Best JVM Podcasts (2025)

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"From Cowboy Mode to Careful Stewardship" with Mark Reinhold 40:43

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Java is a 30-year success story, made possible because its development consistently aligned with users' needs. In its early days, the platform required new features quickly, but over time, minimizing code breakage while carefully evolving the platform became essential. Critical junctures along that path included the introduction of modules and the …

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“From Cowboy Mode to Careful Stewardship” with Mark Reinhold 40:43

3d ago40:43

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Java is a 30-year success story, made possible because its development consistently aligned with users’ needs. In its early days, the platform required new features quickly, but over time, minimizing code breakage while carefully evolving the platform became essential. Critical junctures along that path included the introduction of modules and the …

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“Amber & Valhalla - Incremental Design and Feature Arcs” with Brian Goetz 21:08

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OpenJDK projects such as Amber and Valhalla are renowned for their careful and methodical approach to designing and introducing new features to the Java platform. In this episode, Nicolai Parlog is joined by Brian Goetz, Java Language Architect at Oracle and lead of both Project Amber and Project Valhalla. Brian shares insights and updates on these…

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"Amber & Valhalla - Incremental Design and Feature Arcs" with Brian Goetz 21:08

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OpenJDK projects such as Amber and Valhalla are renowned for their careful and methodical approach to designing and introducing new features to the Java platform. In this episode, Nicolai Parlog is joined by Brian Goetz, Java Language Architect at Oracle and lead of both Project Amber and Project Valhalla. Brian shares insights and updates on these…

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Is this still on? 1:13:56

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C++ Three Cool Things in C++26: Safety, Reflection & std::execution - Herb Sutter - C++ on Sea 2025 Java Java 25 to be released September 16 New Features in Java 25 | Baeldung Primitive Types in Patterns (JEP 507 – Third Preview) Module Import Declarations (JEP 511 – Preview) Scoped Values (JEP 506 – Final) Structured Concurrency (JEP 505 – Fifth P…

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“Deprecations & Removals” with Stuart Marks 21:56

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Java is not just adding features, it’s also removing old ones that became obsolete and are either a maintenance burden, performance drag, or hazardous to use. In this episode we touch on 32bit ports, applets, finalization, and the security manager. Nicolai Parlog talks to Stuart Marks, who works in the JDK Core Libraries group at Oracle. Right now,…

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"Deprecations & Removals" with Stuart Marks 21:56

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Java is not just adding features, it's also removing old ones that became obsolete and are either a maintenance burden, performance drag, or hazardous to use. In this episode we touch on 32bit ports, applets, finalization, and the security manager. Nicolai Parlog talks to Stuart Marks, who works in the JDK Core Libraries group at Oracle. Right now,…

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“Integrity by Default” with Ron Pressler 21:08

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The Java runtime offers a host of guarantees like memory safety, type safety, encapsulation, and many more. What makes these aspirations actual guarantees is a property called “integrity”. But there are a few mechanisms in Java that allow undermining integrity - some for good, some for less good reasons. Integrity by default states that all such op…

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"Integrity by Default" with Ron Pressler 21:08

4M ago21:08

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The Java runtime offers a host of guarantees like memory safety, type safety, encapsulation, and many more. What makes these aspirations actual guarantees is a property called "integrity". But there are a few mechanisms in Java that allow undermining integrity - some for good, some for less good reasons. Integrity by default states that all such op…

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“Efficient Initialization Using Stable Values” with Per Minborg 29:21

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The Stable Values API is a preview feature in Java 25 that allows developers to define immutable objects that are initialized at most once. It combines the flexibility of lazy initialization with the performance advantages of final fields. In this episode, Ana hosts Per Minborg, a member of the Java Core Library team at Oracle and co-author of JEP …

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"Efficient Initialization Using Stable Values" with Per Minborg 29:21

5M ago29:21

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The Stable Values API is a preview feature in Java 25 that allows developers to define immutable objects that are initialized at most once. It combines the flexibility of lazy initialization with the performance advantages of final fields. In this episode, Ana hosts Per Minborg, a member of the Java Core Library team at Oracle and co-author of JEP …

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"Ahead of Time Computation" with Dan Heidinga 23:22

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OpenJDK's Project Leyden aims to improve the startup and warmup time of Java applications, for now by shifting computation from those phases to the applications' build time. Java 24 ships with ahead-of-time class loading and linking, which is the first step in that direction. In this episode, we learn about that as well as about Leyden's approach t…

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“Ahead of Time Computation” with Dan Heidinga 23:22

