Introduction

Taylor and Jim introduce guest host Ed Kohler and announce the Flak Radio Name That Sex Drug Contest to create the trade name for the new nasal spray that promises to bring about the crazy-ass sexual revolution of tomorrow. The best submission wins a bottle of Reyka Vodka and an invitation to the show.* Send your entries to flakradio at flakmag dot com by 9pm Central, Monday night, July 16th.

Interview with Ed Kohler of Technology Evangelist

Jim and Taylor talk with guest host Ed Kohler who, aside from working for Technology Evangelist, also runs a personal blog, The Deets and a look at shoes hanging in random places at Shoefiti. As a local man about the Internet in the Twin Cities and on the national scence, Ed talks about the high holy day of Apple's iPhone release, tracking shoes on powerlines and some disturbing suburban geese collections.

The 2007 Becca Dilley Vodka Invitational

With Becca as scorekeeper, Jim and Taylor run a gauntlet of six vodka samples each. Of the six sips, 1-to-3 will be Reyka vodka, 1-to-3 will be from a $6.99 bottle Kamchatka vodka, and 1-to-3 will be the Official Vodka of MIT undergraduates, Kamchatka vodka that's been through a Britta filter four times.

Interview with Josh Harkinson from Mother Jones

Taylor dials up Josh Harkinson of Mother Jones to talk about the magazine's special feature on technology in politics. Jim also shares some of the highlights from Eric Hananoki's story on goofy presidential Facebook groups.

The Flak Radio Roundup, Part 2

This week on the roundup, we called it first: NY Times discovers that librarians are cool; Internet Content Generation Trick #437: Just Post a Concept; I luv U Wizard Prison; Akon chucks a fan into the crowd; and breaking news: Internet down, all online data erased.

Joel Meyer's "What's Coming Up Next Week?"

A preview of next week's show, which features Andrea Meyer debuting her new magazine.

Web Extra!

Star Trek meets Chekov.