Best Table XI Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 10 | Fellowship in the Sanctuary 1:40:43

1y ago1:40:43

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Welcome to “The SpitFyre Podcast”. Hosted by Xi, Robbiey and Akii. Three gentlemen coming together to discuss topics and have open conversations. Three unique perspectives approach life and its dilemmas from their colorful backgrounds. Friends, fire signs with full personalities. Things may get heated, but don’t worry - they saved you a seat at the…

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Episode 9 | Black People, We Need to Talk. 1:46:28

1y ago1:46:28

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Welcome to “The SpitFyre Podcast”. Hosted by Robbiey, Akii and Xi. Three gentlemen coming together to discuss topics and have open conversations. Three unique perspectives approach life and its dilemmas from their colorful backgrounds. Friends, fire signs with full personalities. Things may get heated, but don’t worry - they saved you a seat at the…

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Episode 8 | I Said What I Said: Unpopular Opinions Part II 1:14:23

1y ago1:14:23

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Welcome to “The SpitFyre Podcast”. Hosted by Robbiey, Akii and Xi. Three gentlemen coming together to discuss topics and have open conversations. Three unique perspectives approach life and its dilemmas from their colorful backgrounds. Friends, fire signs with full personalities. Things may get heated, but don’t worry - they saved you a seat at the…

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Episode 7 | All About Hot Topics 59:08

1y ago59:08

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Welcome to “The SpitFyre Podcast”. Hosted by Xi, Robbiey and Akii. Three gentlemen coming together to discuss topics and have open conversations. Four unique perspectives approach life and its dilemmas from their colorful backgrounds. Friends, fire signs with full personalities. Things may get heated, but don’t worry - they saved you a seat at the …

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Episode 6 | Sex Talk 1:19:57

1y ago1:19:57

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Welcome to “The SpitFyre Podcast”. Hosted by Xi, Robbiey and Akii. Three gentlemen coming together to discuss topics and have open conversations. Three unique perspectives approach life and its dilemmas from their colorful backgrounds. Friends, fire signs with full personalities. Things may get heated, but don’t worry - they saved you a seat at the…

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Episode 5 | Unpopular Opinions: I Said What I Said 53:15

1y ago53:15

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Welcome to SpitFyre, the podcast where vibrant conversations and fiery opinions on music, relationships, and life come together. Your hosts Xi, Robbiey, and Bee Yelo dive deep into a medley of topics, from the challenges of relationships and karma's existence to the soaring prices of everyday items and the vocal prowess of iconic artists. In this e…

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Episode 4 | Promoting Trauma but Hiding Success Why? 57:26

1+ y ago57:26

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Welcome back, SpitFyre fans! Fire up your speakers because SpitFyre-04 is coming in hot with your dynamic hosts Akii, Xi, Robbiey, and Bee Yelo! Today's episode is a rollercoaster of reality checks, as we dive deep into the trend of promoting trauma over triumph on social media, and the complex dance between sharing our successes and our struggles.…

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Episode 3 | Working Today: The Paycheck to Poverty Pipeline 59:01

1+ y ago59:01

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Welcome back, SpitFyre listeners, to Episode 3—where the heat of real talk meets the complexities of everyday life. Today we're diving headfirst into the stormy waters of the American employment crisis. We're breaking down the reality of what employers should offer in an age where remote work is no longer a perk but a preference, and discussing the…

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Episode 2 | The Heart Wants What The Heart Wants: Navigating Relationships 55:30

1+ y ago55:30

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Welcome, SpitFyre listeners, to an electrifying new episode where we stoke the flames on the sometimes cozy, sometimes scorching topic of relationships. I'm your host Akii, along with Xi, Robbiey, and Bee Yelo. Today, we’re unwrapping the layers of shared living spaces, sleeping arrangements and the chunky, often misunderstood concept of open relat…

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Episode 1 | Welcome To The SpitFyre Podcast Fire Starter | Getting To Know The Cast 57:09

1+ y ago57:09

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Dive into the dynamic world of Fire Signs with the SpitFyre Podcast! Join Bee Yelo, an Aries, and his vibrant crew—Robbiey, the Leo; Xi, an Aries; and Akii, the Sagittarius—as they embark on a journey to connect with the community through laughter, candid conversations, and a shared passion for bringing something fresh to the table. In this inaugur…

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Episode 72: Teaching Testing and Design 49:52

5+ y ago49:52

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Teaching Testing and Design Guests Betsy Haibel: CTO at Cohere. Blogs at betsyhaibel.com. Avdi Grimm: Head Chef at RubyTapas. Blogs at avdi.codes. Penelope Phippen: Works at Google, makes Rubyfmt, helps make RSpec, and is on the board of Ruby Central. Blog. Summary After the discussions on testing and design in episodes 68 and 69, I had so much I s…

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Episode 71: Supporting Innovation With Mike Todasco 36:29

