Best Mark Mathia Podcasts (2025)

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Purpose-Powered Teams: Ignite Engagement and Cut Turnover 8:23

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Host Mark Mathia breaks down why purposeful work drives engagement, reduces burnout, and lowers turnover—backed by Gallup data and real-world coaching insights. The episode outlines five signs your team lacks purpose and five practical leader actions (plus a bonus tip) to reconnect daily work to mission, tell impact stories, and empower meaningful …

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Inside The AI Bubble: Debt, Depreciation, and Losses — With Gil Luria 1:01:28

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Gil Luria is the head of technology research at D.A. Davidson. Luria joins Big Technology Podcast for a special Friday edition special report digging into the AI bubble, or whatever term you'd like to use for the questionable investment decisions in AI today. We cover all the bad stuff: debt, depreciation, and losses. We talk about Michael Burry's …

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Why Postgres? and why now? with Claire Giordano 36:11

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Postgres has quietly become the world’s favorite database...running startups, governments, and global clouds alike. Scott talks with Claire Giordano, long-time Postgres advocate and technologist, about the database’s unlikely rise from academic roots to modern dominance. They explore its design philosophy, the open-source community that fuels it, a…

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Could LLMs Be The Route To Superintelligence? — With Mustafa Suleyman 41:28

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Mustafa Suleyman is the CEO of Microsoft AI and the head of the company’s new superintelligence team. Suleyman joins Big Technology to discuss Microsoft’s push toward “humanist superintelligence” and what changes after its latest OpenAI deal. Tune in to hear whether LLMs can get us there, how self-improving systems might work safely, and what power…

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Episode 700 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Whiteouts - Don Garber roundtable, the future of the Whitecaps, CPL snowmageddon) 2:58:19

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We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, and Canadian Premier League chat, and it's a landmark episode - our 700th one for the main show, the longest running soccer podcast in Canada. To mark it, we've a lot of talk about Vancouver Whitecaps' future - particularly when it comes to issues arou…

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Mark Dever - Love Threatened (Hosea 1:1-3:5)

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Title: Love Threatened Preacher: Mark Dever Series: What is Love? Passage: Hosea 1:1-3:5By Mark Dever

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OpenAI Bailout?, Elon’s $1 Trillion Pay Deal, Amazon Sues Perplexity 59:07

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar's comments about a government backstop for its financing 2) Why these statements matter 3) Does OpenAI need financial discipline 4) Do we want to be the discipline police? 5) Should we build a national compute reserve? 6) Why OpenA…

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Finish Q4 Strong: 3 Simple Hacks to Boost Net Profit 9:43

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In this episode, focused on small business owners, Mark Mathia shares three practical strategies to increase net profit before year-end: maintain pricing by emphasizing high-margin products, boost customer lifetime value with targeted upsells, and time promotions to avoid competing during peak seasons. He discusses the compounding impact of consist…

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The Past Still Boots with the Interim Computing Museum's Stephen Jones 40:46

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Scott talks with Stephen Jones of the new Interim Computing Museum, about the craft of bringing old computers back to life. From wire-wrapped boards to tape drives and terminals, this episode dives into why running the old systems — not just displaying them — matters for understanding how modern computing came to be. Support, Visit, and Donate to t…

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OpenAI’s IPO Plan, Deconstructing The AI Bet, Apple’s iPhone17 Revival 56:18

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M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back for our monthly tech news discussion. Today we dig into OpenAI’s newly cleared path to an IPO, what trillion-scale capex vs. current revenue implies, and how Microsoft’s 27% stake, IP rights, and fresh AWS entanglements complicate the story. We debate whether the market can stomach years of heavy losses, why “AGI or…

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Episode 699 – The AFTN Soccer Show (All Part of the Masterplan - Whitecaps set up LAFC semi showdown, Vancouver's defensive strengths, FIFA U17 World Cups) 2:36:56

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We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Premier League, and FIFA Under 17 World Cups chat and interviews. It wasn't the prettiest victory, but the Whitecaps got the job done in Dallas on Saturday night, winning a penalty shootout in game two of their playoff series to book their ber…

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Jamie Dunlop - Embraces Humility (1 Corinthians 4:8-21)

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Title: Embraces Humility Preacher: Jamie Dunlop Series: The Wisdom of God Passage: 1 Corinthians 4:8-21By Jamie Dunlop

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Ask Your Employer to Sponsor Coaching: 4 Steps to Get Approved 7:58

