26. Technology: From Dial-Up to Downloading: Our Tech Glow-Up

🎙️ Hot Flash Chronicles – Episode: From Dial-Up to Downloading: Our Tech Glow-Up 📞📺📲

We Remember When Phones Had Cords and TV Shows Had Commercials

In this episode, Angie & Shelly rewind the clock to talk about the way technology has totally transformed our lives—from the simple joy of a microwave to the not-so-simple stress of losing your phone for 10 seconds. It’s a laugh-filled, nostalgia-soaked journey from analog chaos to digital overload... and everything in between.

🔌 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

📞 When Phones Were Furniture – Busy signals, party lines, and calling a house instead of a person. We had to wait to talk to people, y’all.

📺 TV Guide, VCRs & Reruns – Missing your favorite show meant hoping it aired again... in the summer.

🥔 Microwaves, Dishwashers & Air Fryer Magic – From baking a potato in 3 minutes to realizing we basically live in The Jetsons now.

📱 Smartphones Took Over Everything – Our calendars, maps, recipes, reminders, cameras, and literal sense of direction all live in our pockets now.

🧠 Too Much Tech? – We talk about dopamine, screen addiction, curated social feeds, and why we’re trying to unplug more (on purpose).

📦 Also: Amazon deliveries, filtered selfies, puppy videos, and how we're now recording podcasts on what used to be sci-fi gadgets.

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🕹️ Got a favorite piece of old-school tech you still miss? Tell us what you couldn’t live without in the 80s or 90s. We’ll be over here binge-watching a full season with no commercials, just feeling grateful.