Best Automatic Control Podcasts (2025)

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BONUS CHAPTER - THE AUTOMATIC MILLIONAIRE Revisiting: A Conversation With David Bach 31:50

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In this special bonus episode, David Bach sits down with his longtime friend and fellow #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Forleo to reflect on the 20-year journey of The Automatic Millionaire – what has changed, what hasn't, and why the book's core principles matter now more than ever. David shares the "trillion-dollar clues" behind Americ…

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AUTOMATIC MILLIONAIRE - SUCCESS STORIES - BE INSPIRED 32:57

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In this heartfelt episode, David Bach shares one of the most beloved parts of The Automatic Millionaire: the success stories. Recorded after three weeks in the studio – and kept in the audiobook thanks to one timely email from a reader – this chapter celebrates the everyday people who transformed their financial lives using simple, automatic steps.…

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THE AUTOMATIC MILLIONAIRE - 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - CHAPTER 1 & 2 1:39:11

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In this special episode, bestselling author David Bach shares the brand-new, fully updated introduction to The Automatic Millionaire: 20th Anniversary Edition. With more than 2 million copies sold and translations in over 20 languages, this timeless classic has helped millions transform their financial lives – and now David updates the message for …

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MOD Jack II 40:39

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Contact Welcomed Here Ego = I. Ego as a false self is a constructed narrative created to have something to blame to support the narrative our ego is out of control, getting the best of us - as though it has a life of its own while denying the basis of the life we actually have. It's another clever ruse in the twisted language we have developed to h…

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5.13 - GenAI for Engineers, What's Real, What's Not and What's Coming 45:09

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Curious about GenAI for engineers? Learn what's real, what's not, and what's next in AI. Watch for expert insights and share your thoughts below!https://codingcat.dev/podcast/genai-for-engineers-what-s-real-what-s-not-and-what-s-coming00:00 Introduction02:21 Startup Journey10:13 GenAI Evolution13:24 Engineering Excellence16:44 AI Job Impact25:11 Ne…

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5.12 - OpenAI Apps SDK, using security for AI and MCP servers, and a fun Chatagotchi app! 53:06

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Curious about OAuth, MCP servers, and building cool ChatGPT apps? Hear from Max of Stytch as we dive deep, break down the tech, and build a Tamagotchi together! Drop your thoughts and share if you enjoyed it.https://codingcat.dev/podcast/how-oauth-mcp-and-the-openai-apps-sdk-power-the-next-generation-of-interactive-ai-experiences00:00 Meet Stytch &…

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5.11 - Firebase Data Connect Deep Dive 48:35

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Discover Firebase Data Connect with Tyler Crowe! Dive into SQL, GraphQL, AI, and live demos to supercharge your app's data. Share your thoughts below!https://codingcat.dev/podcast/firebase-sql-with-data-connect00:00 Data Connect Overview04:29 AI Features & Vertex13:13 SQL Views & Raw SQL15:45 Downloading SDKs24:37 Full Text Search30:32 Vector Searc…

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5.10 - How to Secure AI - Identity Access Management for Agents 42:43

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Curious about AI identity and MCP servers? Join us as Tobin South breaks down securing agents, fine-grained access, and the future of AI identity. Share your thoughts below!https://codingcat.dev/podcast/identity-access-management-for-agents-with-tobin-south00:00 Meet Tobin South06:11 MCP Security Challenges13:28 Agent to Agent Future24:28 MCP Serve…

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ep38 - inControl guide to ... Feedback 1:25:04

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Outline 00:00 – Intro 07:22 – Anatomy of a feedback loop 15:12 – A brief historical recap on the history of feedback 23:40 – Inventing the negative feedback amplifier 34:28 – Feedback in biology, economics, society, and ... board games! 52:44 – Negative vs positive feedback 59:15 – Feedback, causality, and the arrow of time 1:06:22 – Classics: fund…

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MOD Jack I 1:15:54

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Contact Welcomed Here Before discussing the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and how they can be applied to all compulsive behaviors and obsessive thoughts consider this: Identifying the mental problem of addiction, like diagnosing any disease, includes the individual identifying with the problem as the only one who can diagnose their problem and a…

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MOD Paul V 1:19:04

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Contact Welcomed Here “It’s not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin Responsiveness is the ability to respond - Responsibly. Reactiveness, like righteousness. is an automated fight for right that is wrong. Reactivity precedes impulsivity and immediately triggers compulsive …

