Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

About Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

Home: On is a show focused on home control and home automation topics for the enthusiast and do-it-yourself communities. We run through industry news, take a closer look at interesting products, share project ideas, and present topics for information and education. Host Richard Gunther is joined by a rotation of co-hosts and guests from the space, including industry experts, consumers, and company representatives.

Publisher

Richard Gunther

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Aug 2018

Latest episode

31 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

2 of 52 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   31 Jan 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Home: On #159 – Pre-gaming CES with Jimmy Hawkins

   Smart home influencer Jimmy Hawkins joins Richard to talk about what caught their attention at the media preview events that (mostly) preceded CES this year.

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   5 Jul 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Home: On #158 – Smarthome Quibbles with Allison Sheridan

   Allison Sheridan from Podfeet Podcasts joins us to discuss the more problematic side of home automation—when things don’t work as expected or desired. What’s annoying us in our respective smart homes and how do we deal with problems when they arise? Why do we even put ourselves through all this? We also touch on a few interesting smart home stories from the past few months. The post Home: On #158 – Smarthome Quibbles with Allison Sheridan (https://www.thedigitalmediazone.com/2024/07/05/home-on-158/) appeared first on The Digital Media Zone (https://www.thedigitalmediazone.com).

3. 

   28 Aug 2023

   Home: On #157 – Pondering HomeKit with Jeff Butts from The Mac Observer

   Jeff Butts, Managing Editor at The Mac Observer joins us. We ponder why Signify would want to get into the security game (and why consumers would want them to), discuss some updates on previously reported news, and dive into a discussion about the current state of HomeKit. New architectures, Shortcuts, and Matter…and what’s with this Works with Apple Home thing? It’s all getting kind of messy. The post Home: On #157 – Pondering HomeKit with Jeff Butts from The Mac Observer (https://www.thedigitalmediazone.com/2023/08/28/home-on-157/) appeared first on The Digital Media Zone (https://www.thedigitalmediazone.com).

Inside a recent episode

Home: On #159 – Pre-gaming CES with Jimmy Hawkins

Published 31 Jan 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Very, very dangerous. Very, very deadly. So really, really bad stuff. Exactly. So the only way to really help protect you and your family is to have a CO alarm in your home. And you may remember if you're a Ring customer already, but you have the ability to identify and actually provide some permissions for friends and neighbors. So it's possible you could ask your neighbor to just, hey, look over at the house and can you make sure that everything's okay? That is exactly right. And Think about it if you have an elderly relative, maybe you have aging parents. You can put yourself on the app. You can download the Ring app to your phone. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

176,245

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

99 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

42

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

67

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