Best Toby Cooper Podcasts (2025)

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Drone Warfare in Ukraine with Simon Shuster 54:45

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Simon Shuster is a journalist who has reported on Russia and Ukraine for over 15 years, most of that time as a staff correspondent for TIME Magazine. He was born in Moscow, and he and his family came to the United States as refugees from the Soviet Union when he was six years old. After graduating from Stanford University in 2005, Simon returned to…

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Kayo Sports NRL Podcast: Will Papenhuyzen, Lomax & Haas Join R360? + Cooper Reflects on Premiership Pressure Facing DCE - 19/11/25 53:23

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On the second episode of the Kayo Sports NRL Podcast, hosts Lara Pitt, Cooper Cronk, and Steve Roach discuss whether Ryan Papenhuyzen, Zac Lomax, and Payne Haas will really join R360, and Cooper reflects on the premiership pressure awaiting Daly Cherry-Evans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Airline Insanity and Microdosing Mouse Repellent| Troll Hole Podcast | Ep. 90 w/ Rudy Pavich 1:10:10

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Thanks for slipping into the tranquil waters of the spit pit and letting our hilarious conversation with Atheer Yacoub wash away your impurities. In this episode we talk: Mike's mouse problem, making audience members mad, making people proud, p*rn addiction, targeted ads, tough comedy show intros,living in Las Vegas, family time, Rudy's indiscrimin…

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Radix UI with Chance Strickland 56:47

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Radix UI is an open-source library of React components. Its “headless” primitives handle the complex logic and accessibility concerns—like dialogs, dropdowns, and tabs—while leaving styling completely up to the developer. The project emphasizes usability, accessibility, and composability and has become a vital part of modern web dev, in part becaus…

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222. Russian Sabotage: Inside The Wagner Trial with Trevor Barnes 1:20:55

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Today Justin is joined by repeat gues Trevor Barnes, who writes on national security issues for the London Standard Newspaper and is a former senior reporter for the British Broadcasting Corporation. He is the author of Dead Doubles The Extraordinary Worldwide Hunt for One of the Cold War's Most Notorious Spy Rings. That was the story of the infamo…

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The 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey with Jody Bailey and Erin Yepis 40:13

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The Stack Overflow Developer Survey is an annual survey conducted by Stack Overflow that gathers comprehensive insights from developers around the world. It offers a valuable snapshot of the global developer community, covering a wide range of topics such as preferred programming languages, tools, and technologies. Jody Bailey is the Chief Product …

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Kayo Sports NRL Podcast: Haas' massive rebel offer, Rugby League World Cup joys, Rockstar Walsh, and off season body transformations... 46:51

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Fletch & Hindy kick off the Kayo Sports NRL Podcast. Will Haas leave Broncos? Can you be a local at a wave pool? Crypto tips and off-season transformations! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Fox Sports Australia

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Schooling White Women About 9/11 | Troll Hole Podcast | Ep. 89 w/ Atheer Yacoub 55:07

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Welcome to Troll Hole episode 89! Thanks for slipping into the tranquil waters of the spit pit and letting our hilarious conversation with Atheer Yacoub wash away your impurities. In this episode we talk: The viscosity of your sperm, The Demolition of the White House, Covid Zoom Comedy Etiquette, Pest Control In NYC, Mike’s Fog Machine Skills, pare…

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Building an Open-Source Laptop with Byran Huang 53:56

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Byran Huang is a full stack developer who recently made headlines in the hacker space when he created the anyon_e, which is a highly integrated, open source laptop. The effort was a massive undertaking and showcased great design, hardware, and software. In this episode, Byran joins the show with Gregor Vand to talk about his work on the anyon_e lap…

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221. Japan's Intelligence Journey in the Modern Era with Dr. Brad Williams 41:47

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Today Justin talks with Dr. Brad Williams. Brad is an associate professor in the Department of Asian and International Studies at the City University of Hong Kong. He has studied, taught and conducted research in Australia, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Taiwan, and the United States. He is the author of Resolving the Russo-Japanese Territor…

