Best Alchemy Hour Podcasts (2025)

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The Alchemy of Clarity 1:02:57

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This week on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes executive leadership coach and soulful guide, Cara Jean Wilson. Cara is known for helping high achievers and entrepreneurs step out of hustle culture and into a more fulfilling way of living and leading. With her unique ability to distill complexity into clarity, she supports people in aligni…

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The Consummate Collaborator w/Mila Henry 53:42

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In this episode of Piano Tech Radio Hour, host Eathan Jenney welcomes conductor, pianist, and music director Mila Henry for a wide-ranging conversation about collaborative musicianship, contemporary opera, and tech-forward keyboards. She traces her journey from a Kawai studio upright in a music-soaked Philly childhood to New York’s stages, pits, an…

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npm’s Biggest Supply Chain Attack (and What We Learned) 50:13

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In this episode: Storybook 10 goes all in on ESM for big performance gains npm had a massive supply chain attack And Brave found a big security vulnerability in Comet Timestamps: 1:12 - Storybook 10 7:53 - npm’s supply chain attack 17:24 - Brave discloses a security vulnerability in Comet 26:38 - You’re absolutely right! 35:26 - What’s making us ha…

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The Jazz Artisan w/ Zenon Zadravec 1:03:52

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In this episode of Piano Tech Radio Hour, host Eathan Jenney welcomes jazz pianist, saxophonist, and composer Zen Zadravec. They reflect on Zen’s journey from early piano lessons in Winnipeg to advanced studies at Rutgers with jazz legends Kenny Barron and Stanley Cowell. Zen shares insights into comping techniques, left-hand development, and rhyth…

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Ep: 357 - Barbecue Beyond Disasters: OBR's Dual Mission of Crisis Response and Community Support 51:36

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Welcome back to The Decision Hour! In this episode, we're serving up a hearty helping of inspiration with Stan Hays, founder of Operation Barbecue Relief. Stan takes us on a mouthwatering journey from competition barbecue to large-scale disaster relief, sharing how a simple idea born from the Joplin tornado grew into a nationwide movement of hope a…

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Pedagogy, Practice, and Performance w/ Myron Silberstein 1:04:56

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In this episode of Piano Tech Radio Hour, we are joined by Chicago-based pianist, teacher, composer, and critic Myron Silberstein. We explore his musical upbringing, his studies at Juilliard and the University of Chicago, and his distinctive focus on overlooked masterpieces. Myron discusses the difference between teachers and pedagogues, the philos…

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Warp Code and the Future of Agent-Driven Dev 51:57

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The Google vs. the US anti-trust lawsuit has finally drawn to a close, and (spoiler alert) Google doesn’t have to sell Chrome (or Android, for that matter). Going forward it will have to share certain search data with its rivals, and that’s about it, so this is definitely a big win for Google any way you look at it. The popular terminal company War…

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Under the Shadows of Dragons 1:01:43

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This week on The Conscious Consultant Hour, I invite you to journey with me into the heart of China, to the capital of Beijing. Returning after 15 years, I experienced the city this time not as a tourist, but as a traveler living like a local. From winding hutongs hidden behind ancient gates to night markets glowing with lantern light, every moment…

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Bun v1.2: SQL, YAML & Security Scans 41:36

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Last episode, we lamented Claude’s lack of checkpoints to roll back code when it goes off the rails. Other devs feel the same, and this week Checkpoints for Claude Code debuted. It’s an MCP server that follows Claude Code, creating checkpoints when tasks are completed, allowing for easy reverts when needed. The Bun team quietly pushed some nice new…

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The Artful Accompanist w/Miguel de la Cerna 1:01:06

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In this episode of Piano Tech Radio Hour, Ethan Janney welcomes Chicago pianist, arranger, and educator Miguel de la Ceran. A third-generation jazz musician, Miguel traces his roots to the legendary Chicago jazz lineage of his grandfather General Morgan, who played with Billie Holiday, and his aunt Gloria Morgan. Miguel shares stories from his upbr…

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Lost Psychedelic Traditions 57:46

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This week on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes Researcher, Alchemist and Author, P. D. Newman. P.D. Newman has been immersed in the study and practice of shamanism, alchemy, hermetism, and theurgy for more than two decades. The author of Theurgy: Theory and Practice: The Mysteries of the Ascent to the Divine, Angels in Vermilion: The Phil…

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Alchemy: IaC Without Terraform 54:37

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The latest craze for MCP this week? Instead of multiple MCP servers with different tools, use an MCP server that accepts programming code as tool inputs - a single “ubertool” if you will. AI agents like Claude Code are pretty good at writing code, but letting the agent write and execute code to invoke API functions instead of using a defined MCP se…

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The Living Piano Legacy w/ Robert Estrin 1:02:47