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Coach Mark Mathia explains why company-sponsored coaching is common and how to successfully ask your employer to invest in your development. He shares four practical steps—showing ROI, connecting coaching to company goals, making a simple ask, and talking to decision-makers—plus a real success story and timing tips for budget season. Don't let your…

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OpenAI and Microsoft’s Grand Bargain, Sam Altman’s Next Three Years, A New Humanoid Robot 1:02:37

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI converts to a public benefit corporation 2) Why this is big news 3) Satya Nadela's wise OpenAI maneuver 4) Microsoft wants every AI model on Azure 5) Is AGI dead? 6) Inside Microsoft and OpenAI's negotiations 7) Sam Altman charts out OpenAI's next…

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Cheat Codes for Junior Engineers with Kat Excellence 35:22

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This week Scott talks to Kat who shares her tactical wisdom from her blog Katexcellence.io, where she decodes the early-career engineering experience with clarity and wit. From learning to build without motivation, to balancing depth and velocity, to navigating layoffs and early‑career uncertainty, Kat distills lessons from her own journey through …

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How AI Is Changing Writing — With Tony Stubblebine 1:03:53

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Tony Stubblebine is the CEO of Medium. He joins Big Technology to discuss the future of writing in the age of AI and how platforms should handle AI-generated content. Tune in to hear fresh data on ChatGPT vs. Google referral quality, Gemini’s impact on click-throughs, and Medium’s anti-spam approach. We also cover Cloudflare AI blocking, creator pa…

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Episode 698 – The AFTN Soccer Show (The Guys Are Lethal - Dallas destroyed, MLS and CPL playoff round-ups, Vancouver FC end of season review) 2:36:48

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We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, and Canadian Premier League chat. Vancouver Whitecaps kicked off their quest for the 2025 MLS Cup with a dominant home playoff win against FC Dallas on Sunday. We look at the many highs coming out of that one, plus hear from both head coaches, Jesper S…

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Google Research Head Yossi Mathias: AI For Cancer Research, Quantum's Progress, Researchers' Future 29:29

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Yossi Matias is the head of Google Research. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the company's research efforts in areas like cancer treatment and Quantum and to discuss the relationship between research and product. Tune in to hear how Google used LLMs to generate a cancer hypothesis validated in living cells, what a “13,000×” quantum resul…

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Jamie Dunlop - Stewards the Gospel (1 Corinthians 4:1-7)

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Title: Stewards the Gospel Preacher: Jamie Dunlop Series: The Wisdom of God Passage: 1 Corinthians 4:1-7By Jamie Dunlop

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From Busy to Brilliant: The AI-Powered Impact Audit 13:12

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Host Mark Mathia guides executives and rising leaders through a practical framework to stop being busy and start being brilliant. Blending positive psychology, strengths-based coaching, and AI tools, the episode introduces a four-step "impact audit" to name top outcomes, map commitments, recalibrate with grace, and lock in focused time. Listeners l…

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OpenAI’s Risky Browser Bet, Amazon’s Mass Automation Plan, Clippy’s Back 1:07:49

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI's Atlas browser is here 2) Atlas plays 2048 3) The danger of AI browser prompt injection 4) Will Atlas be around in five years? 5) Why Dave's Hot Chicken is the world's top app 6) Amazon has plans to automate hundreds of thousands of jobs 7) OpenA…

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Episode 697 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Drop Ya Like Jenga - Whitecaps vs Dallas playoff preview, Jayden Nelson and Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson interviews) 2:30:36

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We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, and Canadian Premier League playoff chat and interviews. It's the business end of the season and the room for error is minimal. Vancouver Whitecaps face off against FC Dallas in game one of a best of three playoff series on Sunday. We set up the match …

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AI-Powered Migration plus Raw Experience with Mike Rousos 36:25

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On this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman talks with cloud migration and app modernization expert Mike Rousos about the challenges and opportunities of bringing decades-old applications into the modern era. They discuss practical strategies for app modernization, how AI and GitHub Copilot are reshaping developer workflows, and what it takes…

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Amazon's Panos Panay: The Reality of Building Alexa Plus and AI Assistants 48:46

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Panos Panay is Amazon’s head of Devices & Services. Panay returns to Big Technology Podcast to discuss Alexa Plus's delayed rollout, when the assistant is releasing to everyone, and the challenge of building these products. Tune in for specifics on compatibility, usage spikes, and what “day one” means when you have hundreds of millions of customers…

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Government Collapse & The Crypto Lifeline w/ Naz Kabbani (Investor @ BECO Capital) 54:03

