First Ring Daily

Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams

338 episodesEN-US

Show overview

First Ring Daily has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 338 episodes. That works out to roughly 70 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 9 min and 14 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Technology show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 88 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 173 episodes published. Published by Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams.

Episodes

338

Running

2024–2026 · 2y

Median length

12 min

Cadence

Several per week

From the publisher

First Ring Daily is a podcast featuring Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams where they dive into tech news of the day with insight and humor.

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First Ring Daily

Show overview

From the publisher

Latest Episodes

First Ring Daily 1976: Bot or Not

First Ring Daily 1975: Horseless APIs

First Ring Daily 1974: Build Aftermath

First Ring Daily 1972: Build Day

First Ring Daily 1972: The Spark has Arrived

First Ring Daily 1971: Metro Pilot

First Ring Daily 1970: We Shall C

First Ring Daily 1969: Geo of Sessions

First Ring Daily 1968: Phone the Car

First Ring Daily 1967: Gritty Surfaces

First Ring Daily 1966: Scrape of the Future

First Ring Daily 1965: Small Break

First Ring Daily 1964: GoogleBook

First Ring Daily 1963: Court Report

First Ring Daily 1962: Set Your Phasers

First Ring Daily 1961: Avocado Prices

First Ring Daily 1960: Drilling the Wall

First Ring Daily 1959: Think of the Bandwidth

First Ring Daily 1958: SCUBA TV

First Ring Daily 1957: It's NAS A