Best Large Language Models Community Podcasts (2025)

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Advice for Writing Maintainable Python Code 54:53

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What are techniques for writing maintainable Python code? How do you make your Python more readable and easier to refactor? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. We discuss a recent article about writing code that is easy to maintain. We cover writing comments, creating …

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When AI Becomes Your SRE: How Incident.io Is Automating Incident Response 1:08:26

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Guests Lawrence Jones, Founding Engineer at Incident.io Ed Dean Product Lead for AI at Incident.io Key Takeaways AI’s biggest impact comes from compressing time—identifying causes minutes instead of hours. Retrieval-augmented reasoning still benefits from simplicity: deterministic tagging and re-ranking often beat complex vector setups. Post-incide…

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Michael Kennedy: Managing Your Own Python Infrastructure 1:20:25

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How do you deploy your Python application without getting locked into an expensive cloud-based service? This week on the show, Michael Kennedy from the Talk Python podcast returns to discuss his new book, “Talk Python in Production.” Michael runs multiple Python applications online, including a training site, blog, and two podcasts. While searching…

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Building Trainline’s AI Travel Assistant: How a 25-Year-Old Company Went Agentic 1:08:34

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Guests David Eason, Principal Product Manager at Trainline Billie Bradley, Product Manager, Travel Assistant at Trainline Matt Farrelly, Head of AI and Machine Learning at Trainline Key Takeaways AI assistants need both scalable reasoning and deep domain context to be useful. Tool design and guardrails are as critical as prompt design in agent syst…

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Decoding Large Language Models and Generative AI for the Jury | Episode 85 16:12

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As generative AI becomes a defining issue in litigation, trial teams must be ready to explain the “black box” of large language models (LLMs) for juries shaping landmark cases across the US. In this episode of the IMS Insights Podcast, Senior Client Success Advisor Adam Bloomberg talks with Jury Consultant Liz Babbitt and LLM Training Expert Devon …

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#7 - Jelena Miodragović - Power Up with Microsoft Power Platform to Build Smarter Business Solutions 17:58

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This episode of the Time for AI Podcast features Jelena Miodragović, a freelance software developer and one of the organizers of the Init Conference in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Jelena's conference presentation, "Power Up with Microsoft Power Platform to Build Smarter Business Solutions," focused on introducing the core concepts and demon…

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Benchmarking Python 3.14 & Enabling Asyncio to Scale 47:24

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How does Python 3.14 perform under a few hand-crafted benchmarks? Does the performance of asyncio scale on the free-threaded build? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. At the top of the show, we have a mountain of release news and Python Enhancement Proposals to cover.…

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Powering Government with Community Voices: How ZenCity Built an AI That Listens 1:07:58

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Guests Noa Reikhav, Head of Product, Zencity Andrew Therriault, VP of Data Science, Zencity Shota Papiashvili, SVP of R&D, Zencity In this episode How Zencity helps local governments reach, understand, and act on community voices Turning thousands of survey responses, social posts, 311 calls, and news items into usable insight Building a data model…

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Evolving Teaching Python in the Classroom 1:04:59

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How is teaching young students Python changing with the advent of LLMs? This week on the show, Kelly Schuster-Paredes from the Teaching Python podcast joins us to discuss coding and AI in the classroom. Kelly shares her current thoughts on teaching Python to young students. She stresses that the earliest classes still need to cover the fundamentals…

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Building AI Coworkers: How Neople Is Making Agents Work Where You Work 1:12:25

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Guests: Seyna Diop, Chief Product Officer, Neople Job Nijenhuis, CTO & Co-founder, Neople Christos Constantinou, Lead Design Engineer, Neople Chapters: 00:00 Meet the Team: Introducing Neople's Key Players01:16 Understanding Neople's Product: Digital Coworkers03:25 The Origin Story: How Neople Came to Be06:24 Customer Success: Real-World Applicatio…

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Empowering Corporate Counsel with Strategic Insights | Episode 84 6:40

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In this episode of the IMS Insights Podcast, Senior Client Success Advisor Adam Bloomberg sits down with Senior Jury Consulting & Strategy Advisor Chris Dominic to break down key takeaways from the BTI Litigation Outlook Index and discuss what these trends mean for today’s corporate counsel and their outside legal partners. Listen in as Adam and Ch…

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#6 - Filip Macukić - The unfair AI advantage: Multiply your impact, not your hours 21:08

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Filip Macukić, the founder and CEO of Mediartem AI, joined the podcast to discuss his presentation from the AI Weekend conference. His presentation was titled "The Unfair Advantage: Multiply Your Impact, Not Your Hours," which focuses on the distinction between human and machine productivity and the proper use of AI tools. Filip Macukić is the foun…

