
First Ring Daily
Hosted by Paul and Brad · Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams
4.8from 68 ratings
- 773
- Episodes
- 221
- Transcribed
- 68
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 3M
- YouTube views
About First Ring Daily
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.
- Publisher
- Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams
- Category
- technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Aug 2022
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
221 of 773 episodes have a transcript.

13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
First Ring Daily 2039: It's the Home View

12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
First Ring Daily 2038: A Friday Show, Today

8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
First Ring Daily 2037: RTX Sparky
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First Ring Daily 2039: It's the Home View
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I, I don't think I've ever done like a phone call on one of these things or like a, like a live meeting. I'm sure some people must do this, but I, to me, it's mostly about like a photo slideshow with which anything could do. Yeah. But is there some advantage to having this dashboard where you can control smart home stuff? I guess it depends on how deep you are into this stuff. You know, I think this is going to be very popular for dads for Christmas. Yeah. It checks all that right boxes of like, not super expensive, but expensive enough. You don't really need it, but you kind of want to play with it. […]
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- YouTube views
- 2,639,582
- Score snapshot 11 Oct 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 52 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 16 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100
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- Quality
- 1
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 63
- Engagement
- 27
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Who hosts First Ring Daily?
Paul and Brad host the show. Published by Paul Thurrott and Brad Sams.
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