Best True Responsive Design Podcasts (2025)

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311: How To Recognize and Release The Damaging Shame You Hold 1:00:18

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Are your thoughts and actions regularly dictated by a harsh inner critic? Do you find yourself filled with feelings of unworthiness and that you are undeserving of love? If so, you may well be dealing with the symptoms of core shame. Our guest, David Jurasek, knows firsthand the devastating impact shame can have on your life and relationships, and …

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Immersive by Design: Making Mixed Reality Part of the Blend 52:09

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Immersive tech isn't just cool. It's useful. And more importantly, it fits right into the blended learning you're already building. In this IDIODC session, Destery Hildenbrand, a Learning Technology Consultant and Immersive Technology Evangelist, will walk you through integrating mixed reality, such as AR and MR, into your learning experiences. We'…

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Vibe Coding: Delivering Client Projects Without Scope Creep or Burnout 23:48

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This episode is part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Joe Casabona, a systems architect for solopreneurs and a self-described automation geek. You can catch part 1 over on the Streamlined Solopreneur feed here What if the difference between a chaotic, scope-creeping project and one delivered calmly, on time, and on budget wasn’t just better estimati…

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Rosie Cutter on pyramid initiations, medicine journeys, the destiny card system, somatic healing, and navigating the times with clarity and courage 1:09:52

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Rosie Cutter is a 1/3 Sacral Manifesting Generator and a Queen of Clubs in the Destiny Card system who brings a mix of humor, depth, and synthesis of knowledge through her own lived experience. Her work draws from a lifelong curiosity about how ancient systems meet the modern world and is enriched by having given thousands of readings using The Car…

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The Quality Stack: Building Fail-Safes into L&D Pipelines 46:52

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How do you move beyond endless checklists to bake quality into every layer of learning design? In this actionable conversation, Hadiya Nuriddin tackles this challenge head-on, drawing from her Quality Management in Learning and Development playbook and frontline experience. We’ll explore why “quality theater” fails, how to align standards with orga…

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AI's impact on API integration patterns and building frictionless developer experiences | Anuj Jhunjhunwala (Director of Product, Merge) 20:03

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In this episode of Request // Response, I sit down with Anuj Jhunjhunwala, who leads product and design at Merge. We talk about how Merge is transforming integration pain into product velocity with their unified API approach. Anuj shares how his team helps developers avoid the complexity of maintaining dozens of APIs, and we explore the rising stra…

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Momentum by Design: Diagnose Your Stuckness and Build a Business That Moves with You 43:23

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What if the reason you're stuck isn't mindset—or even procrastination? What if you're just solving the wrong problem? In this episode, I’m talking with Cat Mulvihill, creator of the Momentum Framework—a diagnostic tool that helps you figure out exactly why you’re stalled out in your business and what to do about it. Whether the block is a skills ga…

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310: Why We Always Feel Awful - And How To Fix It 41:51

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Modern life bombards us with stresses our bodies are not physically equipped (or evolved) to handle. It’s no wonder so many of us are overwhelmed and struggling. Luckily, there are effective strategies and tools to help manage and reduce stress. You just need to learn how to tap into them. Here today to help us better navigate life’s stressors is D…

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The Performance Paradox: Solving L&D’s $100 Billion Waste Problem 44:29

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Danielle Wallace, Chief Learning Strategist at Beyond the Sky, merges decades of corporate marketing expertise with cutting-edge L&D innovation to tackle the crisis of ineffective training. In this episode, she dismantles why traditional content-heavy approaches fail to drive real-world performance, revealing how AI-powered role-plays, immersive sc…

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Voice on Autopilot: How I Systematized My Brand Voice to Make Content Creation Calmer 39:20

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What if your brand voice didn’t live solely inside your head? What if it was a system—a tool that helped you write faster, delegate confidently, and create calm across your business? In this episode, I share how I took my brand voice from “just a vibe” to a repeatable, documented system with the help of voice strategist Justin Blackman. We dig into…