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Python 3.14: Exploring the New Features 56:13

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Python 3.14 is here! Christopher Trudeau returns to discuss the new version with Real Python team member Bartosz Zaczyński. This year, Bartosz coordinated the series of preview articles with members of the Real Python team and wrote the showcase tutorial, “Python 3.14: Cool New Features for You to Try.” Christopher’s video course, “What’s New in Py…

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Building Alyx: How Arize AI Dogfooded Its Way to an Agentic Future 49:27

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Guests: SallyAnn DeLucia, Director of Product, Arize Jack Zhou, Staff Engineer, Arize In this episode, we cover: What tracing, observability, and evals really mean in GenAI applications How Arize used its own platform to build Alyx, its AI agent The role of customer success engineers in surfacing repeatable workflows Why early prototyping looked li…

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Advice on Beginning to Learn Python 52:11

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What’s changed about learning Python over the last few years? What new techniques and updated advice should beginners have as they start their journey? This week on the show, Stephen Gruppetta and Martin Breuss return to discuss beginning to learn Python. We share techniques for finding motivation, building projects, and learning the fundamentals. …

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Debugging AI Products: From Data Leakage to Evals with Hamel Husain 1:26:41

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Guest: Hamel Husain AI products and problems discussed: GitHub Copilot Forecasting AirBnB Guest Growth- NurtureBoss Resources & Links Hamel’s blog on AI evals AI Evals for Engineers and PMs course on Maven (Get 35% off with this affiliate link) Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Hamel Hussein 00:34 Challenges in AI Consulting 02:00 Machine Learning Fu…

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Driving Courtroom Success with Early Case Strategy Sessions | Episode 83 10:35

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In this IMS Insights Podcast, Senior Client Success Advisor Adam Bloomberg talks with Senior Advisor Chris Ritter about how early case strategy sessions can shape stronger outcomes in complex disputes. Their conversation highlights practical tools trial teams can use to build compelling narratives and prepare more effectively for high-stakes procee…

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Managing Feature Flags & Comparing Python Visualization Libraries 42:17

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What’s a good way to enable or disable code paths without redeploying the software? How can you use feature flags to toggle functionality for specific users of your application? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. Christopher shares an article exploring the use of feat…

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Inside eSpark’s AI Teacher Assistant: RAG, Evals, and Real Classroom Needs 1:08:38

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Guests: Thom van der Doef, Principal Product Designer at eSpark Mary [last name], Director of Learning Design & Product Manager at eSpark Ray Lyons, VP of Product & Engineering at eSpark Topics covered: The origin story of Teacher Assistant: connecting administrator mandates with teacher needs Why the team abandoned a chatbot interface in favor of …

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Dangers of Automatically Converting a REST API to MCP 1:24:25

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When converting an existing REST API to the Model Context Protocol, what should you consider? What anti-patterns should you avoid to keep an AI agent’s context clean? This week on the show, Kyle Stratis returns to discuss his upcoming book, “AI Agents with MCP”. Kyle has been busy since he last appeared on the show in 2020. He’s taken his experienc…

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Turning Disruption into Opportunity: The Stack Overflow AI Story with Ellen Brandenberger 1:07:33

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Guest: Ellen Brandenburger – Product leader and coach; former head of product at Chegg Skills and Stack Overflow’s data licensing team. What we cover in this episode: How Ellen joined Stack Overflow just two weeks before ChatGPT launched, reshaping the company’s future overnight The creation of Overflow AI: a team tasked with exploring “what’s just…

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The Future of AI Agents and the Power of Community 25:28

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Highlights Google’s new Agent Development Kit (ADK) (3:16) Getting production agents ready (8:33) Taking risks in career (11:10) Balancing life (13:22) How being a WiDS Ambassador impacted Shir’s career (19:31) Bio Shir Meir Lador leads a team evangelizing applied AI at Google cloud. Previously, she worked as the AI group Manager of the Document In…

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The Impact of Vocational Experts in Injury-Related Litigation | Episode 82 10:26

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In this IMS Insights Podcast, Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Chris Dominic is joined by Lead Life Care Planning and Vocational Expert Kacy Turner, MS, CRC, CVE, CLCP, to discuss the valuable role vocational experts play in traumatic injury litigation. Kacy explains how vocational assessments, through testing, transferable skills analysis, and rehab…

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Python App Hosting Choices & Documenting Python's History 43:50

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What are your options for hosting your Python application or scripts? What are the advantages of a platform as a service, container-based hosts, or setting up a virtual machine? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. We discuss a recent article about hosting Python applic…

