ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Mr. Fred’s Tech Talks is your backstage pass to the world of coding, tinkering and technology made simple, fun, and family-friendly. Hosted by Mr. Fred (a former Marine officer turned college professor and lifelong tech tinkerer), each bi-weekly, 10–15 minute episode breaks down real-world tech topics into bite-sized lessons you can use today.
Whether you’re a parent trying to understand what “JavaScript” really means, a teacher looking for fresh STEM activities, or a kid who dreams of building your own game or robot, Mr. Fred’s Tech Talks delivers:
- Clear, jargon-free explanations of coding languages, tools and AI
- Behind-the-scenes stories from tech history (like the 64 KB computer that landed on the Moon)
- Hands-on project ideas and step-by-step tips you can try at home or in the classroom
- Inspiring interviews and sound bites from the pioneers who built our digital world
Come for the “Tech Tip of the Day,” stay for the celebratory sound bites and community call-outs. Subscribe now on Acast and join a growing community of curious minds because at GetMeCoding.com, I believe that everyone can learn to code, explore technology, and build confidence…one byte at a time.
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Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 8 days
Average audio length:
19 minutes
Guest interviews
Video podcast
English
United States
42 episodes
since July 31, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What happens when a classroom codebreaking challenge leads to a remarkable piece of history?
Mr. Fred explores Code Girls by Liza Mundy, the story of American women whose secret work helped break German and Japanese codes during World War II. Meet teacher-turned-codebreaker Dot Braden and discover …
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
How did video games go from a handful of colored blocks to worlds filled with realistic faces, reflections, shadows, and light?
In this episode of Mr. Fred’s Tech Talks, we follow the evolution of video game graphics from early Atari-era pixels to sprites, 3D polygons, textures, GPUs, and ray traci…
You probably scanned a QR code this week.
Maybe it opened a restaurant menu, a ticket, a payment page, or a website. Point your phone at a strange collection of black-and-white squares and somehow it knows what to do.
But how?
In this episode of Mr. Fred’s Tech Talks, Mr. Fred pulls back the curtai…
What happens when the technology on Mr. Fred's Tech Talks actually... talks?
This week, I'm handing the questions over to Milo, the name I've given the AI assistant I use inside ChatGPT, for a free-flowing conversation about my first week back in the college classroom.
And after nearly three decade…
“Have you tried turning it off and on again?”
It may be the most famous piece of tech advice ever given. It is also surprisingly effective.
In this episode of Mr. Fred’s Tech Talks, Mr. Fred takes a fun look at what is actually happening when a computer, router, app, or other piece of technology ge…
Someone hands you a phone, laptop, controller, or some other piece of technology and asks, “Do you know how to make this work?”
And you have absolutely no idea.
Even after decades of working with technology, Mr. Fred still has those moments. And maybe that's the point.
In this episode of Mr. Fred's…
Can artificial intelligence actually help get kids away from screens?
In this episode of Mr. Fred’s Tech Talks, Mr. Fred explores a different way to think about AI and childhood. Instead of allowing AI to become the entire experience, what if we used it as the spark that gets kids creating, buildin…
Pencils? Check. Notebooks? Check. Four mysteriously specific black pens? Check.
But as students return to classrooms with artificial intelligence at their fingertips, they need a few important supplies that cannot be purchased at a store.
In this episode, Mr. Fred explores three skills students nee…
On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon.
And then, just a few years later, humanity stopped going.
So what happened?
Did we forget how to get there? Did the technology disappear? And if we could reach the Moon using 1960s technology, why did it take more than 50 years for humans to travel t…
The fastest thing Mr. Fred has ever watched happen had no engine, no wheels, and no wings.
In fact, he never actually saw it happen.
He only pressed a button.
In Season 2, Episode 21 of Mr. Fred’s Tech Talks, we follow the hidden journey that begins every time you send a message, open a webpage, st…
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