Best Sovereign Engineering Podcasts (2025)

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KBR’s role in providing sovereign sustainment and engineering solutions 20:09

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In this episode, Grant McHerron talks with two people from KBR's Australia Defence and Security Solutions group: Christine Gillon, Director of People and Culture, and Ben Kelly, Senior Director of Sustainment and Integration. We discuss KBR’s growth in Australia and their role providing Defence with sustainment and engineering solutions. We begin o…

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#829: James Nestor — Breathing Protocols to Reboot Your Health, Fix Your Sleep, and Boost Performance 1:50:12

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James Nestor is a science journalist and the author of the international bestseller Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, with more than three million copies sold in 44 languages. This episode is brought to you by: Helix Sleep premium mattresses: https://HelixSleep.com/Tim (27% off all mattress orders) Momentous high-quality creatine for cognitive…

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On-Device AI Agents in Production: Privacy, Performance, and Scale // Varun Khare & Neeraj Poddar // #340 46:10

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On-Device AI Agents in Production: Privacy, Performance, and Scale // MLOps Podcast #340 with NimbleEdge's Varun Khare, Founder/CEO and Neeraj Poddar, Co-founder & CTO. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract AI agents are transitioning from experimental stages …

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The Hidden Vulnerability of The Open Source Software Supply Chain: The Underlying Infrastructure 41:48

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Software supply chain veteran Brian Fox unpacks the security implications of the new EU Cyber Resilience Act and its profound impact on open-source projects. He reveals the hidden infrastructure risks threatening open-source projects and shares insights for senior software leaders navigating this regulatory landscape.Read a transcript of this inter…

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Are Evals Dead? 25:24

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AI Conversations Powered by Prosus Group Your AI agent isn’t failing because it’s dumb—it’s failing because you refuse to test it. Chiara Caratelli cuts through the hype to show why evaluations—not bigger models or fancier prompts—decide whether agents succeed in the real world. If you’re not stress-testing, simulating, and iterating on failures, y…

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#828: David Senra — How Extreme Winners Think and Win: Lessons from 400+ of History’s Greatest Founders and Investors (Including Buffett, Munger, Rockefeller, Jobs, Ovitz, Zell, and Names You Don’t Know ... 2:55:55

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David Senra is the host of the Founders podcast. For the past nine years, David has intensely studied the life and work of hundreds of history’s greatest entrepreneurs. His new podcast, David Senra, showcases conversations with the best-of-the-best living founders and extreme winners. This episode is brought to you by: Cresset family office service…

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AI, ML, and Data Engineering InfoQ Trends Report 2025 53:02

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In this episode of the podcast, members of the InfoQ editorial staff and friends of InfoQ discuss the current trends in the domain of AI, ML and Data Engineering.One of the regular features of InfoQ are the trends reports, which each focus on a different aspect of software development. These reports provide the InfoQ readers and listeners with a hi…

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Improving Army capabilities with HIMARS and locally made Precision Strike Missiles 33:00

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In this episode, Grant McHerron talks with James Heading, the Director and General Manager for Missiles and Fire Control at Lockheed Martin Australia, and Wayne Harrison who is responsible for International Business Development at the Missiles and Fire Control team at Lockheed Martin, We'll be talking about the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) and H…

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ADM 30 Under 30 Awards 12:54

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In this episode, Grant McHerron and Kirra Davey talk with Sophee Clark, Babcock International Group's Australian Production Manager for Marine projects, about her experiences as a 30 Under 30 Award winner and working at Babcock. We begin our conversation by getting an overview of the ADM 30 Under 30 award program, the challenges of recruitment for …

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The DuckLake Lakehouse Format // Hannes Mühleisen // #339 57:24

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The DuckLake Lakehouse Format // MLOps Podcast #339 with Hannes Mühleisen, Co-founder and CEO of DuckDB Labs. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Managing data on Object Stores has been a painful affair. Users had to choose between data swamp chaos or a maze…

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DASA - Keeping Defence aviation safe from the sky to the stars 34:37