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Defense Innovation Project - Eileen Vidrine 22:01

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In this episode, Corinium's Linda Lastovych sits down with Eileen Vidrine, Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of the Air Force, as she explores the intersection of data, technology, and innovation shaping the future of U.S. defense. This series features candid conversations with senior leaders, technologists, and innov…

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Defense Innovation Project - Michael Groen 47:28

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In this episode of the Defense Innovation Podcast, Corinium's Linda Lastovych sits down with Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Michael Groen, former Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) at the U.S. Department of Defense. They explore the critical role of AI in modern military operations, the challenges of implementing cutting-edge t…

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Podcast Preview 1:53

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How AI products come to life—straight from the builders themselves. In each episode, we dive deep into how teams spotted a customer problem, experimented with AI, prototyped solutions, and shipped real features. We dig into everything from workflows and agents to RAG and evaluation strategies, and explore how their products keep evolving. If you’re…

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#5 - Gael Peigné - Rethinking the Digital Shelf: How AI Is Changing the Game for Brands with Shalion 21:06

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In this episode, I host Gael, the VP of Strategic Marketing at Shalion, a company specializing in marketing intelligence that helps brands optimize their e-commerce strategy. We discussed his recent presentation at the ShopTalk Europe conference in Barcelona. Key talking points: The Digital Shelf: We started by defining the "digital shelf," which i…

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Large Language Models on the Edge of the Scaling Laws 1:28:34

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What’s happening with the latest releases of large language models? Is the industry hitting the edge of the scaling laws, and do the current benchmarks provide reliable performance assessments? This week on the show, Jodie Burchell returns to discuss the current state of LLM releases. The most recent release of GPT-5 has been a wake-up call for the…

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Knowing Why The Jury System Works Helps You Win | Episode 81 14:26

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What really influences a jury’s final decision? In this IMS Insights Podcast, Senior Client Success Advisor Adam Bloomberg chats with Senior Jury Consulting & Strategy Advisor Chris Ritter to break down the psychology and strategy behind how jurors think—and how legal teams can use that knowledge to shape more persuasive case stories. Tune in as Ad…

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Exploring Mixin Classes in Python 50:15

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What is a good way to add isolated, reusable functionality to Python classes? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. Christopher covers a recent Real Python tutorial about developing mixin classes to reuse code across multiple Python classes. He describes how mixins rely …

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Travis Oliphant: SciPy, NumPy, and Fostering Scientific Python 1:11:20

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What went into developing the open-source Python tools data scientists use every day? This week on the show, we talk with Travis Oliphant about his work on SciPy, NumPy, Numba, and many other contributions to the Python scientific community. Travis discusses his initial involvement in the open-source community and how he discovered Python while wor…

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Persuasive Strategies for High-Stakes Litigation Success | Episode 80 16:27

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How do elite trial teams transform complex legal disputes into courtroom strategies that resonate with decision-makers? In this episode, IMS Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Chris Dominic is joined by Jason Barnes, IMS Senior Strategy Advisor (Emeritus), to discuss the tactical frameworks and techniques behind successful litigation strategy. Drawing …

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Selecting Inheritance or Composition in Python 46:02

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When considering an object-oriented programming problem, should you prefer inheritance or composition? Why wouldn’t it just be simpler to use functions? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. Christopher shares an article about structuring code using inheritance, composit…

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AI With Friends S2E13: GPT-5 Reality Check, Perplexity's $34.5B Chrome Bid, and GitHub's AI Leadership Shakeup 🤖 1:56:57

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Send us a text In this episode, we dive deep into the mixed reactions to OpenAI's highly anticipated GPT-5 release, questioning whether it lives up to the hype or represents a missed opportunity to dominate the AI coding space. **Key Topics:** • GPT-5 honest review: Router system confusion and the "eager puppy" problem • Why OpenAI may have missed …

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AI With Friends S2E11: Teen AI Companions, Claude's Usage Limits, and OpenAI's 2.5 Billion Daily Prompts 🤖 1:31:09

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Send us a text This episode covers the rise of AI companions among teenagers, Claude's controversial usage limitations, and OpenAI's massive infrastructure scaling to handle billions of daily requests. **Key Topics:** • 72% of US teens have tried AI companions - the shift from tools to lifestyle integration • Grok's controversial anime companions a…

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Harnessing the Power of Python Polars 1:14:59

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What are the advantages of using Polars for your Python data projects? When should you use the lazy or eager APIs, and what are the benefits of each? This week on the show, we speak with Jeroen Janssens and Thijs Nieuwdorp about their new book, Python Polars: The Definitive Guide. Jeroen and Thijs describe how they were introduced to Polars while w…

