Best Capacity Interactive Podcasts (2025)

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Macy Schmidt on Creative Risks, Audience-Centered Experiences, and Barbie 41:46

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How do you invite new audiences into the symphony in a way that feels fresh, joyful, and unforgettable? Macy Schmidt has been asking that question with every project she takes on. As the founder of The Sinfonietta and CEO of Overture Global Entertainment, she’s not just producing concerts—she’s designing live experiences that feel transformative fo…

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How to build in Observability at Petabyte Scale 45:31

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We welcome guest Ang Li and dive into the immense challenge of observability at scale, where some customers are generating petabytes of data per day. Ang explains that instead of building a database from scratch—a decision he says went "against all the instincts" of a founding engineer—Observe chose to build its platform on top of Snowflake, levera…

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Erin Harkey, CEO of Americans for the Arts, on Advocacy, Resilience, and the Power of Community 37:28

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Few leaders expect their first months on the job to coincide with a fight for the future of the arts in America. For Erin Harkey, that became the reality when she stepped in as CEO of Americans for the Arts earlier this year—just as the federal government proposed eliminating national arts funding. In this episode, Erin reflects on her career journ…

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David Jammy on Story-First Producing and the 2025 Mark Twain Prize 43:28

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What turns a live event into a cultural moment people never forget? David Jammy has some answers. As Executive Producer at Done+Dusted, he’s helped shape global broadcasts from the Emmys and Kennedy Center Honors to the Global Citizen Festival and the Mark Twain Prize. In this conversation, David traces his path from student activist in apartheid-e…

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The Open-Source Product Leader Challenge: Navigating Community, Code, and Collaboration Chaos 59:26

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In a special solo flight, Warren welcomes Meagan Cojocar, General Manager at Pulumi and a self-proclaimed graduate of “PM school” at AWS. They dive into what it’s like to own an entire product line and why giving up that startup hustle for the big leagues sometimes means you miss the direct signal from your users. The conversation goes deep on the …

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Jen Taylor on Building AI Strategy That Serves Your Mission 36:06

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AI is changing how we work. What does that mean for arts and culture? Jen Taylor, Capacity Interactive’s Director of AI Strategy and Integration, shares what her research with over 100 arts leaders and administrators reveals about where the field really stands with AI: a mix of curiosity, caution, and untapped opportunity. In this episode, Jen and …

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Kendra Whitlock Ingram on Building Arts-Fueled Cities 43:44

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What happens when a cultural district leads a city’s revival? As President and CEO of Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Kendra Whitlock Ingram is leading the cultural district through a new era of civic transformation—building public spaces, breaking down barriers to access, and reimagining what a cultural district can be. In this episode, Kendra and Moni…

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Clive Chang on Innovation and the Rise of the Multi‑Hyphenate Artist 39:52

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Can legacy arts institutions innovate like start-ups? Clive Chang thinks so. As President and CEO of YoungArts, he’s reimagining how a 40-year-old organization can support today’s multi-disciplinary artists—by questioning everything, embracing experimentation, and making space for creative risk. In this conversation, Clive and host Monica Holt unpa…

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FinOps: Holding engineering teams accountable for spend 55:07

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In this episode of Adventures in DevOps, we dive into the world of FinOps, a concept that aims to apply the DevOps mindset to financial accountability. Yasmin Rajabi, Chief Strategy Officer at CloudBolt, joins us to demystify, as we acknowledge the critical challenge of bringing together financial accountability and engineering teams who often are …

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The Auth Showdown: Single tenant versus Multitenant Architectures 53:24

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Get ready for a lively debate on this episode of Adventures in DevOps. We're joined by Brian Pontarelli, founder of FusionAuth and CleanSpeak. Warren and Brian face off by diving into the controversial topic of multitenant versus single-tenant architecture. Expert co-host Aimee Knight joins to moderate the discussion. Ever wondered how someone beco…

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CI to Eye | Monica Holt On Curiosity, Leadership, and Evita 17:41

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A bold new chapter. A brilliant new voice. CI’s President Christopher Williams kicks off a new season of CI to Eye by welcoming Monica Holt, this season's host and Senior Advisor to Capacity Interactive. Monica reflects on her 16-year journey at the Kennedy Center, the passion that’s driven her work, and all things Evita—plus what to expect from up…

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Should We Be Using Kubernetes: Did the Best Product Win? 1:06:35

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Episode Sponsor: PagerDuty - Checkout the features in their official feature release: https://fnf.dev/4dYQ7gL This episode dives into a fundamental question facing the DevOps world: Did Kubernetes truly win the infrastructure race because it was the best technology, or were there other, perhaps less obvious, factors at play? Omer Hamerman joins Wil…

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Mastering SRE: Insights in Scale and at Capacity with Aimee Knight 1:17:55

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In this episode, Aimee Knight, an expert in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) whose experience hails from Paramount and NPM, joins the podcast to discuss her journey into SRE, the challenges she faced, and the strategies she employed to succeed. Aimee shares her transition from a non-traditional background in JavaScript development to SRE, highlig…

