The Smart Home Show

Episode 236 - Technology.FM Fireside Chat 2025

28 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s that time of year when we get together with the other Technology.FM folks to discuss what’s happened in the smart home this year and what may...

Episode 235 - Automate Your Yard Work with Robot Mowers

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This summer, we're taking the smart home outside. This is the first in a series of outdoor smart home episodes where we'll focus on technology that ca...

Episode 234 - Taming the Wi-Fi in Your Smart Home

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard are diving deep into Wi-Fi, so you can make the best of the spectrum in your home for your smart, connected devices.

Episode 233 - CES 2025

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard are at CES this year, talking about the products, categories, and themes that are catching their attention at the show. They also dis...

Technology.FM Fireside Chat 2024

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It time for the 10th annual technology.fm year-end wrap-up. This year, Adam and I join the guys from the HomeTech Podcast to share our thoughts on the...

Episode 231 - What’s So Great About Home Assistant?

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paulus Schoutsen, the founder and creator of Home Assistant, dives deep into home automation software with Adam and Richard. They discuss what moves H...

Episode 230 - Richard’s Smart Home 2024 Update

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Adam checks in with Richard about his smart home acquisitions from the past year, including new lighting solutions from Inovelli and Legrand, a smart ...

Episode 229 - AI in the Smart Home

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard talk about the state of AI in the smart home, including fridges with computer vision and how Josh.ai is trying to fix voice-controlle...

Episode 228 - Food Tech and the Smart Kitchen with Mike Wolf

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Wolf returns! The original host of the Smart Home Show, now running The Spoon and the Smart Kitchen Summit, is back to talk with Adam and Richard...

Episode 227 - Is Kaleidescape Really the "Ultimate Movie Platform?"

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Adam has been testing the Kaleidescape home theater movie platform, and on our last episode, he interviewed the company's director of technical market...

Episode 226 - Interview with Kaleidescape’s Andre Floyd

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Adam sits down with Andre Floyd, director of technical marketing at the "ultimate movie platform" Kaleidescape, to talk about his experience testing t...

Episode 225 - Technology.FM Fireside Chat 2023

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Gunther from the Smart Home Show is joined by TJ Huddleston, Seth Johnson, and Gavin Campbell from The HomeTech Podcast for Technology.FM's an...

Episode 224 - Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals on Smart Home Products

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard run down the smart home deals that caught their attention ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2023. That includes discounts on hom...

Episode 223 - Richard’s Smart Home 2023 Update

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

While Adam has been working on his home theater, what smart home projects has Richard been up to? Today on the Smart Home Show, he talks about all of ...

Episode 222 - Amazon and Google's Fall Events

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard are joined by The Verge's smart home reviewer, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, to discuss Amazon's recent fall hardware event, which focused...

Episode 221 - CEDIA 2023

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard share their reflections on & highlights from the 2023 CEDIA Expo in Denver, including some amazing smart drapes from Lutron, two ...

Episode 220 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 5 (Finale)

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After six months and five podcast episodes, Adam’s home theater project is finally done! Today, he recounts to Richard what he learned in the final ...

Episode 219 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 4

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

TJ Huddleston from the HomeTech Podcast and Richard Gunther join Adam Justice at his home in Illinois to talk about the progress being made on Adam's ...

Episode 218 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 3

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard are joined once again by their panel of experts — TJ Huddleston and Seth Johnson from the HomeTech Podcast, and Cinemaworks owner O...

Episode 217 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 2

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard are re-joined by our panel of home theater experts — TJ Huddleston and Seth Johnson from the HomeTech Podcast, and Cinemaworks owne...

Episode 216 - Let’s Build a Home Theater, Part 1

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard are joined by three expert guests — TJ Huddleston and Seth Johnson from the HomeTech Podcast, and Cinemaworks owner Owen Maddock —...

Episode 215 - The Best of CES 2023

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

They couldn't make it to Las Vegas in person this year, but Adam and Richard followed all the smart home news from CES 2023 closely. In this episode, ...

Episode 214 - Technology.FM Fireside Chat 2022

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Adam, Richard, and the other hosts of Technology.fm podcasts gather for their annual fireside chat, to review the biggest stories of the year.Have que...

Episode 213 - A Few of Our Favorite Smart Home Things

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As the year comes to a close, Adam and Richard share their top product picks in various smart home categories. They also discuss this year's very long...

Episode 212 - Renting a Smart Home: What Tenants and Property Managers Need to Know

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard talk about how to get into the smart home if you rent an apartment or condo — or if you own a rental property. In the first half of...