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How Anti-Corporate Sentiment Is Reshaping Jury Trials | Episode 79 12:04

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With skepticism toward corporations at an all-time high, defense teams face new hurdles in the courtroom. In this IMS Ignite Podcast episode, Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Chris Dominic is joined by Jury Consulting Advisor Keith Pounds, PhD, to explore how anti-corporate sentiment is reshaping modern jury trials and what litigators can do about it…

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Design Patterns That Don't Translate to Python 49:12

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Do the design patterns learned in other programming languages translate to coding in Python? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. Christopher dives into an article that tackles popular object-oriented design patterns from the famous Gang of Four book. These patterns off…

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#4 - Philip Krenn - Unveiling the Future of Information Retrieval 20:35

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In this episode, I welcomee Philipp Krenn, Director of Developer Relations at Elastic, to discuss the evolution of search and information retrieval in the age of AI. Philipp delves into Elastic's pioneering tools like Elasticsearch and Kibana, explaining how they address search challenges in logs, observability data, and security through effective …

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The $10 Billion AI Arms Race - XAI, Oracle's Rise, and the End of Free Data 💰 1:28:24

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Send us a text AI With Friends S2E9: The $10 Billion AI Arms Race - XAI, Oracle's Rise, and the End of Free Data 💰 This episode covers the most significant AI funding and infrastructure developments of the year. From Elon Musk's massive XAI funding round to Oracle's emergence as a major cloud player, we break down what these moves mean for the futu…

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Supporting the Python Package Index 49:49

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What goes into supporting more than 650,000 projects and nearly a million users of the Python Package Index? This week on the show, we speak with Maria Ashna about her first year as the inaugural PyPI Support Specialist. Maria has a varied background in creative arts and neuroscience. She decided to apply for the PyPI support position, defying comm…

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SEO is Dead, Long Live GEO - The Future of Search & 50% of Jobs at Risk 1:52:43

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Send us a text This episode dives into the seismic shift happening in digital marketing and the future of work. We break down Andreessen Horowitz's groundbreaking GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) framework and what it means for businesses still stuck in the SEO era. **Key Topics:** • The death of traditional SEO and rise of Generative Engine Op…

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Effective Strategies for Daubert/Robinson Challenges | Episode 78 12:45

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This IMS Insights Podcast episode explores Texas Rule of Evidence 702 and the high-stakes world of expert witness admissibility with veteran trial attorney Larry Cotten of Cotten Schmidt. As the first Texas litigator to successfully challenge an expert under the landmark Daubert/Robinson standard, Larry provides strategic insights on effectively pr…

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"AI Love Island" - The Windsurf Drama, Vibe Coding, and 9,000 Jobs Gone 💔 1:39:25

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Send us a text AI With Friends S2E10: "AI Love Island" - The Windsurf Drama, Vibe Coding, and 9,000 Jobs Gone 💔 This episode covers the wildest AI startup saga of the year - we're calling it "AI Love Island" because of the drama, betrayal, and billion-dollar heartbreak. Plus we dive deep into the reality of AI coding tools and their limitations. **…

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Replit's Bold Claims, Google's Veo 3, and the Future of AI Coding 🤖 1:56:09

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Send us a text AI With Friends S2E7 In this episode, we dive deep into the controversy surrounding Replit's CEO and their bold claims about AI replacing CTOs. We test Google's new Veo 3 video generation tool and discuss the limitations AI video models still face with violence and realistic content. **Key Topics:** • Replit's controversial claim tha…

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Comparing Real-World Python Performance Against Big O 45:01

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How does the performance of an algorithm hold up when you put it into a realistic context? Where might Python code defy Big O notation expectations when using a profiler? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. Christopher shares an article about why real-world performance…

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Mastering the Courtroom and Beyond | Episode 77 16:36

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Craig A. Thompson is a partner at Venable LLP and a nationally recognized trial attorney known for his commanding courtroom presence and distinguished service across law, politics, and public leadership. In this IMS Insights Podcast episode, he joins IMS Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Chris Dominic for a compelling conversation on strategic advocac…

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Solving Problems and Saving Time in Chemistry With Python 1:13:10

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What motivates someone to learn how to code as a scientist? How do you harness the excitement of solving problems quickly and make the connection to the benefits of coding in your scientific work? This week on the show, we speak with Ben Lear and Christopher Johnson about their book “Coding For Chemists.” Christopher is an associate professor of ch…

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Structuring Python Scripts & Exciting Non-LLM Software Trends 54:07

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What goes into crafting an effective Python script? How do you organize your code, manage dependencies with PEP 723, and handle command-line arguments for the best results? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. We dig into a recent Real Python article about how to struct…