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OpenJDK's Project Leyden aims to improve the startup and warmup time of Java applications, for now by shifting computation from those phases to the applications' build time. Java 24 ships with ahead-of-time class loading and linking, which is the first step in that direction. In this episode, we learn about that as well as about Leyden's approach t…

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"Stream Gatherers" with Viktor Klang 32:57

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In this episode, Ana is joined by Viktor Klang, core JDK architect and author of the Stream Gatherers JDK Enhancement Proposal, to dive into one of the standout features of JDK 24: the Gatherers API. Viktor explains how Gatherers extend the Java Stream API with custom intermediate operations, why they were added to the platform, and how they can en…

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“Stream Gatherers” with Viktor Klang 32:57

6M ago32:57

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In this episode, Ana is joined by Viktor Klang, core JDK architect and author of the Stream Gatherers JDK Enhancement Proposal, to dive into one of the standout features of JDK 24: the Gatherers API. Viktor explains how Gatherers extend the Java Stream API with custom intermediate operations, why they were added to the platform, and how they can en…

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“Doc, JavaDoc and Markdown” with Jonathan Gibbons 56:23

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Java leads by example regarding documentation: JavaDoc inspires trust in developers through its transparency on each Java API functionality, and the javadoc tool helps developers generate equally great documentation for their APIs and libraries. In this episode, Ana hosts Jonathan Gibbons, core contributor and maintainer of JDK tools, to discuss Ja…

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"Doc, JavaDoc and Markdown" with Jonathan Gibbons 56:23

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Java leads by example regarding documentation: JavaDoc inspires trust in developers through its transparency on each Java API functionality, and the javadoc tool helps developers generate equally great documentation for their APIs and libraries. In this episode, Ana hosts Jonathan Gibbons, core contributor and maintainer of JDK tools, to discuss Ja…

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"Inside Java Weekly: JDK 24 and More" with Chad 15:01

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In this shorter-format pod, Chad talks about JDK 24, preview features, and more. Show Notes JEP 11: Incubator Modules https://openjdk.org/jeps/11 JEP 12: Preview Features https://openjdk.org/jeps/12 Using the Preview Features Available in the JDK https://dev.java/learn/new-features/using-preview/ JEP 483: Ahead-of-time Compilation https://openjdk.o…

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178: Java 22 Released! And I Am The Technical Debt 1:04:46

1+ y ago1:04:46

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Last week, Greg and I had the pleasure of sitting down with Andres Almiray from Oracle to discuss this week's release of Java 22. I was hoping to get this episode out sooner but ended up fighting it out with a fever. Alert Notification https://blogs.oracle.com/java/post/java-on-macos-14-4 Java 22 Released Tomorrow JDK 22 Release Notes: https://jdk.…

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JVM Cattle with Jordan Vander Molen 58:31

1+ y ago58:31

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In this episode of The Cattle Call, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with Jordan Vander Molen with JVM Cattle from Pella, Iowa. Jordan is an example of a first Generation Rancher with family ties to cattle and ranching. JVM Cattle is home to South Devon, mix of various Breeds as well as Red Angus. In addition to ranching Jordan shares his past hobby of …

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Wilson Flying Diamond Ranch Pt. 2 of 2 with Jaclyn Wilson 53:59

2y ago53:59

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In this episode of The Cattle Call, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with Jaclyn Wilson of Wilson Flying Diamond Ranch and Flying Diamond Beef on the Western Edge of the Nebraska Sandhills. The ranch was homesteaded in 1888 making Jaclyn the fifth generation of Wilsons to live on the ranch. In part 2 of this two-part episode, Jaclyn shares some of past …

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“The Panama Effect” with Jorn Vernee 23:01

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The Foreign Function and Memory API will be finalised in JDK 22. This API helps you integrate native code within your Java program. Using this new API you can efficiently invoke code outside the JVM, safely access memory not managed by the JVM, call native libraries and process native data without the brittleness and danger of JNI. Jorn Vernee, cor…

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"The Panama Effect" with Jorn Vernee 23:01

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The Foreign Function and Memory API will be finalised in JDK 22. This API helps you integrate native code within your Java program. Using this new API you can efficiently invoke code outside the JVM, safely access memory not managed by the JVM, call native libraries and process native data without the brittleness and danger of JNI. Jorn Vernee, cor…

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Wilson Flying Diamond Ranch Pt. 1 of 2 with Jaclyn Wilson 46:24

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In this episode of The Cattle Call, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with Jaclyn Wilson of Wilson Flying Diamond Ranch and Flying Diamond Beef on the Western Edge of the Nebraska Sandhills. The ranch was homesteaded in 1888 making Jaclyn the fifth generation of Wilsons to live on the ranch. In part 1 of this two-part episode, Jaclyn shares about the Ran…