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309: How to Lead With Wild Courage 42:26

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Too often, the traits we’re taught to tone down are the very ones that can drive our boldest breakthroughs. In this powerful episode, we explore what it truly means to lead and live with wild courage. Dismantling conventional career advice, Jenny Wood champions a more audacious path to success, one built on traits long considered too disruptive or …

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Neuroscience and AI: Enhancing Learning and Performance 57:38

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Join us for a captivating conversation with Margie Meacham, famously known as "The Brain Lady," a pioneer in applying AI to learning and talent development since 2013. Drawing from her hands-on experience developing educational chatbots, Margie will take us on a journey through the powerful intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. …

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Overcoming barriers to mobile dev, smoothing DevEx, and AI-driven coding shifts | Charlie Cheever (CEO, Expo) 17:41

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In this episode of Request // Response, I sit down with Charlie Cheever, CEO of Expo and co-founder of Quora, to unpack the evolution of mobile app development and how developer experience is adapting in an AI-assisted world. Charlie shares stories from scaling Quora's mobile presence, his frustrations with App Store complexity, and how Expo is aim…

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308: Powerful Stress Management Approaches Designed for Times Like These 52:16

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If your go-to stress strategies aren’t cutting it anymore, you’re not alone, and there’s a reason for that. Today on Finding Brave, we’re joined by deeply inspiring The Stress Coach, Jordan Friedman, to explore what really works for managing stress during high-anxiety times and why most stress-reduction methods miss the mark. With over 30 years of …

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Creating Accessible and Inclusive Learning Experiences, By the Book 51:24

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Training content can only help create true change if it can help everyone in your organization. There is a whole range of reasons and circumstances why learners might find content inaccessible or exclusive, and it can seem very daunting to try and solve accessibility and inclusivity for all possibilities. In this session of IDIODC, we’re talking wi…

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Pay Me When You Win: A Revenue Sharing Model for Coaches & Consultants 31:52

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Most advice about scaling a service business means giving up the work you love or cranking your rates until clients walk away. But what if you could grow your revenue with your clients—without adding more to your plate? In this episode, Susan revisits a standout 2019 interview with business coach Lacey Sites, who doubled her revenue without taking …

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307: Visibility Starts with Recognizing Your Value 44:07

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What if the key to career growth isn’t doing more but recognizing what you’ve already achieved? Today on Finding Brave, we’re joined by inspiring author and career coach Octavia Goredema to discover how true visibility begins with valuing yourself. Octavia is the CEO of Fire Memos, a passionate advocate for helping people unlock their full potentia…

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Keith Walters on his work with plant medicines, sacred reciprocity, deconditioning, importance of embodiment, and learning to trust oneself 1:06:49

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Keith Walters is a 2/4 Generator on the Cross of the Unexpected. With nearly a decade of experience integrating Human Design with traditional plant medicine practices, Keith facilitates retreats emphasizing embodied deconditioning, sacred reciprocity with nature, and a right relationship with oneself. In this episode, Keith shares his experiences w…

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Multimodal automation, API democratization, and the evolution of tool calling | Sinan Eren (CEO & co-founder Opnova) 16:55

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I sat down with Sinan Eren, co-founder and CEO of Opnova. Opnova is building AI-powered automation for enterprises—specifically targeting companies that rely on legacy systems and lack modern APIs. We talked about how automation can thrive even in systems that don't have APIs and discussed the challenges and opportunities of automating workflows in…

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Beyond Vanity Metrics: Driving Growth with Learner Engagement 42:07

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L&D teams face mounting pressure to prove engagement isn’t just a vanity metric. Join Becky Willis, learning strategist and co-founder of Tractus Learning, as she reveals how to transform engagement from abstract concept to measurable business driver. Discover practical frameworks for connecting learning maturity to engagement strategies, including…

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Four-Hour Work Year? The Hidden Power of Licensing Your Services 40:09

