Confederate (Television Series)

The Intellivision Amico

The Intellivision video game console was a memory maker. Games that looked and played better than Atari and the backing of a major toy company. It just took a video game crash to wipe out any future for the Intellivision. In 2018 Intellivision was ready for a comeback with the new Amico game console. The problem is, the Amico never arrived. Join RD as he tells the tale of the future retro console that never was. Download the episode for free.

George Miller’s “Justice League: Mortal”

Back in 2007 making a superhero team up movie was not a sure thing. This did not stop Warner Bros, along with Mad Max, Babe, and Happy Feet creator, George Miller from coming up with the first big super hero team up movie "Justice League: Mortal". A writer's strike later, an unknown cast, and a non-committed Australian government would be too tough a foe for Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and friends, and the movie would be lost before a single shot was taken. Join RD as he goes over the script and wonders if we missed out on a potential super hero masterpiece. Download the episode for free.

The Flying Car

Once mankind achieved powered flight, the need of a flying car was evident. Join RD as he looks at the over 100 hundred years history of the electric car. Download the episode for free.

Confederate (Television Series)

In 2017 "Game of Thrones" creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were at the top of the television world. Their global television hit was getting ready for its last season and everyone wanted to know what the duo planned as a follow up. Unfortunately that follow-up was a proposed television series about a modern Confederate States of America and the institution of slavery in today's world. "Confederate" was a bad idea that was met with an immediate backlash and a quick private death. How could this happen in today's tv world and why would HBO allow this out to the public. Join RD as he looks at the history of "Confederate" and listen as he speculates on why the show never saw the light of day. Download the episode for free.

Ovation

The early 1980s saw the beginning of the home computer boom. The Apple II was dominating the market thanks to VisaCalc, the first spreadsheet computer program. Lotus 1 2 3 came in and started to challenge VisaCalc. Enter Ovation technologies and their true business software killer simply called Ovation. The problem is Ovation never existed. It was a con. How could this have happened. Join RD as he pieces together the story of Ovation and what their failure meant to the future of technological innovation. Download the episode for free.