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The Architecture of the Internet with Erik Seidel 51:20

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The modern internet is a vast web of independent networks bound together by billions of routing decisions made every second. It’s an architecture so reliable we mostly take it for granted, but behind the scenes it represents one of humanity’s greatest engineering achievements. Today’s internet is also dramatically more complex and capable than in i…

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America's Got Talent Magician Blows Minds and Beats Bad Reviews | Troll Hole Podcast | Ep. 88 w/ Derek Hughes 1:00:09

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Welcome to Troll Hole episode 88! Thanks for slipping into the tranquil waters of the spit pit and letting our hilarious conversation wash away your impurities. In this episode we talk: snacks, magic, the 10,000 laughs comedy festival, backhanded comments, bad reviews, eating dairy, parenting, skeptics getting humbled by Target, Halloween tales, cr…

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SED News: AMD’s Big OpenAI Deal, Intel’s Struggles, and Apple’s AI Long Game 49:02

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SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer unpack the biggest stories shaping software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech industry. In this episode, they cover the $1.7B acquisition of Security AI, LangChain’s massive valuation, and the surprise $300M funding” round for Per…

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220. Real Life Narcos: Toppling the Cali Cartel with Chris Feistl 56:53

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Today Justin talks with Chris Feistl. Chris worked for 26 years as a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration. He spent much of his career in Columbia beginning in 1994. Since then, he's been featured in several different documentaries, including the Discovery series Finding Escobar's Millions, plus German Cocaine Cowboy and Narco War…

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Building AI Agents on the Frontend with Sam Bhagwat and Abhi Aiyer 57:04

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Most AI agent frameworks are backend-focused and written in Python, which introduces complexity when building full-stack AI applications with JavaScript or TypeScript frontends. This gap makes it harder for frontend developers to prototype, integrate, and iterate on AI-powered features. Mastra is an open-source TypeScript framework focused on build…

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The X-Plane Flight Simulator with Ben Supnik 56:26

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X-Plane is a popular flight simulator developed by Laminar Research. It features a first-principles physics engine, realistic aircraft systems, and a wide variety of aircraft. We wanted to understand the engineering that goes into creating a flight simulator so we invited Ben Supnik on the show. Ben is a software engineer at Laminar and he’s been w…

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SMASH OR PASS Halloween Monster Edition! | Troll Hole Podcast | Ep. 87 1:15:47

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Welcome to Troll Hole episode 87! Thanks for slipping into the tranquil waters of the spit pit and letting our hilarious conversation wash away your impurities. In this episode we talk: Our Halloween Plans for this year! Past Halloween Costume Blunders, Highschool Halloween Parties, Ben’s Time at NYC Comiccon & his new buddy RedMan, Mike Meeting a …

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219. Digital Intelligence, Phishing Scams, and North Korea with Aidan Raney 57:26

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Today Justin sits down with Aidan Raney. Aidan is the founder of Farnsworth Intelligence, a digital intelligence service, which he founded after unmasking a phishing network online which was harvesting credentials from unwitting Facebook users on a massive scale. Aidan is here to discuss his work at the forefront of digital intelligence, and in par…

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Turning Agent Autonomy into Productivity with Chris Weichel 1:01:22

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A common challenge in software development is creating and maintaining robust development environments. The rise of AI agents has amplified this complexity by adding new demands around permission controls, environment isolation, and resource management. Ona is a platform for AI-native software development and engineering agents. The platform combin…

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Road Trips Road Rage and Repressed Memories| Troll Hole Podcast | Ep. 86 53:10

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Thanks for slipping into the tranquil waters of the spit pit and letting our hilarious conversation wash away your impurities. In this episode we talk: It’s our first time together in weeks! Mike’s strange traffic encounter, crazy Halloween pranks, a Midwest comedy road trip for the books, a horrific hotel situation, Riyadh comedy festival F*** Mar…