5+ y ago36:29

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Supporting Innovation With Mike Todasco Guest Mike Todasco: Senior Director of Innovation at PayPal Summary Today on the show we have Mike Todasco, the Senior Director of Innovation at PayPal. We talk about what innovation means at a company, and how to encourage innovation both if you are a PayPal sized company and if you aren’t. Mike also shares …

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Episode 70: How To Buy Software With Ashley Quinto Powell 33:06

5+ y ago33:06

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How To Buy Software With Ashley Quinto Powell Guest Ashley Quinto Powell: Director of Business Development at Table XI. Summary Today on the show, we have Ashley Quinto Powell. Ashley and I have run a workshop together called How to Buy Software aimed at people who want to buy custom software but aren't sure what the process will be like. In this e…

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Episode 69: Teaching and Learning with Sandi Metz 50:29

6y ago50:29

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Teaching and Learning with Sandi Metz Guest Sandi Metz:: Author of Practical Object-Oriented Development in Ruby and 99 Bottles of OOP. sandimetz.com Summary Today on the show we have Sandi Metz, author of Practical Object Oriented Design in Ruby and co-author of 99 bottles of OOP. I’ve literally been trying to get Sandi as a guest since we started…

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Episode 68: Pragmatic Programmer at 20 with Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt 52:27

6y ago52:27

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Pragmatic Programmer at 20 with Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt Guests Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt: Authors of The Pragmatic Programmer and publishers of The Pragmatic Bookshelf. Summary I’m very excited to have Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt on the show today. Dave and Andy are the authors of the Pragmatic Programmer, which has a 20th anniversary edition that …

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Episode 67: Civic Software with Alex Pedersen and Abhi Nemani 21:16

6y ago21:16

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Civic Software with Alex Pedersen and Abhi Nemani Guests Alex Pedersen: Co-founder of Polco. Abhi Nemani Founder of EthosLabs. Summary This week, we have Alex Pedersen of Polco and Abhi Nemani of EthosLabs. They're both involved in various uses of technology to increase civic engagement. We'll talk about how technology can improve the public sector…

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Episode 66: Stories and Community with Ariel Caplan 38:26

6y ago38:26

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Stories and Community with Ariel Caplan Guest Ariel Caplan: Co-Host of Dev Empathy Book Club, Backend Developer at Cloudinary, and Flatiron School Alum. Personal Site Summary Our guest this week is Ariel Caplan. Ariel is a developer at Cloudinary and the Founder of the Dev Empathy Book Club. At RailsConf this year, Ariel gave a keynote about cultur…

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Episode 65: Managing Pain and Suffering at Work with Amy Newell 35:45

6y ago35:45

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Managing Pain and Suffering at Work with Amy Newell Guest Amy Newell:: Director of Engineering at Wistia. Previous Director of Engineering at PatientsLikeMe. RailsConf 2019 - Failure, Risk, and Shame: Approaching Suffering at Work by Amy Newell Summary Our guest this week is Amy Newell. Amy is the Director of Engineering at Wistia, and she gave a t…

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Episode 64: AI and Privacy with Bärí A. Williams 34:16

6y ago34:16

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AI and Privacy with Bärí A. Williams Guest Bärí A. Williams: VP of Legal, Business, and Policy Affairs at All Turtles, a startup advisor in the tech industry, and a published author in the New York Times, WIRED, Fortune, and Fast Company. Bärí writes at bariawilliams.com. Summary Our guest this week is Bärí A. Williams, the VP of Legal, Business, a…

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Episode 63: Software Consulting With Chad Pytel 41:40

6y ago41:40

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Software Consulting With Chad Pytel Guest Chad Pytel: CEO, Co-Founder, and Developer of thoughtbot. Summary Our guest this week is Chad Pytel. Chad is the CEO of thoughtbot, which is a design and development firm known in the world for its support of open source projects like paperclip and shoulda. Chad and I talk about how to make short consulting…

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Episode 62: Food and Design Thinking 37:06

6y ago37:06

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Food and Design Thinking TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email [email protected]. Guests Rex Chekal: Director of Digital Strategy and Product Designer at Table XI. Jessie Shternshus: Founder and Owner of the Improv Effect. Chemia Davis: Innovation Methods Conductor and Member of the Tyson Foods…

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Episode 61: Tech For Good With Andrew Means and Sean Marcia 33:21

6y ago33:21

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Tech For Good With Andrew Means and Sean Marcia TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email [email protected]. Guests Andrew Means: Data Analysts 4 Social Good, The Good Tech Fest, Big Elephant Studios. Sean Marcia: Ruby For Good, Code For Good. Summary Our guests this week are Andrew Means of Data A…

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Episode 60: Jumpstarting Your Side Project With Dicko Sow 35:14