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In this episode, Mark sits down with Naz Kabbani, an investor formerly at BECO Capital (the Middle East’s largest VC fund with $900M AUM) and Paradigm (a leading crypto VC fund with over $12Bn AUM). Naz shares an eye-opening firsthand account of the Lebanese Banking Crisis, revealing how his family—like many others—lost 75-80% of their life savings…

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Episode 696 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Something's Happening Round Here - Axel Schuster roundtable, Joedrick Pupe and Rayan Elloumi interviews, MLS playoffs and awards) 3:06:48

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We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps and Major League Soccer chat and interviews. It was a heartbreaking weekend for the Whitecaps, who battled valiantly for 80 minutes down a man at home to Dallas but couldn't find the point they needed to finish top of the MLS Western Conference. Great defending, a lack of f…

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Chad Pritchard - The Fall of False Glory (Isaiah 47:1-15)

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Title: The Fall of False Glory Preacher: Chad Pritchard Series: What Will God's Judgement Reveal? Passage: Isaiah 47:1-15By Chad Pritchard

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Erotic ChatGPT, Zuck’s Apple Assault, AI’s Sameness Problem 57:25

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Sam Altman says ChatGPT will start to have erotic chats with interested adults 2) Also, more sycophancy? 3) Is sycophancy the lost love language 4) Is erotic ChatGPT good for OpenAI’s business? 5) Is erotic ChatGPT a sign that AGI is actually far away? 6…

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The Game Designers Workbook with Bobby Lockhart 34:43

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On this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott talks with Bobby Lockhart, game designer and coauthor of The Game Designer’s Workbook. They explore the craft of game design, from turning ideas into playable experiences to balancing creativity with structure, and discuss how the principles in the workbook can help both aspiring and seasoned designers build …

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Where Are The AI Startups? — With Rick Heitzmann 59:28

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Rick Heitzmann is the founder and managing director of FirstMark Capital. Heitzmann joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss whether AI startups can compete against the ChatGPTs of the world, or whether the big AI bots have ingested all the opportunity. Tune in to hear Heitzmann break down the economics of AI investing today and whether the applicat…

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Episode #54 Nic Fontaine Kilo III "Veteran Voices from the K9 Front Lines" 1:01:54

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Send us a text You can't help but take an immediate liking to Nic. He's humble and passionate about working dogs and helping handlers. As we celebrate our third season we couldn't have had a better guest on the show. We got to sit down with Nic at the ATK9 conference and hear his story. Clearly there are things Nic couldn't share with us, but his s…

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Episode 695 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Feeling Heaven - Müller magic sends Whitecaps top, Isaac Boehmer interview, World Cup tickets and qualifiers) 2:51:30

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We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, and FIFA World Cup chat and interviews. Some late drama and some Thomas Müller magic saw the Whitecaps hit the summit once again in the MLS Western Conference with one game of the regular season to go. With first place and the number one seeding on the…

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Polish Your Path: Executive Resumes, LinkedIn & Career Confidence 32:10

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In this episode of the Essentially You podcast, host Mark Mathia sits down with Elizabeth Harders, founder of Resume Polished, to dive into proactive career preparation strategies for emerging leaders and executive professionals. Discover expert insights on resume optimization, LinkedIn profile enhancement, interview coaching, and building unshakea…

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Jamie Dunlop - Builds the Church (1 Corinthians 3:1-23)

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Title: Builds the Church Preacher: Jamie Dunlop Series: The Wisdom of God Passage: 1 Corinthians 3:1-23By Jamie Dunlop

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AGI or Bust, OpenAI’s $1 Trillion Gamble, Apple’s Next CEO? 1:00:12

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Why the AI industry needs to get to AGI to make the investments pay off 2) The diverging tracks between AI model improvement and investing in scaling 3) Why the LLM craze may delay the path to AGI 4) So what is all this compute for? 5) OpenAI's $1 trilli…

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Competence builds confidence with .NET Principal Engineer Safia Abdalla 36:00

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On this special episode of Hanselminutes, Scott reunites with .NET Principal Engineer Safia Abdalla, nearly 500 episodes and a decade after her first appearance on the show. They reflect on the arc of her career and the evolution of the developer landscape, discussing how building competence fuels confidence, how anxieties can compound in high-pres…

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Anthropic Chief Product Officer: Why AI Model Development Is Accelerating — With Mike Krieger 51:14

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Mike Krieger is the chief product officer at Anthropic and co-founder of Instagram. Krieger joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Anthropic's Sonnet 4.5 launch and how the company's been able to speed up AI model development. Tune in to hear how Anthropic is using internal tools to move fast, where the next generations of model improvements will …