Episode 211 - Smart Home Fundamentals

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Inspired by a listener's question, Adam and Richard go back to basics in this episode and explain some fundamental concepts about smart home technolog...

Episode 210 - Dreaming of a Perfect Smart Home

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard brainstorm what their dream smart homes would look like, if money were no object but technology advanced in a realistic way. They dis...

Episode 209 - Moving a Smart Home, Part 2

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard continue their discussion of Richard's recent move to a new home. Richard explains the first devices he chose to set up, why he inten...

Episode 208 - Insteon Goes Dark & Cloud vs. Local

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Smartlabs, the company behind smarthome.com and Insteon smart home products, has shuttered operations. On today's show, Adam and Richard discuss how t...

Episode 207 - Moving a Smart Home, Part 1

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard are back to discuss Richard's move to a new state, which required him to also decide which of his more than 100 connected devices wou...

Episode 206 - Technology FM Fireside Chat with Seth Johnson

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard catch up with Seth Johnson for the 2021 Technology.FM Fireside chatHave questions or feedback for us? Send it to [email protected]...

Episode 205 - Matter Is Starting To Get Real, featuring Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam, Richard, and The Verge's Smart Home reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy talk about the next-gen smart home standard Matter, previously known as Pro...

Episode 204 - A deep dive into the Basement Guardian Halo, the smarter sump pump

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard are joined by Tom Flippin from Wayne Water Systems to talk about the Basement Guardian Halo, which Wayne developed with Adam's compan...

Episode 203 - Adam's Year of Smart Home Projects

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Last month was Richard's annual recap, and now it's Adam's turn to talk about the smart home projects he has taken on over the past year, including th...

Episode 202 - Richard's Year of Smart Home Projects

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard talk about all the smart home projects Richard has taken on over the past year, including several attempts to install a decorative fl...

Episode 201 - Smart Home News From Apple's WWDC 2021

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard talk about the numerous Smart Home-adjacent announcements Apple made at WWDC21, including updates to Siri, the Home app, and HomeKit ...

Episode 200 - Apple's Spring Loaded Event and Smart Home History with Mike Wolf

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate The Smart Home Show's 200th episode, Adam and Richard welcome back the Show's creator and original host, Mike Wolf. The trio discusses Ap...

Episode 199 - Talking Video Doorbells with Dan Seifert

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Adam & Richard welcome back Dan Seifert from The Verge to talk all about the Video Doorbells! They discuss some of the high-end models ...

Episode 198 - The Future of the Smart Home w/ Rob Martens

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week Adam & Richard are joined by Rob Martens from Allegion, they catch up on what Allegion is up to in the Smart Home space as well as talk ...

Episode 197 - The Reports of Wink's Death are Greatly Exaggerated

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard talk about Wink's recent issues as well as their troubled past and give some suggestions of what listeners might want to use to rep...

Episode 196 - Not Live from CES 2021

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard catch up to talk about virtual CES 2021 and what the trends were that surrounded this years show. via Knit

Episode 195 - Tech FM 2020 Fireside Chat w/ Seth Johnson & Jason Griffing

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this 2020 edition of the Holiday Fireside chat Adam & Richard are joined again by two special guests, Seth Johnson & Jason Griffing hosts o...

Episode 194 - Catching Up on the Smart Kitchen with Mike Wolf

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard catch up with our old friend Mike Wolf to talk about all things Smart Kitchen and what has been going on in that space. via Knit

Episode 193 - There's No Place like HomePod Mini

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard talk about the newly announced HomePod Mini as well as discuss what they did to prep their homes for vacation. via Knit

Episode 192 - High flying new products from ConnectSense & Amazon

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard talk about two new ConnectSense products that were recently released as well as about all the new products announced by Amazon, Rin...

Episode 191 - The State of Z-Wave with Mitch Klein

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard are joined by Executive Director of the Z-Wave alliance Mitch Klein to talk about the state of Z-Wave and where it is headed via Kn...

Episode 190 - Testing the Homebridge Waters Ft. Eric Welander

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard are joined by Youtuber Eric Welander to discuss Homebridge and HOOBS via Knit

Episode 189 - What's New in Adam's Smart Home

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard revisit what smart home technology Adam uses in his own home and what's changed since we talked about this last via Knit

Episode 188 - What's New in Richard's Smart Home

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard revisit what smart home technology Richard uses in his own home and what's changed since they talked about this last year. via Knit

Episode 187 - Google's Virtual Smart Home Summit

21 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard talk about Google's recent virtual Smart Home summit via Knit

Episode 186 - Apple's Home Play

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Looking back at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, we have a clear draft winner! Apple introduced some nice HomeKit enhancements, including new f...

