Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast

Randy Kindig

Booking Overview

A vintage-computing interview podcast focused on the history, technology, and personal stories behind early home computers, typically featuring computer historians, authors, designers, technology journalists, and computing pioneers. Agencies could credibly pitch vintage-computer experts, authors of relevant books, technology journalists, hardware designers, and notable industry veterans; booking difficulty is medium because the show welcomes specialist experts but has also secured highly prominent guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 175

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 392 subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

floppydays@gmail.com

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Host

Randy Kindig - Host of a podcast exploring vintage computers, home-computer history, and the people connected to early personal computing. He has hosted the show since 2013.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Deep expertise in vintage computers, early personal-computer history, hardware design, restoration, or technology journalism; authorship of relevant books and firsthand experience with historically significant systems are strong qualifications.

Required Achievements:

Authorship of a book about vintage computing or computer history, Firsthand involvement in the design or development of historically significant computers, Recognized expertise in researching, restoring, or preserving early computer systems, Senior technology journalism or media credentials, Foundational contributions to the personal-computing industry

Recent Guest Discussions

David Pogue - His Technology Journalism Career, Early Computing And Apple History, Musical Parodies, And His Book Apple: The First 50 Years.

Ben Zotto - The History, Design, Technical Specifications, Use, And Preservation Of The Sphere Computer, Along With His Research And Book About The Machine.

Ben Zotto - His Discovery And Restoration Interest In The Sphere Computer, Research Into Its History, And Efforts To Document And Promote The Machine.

Charles Pfister - The Apple 1, Its Case Design, And His Connection To Early Apple Computer History.

Steve Wozniak - Apple Computer History, The Apple 1 And Apple II, And His Experiences As An Early Personal-computing Pioneer.

Recent Topics

Technology, Computer History, Vintage Computers, Retrocomputing, Personal Computers

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast

Floppy Days 167 - Interview with Peter Jennings, Microchess and VisiCorp

September 28, 2026

Interview with Peter Jennings, Microchess & VisiCorp Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics - https://www.8bitclassics.com/?ref=Floppydays Arcade Shopper - https://www.arcadeshopper.com/ FutureVision Research - https://www.fvresearch.com/ Tuc's Workbench - https://shop.tucs-workbench.com/ Hello, and welcome to episode #167 of the Floppy Days Podcast, where you can learn about obsolete, but still very fun, technology of the past! In this episode we t...

Floppy Days 166 - Interview with David Pogue, Tech Journalist and Author

August 29, 2026

Interview with David Pogue, Tech Journalist and Author Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics - https://www.8bitclassics.com/?ref=Floppydays Arcade Shopper - https://www.arcadeshopper.com/ FutureVision Research - https://www.fvresearch.com/ Tuc's Workbench - https://shop.tucs-workbench.com/ Hello and welcome to Floppy Days #166 for August, 2026. My name is Randy Kindig and I'm your host for this glimpse of what life was like in the 70's and 80's wi...

Floppy Days 165 - The Sphere, Part 2, with Ben Zotto

July 31, 2026

Floppy Days 165 - The Sphere Computer, Part 2 with Ben Zotto Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics - https://www.8bitclassics.com/?ref=Floppydays Arcade Shopper - https://www.arcadeshopper.com and https://thekeep.net FutureVision Research - https://www.fvresearch.com/ Tuc's Workbench - https://shop.tucs-workbench.com Hello and welcome to episode 165 of the Floppy Days Podcast, for July, 2026. My name is Randy Kindig and I'm your host for this a...

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