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Podcast: What's hot at Sundance 2022 and Samsung's upcoming Unpacked

Also: What happened to the "Antiwork" subreddit?

Cherlynn Low
·Deputy Editor, Reviews
·1 min read
Engadget Podcast (Engadget)

This week, Cherlynn and Devindra bring you the best and worst of Sundance 2022’s tech-related projects. What films coming out of the show will be worth watching when they’re released? Are VR projects easily viewable? What, if anything, did they say about the metaverse? Then, our hosts go over Samsung’s news on this year's first Unpacked launch event, Neil Young's fight against Spotify and what went down at the Antiwork subreddit.

Listen below, or subscribe on your podcast app of choice. If you've got suggestions or topics you'd like covered on the show, be sure to email us or drop a note in the comments! And be sure to check out our other podcasts, the Morning After and Engadget News!

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Topics

  • VR and AR at Sundance 2022 New Frontiers – 2:03

  • Select tech films at Sundance (After Yang, TikTok Boom, We Met in Virtual Reality) – 12:25

  • Preview of Samsung’s first Unpacked of 2022 – 37:03

  • Neil Young vs. Spotify: Young’s music pulled over Joe Rogan’s podcast – 42:30

  • Reddit’s /r/AntiWork blew up in a big way – 46:45

  • Listener Mailbag – 55:50

  • Working On – 1:01:00

  • Interview with "We Met in Virtual Reality" director Joe Hunting – 1:03:54


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Hosts: Cherlynn Low and Devindra Hardawar
Producer: Ben Ellman
Livestream producers: Julio Barrientos, Owen Davidoff, Luke Brooks
Graphics artists: Luke Brooks, Kyle Maack
Music: Dale North and Terrence O'Brien

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