Episode 185 - WWDC 2020 HomeKit Draft

19 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard participate in their third annual competition predicting what will take place next week at WWDC. Each draft HomeKit and related te...

Episode 184 - A Deep Dive into Digital Assistants in the Smart Home

10 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard dive deep into the three major smart home digital assistant platforms and talk about their capabilities, intricacies, technologies,...

Episode 183 - It's been a year...

26 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard revisit some of the subjects discussed over the last year of hosting The Smart Home Show. Additionally, they discuss how COVID-19 m...

Episode 182 - Switches vs Bulbs

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard talk about Smart Switches vs Bulbs, the different types of each and scenarios where you want to use each. Additionally they discus...

Episode 181 - Smart Home Project Inspiration

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard talk about ideas for improving your smart home while spending a little extra time at home. They also discuss some of the smart hom...

Episode 180 - Hubs and Bridges

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard discuss Hubs and bridges, the difference between the two and how they are used in the smart home space. Additionally they debate t...

Episode 179 - State of HomeKit Roundtable

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam and Richard join Dan Vincent and Jake Pugh from Icon Garden plus Zac Hall from 9to5Mac for a roundtable discussion on the state of HomeKit. via K...

Episode 178 - Product Lifecycles & End of Life

11 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard welcome special guest Josh Clark to discuss smart home product end of life and the saga going on lately with Sonos via Knit

Episode 177 - CES 2020

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard talk live from the show floor at CES 2020 about some of their favorite things that they saw at the show as well as some of the tren...

Episode 176 - Technology.FM's 2019 Fireside Chat

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard join the hosts of Hometech.FM for the fifth annual Technology.FM Fireside Chat. What were the most important stories of 2019, and w...

Episode 175 - Designing and Launching the In-Wall Outlet

10 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard discuss ConnectSense's new Smart In-Wall Outlet, digging into the origins of the product and its features as well as discussing the...

Episode 174 - Troubleshooting the Smart Home

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard discuss common Smart Home issues and how to troubleshoot them as well as tips and tricks for keeping your smart home working optima...

Episode 173 - Smart Home Device Pricing

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard discuss smart home device pricing including a discussion on new low cost hardware providers as well as a deep discussion on what ma...

Episode 172 - Amazon Fall Extravaganza w/ Special Guest Dan Seifert

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard welcome special guest Dan Seifert from the Verge to talk all about Amazons fall event and all the new hardware and services announc...

Episode 171 - CEDIA

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard discuss CEDIA 2019 and an exciting new technology with interesting uses in the smart home. via Knit

Episode 170 - DIY vs Professional Smart Home

03 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard discuss the professional and DIY markets for smart home products. via Knit

Episode 169 - Google Smart Home Summit

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard are joined by special guest Steve Sanders to talk about Adam & Steves recent visit to Mountain View for the Google Smart Home S...

Episode 168 - What devices are in Adam's Smart Home?

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard discuss what devices Adam has currently in his smart home that he uses in his every day life. via Knit

Episode 167 - What devices are in Richard's Smart Home?

22 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard discuss what devices Richard has currently in his smart home that he uses in his every day life. via Knit

Episode 166 - Outdoor Smart Home

08 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard discuss what's going on in the outdoors with smart home products for irrigation and lighting.Links:https://homekittalk.co/join/ via...

Episode 165 - Who's Winning in the Smart Home

24 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam & Richard Discuss Point players vs Ecosystem plays as well as who is winning in the Smart Home.Show Links::https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pock...

Episode 164 - What's new with HomeKit w/ Special Guest Rene Ritchie - WWDC 2019

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Justice and Richard Gunther are joined by special guest Rene Ritchie from iMore to discuss all the HomeKit related announcements at WWDC 2019.Top...

Episode 163 - There is No Place like HomeKit - Past and Future

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

<P>Adam Justice and Richard Gunther prepare for Apple's annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) with a review of the history and current s...

Episode 162 - All Things Google

25 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

-Google Home Hubhttps://store.google.com/us/product/google_nest_hub?hl=en-US-Nest Hub Maxhttps://store.google.com/us/product/google_nest_hub_max?hl=en...

Episode 161 - Convergence of Smart Home and Smart Kitchen

18 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

* Where are we seeing cross-over? * Samsung SmartThings * Echo devices * Dash replenishment services* What are the use cases/value propositions?* Is t...

Does Your Future Smart Home Include A Rosie-Like Robot?

19 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

If you've paid any attention to home robotics over the past decade, you've probably noticed one thing: all home robots are basically single function d...