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Homebrew and macOS Package Management with Mike McQuaid 1:05:46

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Homebrew is a widely used package manager that simplifies the installation of open-source software on macOS. It was created in response to the growing demand for a lightweight, developer-friendly tool suited to an increasingly Mac-centric development ecosystem. Today, Homebrew is a near-essential part of the macOS software development toolkit. Mike…

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218. Who Was Agent 355? A Revolutionary Spy Story with Peggy Wirgau 30:22

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Today's guest is Peggy Wirgau. Peggy is a graduate of Michigan State University and George Mason University. She's an active member of American Christian Fiction Writers, The Historical Novel Society, and The Colorado Authors League. Her debut novel, The Stars in April, was published in 2021. She's also written for Appleseeds, Insight, Learning thr…

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Engineering in the Age of Agents with Yechezkel Rabinovich 50:05

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Modern software platforms are increasingly composed of diverse microservices, third-party APIs, and cloud resources. The distributed nature of these systems makes it difficult for engineers to gain a clear view of how their systems behave, which can slow down troubleshooting and increase operational risk. groundcover is an observability platform th…

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Drunk Denver Guy Ruins Show & Fart Box Inquiries | Troll Hole Podcast | Ep. 85 w/ James Stanley & Natalie Ray 55:56

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Welcome to Troll Hole episode 85! Thanks for slipping into the tranquil waters of the spit pit and letting our hilarious conversation with comedians James Stanley & Natalie Ray wash away your impurities. In this episode we talk: Caffeine addiction, Neil’s Adventures in NOLA, Airport Temper Tantrums, Mike Adopting A Dog, Ben’s Denver Hat Trick, Hair…

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Static Analysis for Ruby with Jake Zimmerman 47:13

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Dynamic languages like Ruby, Python, and JavaScript determine the types of variables at runtime rather than at compile time. This flexibility allows for rapid development and concise code, but it also makes it harder to catch certain classes of bugs before execution. Type checkers for dynamic languages add structure and safety without compromising …

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217. Journalists Imprisoned Behind the Iron Curtain with Kati Marton 51:22

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This week Justin talks with Kati Marton. Kati is an author, journalist, and correspondent who has worked with National Public Radio and later with ABC News where she was the bureau chief in Germany. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Times of London, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, and many other publi…

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Scaling AI in Enterprise Codebases with Guy Gur-Ari 52:05

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The rise of language-model coding assistants has led to the creation of the vibe coding paradigm. In this mode of software development, AI agents take a plain language prompt and generate entire applications, which dramatically lowers the barriers to entry and democratizes access to software creation. However, many enterprise environments have larg…

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Chanel West Coast Goes Country and a Bar Room Karen Causes Trouble | Troll Hole Podcast | Ep. 84 w/ Lucky The Unfortunate 53:35

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Welcome to Troll Hole episode 84! Thanks for slipping into the tranquil waters of the spit pit and letting our hilarious conversation with DJ Lucky The Unfortunate wash away your impurities. In this episode we talk: Chanel West coast, middle seats, Shaq, All-American Rejects, shower streams, body positivity, aaron tippin, Yung Gravy, doppelgangers,…

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SED News: NVIDIA Bets on Intel, Meta’s Demo Crash, and Anthropic’s Explosive Growth 53:23

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SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer unpack the biggest stories shaping software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech industry. In this episode, they cover NVIDIA‘s $5B investment in Intel and $100M stake in OpenAI, Meta’s stumble with its AR glasses demo, and the surpr…

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216. A Canadian Teen Recruited to Spy For Russia with Laken Pavan 1:27:14

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Today Justin sits down with Laken Pavan. Laken is a 19-year-old student from Vancouver, Canada. In April, 2024, he left Vancouver and traveled to Eastern Ukraine to join a volunteer group there called InterBrigade. Shortly after arriving, he was confronted by agents from the Russian FSB Federal Security Service, who recruited him to work on their b…