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Tired of hitting a wall with your client-based business? You don’t have to build a course or start a membership to scale. In this episode of Calm is the New KPI, host Susan Boles talks with Janet Alexandersson—an international licensing lawyer and founder of Piggy Bank Legal—about how licensing can become a powerful, margin-creating revenue stream …

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Melanie Halpert on her transformative journey through the Uranus Opposition, transits, authority, projection & relational dynamics 1:06:48

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Melanie Halpert is a Quad Right 5/1 Splenic Projector with the Perfected Form and Alpha channels. She is an IHDS-certified analyst, LYD Guide, and Family Practice Specialist with nearly 30 years of experience in Holistic Health. Currently, she serves as a Ra.TV Live Show Host and Community Facilitator. Join Melanie Halpert as she takes us on a tran…

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306: How to Turn LinkedIn Into Your #1 Business and Career Growth Tool 53:32

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If you still think of LinkedIn as nothing more than a job site or somewhere you go to upload your online resume, now is the time to update and expand your approach! Today on the show, we welcome LinkedIn insider Jon Lyndon for a deep dive into the evolution of LinkedIn and why we should all be using it as a human connection tool and a pathway to op…

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The Accessibility Edge: How Benchmarking Fuels Inclusive Learning Success with Susi Miller 50:27

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Tune in as 2025 LPI Learning Professional of the Year Susi Miller reveals how inaccessible learning content creates significant organizational risks, including compliance violations, talent exclusion, and reputational damage. Through her groundbreaking eLa1000 Accessibility Assessment initiative, Susi demonstrates how organizations that prioritize …

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Anthropic MCP, GraphQL vs REST, and API strategies for LLM dev tools | Ken Rose (CTO & co-founder OpsLevel) 28:10

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Ken Rose is the CTO and co-founder of OpsLevel. Ken shares the founding journey of OpsLevel and lessons from his time at PagerDuty and Shopify. We debate GraphQL vs REST, API metrics that matter, and how LLMs and agentic workflows could reshape developer productivity. Listen On Apple Podcasts | Spotify Subscribe to Request // Response If you enjoye…

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Calmer Capacity: Use Automation and AI to Lighten Your Client Load 37:35

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You’ve duct-taped your service business together with tools and automations. But now things are breaking, you’re chasing Zapier errors, and client delivery is starting to feel like a drag. What if the next step wasn’t hiring a team or flattening your services—but turning your system into the service? In this episode, we're geeking out with Dylan Ki…

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305: When Money Feels Dangerous: Healing Your Survival Response to Wealth 50:39

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The moment you choose to change your relationship to money is the moment you change every single generation ahead of you. In this episode of Finding Brave, top financial wellbeing speaker, multi-award-winning Financial Coach, and international author Catherine Morgan joins us to talk about a vitally important topic: when money feels dangerous and h…

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The Anti-Call Sales Process: Build Trust, Close Deals, Keep Your Calendar Clear 39:23

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Eliminate Sales Calls? Yes, Really. What if your entire sales process could feel human, high-touch, and not require a single call? This week on Calm is the New KPI, I’m joined by Becky Pierson Davidson, founder of Affinity Collective, a product strategy agency for community-driven businesses. Becky shares how she’s turned the traditional, time-cons…

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304: Conflict Resilience: Negotiating Conflict without Giving Up or Giving In 47:17

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Conflict is a part of life, whether it’s in our relationships, workplaces, or even global politics, yet many of us either shy away from it or escalate it, leading to stress, resentment, and division. Today on Finding Brave, behavioral neurologist Dr. Joel Salinas joins us to discuss how we can navigate disagreement with confidence and resilience—an…

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API design ergonomics, coding on airplanes, and the true signal of good DevEx | Robert Ross (CEO FireHydrant) 26:07

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Robert Ross (@BobbyTables) is the CEO of FireHydrant. We discuss the journey of building FireHydrant, the evolution of API design, and the impact of gRPC and REST on developer experience. We also talked about the role of LLMs in API design, the shift towards data consumption trends in enterprises, and how great developer experience is measured by a…