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In this engaging episode of Piano Tech Radio Hour, host Eathan Janney welcomes the multifaceted pianist, educator, and piano purveyor Robert Estrin for a wide-ranging conversation that spans the history, craftsmanship, and future of the piano. They dive into Robert’s journey from growing up in a profoundly musical family with his father, a concert …

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The Hidden Cost of Counterfeit Emotions 1:02:35

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This week on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes visionary entrepreneur, speaker, and transformational coach Curtis Morley. With a deep background in business development, digital learning, and leadership training, Curtis has worked with powerhouse organizations like FranklinCovey, Agilix, and eLearningBrothers. But it’s his latest work on …

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TanStack Devtools: One Panel to Rule Them All 50:34

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You just can’t keep TanStack out of the news for more than a few weeks before a new product appears. This week, it’s TanStack Devtools, which provides a centralized devtools panel of all the Tanstack libraries for streamlined DX and custom devtools support. The State of CSS 2025 survey results are in, and highlights include: devs love the new `:has…

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Synesthetic Alchemy w/Alexander Schwarzkopf 1:11:43

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In this episode of Piano Tech Radio Hour, host Ethan Janney welcomes concert pianist, composer, and educator Alexander Schwarzkopf. The conversation traces Alexander’s remarkable career path, from his early public performances at age eight, to becoming a scholarship student at Colorado College by age twelve, and competing internationally. His docto…

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Holistic Esoteric Learning 1:01:13

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This week on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam is joined by Ralph White, a pioneer in holistic education and a guiding light in the esoteric and consciousness movements. Ralph was the visionary co-founder of the New York Open Center, which served for nearly four decades as the city’s primary hub for holistic learning, spiritual exploration, and tr…

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TanStack DB: Reactive Apps Without Firebase 45:34

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There’s drama brewing between AI-answer engine company Perplexity and hosting platform Cloudflare, which recently declared it would actively block AI bots from crawling websites without the owners’ permission. Cloudflare received complaints, set up its own test sites, and then asked Perplexity pointed questions only - and got answers! Not a great l…

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Finding Truth In The Darkness & How To Lucid Dream w/ Andrew Holocek #505 1:57:35

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What can be illuminated when you explore in the darkness of your subconscious mind, through lucid dreaming or darkness retreats? We get to the heart of mystery in this mind-bending episode with Andrew Holecek, one of the most brilliant and poetic explorers of consciousness I know. We go deep into the transformative crucible of dark retreat—somethin…

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Is es-toolkit the Lodash Killer? 47:54

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There’s a new utility library in town called es-toolkit, and it’s gunning for Lodash. 2-3x faster, 97% smaller, full TypeScript support, and using modern JavaScript APIs, es-toolkit’s just added a “Lodash compatibility layer” to ensure an identical API and 100% Lodash compatibility. oRPC is the newest wrinkle in the Remote Procedural Call (RPC) wor…

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Psychedelics As A Path To Buddhism 1:01:38

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This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes Buddhist Nun, Ethnobotanist, and Founder of Divine Master Alchemy and the Acācea Foundation, Ven. Pema Dolma (Acacea Lewis). Ven. Pema Dolma is an ordained Getsul (Novice) Vajrayana. For over a decade, she has explored the intersections of high‑dose psilocybin practice, cultural anthropology…

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Recovering The Lost Knowledge of Our First Nations | Chief Bear Cross, Chase Iron Eyes #504 1:49:18

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What wisdom and knowledge is lost within the lineages of our First Nations people? And how can we possibly recover and apply that which has been forgotten? In this never-before podcast with Chief Bear Cross, an active chief in the Wanagi Oyate “Ghost Nation” Lakota Sioux lineage, we hear stories of forgotten knowledge and deep wisdom that will shif…

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Is Open Source Software Infrastructure? 45:42

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GitHub is advocating for a European Union Sovereign Tech Fund to help pay the open source software developers building and maintaining software relied upon by economies and societies just like any other necessary infrastructure like roads and bridges. Apple gets called out by the Open Web Advocacy group saying its technical rules and restrictions a…

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Cultivating Paradise 1:01:42

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This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes Globally Recognized Thought Leader, #1 International Bestselling Author, and Visionary Founder, Teresa de Grosbois. Teresa is the visionary founder of the Evolutionary Business Council and the Vista Mundo Intentional Community in Costa Rica. With a profound commitment to conscious living and…

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Jealousy, Comedy & Fidelity In A Post-Conventional Relationship | Joshua Draper, Vylana Marcus #503 2:03:37

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When I shared the podcast announcing our post-conventional relationship, it ricocheted around the social metaverse, evoking sharp criticism. One potential reason is that the beauty of the lovership between my wife Vylana and Joshua Draper was not properly explicated. For some people, a relationship where there can be more than monogamy is heresy. I…

