The Tyler Woodward Project

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   What Killed the Video Store? | Not What You Think

   Aug 4, 2026 ·26 min

   Who really killed the video rental store? Not Netflix. Blockbuster's $800M late-fee empire crashed after they dropped late fees in 2005—then built a hybrid rental system better than Netflix. Then they sabotaged it themselves over a CEO bonus. On nostalgia storytelling, lost technologies, and what happens when greed beats innovation.

   Shout out to Friends Who Pretend, the actual play podcast from Nick and James: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/friends-who-pretend/id1743693947

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   Internet Radio Licensing: Why DIY Streaming Got Worse

   Jul 28, 2026 ·18 min

   I ran my own internet radio station legally in 2009. Today, the math on doing it again is impossible—and this episode explains why. A licensing aggregator skimmed my royalties, but that's just one piece of a broken system. From regulatory capture to streaming payment structures, here's how lost technologies like internet radio became casualties of consolidation, and why that matters to anyone tired of algorithmic gatekeeping.

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   The Accidental Lesson: MySpace, HTML, and Self-Taught Designers

   Jul 21, 2026 ·19 min

   The MySpace About Me box had a bug. A teenager could paste raw HTML and CSS—and suddenly their entire profile became a blank canvas. Years later, that accident taught millions of Gen X and millennial kids how to code. In this episode, I trace how a security hole became an education, why customization vanished from the open web, and what we lost when every platform after MySpace decided personal control was a liability, not a feature.

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   Nostalgia Storytelling At A Crossroads | Personal Update

   Jul 14, 2026 ·14 min

   A personal update on where The Tyler Woodward Project is headed—why nostalgia storytelling and analog culture matter more than ever as younger generations reject digital fatigue. This episode explains the show's evolution and why going analog isn't just a trend, it's a response to a broken tech landscape.

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   Radio's Forgotten Infrastructure Crisis | Why STL Redundancy Matters

   Jul 7, 2026 ·19 min

   When an STL—the studio-to-transmitter link—fails, a radio station goes dark instantly. But here's what nobody wants to admit: these critical cables are often the cheapest, most-ignored piece of broadcast infrastructure. In this episode, I break down why older radio stations built redundancy into systems nobody touches, and why modern consolidation has eliminated the backups that actually work. A deep dive into lost technologies that keep the lights on.

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