Your Face Is Your Key: Exploring Facial Recognition Technology with TrueFace's Shaun Moore

14 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Back in 2014, Shaun Moore and his cofounder started selling a consumer video doorbell called Chui with facial recognition and detection technology. E...

WWDC 2017 Smart Home Wrap-Up: What We Learned About HomePod, HomeKit & More

09 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

I caught up by phone with Adam Justice from WWDC to talk about what we learned this week about Apple's smart home efforts. We talk about:-Updates to H...

The WWDC 2017 Prediction Show (Smart Home Edition)

03 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Apple's big developer conference is just three days away, and so it's time to make some predictions. Mike gets together with his old friend Adam Justi...

Meet Essential Home, Andy Rubin's Attempt To Eliminate Smart Home Fragmentation

01 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Mike looks at Andy Rubin's new smart home platform, Essential Home. Rubin believes he can eliminate all the friction and fragmentatio...

An Echo Show...Show

11 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this solo-pod, Mike gives his first impressions of the Echo Show. That's right, a Show about the Show. An Echo Show Show.You get the picture. Enjo...

Here's a Fresh Hand-Squeezed Podcast For Your Enjoyment

05 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week's guest is Home:On's Richard Gunther.Richard and I discuss the Bloomberg story about Juicero that showed you can bypass the company's $400 j...

The Regenerative Home: Envisioning The Home (And Neighborhood) Of The Future

27 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

When we think about the smart home, most of us think about what is doable today. But what will new homes and neighborhoods look like twenty five, fift...

After The Flood: How Smart Home Will Change Disaster Recovery & Other Critical Home Services

08 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Mike sits in with Jamie Smith, the CIO of Servicemaster, one of the biggest providers of critical home services such as disaster recovery, pest contro...

Recipe For Disruption: Housewares Meets Smart Home

27 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Mike showed up at the Housewares show in Chicago this past week to discuss how the smart home will change the world of blenders, vacuum cleaners, cook...

Here Come The Robots

24 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

One of Mike's prediction for the smart home in 2017 was that robots would become an ever more important part of the smart home. While we aren&#03...

Mike Invites An Amazon Smart Home Consultant Into His Home

13 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A week and a half ago, I was the first to write about Amazon's new smart home consultations (You can read the article here https://goo.gl/eutuYl)...

Virtual Reality and The Smart Home

05 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Mike visits with Basheer Tome, hardware interface designer for Google's virtual reality group. We talk about how VR is changin...

Let's Talk Artificial Intelligence With Derrick Harris

20 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Let's Talk Artificial Intelligence With Derrick Harris by The Smart Home Show via Knit

The 2017 Smart Home Prediction Show

15 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It's the smart home prediction show & CES 2017 wrap up all in one super-sized episode. I brought back two of my favorite guests: Nate Willia...

The Technology.FM Smart Home Fireside Holiday Extravaganza

18 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second annual Technology.FM smart home holiday special/fireside chat where Mike joins the hosts of HomeTech.FM and Home:On to discuss the...

Tracking Our Stuff With Tile's Mike Farley

14 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I lose stuff. Wallets, keys. The occasional child. I usually find them, but those lost 15 minutes drive me crazy. Which is why I'm a big fan of ...

Jason Griffing and HomeTech Academy

24 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week Mike talks with his friend Jason Griffing about HomeTech Academy, Jason and Seth's awesome new education site for home system professio...

Talking About The Almond 3 Smart Home Router With Securifi's Ram Malasani

31 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Mike catches up with Ram Malasani to talk about what the Securifi CEO is seeing in the smart home as well as get an update on the Alm...

Fighting Off The IoT Zombie Hoard With Jim Hunter

27 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Last week's botnet attack was akin to a massive technology-driven zombie attack, as hundreds of thousands of IoT and smart home devices were take...

Talking Alexa, Smart Kitchen & The Cure for 'Meat Hands' With Stacey Higginbotham

21 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mike visits with his long-time friend and IoT guru Stacey Higginbotham. They talk about Stacey's visit to Seattle and the Smart Kitchen Summit, A...

Reinventing the Home Intercom System With Jonathan Frankel of Nucleus

16 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Lots of homes have intercom systems. Most of them suck and are antiquated. And pretty much no one has video intercom systems, at least ones that use W...

Reinventing Customer Support For the Integrator Channel

12 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast Mike visits with Joey Kolchinsky, who went from running his own successful integrator business to taking what he learned about support...

Pop Goes The Smart Home

17 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Today's guest is Richard Gunther of Home:On podcast. Mike and Richard catch up on the latest smart home news, including: -The Pop button/switch ...