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In this episode, Grant McHerron talks with Air Commodore James Badgery, Director General of the Defence Aviation Safety Authority, about DASA and their engagement with the Australian Space Agency, and space in general. We begin our discussion by getting a general overview of James’ career, how DASA operates, and how Defence has adopted European mil…

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#827: Pablos Holman — One of The Scariest Hackers I’ve Ever Met 2:31:41

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Pablos Holman is a hacker and inventor and the author of Deep Future: Creating Technology that Matters, the indispensable guide to deep tech. Previously, Pablos worked on spaceships at Blue Origin and helped build The Intellectual Ventures Lab to invent a wide variety of breakthroughs. Pablos also hosts the Deep Future Podcast and is managing partn…

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How LiveKit Became An AI Company By Accident 32:34

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AI Conversations Powered by Prosus Group Russ d'Sa shares how LiveKit went from a small open-source project during the pandemic to powering voice interfaces for giants like OpenAI. He talks about the turning point when LiveKit teamed up on ChatGPT’s voice features, the challenges of making AI sound human, and why voice could be the future of multim…

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Scaling Systems, Companies, and Careers with Suhail Patel 46:27

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In this episode, Suhail Patel joins Thomas Betts for a discussion about growing yourself as your company grows. When he started at Monzo, Patel was one of four engineers on the then new platform team–there are now over 100 people. The conversation covers how to thrive when the company and the systems you’re building are going through major growth.R…

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Economics of Building Data Centers, GPU Clouds, Sovereign AI 45:59

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AI Conversations Powered by Prosus Group. Craig Tavares, COO of Buzz High Performance Compute, shares lessons from building GPU cloud infrastructure worldwide. He stresses the role of sovereign mandates, renewable power, and modular cooling in scaling data centers, while highlighting NVIDIA partnerships and orchestration as key to sustaining AI wor…

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Anduril awarded AU$1.7bn to produce Ghost Shark XL-AUVs for the Royal Australian Navy 19:40

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Grant McHerron talks with David Goodrich OAM, Executive Chairman and CEO of Anduril Australia, about the big news from Wednesday morning regarding Anduril being awarded $1.7bn for the Ghost Shark Program of Record. We start with an overview of the contract, then move on to Ghost Shark's pedigree from the Dive LD and Dive XL AUVs, and how much Austr…

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#826: Q&A with Tim — Supplements I’m Taking, Austin vs. SF, Training for Mental Performance, Current Go-To AI Tools, Recovering from Surgery, Intermittent Fasting, and More 1:25:12

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This episode is a solo Q&A session where I answer a bunch of questions. We covered a ton of ground, from personal health protocols to professional frameworks and creative projects. This episode is brought to you by: Eight Sleep Pod Cover 5 sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating: EightSleep.com/Tim (use code TIM to get $350 off your very …

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Trust at Scale: Security and Governance for Open Source Models // Hudson Buzby // #338 59:22

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Trust at Scale: Security and Governance for Open Source Models // MLOps Podcast #338 with Hudson Buzby, Solutions Architect at JFrog. Appreciate JFrog for their support in bringing this blog to life. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract For better or for wors…

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Safely Changing Software to Avoid Incidents: A Conversation with Justin Sheehy 59:48

23d ago59:48

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In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Justin Sheehy about how to safely put software into production without creating production incidents. Among the topics discussed were the futility of root cause analysis, and the importance of having a shared language for discussing incidents. This discussion included the need for software to be malleable…

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EOS & Leidos for Land 156, Type 26 for Norway, Hunter media coverage & other maritime news 17:44

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In this News Review episode, Grant McHerron, Ewen Levick and Kirra Davey review and discuss some of the news of interest that's occurred recently in the world of Defence. We start with a look at Land 156 with plenty of releases lately, including the announcement that the EOS Slinger cannon will be included and that Leidos has been selected as the s…

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LLM Search, UI/UX challenges, Context Engineering and the 80/20 of Eval 52:36

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AI Conversations Powered by Prosus Group Nishikant Dhanuka talks about what it really takes to make AI agents useful—especially in e-commerce and productivity. From making them smarter with context (like user history and real-time data) to mixing chat and UI for smoother interactions, he breaks down what’s working and what’s not. He also shares why…