6y ago35:14

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Jumpstarting Your Side Project With Dicko Sow TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email [email protected]. Guest Dicko Sow: Founder of Yodi Naturals. Summary Our guest this week is Dicko Sow. Dicko is a software developer at a technical consultancy, but recently she has been spending her time build…

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Episode 59: Building Git with James Coglan 41:09

6y ago41:09

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Building Git With James Coglan TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email [email protected]. Guest James Coglan: Author of Building Git and JavaScript Testing Recipes. More at jcoglan.com/. Summary Our guest today is James Coglan. James has written an extraordinary programming book called Building G…

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Episode 58: Agriculture And Technology with Orlando Saez 34:41

6y ago34:41

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Agriculture And Technology with Orlando Saez TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email [email protected]. Guest Orlando Saez: Co-founder and CEO of Aker Technologies. Summary Our guest today is Orlando Saez. Orlando is the co-founder and CEO of Aker, a precision crop diagnostic data and service com…

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Episode 57: Unlearn with Barry O'Reilly 39:23

6y ago39:23

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Unlearn With Barry O'Reilly TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email [email protected]. Summary Our guest today is Barry O’Reilly, author of the book “Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results”. In it, he sets out a process for defining outcomes, identifying behaviors that m…

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Episode 56: Developer Hiring 44:28

6+ y ago44:28

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Developer Hiring TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email [email protected] or find us at http://tablexi.com.workshops Today on the show, we're talking about hiring with Jennifer Tu and Zee Spencer of Cohere, Thayer Prime of Team Prime, and software consultant Matt Patterson. We talk about the ent…

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Episode 55: Engineering Management With Allison McMillan 38:45

6+ y ago38:45

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Engineering Management With Allison McMillan TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email [email protected] or visit the web at http://tablexi.com/workshops. Guest Allison McMillan: Engineering Manager at GitHub; Atom; Creator of the Parent Driven Development Podcast. Blogs at DayDreams in Ruby. Summa…

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Episode 54: Code Style and Community with Sam Phippen and Justin Searls 47:16

6+ y ago47:16

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Code Style and Community with Sam Phippen and Justin Searls TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email [email protected] or visit http://www.tablexi.com/workshops. Guests Sam Phippen: Developer Advocate at Google and member of the RSpec Core Team Justin Searls: Cofounder of Test Double Summary On th…

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Episode 53: Tribal Knowledge and Onboarding with Annie Sexton 36:49

6+ y ago36:49

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Tribal Knowledge and On-boarding with Annie Sexton TableXI offers training for developers and product teams! For more info, email [email protected]. Guest Annie Sexton: Core Support Engineer at Heroku. Traveler. Amateur graphic novelist. More at momotarocomic.com/. Summary Developers and teams build up a lot of knowledge about their code and th…

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Episode 10 | Fellowship in the Sanctuary 1:40:43

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Episode 9 | Black People, We Need to Talk. 1:46:28

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Episode 8 | I Said What I Said: Unpopular Opinions Part II 1:14:23

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Episode 7 | All About Hot Topics 59:08

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Episode 6 | Sex Talk 1:19:57

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Episode 5 | Unpopular Opinions: I Said What I Said 53:15

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Episode 4 | Promoting Trauma but Hiding Success Why? 57:26

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Episode 3 | Working Today: The Paycheck to Poverty Pipeline 59:01

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Episode 2 | The Heart Wants What The Heart Wants: Navigating Relationships 55:30

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Episode 1 | Welcome To The SpitFyre Podcast Fire Starter | Getting To Know The Cast 57:09

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Episode 72: Teaching Testing and Design 49:52

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Episode 71: Supporting Innovation With Mike Todasco 36:29

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Episode 70: How To Buy Software With Ashley Quinto Powell 33:06

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Episode 69: Teaching and Learning with Sandi Metz 50:29

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Episode 68: Pragmatic Programmer at 20 with Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt 52:27

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Episode 67: Civic Software with Alex Pedersen and Abhi Nemani 21:16

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Episode 66: Stories and Community with Ariel Caplan 38:26

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Episode 65: Managing Pain and Suffering at Work with Amy Newell 35:45

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Episode 64: AI and Privacy with Bärí A. Williams 34:16

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Episode 63: Software Consulting With Chad Pytel 41:40

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Episode 62: Food and Design Thinking 37:06

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Episode 61: Tech For Good With Andrew Means and Sean Marcia 33:21

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Episode 60: Jumpstarting Your Side Project With Dicko Sow 35:14

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Episode 59: Building Git with James Coglan 41:09

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Episode 58: Agriculture And Technology with Orlando Saez 34:41

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Episode 57: Unlearn with Barry O'Reilly 39:23

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Episode 56: Developer Hiring 44:28

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Episode 55: Engineering Management With Allison McMillan 38:45

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Episode 54: Code Style and Community with Sam Phippen and Justin Searls 47:16

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Episode 53: Tribal Knowledge and Onboarding with Annie Sexton 36:49