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Windsurf’s 72-Hour Power Shuffle 51:38

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There are so many headlines about AI IDE Windsurf as of late, but we’ll try to catch you up. First, OpenAI wanted to buy Windsurf for $3B, but the deal fell through due to Microsoft. Next, Google hired Windsurf’s top execs and researchers to work on its AI products, but didn’t buy the Windsurf IDE, for $2.4B. Then, Cognition bought the remainder of…

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Practice, Perfected w/Dr. Molly Gebrian 1:00:12

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In this episode of Piano Tech Radio Hour, host Eathan Janney welcomes Dr. Molly Gebrian, a professional violist, educator, and neuroscientist who merges music performance with cognitive science. As they gather over the July 4th weekend, they explore how musicians can transform their practice using brain-based strategies. She shares her journey from…

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Have We Overvalued Autonomy At The Cost of Connection? | William Von Hipple PhD #503 1:31:01

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William von Hippel is a professor of psychology and author of The Social Paradox, which explores how the overvaluation of autonomy has led to isolation and alienation, challenging the very essence of human thriving. In this episode, we delve into "The Paradox of Autonomy and Connection" and discover insights into how our evolutionary history has sh…

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A Surprising Connection 1:00:52

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This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes Educator, TEDx speaker, and Author, Courtney Fae Long, MSW, LC, CHt. Courtney is a leading-edge Sexuality Educator, TEDx speaker, and Author who has been teaching for 25+ years. She holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) and certificates in Sexuality Education and Sex Therapy from the …

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Vercel Acquires Nuxt and Nitro 41:28

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Tech companies continue the acquisition spree of the summer when Vercel announces it’s hired the creators of NuxtLabs, the folks who build metaframework Nuxt and server runtime Nitro. Figma returns to the newscycle with the introduction of its Dev Mode MCP server. This server allows agentic coding tools to pull in design context directly from Figma…

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The Power of Love 1:02:39

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This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes former Professional Baseball Player, Nonprofit Leader, Attorney, and Nationally Recognized Advocate for Ethical Non-Monogamy, Leon Feingold. Leon has gained widespread attention for his TEDxBushwick talk on polyamory, where he shared his personal journey and challenged societal norms around …

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Cloudflare Drops the Hammer on AI Crawlers 40:56

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The big tech company conferences continued this summer with Vercel hosting Vercel Ship 2025. As you’d expect there was lots of talk about AI and Vercel’s AI Cloud: tools, infrastructure, and platform enhancements to build AI agents and help AI agents use Vercel. On July 1, hosting platform Cloudflare declared Content Independence Day, and changed i…

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Idealism Is Not Ideal 1:03:31

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This week on The Conscious Consultant Hour, we’re exploring a subtle but powerful force that often shapes our inner world without us even realizing it. Idealism. While it might seem noble to hold high ideals, for ourselves, others, or the world, idealism can sometimes take us out of the present moment and into a version of reality that doesn’t exis…

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Life-Changing Therapy: Healing Parts & Revealing Entities | IFS Founder Dr. Richard Schwartz #502 1:49:23

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Internal Family Systems, for which Dr. Dick Schwartz is the legendary founder, is undoubtedly the most powerful form of therapy I have ever encountered. Instead of just talking about this type of therapy, you’ll get to witness it in action: demonstrating the efficacy and intricacy of the process in real time. Coming on the heels of the hardest mont…

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Battle of the AI CLIs: Jack Tests Them All 45:36

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The field of AI coding agent CLIs is crowded and getting more so by the day, and our co-host Jack has tried them all so you don’t have to. The big four are: OpenAI’s Codex, Anthropic’s Claude Code, Google’s Gemini Code, and Amazon Q, along with some lesser known CLIs like AmpCode, OpenCode, and (the already shut down) Anon Kode. After trying everyt…

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Who Is Aubrey Marcus Really? Ex Fiancé Sacred Confessional w/ Caitlyn Howe #501 1:50:08

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The aftermath of the infamously viral podcast about my post-conventional relationship with my beloved wife Vylana and Alana Beale has been one of the hardest months of my life. It’s forced me to ask deep, penetrating questions about who I am, at the core of my being. The process has been profoundly alchemical, a kind of calcination where all the bu…

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Oxlint 1.0: The Linter That Leaves ESLint in the Dust 35:29

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In this episode: Linting is getting a whole lot faster with Oxlint Your browser is becoming part of your wellness routine And Copilot is getting more agentic features Chapter Markers: 1:05 - Oxlint 7:05 - Opera Air 11:24 - GitHub Copilot coding agent 18:45 - More Remix v3 updates 23:56 - What makes us happy Links: Paige - void0's Oxlint 1.0 Jack - …

