Technology Explained.
Chris Rouman is the host of Nerd Adjacent, a podcast that explores how technology shows up in everyday life—often in ways you don’t expect. Each episode unpacks real-world examples and explains the tech behind it in simple, relatable terms. No jargon, no hype—just clear stories about how the digital world works.
Recent Episodes
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Blockchain
Someone, somewhere, is always in charge of the official record, and the rest of us just have to trust them. Blockchain wants to change that. This episode explores how a shared digital ledger can be nearly impossible to fake, where the hype has gotten ahead of reality, and where its future potential lies.
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Password Security
The average person has 170 passwords. Most of them are terrible. In this episode of Nerd Adjacent, Chris breaks down how passwords work, how they get cracked, and what’s coming next—because it turns out, the thing standing between hackers and your bank account deserves better than your dog’s name and a birth year.
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Vibe coding
Vibe coding changes how software gets made by letting people describe what they want in plain language instead of writing every line by hand. This episode explores how AI lowers the barrier to programming, opening the door for non-developers to turn ideas into working software.
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USB
USB is the tiny port that quietly standardized our digital lives—letting nearly anything plug into almost anything. This episode tells the story of how a handful of tech giants killed off a jungle of incompatible connectors and gave us one simple plug (well… eventually).
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WiFi
Wi-Fi made the internet truly portable—turning coffee shops into offices, living rooms into classrooms, and airports into, well, slightly less boring places. This episode looks at how Wi-Fi untethered our digital lives and became the quiet force keeping everything connected.
The Podcast Demystifying Tech for Everyone
If you’ve ever thought, “I use this stuff every day but I don’t really get how it works,” Nerd Adjacent is the podcast you’ve always wanted. Chris is learning alongside you, asking questions, researching the experts, and turning what he finds into stories and insights we can all understand.
Because being “nerd adjacent” means you don’t need to know everything—you just need to be curious enough to ask.