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ep37 - A. M. Lyapunov: The General Problem of Stability of Motion 1:24:34

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Outline 00:00 - Intro 03:12 - Early life 09:07 - St. Petersburg: Stability of Ellipsoidal Bodies 20:13 - Kharkov: The General Problem of the Stability of Motion 34:37 - Back to St. Petersburg: Probability & Academy 46:22 - Tragic end 49:50 - Posthumous recognition 57:49 - Legacy 1:20:39 - Outro Links A. M. Lyapunov: https://tinyurl.com/3kjuhfns S. …

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5.9 - Running the Cloud on Your Desktop with LocalStack 51:07

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Ever wondered how to run AWS locally and save money? Dive into LocalStack with Bryan and Alex for tips, demos, and real dev insights. Comment your thoughts and share!https://codingcat.dev/podcast/running-the-cloud-on-your-desktop-with-localstack00:00 Getting Started06:36 LocalStack Overview12:18 Web App Demo20:17 S3 Bucket Setup28:16 Lambda Functio…

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5.8 - Build a Custom No-Code App in 90 Minutes 52:12

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Curious about no-code app building? Dive in as we explore Adalo vs Bubble, micro SaaS ideas, and real talk on launching products without code. Drop your thoughts below and share!https://codingcat.dev/podcast/build-a-custom-no-code-app-in-90-minutes00:00 Getting Started01:18 Guest Story07:02 No-Code Tools10:44 Building in Adalo23:23 Database & Respo…

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5.7 - How to Automate Your Work and Free Your Time 55:00

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Discover how to automate your tasks and reclaim your time! Join Alex and Joe as they discuss podcasting, automation, and work-life balance strategies. https://codingcat.dev/podcast/how-to-automate-your-work-and-free-your-time

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ep36 - Markos Papageorgiou: Traffic Control — Theory and Practice 2:14:26

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Outline 00:00 – Intro 00:51 – Early steps in research 09:55 – Historical overview of traffic control 25:20 – What is traffic? 34:06 – Road traffic control 45:37 – PI control of road junctions 58:19 – From macroscopic to microscopic simulations and back 1:10:08 – Dynamic traffic assignment 1:21:28 – Return to Greece 1:28:33 – The optimal control pro…

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MOD Gabe V 1:27:14

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Contact Welcomed Here The contagion of mentally obsessive thinking is not carried by bacteria or viruses but toxic silence when thoughtful but not always welcome words could help, or by speaking up with words that reinforce the sick thoughtlessness of this induced mental state. The imposition of this addiction is not a state of Mind but of a brain …

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MOD Marc IV 51:57

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Contact Welcomed Here Obsessive thinking does not hear what is said but what is thought to be said. Nor does it see what is visibly clear but only what is thought to be seen. To hear and see things that don’t exist is well defined as insanity. Definitions are explicit. Connotations are used to claim semantics reduce our culpability. Thinking about …

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ep35 - Cosimo Della Santina: From Dexterous Manipulation to Soft Robotics and Embodied Intelligence 1:46:44

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Outline 00:00 – Intro 01:19 – Early steps: PhD journey & robotic hands 15:42 – What is a soft robot? 23:35 – MIT years & models of soft robots 30:01 – Discretization & underactuation 37:21 – The regulation problem 47:01 – Pros and cons of soft robots 51:42 – The soft inverted pendulum 1:05:27 – Eigenmanifolds 1:15:22 – Physical intelligence 1:26:09…

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Karl Bushby 12:01

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Rachel Teichman, LMSW, and Victor Varnado, KSN, step into the boots of Karl Bushby, a British adventurer on a mission to walk an unbroken path around the world. His journey spans continents, visa struggles, and frozen tundra. Listeners learn that his expedition, the Goliath Expedition, has been ongoing since 1998. This episode is all about stamina,…

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Graham Cracker 7:36

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Victor Varnado, KSN, and Rachel Teichman, LMSW, crunch into the sweet and surprisingly moralistic history of the graham cracker. Originally created as a healthy food to curb sinful desires, its story takes a far stranger path than you'd expect. The episode blends snack-time trivia with cultural history in the most delicious way. Don't miss this fla…

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MOD Marc III 1:39:34

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Contact Welcomed Here “Suffering reveals the soul, not to others, but to oneself.” Dostoevsky “And still, in all my suffering, I wondered if there was even a self to reveal.” Kafka “I held on because I believed pain meant it was real” Dostoyevsky “I let go because nothing real should hurt that long” Kafka We Know We Know. We Are Aware We Are Aware.…