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#825: Dr. Dominic D’Agostino — All Things Ketones, How to Protect the Brain and Boost Cognition, Sardine Fasting, Diet Rules, Revisiting Metformin and Melatonin, and More 1:54:59

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Dr. Dominic D’Agostino (@DominicDAgosti2) is a tenured associate professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine and a Visiting Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. This episode is brought to you by: Helix Sleep premium mattres…

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The Era of AI Agents in Marketing // Joel Horwitz // #337 48:56

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The Era of AI Agents in Marketing // MLOps Podcast #337 with Joel Horwitz, Growth Engineer at Neoteric3D. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract We’re entering a new era in marketing—one powered by AI agents, not just analysts. The rise of tools like Clay, Karr…

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Observability in Java with Micrometer - a Conversation with Marcin Grzejszczak 35:42

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Marcin Grzejszczak, a veteran of observability spaces, discusses the current state of the space, including its evolution and the fine-grained details of how to instrument your system to capture all relevant information at every level - both inside services and between services communication.Read a transcript of this interview: http://bit.ly/4mDTkFW…

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Distilling 200+ Hours of NeurIPS: What’s Next for AI // Nikolaos Vasiloglou // #336 57:35

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Distilling 200+ Hours of NeurIPS: What’s Next for AI // MLOps Podcast #336 with Nikolaos Vasiloglou, VP of Research ML at RelationalAI. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Nikolaos widely shared analysis on LinkedIn highlighted key insights across agentic AI…

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#824: What Most Has My Attention Right Now — Credible (vs. Bogus) Vagus Nerve Stimulation 2:23:18

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Kevin J. Tracey, MD is president and CEO of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health, a pioneer of vagus nerve research and author of the recent book, The Great Nerve: The New Science of the Vagus Nerve and How to Harness Its Healing Reflexes. This episode is brought to you by: Eight Sleep Pod Cover 5 sleeping solution for …

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Why Rust Will Help You Deliver Better Low-latency Systems and Happier Developers 42:58

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Andrew Lamb, a veteran of database engine development, shares his thoughts on why Rust is the right tool for developing low-latency systems, not only from the perspective of the code’s performance, but also looking at productivity and developer joy. He discusses the overall experience of adopting Rust after a decade of programming in C/C++.Read a t…

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MHI at the Hunter, closer ties with South Korea, & Kongsberg's exporting more NSM launchers 19:59

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In this News Review episode, Grant McHerron and Kirra Davey review and discuss some of the recent news of interest that's occurred recently in the world of Defence. We open the episode with Kirra's comments on the Hunter Defence Conference that she attended, including reference to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries being present, which leads to a discussi…

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Building Coding Agents: Design Decisions, Prompting Tricks, GUI Anti-patterns 49:48

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AI Conversations Powered by Prosus Group Demetrios chats with Beyang Liu about Sourcegraph’s AMP, exploring how AI coding agents are reshaping development—from IDEs to natural language commands—boosting productivity, cutting costs, and redefining how developers work with code. Guest speaker: Beyang Liu - CTO of Sourcegraph Host: Demetrios Brinkmann…

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A Candid Conversation with the CEO of Stack Overflow 32:50

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AI Conversations Powered by Prosus Group Stack Overflow is adapting to the AI era by licensing its trusted Q&A corpus, expanding into discussions and enterprise tools, and reinforcing its role as a reliable source as developer trust in AI output declines. Guest speaker: Prashanth Chandrashekar - CEO of Stack Overflow Host: Demetrios Brinkmann - Fou…

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#823: Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg — Creating Supranormal Vision, Cutting-Edge Science for Eye Health, Supplements, Red Light Therapy, and The Future of Eyesight Restoration 1:44:33

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Dr. Jeffrey Goldberg is Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology and Director of the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, a leading scientist in the development and degeneration of the visual system from eye to brain, and a practicing ophthalmologist and surgeon. This episode is brought to you by: Gamma AI design partner for effortless presentat…