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xAPI in 2025: Growing Pains and Future Gains with Megan Torrance 50:24

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It's been almost 12 years since Experience API (xAPI) version 1.0 was released, and it’s still experiencing some growing pains. With so much potential yet still waiting to take the world by storm (or by SCORM?), xAPI seems much like many other Tweens. The fabulous Megan Torrance joins us for this episode of IDIODC to discuss where xAPI stands in 20…

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Separating deployment from release, API-first development, and the future of developer experience | John Kodumal (co-founder & fmr CTO LaunchDarkly) 26:04

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On the first episode of Request // Response, I speak with John Kodumal, co-founder and former CTO of LaunchDarkly. We discussed how LaunchDarkly used feature flags to separate deployment from release, offering fine-grained control for safer rollouts and experimentation. LaunchDarkly was an early adopter of server-sent events, and was a pioneer of t…

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Can Friendship Be a KPI? How Relationships Shape a Sustainable Business with Tara Robertson 28:41

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Business is personal—so why do we so often separate relationships from our work? In this episode, Tara Robertson, leadership coach and DEI consultant, shares why she set a KPI around the number of new friends she makes this year. We explore how measuring relationships impacts not only joy but also business sustainability. Tara realized that working…

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303: How Validation Transforms Our Relationships, Lives, and Influence 44:58

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What if the key to better relationships, deeper influence, and personal growth wasn’t about fixing problems, but about acknowledging and accepting others? Today on Finding Brave, we sit down with Dr. Caroline Fleck, a licensed psychologist, corporate consultant, and adjunct clinical instructor at Stanford University, to explore the transformative p…

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Must-Steal Marketing Strategies for Your L&D Toolkit with Bianca Baumann 44:45

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The goal of any L&D department is to influence and change behavior. And guess what? That’s the same goal of the marketing department. Marketers are great at grabbing attention and convincing people to carry out an action, and many of the strategies and tools they use can also help L&D teams improve the success of training programs. Tune in for a gr…

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Unsolicited Response Rate: The Only Content Metric That Actually Matters 51:05

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We all want our work to resonate—but how do we know if it actually does? In this episode, I sit down with storytelling and speaking expert Jay Acunzo to explore the concept of resonance over reach and how we can track something that feels inherently unmeasurable. Jay shares his Unsolicited Response Rate (URR) framework, a KPI designed to measure wh…

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302: Authoring Your Money Story - It's More Intuitive Than You Realize 46:11

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Many people feel stuck in their current financial situation, believing that wealth and stability are out of reach. But what if the key to financial success isn’t about making drastic changes overnight but rather small, intentional shifts in mindset and habits? Today’s guest, George Grombacher, has spent 24 years helping people take control of their…

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Getting Real-World L&D Benefits from Artificial Intelligence with Tim Handley 53:58

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is in the spotlight these days, and many L&D teams are exploring the role it can play in their development processes—and even in the learning content itself. The team at Welbee began incorporating AI into its dominKnow | ONE courses a year ago. Welbee provides courses and learning content focused on school staff well-be…

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Top eLearning Challenges in 2025 - Obstacles or Opportunities? 44:00

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It’s time to dust off our trusty coffee mugs and get back on the mic! Instructional Designers In Office Drinking Coffee (IDIODC) is back, and we have a lot to discuss. In our first session this year, we’ll cover the top eLearning industry challenges in 2025 – some are new and trendy, while others are legacy and persistent. How can we tackle these c…

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How to Build a Client Report Card for a Calmer Business with Karen Sergeant 38:26

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Managing client relationships is one of the biggest challenges of running a service-based business. Expectations, boundaries, and communication all play a role in whether an engagement runs smoothly or goes off the rails. So, how do you actually know if you're doing a good job? Karen Sergeant has a solution: a Client Report Card. This system helps …