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Trial Of Sean Combs 17:43

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Rachel Teichman, LMSW, and Victor Varnado, KSN, explore the complex history behind the legal troubles involving Sean "Diddy" Combs. The hosts unpack high-profile courtroom moments and public reactions with a blend of curiosity and clarity. One interesting fact: the legal proceedings had major implications for the hip-hop industry in the early 2000s…

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Ozzy Osbourne & Malcolm-Jamal Warner 12:50

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In this unforgettable episode, Rachel Teichman, LMSW, and Victor Varnado, KSN, read through the Wikipedia page for the "gay bomb"—a non-lethal chemical weapon concept actually proposed by a U.S. military lab in 1994. The strange idea was to deploy an aphrodisiac to disrupt enemy morale, highlighting one of the more bizarre chapters in military brai…

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5.6 - Secure AI Access Control Using: SpiceDB 45:58

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Dive into hands-on SpiceDB demos, real-world permission modeling, and AI-powered scenario testing!

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5.5 - Scaling Permissions with SpiceDB: ReBAC Explained 42:48

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Dive into AuthZed, SpiceDB, and Permissions.

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ep34 - inControl guide to ... Controllability & Observability 59:28

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Outline 00:00 - Intro 01:06 - The big idea 03:42 - Controllability, observability, and ... the space race! 14:52 - Kálmán and the state-space paradigm 00:00 - The math and intuition: state-space basics, definitions, and duality 00:00 - A touch of nonlinearity 00:00 - Developments in the field: a chronological tour 00:00 - Controllability and observ…

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MOD Gabe IV 1:03:53

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Contact Welcomed Here MOD episodes have no shelf-life or expiration date. Our focus is principled so each episode reflects the immediate peace and stability of our Ever-Present Knowing Awareness that clarifies conflicted impressions manifest by the instability and hyper-reactivity of obsessive thoughts purely induced, “imagined reality”. While the …

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MOD Paul IV 1:13:33

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Contact Welcomed Here If we can talk about waiting for a sign while ignoring the signs we’re given we can also begin to notice the clarity of our feelings accurately assessing our thoughts. Displaced thought causes the sensation of not belonging and having no place or purpose. To imagine thought as reality then thinking we have no other option is a…

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Magical Negro 17:25

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Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LCSW explore the origins and critiques of the “Magical Negro” trope in literature and film. This character type, often portrayed as a wise Black figure whose main role is to help the white protagonist, is examined through a cultural and historical lens. The episode raises thoughtful questions about represent…

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Charlie The Unicorn 14:17

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Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN dive into the bizarre and whimsical world of Charlie the Unicorn, the viral animated short that took the internet by storm in the mid-2000s. As they read through the Wikipedia page, listeners learn how a simple quest for a candy mountain spiraled into a cult classic. The episode uncovers the surreal hum…

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Gay Bomb 6:50

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In this unforgettable episode, Rachel Teichman, LMSW, and Victor Varnado, KSN, read through the Wikipedia page for the "gay bomb"—a non-lethal chemical weapon concept actually proposed by a U.S. military lab in 1994. The strange idea was to deploy an aphrodisiac to disrupt enemy morale, highlighting one of the more bizarre chapters in military brai…

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ep33 - Mathukumalli Vidyasagar: control synthesis, robotics, randomized algorithms, learning, compressed sensing, non-convex optimization 1:18:11

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Outline 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - “Research should be fun” 02:02 - Early steps in research 09:00 - Book writing and meeting C. Desoer 18:33 - Control synthesis via the factorization approach 25:46 - The graph metric 29:27 - Robotics and CAIR 36:00 - Randomized algorithms 40:41 - On learning 44:05 - Neural networks 48:40 - Tata, hidden Markov models, an…

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Joy Buzzer 5:14

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Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LCSW get a jolt of amusement diving into the prankster classic—the joy buzzer. This electric gag device has been shocking unsuspecting victims (mildly, of course) since the early 20th century. The episode unravels the invention’s surprising origins and why it’s become a symbol of playful mischief. It's a cha…

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Passive Aggressive Behavior 7:51

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Tension bubbles just below the surface as Rachel Teichman, LCSW and Victor Varnado, KSN explore the slippery concept of passive-aggressive behavior. Whether it’s silent treatment or backhanded compliments, the episode unpacks how this indirect form of expression shows up in everyday interactions. A fun fact? Psychologists once classified it as a pe…

