turned to food, trades, and eventually software as a way to build something durable. Today, he’s creating Pork Chop, a workforce training platform that turns real-world, hands-on learning into structured AR and VR practice on any device—even a phone.You’ll hear how he went from a direct-to-consumer culinary app to a B2B training platform for food processors, trade schools, and associations, and why those pivots happened. Patrick shares the signal he looks for before changing direction, how he separates noise from reality, and why he believes too many founders ignore the lived experience that should shape what they build.

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Rice and Cannoli is a podcast hosted by two founders who actually build things. We have opinions, and we're not afraid to use them. We cover AI, tech, and the broader cultural moment playing out in real time. Some episodes are deep dives. Some are just two guys who've been paying attention, saying what everyone else is thinking. 🍚 Rice: Renny Chan 🥐 Cannoli: Jim Verducci

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  • Creator
    Rice and Cannoli
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Explicit
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