It's a special day as we celebrate our milestone 50th episode.

Join me and our guest co-host as we talk about the highlights and sometimes challenges of producing 50 conversations.

Plus, we're revisiting the fascinating technology today topics of 2022.

It's a packed discussion next on this 50th episode of Technology Today.

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Hello and welcome to Technology Today, I'm Lisa Benia. Today we are saying farewell to 2022 with a recap of the intriguing, innovative, and inspiring topics over this past year.

And we're also marking our 50th episode of the Technology Today podcast with a special guest co-host, our very own audio engineer, Brian Ortiz.

He's with us in front of the mic for the

very first time. Welcome, Brian. Hello. Glad to be here in front of the mic this time, like you said.

Yeah, we're excited to have you here. Brian is usually behind the scenes, monitoring our sound and checking

levels, but today he's co-hosting, and we will be chatting about our experiences

over four years and 50 episodes. So, Brian, we have really come a long way. And definitely a lot

to cheer about. So, Brian, as audio engineer, what are your goals during a podcast recording?

The main goal for me during a podcast recording is to make sure that everything is going smoothly

and that the sound is clear.

You know, that's always the good job of an engineer.

You do a great job at building the show and making sure everyone's talking and getting the answers out.

So I want to make sure that everyone can actually hear it.

And I want to make sure that it's clean as possible in whatever situation we are in.

And that's really important at the end of the day. We want to make sure it's a good, well-produced

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