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How to Stop Negative Thoughts and Emotions with Austin Therapy 6:36

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Learn how to stop negative thoughts and emotions with expert insights from Austin Bridges Therapy. This episode explore simple yet powerful tools offered through therapy Austin to help break mental cycles and find peace. Discover how Austin therapy can guide your journey to emotional wellness.By austinbridgestherapy218

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Control ALT Create 21:59

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Welcome to the origin story of Control-ALT-Create. In this foundational episode, Glenn Ostlund introduces the philosophy behind the podcast’s name—and its deeper purpose. Drawing from personal reflection, neuroscience, and metaphor, Why We Don’t Delete Anything reframes the familiar keyboard shortcut as a model for conscious transformation. Here, C…

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The Brain as a Filter 21:59

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What if your brain isn’t a factory churning out consciousness, but a filter shaping what you can see, feel, and be? In this episode, Glenn Ostlund, therapist, folklorist, and podcaster, explores one of the oldest questions in both science and myth: Is reality something we build from scratch, or something our minds selectively reveal? Drawing from n…

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What If Waste Isn’t Waste? 21:59

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What if nothing you’ve been through was actually wasted? In this episode of Control-ALT-Create, Glenn Ostlund dismantles the cultural myth of “wasted time” and invites you to reframe regret through the lens of biology, neuroscience, and emotional growth. Drawing on research in neuroplasticity, trauma recovery, gut microbiome science, and the chemis…

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The Quantum Body and the Seven-Layer Burrito of Existence 21:57

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What do quantum fields, trauma recovery, and burritos have in common? Everything. In this second episode of Control-ALT-Create, Glenn Ostlund guides you through a rich, multi-layered meditation on embodiment, consciousness, and the unseen threads that bind reality together. Using the playful metaphor of a “Seven-Layer Burrito of Existence,” Glenn e…

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The Bacta Tank of Sound 21:58

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In this premiere episode of Control-ALT-Create, Glenn Ostlund invites you into the shimmering depths of auditory healing. Inspired by the Star Wars image of a bacta tank—a glowing chamber where wounded bodies float and mend—this immersive sound meditation explores how binaural beats, narrative rhythm, and neural entrainment can become a therapeutic…

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MOD Paul III 1:04:02

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Contact Welcomed Here “The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already, but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already.” Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy; "Leo" We Know We Know. We Are Aware We Are Aware. We …

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Is the Aspedan App Compatible with My Smartwatch and Blood Pressure Monitor? 0:23

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If you're serious about monitoring your health, chances are you use a smartwatch or a blood pressure monitor. The good news is that the Aspedan app is designed to integrate with many smart health devices, helping you track your wellness more efficiently in one place. What Devices Work with the Aspedan App? The Aspedan app is built to connect with v…

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Jigglypuff 8:15

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Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LCSW sing the praises of one of Pokémon’s most melodious characters: Jigglypuff! Known for its adorable appearance and sleep-inducing lullabies, Jigglypuff has charmed fans since the '90s. The duo dives into its unique role in battles and pop culture, including its unexpected persistence with that microphone…

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Identity Document Forgery 13:43

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Rachel Teichman, LCSW and Victor Varnado, KSN navigate the sneaky world of fake IDs and forged papers in this eye-opening episode. From altered passports to entirely counterfeit driver's licenses, the hosts uncover how document forgery has evolved over time. Did you know that some forgeries are so convincing they've fooled major government agencies…

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ep32 - Anders Rantzer: robust control, IQCs, nonlinear and hybrid systems, positivity and scalable control, adaptive control 1:30:07

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Outline 00:00 - Intro and early steps in control 06:42 - Journey to the US 08:30 - Kharitonov's theorem and early influences 12:10 - From Lund to KTH (Stockholm) 15:01 - Ascona and collaboration with Megretski 24:06 - The IMA year in Minnesota 33:50 - Integral quadratic constraints 46:10 - KYP lemma and meeting Yakubovich 52:35 - Piecewise hybrid s…

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Harlan Ellison Part 2 11:29

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Continuing their examination of Harlan Ellison, Rachel Teichman, LCSW, and Victor Varnado, KSN, return for Part 2 to cover more of Ellison’s controversies and trouble with the law. Ellison’s impact on speculative fiction is undeniable, and his outspoken nature only deepened his mystique. An unapologetically bold end to a fascinating figure’s story.…