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Orkes and Agentic Workflow Orchestration with Viren Baraiya 46:44

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Modern software systems are composed of many independent microservices spanning frontends, backends, APIs, and AI models, and coordinating and scaling them reliably is a constant challenge. A workflow orchestration platform addresses this by providing a structured framework to define, execute, and monitor complex workflows with resilience and clari…

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Meeting The Devil, Food Court Stalkers & The Secret To Making The Perfect Meme | Troll Hole Podcast | Ep. 83 w/ Tido Maldonado 59:23

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Welcome to Troll Hole episode 83! Thanks for slipping into the tranquil waters of the spit pit and letting our hilarious conversation with Tido Maldonado wash away your impurities. In this episode we talk: Ben’s Appearance On the “Into The Breach” Podcast, The color of our holes, Chemical Induced Paranoia, Mike’s Stalker Tracking His Weight, Tido M…

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Turbopuffer with Simon Hørup Eskildsen 50:36

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Vector search has become a foundational technology for AI applications, enabling everything from semantic code search to contextual retrieval for large language models. However, a major challenge with vector databases has been the cost as data storage scales. Turbopuffer is a vector database that focuses on speed, cost and scalability. It was creat…

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215. From World War II Radio Operator to the OG Drug Kingpin with Dr. David Tuch 1:00:02

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Today Justin speaks with Dr. David Tuch. David is a technology entrepreneur and author. His writing uncovers overlooked stories at the intersection of organized crime and espionage. David is originally from New York and has lived in England and France, but now resides in Brookline, Massachusetts with his wife and children. He's here to discuss his …

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Building an Indie Hit in Godot with Jay Baylis and Tom Coxon 42:22

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Cassette Beasts is a turn-based monster-battling RPG that lets players record creatures onto cassette tapes and transform into them during battle. The game was an indie hit, and is also one of the most successful games built with the open source Godot Engine. Jay Baylis and Tom Coxon are the creators of Cassette Beasts at Bytten Studio. They join t…

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Renaissance Festival Revalations and Comedians Crashout In St. Louis| Troll Hole Podcast | Ep. 82 48:30

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Welcome to Troll Hole episode 82! Thanks for slipping into the tranquil waters of the spit pit and letting our hilarious conversation wash away your impurities. In this episode we talk: Renaissance Festivals, family vacations, crackers, beets, fires, Neil's newest Canva art, clothing critiques, hating yourself, never nudes, body image, Mike's St. L…

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Rethinking GraphQL Frontends with Robert Balicki 38:00

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A challenge in modern frontend application design is efficiently fetching and managing GraphQL data while keeping UI components responsive and maintainable. Developers often face issues like over-fetching, under-fetching, and handling complex query dependencies, which can lead to performance bottlenecks and increased development effort. Relay is a …

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214. The MI6 Spy at the Heart of the Nazi Regime with Tim Willasey-Wilsey 55:01

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Today Justin sits down with Tim Willasey-Wilsey Tim is a visiting professor of War Studies at King's College London, and Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. He served for many years as a foreign office diplomat in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe. He has also published numerous articles and reviews in the national…

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pnpm with Zoltan Kochan 36:23

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Traditional package management systems for JavaScript have faced several inefficiencies related to dependency storage, resolution, and project performance. pnpm is a fast, disk-efficient package manager for JavaScript and TypeScript projects, serving as an alternative to npm and Yarn. Due to its efficiency and reliability, pnpm is increasingly popu…

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SurrealDB 3.0 and Building Event-Driven AI Applications with Tobie Morgan Hitchcock 55:18

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Modern application development often involves juggling multiple types of databases to handle diverse data models. The lack of unification can lead to complex architectures with attendant security concerns and fragmented development workflows. SurrealDB is an open-source, multi-model database developed in Rust and integrates functionalities of many …

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Grindr, Trans Friends and Troubling Neighbors | Troll Hole Podcast | Ep. 81 w/ Corina Lucas 54:18