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Episode 694 – The AFTN Soccer Show (A Little Charm and a Lot of Style - Ryan Gauld interview, Whitecaps roll on, World Cup tickets and kick off times) 2:51:51

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OpenAI and AMD's Megadeal, Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s Bumpy Start. Meta vs. Apple 57:35

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M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back for our monthly tech news discussion. Today we discuss OpenAI and AMD's megadeal, whether the AI investment cycle is a disaster waiting to happen, and how NVIDIA might feel about the arrangement. We also discuss Sam Altman and Jony Ive's struggles in developing their own AI device and how all tech companies seem to …

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Hashrate, Halvings, and the Future of Compute w/ Frank Holmes (CEO @ Hive Digital) 52:57

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Mark sits down with Frank Holmes, one of the most recognized voices in crypto infrastructure, to go inside the machine room of large-scale Bitcoin mining. Frank unpacks miner economics after the halving, how power contracts and geography determine winners, and the tech stack from firmware to immersion cooling. They explore treasury strategy (to HOD…

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John Piper - Broken-Hearted Boldness (Micah 7:7-9)

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Title: Broken-Hearted Boldness Preacher: John Piper Series: Words From Old Friends Passage: Micah 7:7-9By John Piper

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High-Performance Partnerships: Rocket Fuel for Leaders 8:09

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Today I explore how intentional, strengths-based partnerships transform leadership and team performance. Using research from Gallup and Harvard Business Review plus tools like CliftonStrengths and positive psychology, the episode explains why complementary strengths, trust, and mutual accountability boost productivity, reduce burnout, and accelerat…

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The Sora 2 Breakthrough, Death Of The Creator Economy?, Apple’s SmartGlasses Roadmap 57:48

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Max Zeff, Sr. AI reporter at Techcrunch, joins for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI introduces Sora 2 2) Will these AI video feeds catch on? 3) Is Sora 2 an important technological advance above all? 4) Why Meta is nervous about OpenAI's momentum in social 5) OpenAI employees have mixed feelings about Sora 6) Why A…

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Push your ideas to the web with Netlify CEO Mathias Biilmann 34:13

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On this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman sits down with Netlify CEO Mathias Biilmann, who coined the term Jamstack, to talk about the future of web development in the age of AI. Recorded shortly before the announcement at Netlify Deploy, the conversation explores Netlify’s new AI Workflow, how it connects to the Jamstack philosophy, what i…

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Microsoft's Head of Cloud & AI on the AI Buildout's Risks and ROI — With Scott Guthrie 54:01

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Scott Guthrie is the executive vice president of Cloud and AI at Microsoft. Guthrie joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the tech industry's massive AI infrastructure buildout and whether it is overdoing it with the hundreds of billions of investment. Guthrie discusses the way Microsoft thinks about its OpenAI investment, whether it's worth inve…

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Episode 693 – The AFTN Soccer Show (The One With All The Cups - Whitecaps Kings of Cascadia again, Martin Nash, Mark O'Neill, Can Champ preview) 2:36:51

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We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, and Canadian Championship chat and interviews. The Whitecaps may be down to the bare bones in terms of squad selection, especially on the defensive side, but that didn't stop them claiming an 8th Cascadia Cup following draws with Portland and Seattle. …

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Mark Dever - The Book? (Revelation 22:16-21)

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Title: The Book? Preacher: Mark Dever Series: What will finally happen to... Passage: Revelation 22:16-21By Mark Dever

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Proactive Communication: Build Unshakable Trust with Your Team 13:13

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This week I explain how proactive communication builds trust, outlining five non‑negotiable commitments leaders should make to listen, foster growth, remove obstacles, advocate for their people, and stand by them in challenges. I'll share a practical weekly communication rhythm (Monday alignment, Wednesday check‑ins, Friday reflections), common pit…

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OpenAI’s & NVIDIA's $100 Billion Marriage, Meta’s Sloppy Vibes, TikTok Deal Arrives? 59:32

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Nvidia invests $100 billion in OpenAI 2) Will the money ever get there? 3) Do AI companies have to make money eventually? 4) What has to happen for OpenAI to return NVIDIA's investment? 5) Is another financial crisis coming? 6) OpenAI's new Pulse feature…

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The Importance of Pair Programming with Tuple's Johnny Marler 33:50

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In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman talks with Tuple engineer Johnny Marler about the craft and culture of pair programming. They explore how intentional collaboration can sharpen problem-solving, reduce context switching, and build trust between teammates—especially in remote environments. Johnny shares lessons from developing Tuple,…