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Merry Christmas from The Cattle Call & the Ohlde's 34:02

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In this episode of The Cattle Call, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with his family; Lisa, Taylor and Logan to reflect on 2023 and looking forward to 2024. Curtis also shares that the Foundation of Mental Health Awareness and Resources is getting close and any questions or if interested in supporting to reach out to the podcast. The Cattle Call is a pr…

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New Year, Old Year? What Year!?! 1:12:14

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It's been a long time (again) between recording/discussions, but finally, for the end of the year, we locked some time to record. Java 9 Outdated Ideas About Java - Azul | Better Java Performance, Superior Java Support Hidden gems in Java 19, Part 1: The not-so-hidden JEPs JDK 20: The new features in Java 20 | InfoWorld JDK 21: The new features in …

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Rennert Ranch with Kristian Rennert 45:50

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In this episode of The Cattle Call, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with owner of the Rennert Ranch Kristian Rennert. We experienced a little connection issue during the interview as well as Curtis battling a cold and voice being off. Kristian shares the story of starting out as a kid living in Denver, getting exposed to cattle and ranching through fam…

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2023 American Royal Update 46:36

2y ago46:36

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In this Bonus Episode of The Cattle Call, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with American Royal Director of Communications Allyssa King. Allyssa shares the history of the American Royal then reviews the schedule starting with the Rodeo in May to the Breeding Cattle Shows starting now, Junior Shows next week, more Breeding Shows followed by Horse Shows an…

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Pacheco Beef - Texas & New Mexico to the Flint Hills 53:36

2y ago53:36

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In this episode of The Cattle Call, host Curtis Ohlde sits down with Wreen Pacheco of Pacheco Beef. Wrenn tells the story of her and her husband Arturo growing up in New Mexico and Texas, meeting at Junior College Judging and onto Texas Tech. Arturo then pursued a Phd in Ruminant Nutrition at K-State followed by finding a ranch to settle down to an…

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176 - Better Late Than Never? 1:08:16

2y ago1:08:16

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Non-tech Music Banter An Updated Look At Concert Merchandise Sales & Trends in 2022 Why Venues Take Merch Cuts The Taylor Swift Economy: The largest music tour in history is a hospitality phenomenon A litany of languages and their passing, software archaeology and the issues of adopting new languages? Clojure - (next Rich) JDK 21 to be released nex…

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Ty Eschenbaum - My Story 26:29

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In this Bonus Episode of The Cattle Call, Curtis sits down with Ty Eschenbaum with Wienk Charolais as Ty tells his story of being an active athlete in High School and getting diagnosed with Cancer. For more information about Wienk Charolais, check out episode 17. Ty talks about his journey to beat cancer only to face additional challenges with join…

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Fink Beef Genetics with Lori & Galen Fink 1:05:06

2y ago1:05:06

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In this episode of The Cattle Call, host Curtis Ohlde has the opportunity to sit down with Lori & Galen Lori Fink of Fink Beef Genetics. Lori & Galen share stories of growing up and on to Kansas State where they met and made their start in the Angus Seedstock Industry. From one cow in the backyard, growing a Angus program, adding a second breed of …

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Wienk Charolais - Arnold Wienk & Ty Eschenbaum 53:55

2y ago53:55

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In this episode of The Cattle Call, Curtis sits down with Arnold Wienk and Ty Eschenbaum at Arnolds home in South Dakota to talk about the history of Wienk Charolais Ranch at Lake Preston, South Dakota. Listen in as Arnold talks about his start in the Charolais breed with letter to Litton Charolais and help from his dad to his retirement sale in 20…

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2023 Charolais Junior Nationals Bonus 45:10

2+ y ago45:10

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In today's Bonus Episode of the Cattle Call, Curtis interviews a few special guest at this years recent Charolais Junior Nationals in St. Paul, MN. If you haven't listened to episode 15 with Harlin Hecht the Show Dedicatee be sure to check it out. Curtis sits down with one of the Co-Chairs for the event, Sydney Zehnder to talk about her family's co…

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Harlin Hecht & Double H Charolais 2023 AIJCA Show Dedicatee 25:40

2+ y ago25:40

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In this two part Episode Series of the Charolais Junior National, Curtis sits down with the 2023 Show Dedicatee Harlin Hecht. They discuss Harlan's start in the Charolais Breed, successes, trips and some of the Great Females that have walked the pastures of Double H Charolais in Minnesota. They also discuss the closing of a chapter as Double H Char…