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Welcome to Troll Hole episode 81! Thanks for slipping into the tranquil waters of the spit pit and letting our hilarious conversation with Comedian Corina Lucas wash away your impurities. In this episode we talk: embarrassing credit card purchases, Mike's packed comedy shows, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, To Catch A Predator, burps, bumper sti…

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213. Beyond the Leak: Life, Justice, and Redemption with Reality Winner 1:43:00

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Today Justin speaks with Reality Winner. Reality enlisted in the US Air Force after high school and served as a cryptolinguist assigned to the National Security Agency where she translated audio recordings in Pashtu and Dari from Afghanistan. Following her first enlistment, she was hired as a private contractor working at a different NSA facility i…

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Angular with Jessica Janiuk 51:03

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Modern web development faces several challenges, particularly when building scalable, maintainable, and high-performance applications. As applications grow, managing complex user interfaces, and ensuring efficient data handling and modular code structures, becomes increasingly difficult. Angular is a TypeScript-based web framework developed by Goog…

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Ben Sides with Phillies Karen, Mike's Burps are Beyond Repairing, & Pearl Does Romantic Oversharing! | Troll Hole Podcast | Ep. 80 w/ Pearl Rose 50:41

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Welcome to Troll Hole episode 80! Thanks for slipping into the tranquil waters of the spit pit and letting our hilarious conversation with Comedian Pearl Rose wash away your impurities. In this episode we talk: Mike’s New Stand Up Special, Being on Time, ADHD, our Patreon members being single, Quiet Reading Rooms, Mike’s Burps, Eating in the Car, D…

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SED News: Perplexity’s Chrome Play, Meta’s AI Freeze, and Intel Becomes Too Big to Fail 48:45

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SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer unpack the biggest stories shaping software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech industry. In this episode, they discuss Perplexity’s headline-grabbing offer to buy Google Chrome, the U.S. government’s large stake in Intel, Meta’s ab…

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212. Operation Gideon: Inside the Failed Venezuelan Coup with Jen Gatien 56:33

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Today Justin sits down with Jen Gatien. Jen is a filmmaker and producer based in New York City. Some of her film credits include Hound Dog starring Dakota Fanning and Robin Wright, Holy Rollers starring Jesse Eisenberg, and For Ellen starring Paul Dano. In her spare time, Jen serves as a board member on the Lower East Side Girls Club, as well as a…

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Context-Aware SQL and Metadata with Shinji Kim 41:38

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A common challenge in data-rich organizations is that critical context about the data is often hard to capture and even harder to keep up to date. As more people across the organization use data and data models get more complex, simply finding the right dataset can be slow and create bottlenecks. Select Star is a data discovery and metadata platfor…

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Taylor Swift Gets ENGAGED, Raja Jackson gets ENRAGED, Trolls At Minnesota State Fair| Troll Hole Podcast | Ep. 79 51:43

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Welcome to Troll Hole episode 79! Thanks for slipping into the tranquil waters of the spit pit and letting our hilarious conversation wash away your impurities. In this episode we talk: Minnesota State Fair, small towns, dads, dairy queen, sleep deprivation, weddings, Whitney Houston, bad breath, Gathering of The Juggalos, Raja Jackson, mean kids, …

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Modern Data Visualization with Robert Kosara 49:22

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Data visualization is increasingly important as organizations prioritize data-driven decision-making. Tools that transform complex datasets into intuitive, interpretable visualizations are arguably just as critical as the data itself. Robert Kosara is a Data Visualization Developer at Observable which is a platform for creating interactive data vis…

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211. The Mysterious Death of Double Agent Ralph Sigler 32:59

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Today's episode is another solo episode where Justin shares his own research with you. This time he's talking about Ralph Sigler, a US Army warrant officer, and one of the best double agents in Army history who died under mysterious circumstances in a Maryland hotel room in 1976. We briefly discussed Sigler's death way back in episode 76 in Decembe…