Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

Snapshot · Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

Ep 624 - Big Boy (feat. Nate Marshall)

Explore episode Jul 16, 2026

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Data Centers Stealing Residential Power

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The Austin Energy texts prompt a broader conversation about data centers and the electrical grid. Nate pulls up a news report: NV Energy, Nevada's primary utility, informed Liberty Utilities — the provider for 50,000 people near Lake Tahoe — that it intends to stop delivering power to the region sometime after May 2027, forcing them to find a new energy source. The reason: all the power is going to data centers being built in North Las Vegas. The detail that makes it worse — data centers are apparently underreporting their projected consumption, making the situation harder to plan around. Matt expresses genuine disbelief that a utility can legally abandon 50,000 customers, but the numbers are in the news story. Nate points out it's always the poorest, lowest-density communities that get these facilities — and then pay the price. The wifi-sees-through-walls digression follows: Nate mentions that WiFi signal interference can be used to map the contents of a room, which he believes the military already does.

Technology
Wifi Can See Through Walls

Ep 624 - Big Boy (feat. Nate Marshall) · Jul 16, 2026 Technology

WiFi signals bounce off walls and anything that interferes with the signal can be mapped — meaning the military and potentially others can see outlines of objects and people in a room. The guys wonder if this means someone can see their dicks.

Sports
Trump's Unprecedented FIFA Red Card Reversal

Ep 624 - Big Boy (feat. Nate Marshall) · Jul 16, 2026 Sports

Trump allegedly used personal connections to FIFA leadership to reverse a US player's red card suspension — something that had never been done before in World Cup history. England immediately filed their own appeal. America ruined the World Cup and then made it more interesting.

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