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Is WebAssembly the Secure, Efficient Alternative Everybody was Waiting for? 24:14

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Laurent Doguin and Geoffroy Couprie discuss their pioneering work with Wasm on the infrastructure side. They walk us through the benefits and challenges of building a platform over WebAssembly and why it’s the safer alternative to containers.Read a transcript of this interview: http://bit.ly/3HheBWxSubscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter f…

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Knowledge is Eventually Consistent // Devin Stein // #335 55:14

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Knowledge is Eventually Consistent // MLOps Podcast #335 with Devin Stein, CEO of Dosu. Grateful to @Databricks and @hyperbolic-labs for supporting our podcast and helping us keep great conversations going. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract AI as a partner…

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#822: The Random Show — Ketones for Cognition, Tim’s Best Lab Results in 10+ Years, How Kevin Hit 100 Days Sober, Home Defense, Vibe Coding Unleashed, and More 2:07:46

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Welcome to another wide-ranging "Random Show" episode that I recorded with my close friend Kevin Rose (digg.com)! We cover Kevin's sobriety journey and marking 100 days without alcohol, my results with the ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting, GLP-1 agonists, home security, the future of Venture Capital, AI, authenticating yourself online in a w…

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EW lessons and realities from Ukraine and the Middle East 34:06

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In this episode, Grant McHerron talks with Phil Guy, Managing Director of Alkath and Darrel Madden Manager for Testing and Training at Mellori Solutions QLD, regarding updates in the world of electronic warfare over the past year. We begin our discussion by getting an overview of Darrel’s career and time in the army, then review the major lessons l…

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LinkedIn Recommender System Predictive ML vs LLMs 47:39

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Demetrios chats with Arpita Vats about how LLMs are shaking up recommender systems. Instead of relying on hand-crafted features and rigid user clusters, LLMs can read between the lines—spotting patterns in user behavior and content like a human would. They cover the perks (less manual setup, smarter insights) and the pain points (latency, high cost…

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Continuous Deployment and Pair Programming for Lean Software Delivery Even Without Jira 54:18

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Asgaut Mjølne Söderbom and Ola Hast, two developers with Sparebank1 speak about their journey towards continuous deployment and pair programming. During the conversation, they share how they use the "waste clock" to identify areas of improvement or how TDD helps them deliver high-quality code.Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4lNv…

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Mogami for Sea 3000, Peregrine gets an upgrade and it's 30 Under 30 time 16:23

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In this News Review episode, Grant McHerron, Ewen Levick and Nigel Pittaway review and discuss some of the recent news of interest that's occurred recently in the world of Defence. The big news item that has captured a lot of attention has been the announcement that Japan's upgraded Mogami-class frigate has been selected for Project Sea 3000. We di…

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GPU Considerations, Labeling Privacy, Rapid Fine Tuning, and the Role of Private Eval Pipelines to Benchmark New Models 55:46

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Agents in Production [Podcast Limited Series] Episode Nine – Training LLMs, Picking the Right Models, and GPU Headaches Paul van der Boor and Zulkuf Genc from Prosus join Demetrios to talk about what it really takes to get AI agents running in production. From building solid eval sets to juggling GPU logistics and figuring out which models are wort…

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Sovereign Clouds, Hyperscalers and European Alternatives: InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2025 Preview 41:04

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In this podcast episode, speakers from the upcoming InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2025 tackle the practical challenges facing European developers caught between regulatory pressures and technological realities. The panel discusses trade-offs between using US cloud providers versus emerging European alternatives, exploring cloud-agnostic architecture stra…

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#821: My Two-Year Secret Project, COYOTE — The Strategies and Tactics for Building a Bestseller from Nothing with Elan Lee of Exploding Kittens 3:00:18

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This is a very special episode for me. My brand-new card game, COYOTE, created in collaboration with Elan Lee and Exploding Kittens, is here. It is available in ~8,000 locations worldwide, including Walmart, Target, Amazon, and many others. Learn more: https://coyotegame.com. This episode is brought to you by: Gamma AI design partner for effortless…