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Sound Transformation for Self-Love 1:02:49

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This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes Sound Healer, Energy Healer, and Spiritual Coach, Nattacia Satie. As a multi-dimensional Voice Channeler and divinely activated Sound & Energy Healer of more than 30 years, Nattacia empowers Spiritual Visionaries and Entrepreneurs, who have a vision burning inside they know they’re meant to …

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Rolldown-Vite: Evan You Just Made Vite 16x Faster 44:01

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We first reported on Evan You’s company void0 back in October, 2024, and now Evan and co are making good on their promise to rework the entire JS toolchain from the ground up with the release of Rolldown-Vite. The new package is a drop-in replacement for the Vite bundler we all know and love, with benefits like production build time reductions of u…

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The Frequency of Miracles 1:01:50

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This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes Bestselling Author, TEDx Speaker, International Trainer, and Professional Coach, Jackie Woodside. Jackie is the founder of the Conscious Living Podcast and the Conscious Living Summit. She is also the executive producer of the upcoming films, "Money Vibe” (Fall 2025 release) based on her bes…

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Ep: 356 - Whiskey, Gravity, and Resilience: Ansel Brown's Return 40:15

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In this powerhouse episode of The Decision Hour, we welcome back Ansel Brown—a seasoned country music artist returning to the stage after more than 12 years away. With his new single “The Whiskey Makes Her Miss Me” and the upcoming album “Gravity” both set to drop on June 13, Ansel is ready to shake up the country music scene once again. This is mo…

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Does The Stuff You “Hate” Turn You On? w/ Carolyn Lovewell | #500 2:08:31

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Carolyn Lovewell is not only the world famous author of the book Existential Kink, she matches her psychological prowess with profound magickal knowledge. In this podcast we dive deep on all aspects of shadow work, helping to reveal the hidden turn-on underneath our own repeating negative patterns. With that awareness, using tools like Internal Fam…

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The Browser Company Kills Arc 49:20

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OpenAI has a new API in beta called the Realtime API, which enables speech conversations with LLMs. Real-time text and audio processing means users can have conversations with voice agents and voice-enabled apps, and OpenAI makes it simple to connect via WebRTC or WebSockets. Several months ago, The Browser Company, abruptly announced they were sto…

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The Next 200 Years 1:00:39

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This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes Internationally Known Astrologer Author, Columnist, Entrepreneur, Publisher, and Pioneer of the Internet, Susan Miller. Susan is the founder and editor of AstrologyZone.com, created in 1995. Her site is considered an authority in the field of Western astrology and is read avidly by 13 millio…

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Zod v4: Prettier, Better, Faster, Smaller 53:59

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It’s been 4 years since TypeScript schema validation library Zod released v3, but the new v4 release makes it worth the wait. Expect faster parsing times across the board, built in error pretty-printing, and even a tree-shakeable API called Zod Mini for constrained environments like edge runtimes. There’s a new npm-based CLI tool for managing and s…

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Completing Our Human Evolution 1:01:48

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This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes Research Scientist, Sound Healer, and Author, Ruslana Remennikova. Ruslana is a former research scientist for the Fortune 100-ranked company ThermoFisher Scientific where she worked with vaccine sciences. In a 2016 leap of faith for a more meaningful life, she left the world of corporate sci…

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VS Code Open Sources GitHub Copilot Chat 37:26

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This week both Google and Microsoft held conferences where they announced all the new, great AI breakthroughs, but there were a few other notable, web dev-focused pieces in between. VS Code announced it will be open sourcing the GitHub Copilot Chat extension, refactoring relevant components into its core codebase, as the next logical step “in makin…

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How To Extract Entities, Do REAL Shadow Work, And Know God | Paul Chek #499 2:47:12

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In every hero’s journey, there are stages where you get to ‘meet the mentor’. They have specific wisdom and guidance that is invaluable for you to continue on your path and face the challenges that lay in front of you. Paul is one of those mentors, not just for me but for millions. Not only is his knowledge of the human body, psychic body, and emot…

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The Presence of Nature - Finding Peace in Unexpected Places 1:03:39

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This week on The Conscious Consultant Hour, we explore a topic that feels more important than ever - finding peace and calm in the midst of city life. With the constant hum of traffic, crowded sidewalks, and the endless digital noise, it can feel like true stillness is out of reach. But nature isn’t just something we find in remote forests or mount…

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GraphQL and AI with Apollo CTO Matt DeBergalis 47:19

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CTO and co-founder of Apollo, Matt DeBergalis, joins us on this episode to talk about how GraphQL has continued to evolve over time, and how Apollo is focused on making it more accessible for developers and AI agents than ever before. For those less familiar with Apollo and GraphQL, Matt shares the history of both, including lessons he learned from…