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Exploring MCP Servers and Agent Interactions with Gil Feig 1:04:57

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In this episode, we delve into the concept of MCP (Machine Control Protocol) servers and their role in enabling agent interactions. Gil Feig, the co-founder and CTO of Merge, shares insights on how MCP servers facilitate efficient and secure integration between various services and APIs. The discussion covers the benefits and challenges of using MC…

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No Lag: Building the Future of High-Performance Cloud with Nathan Goulding 1:00:38

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Warren talks with Nathan Goulding, SVP of Engineering at Vultr, about what it actually takes to run a high-performance cloud platform. They cover everything from global game server latency and hybrid models to bare metal provisioning and the power/cooling constraints that come with modern GPU clusters. The discussion gets into real-world deployment…

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Ground Truth & Guided Journeys: Rethinking Data for AI with Inna Tokarev Sela 52:45

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Inna Tokarev Sela, CEO and founder of Illumex, joins the crew to break down what it really means to make your data “AI-ready.” This isn’t just about clean tables—it’s about semantic fabric, business ontologies, and grounding agents in your company's context to prevent the dreaded LLM hallucination. We dive into how modern enterprises just cannot bu…

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Incident Vibing: The Self-Healing System - DevOps 242 1:10:05

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Sylvain Kalache, Head of Developer Relations at Rootly joins us to explore the new frontier of incident response powered by large language models. We dive into the evolution of DevRel and how we meet the new challenges impacting our systems. We explore Sylvain's origin story in self-healing systems, dating back to his SlideShare and LinkedIn days. …

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CI to Eye | Bridging the Marketing-Development Divide 1:00:36

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Marketing and development teams in arts and cultural organizations work toward the same goals: generating revenue, deepening relationships, and advancing the mission. But too often, they’re doing that work in silos—on separate timelines, using different tools, and speaking to the same audiences in different ways. The result? Missed opportunities an…

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Decentralized Chaos: Web3 Infra, NodeOps, and the Art of Blockchain Load Balancing - DevOps 241 1:16:25

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This week, Paul Marston from Ankr joins the crew to unpack the madness that is modern blockchain infrastructure. From his wild career transition out of financial services into 24/7 node ops for Web3, Paul shares the brutal truth about uptime expectations, decentralization challenges, and why hard forks are more like enterprise schema upgrades with …

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Observability in the CI/CD Pipeline with Adriana Villela - DevOps 240 1:21:08

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In this episode, Will and Warren welcome Adriana Villela — CNCF ambassador, Dynatrace advocate, and host of the Geeking Out podcast — for a wide-ranging conversation on observability in CI/CD pipelines. Adriana shares her journey from “On Call Me Maybe” to her own podcast, her work with OpenTelemetry, and why observability isn’t just for SREs anymo…

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Building Engineering Excellence with Ganesh Datta of Cortex - DevOps 239 51:01

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In this episode, I (flying solo today!) sat down with Ganesh Datta, the CTO and co-founder of Cortex, to explore what it really means to drive engineering excellence at scale. And spoiler: it’s not just about better dashboards or fancy developer tools—it’s about treating software development like the competitive advantage it is. We went deep into t…

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Modern DevOps Challenges: Automation, AI, and Scaling in 2025 - DevOps 238 1:18:49

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Is AI making us more productive? And where's the value? That’s the big debate in this episode as we sit down with Zach Lloyd, founder and CEO of Warp. Warp isn’t just another terminal—it’s an AI-powered reimagination of the command line. From replacing traditional terminal commands with English instructions to integrating AI-driven automation, Warp…

Capacity Interactive Podcasts

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CI to Eye with Monica Holt

Capacity Interactive

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Limited Capacity

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Adventures in DevOps

Will Button, Warren Parad

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Inside Public Procurement: Heroic Stories from the Frontlines

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Macy Schmidt on Creative Risks, Audience-Centered Experiences, and Barbie 41:46

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How to build in Observability at Petabyte Scale 45:31

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Erin Harkey, CEO of Americans for the Arts, on Advocacy, Resilience, and the Power of Community 37:28

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David Jammy on Story-First Producing and the 2025 Mark Twain Prize 43:28

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The Open-Source Product Leader Challenge: Navigating Community, Code, and Collaboration Chaos 59:26

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Jen Taylor on Building AI Strategy That Serves Your Mission 36:06

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Kendra Whitlock Ingram on Building Arts-Fueled Cities 43:44

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Clive Chang on Innovation and the Rise of the Multi‑Hyphenate Artist 39:52

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FinOps: Holding engineering teams accountable for spend 55:07

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The Auth Showdown: Single tenant versus Multitenant Architectures 53:24

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CI to Eye | Monica Holt On Curiosity, Leadership, and Evita 17:41

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Should We Be Using Kubernetes: Did the Best Product Win? 1:06:35

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Mastering SRE: Insights in Scale and at Capacity with Aimee Knight 1:17:55

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Exploring MCP Servers and Agent Interactions with Gil Feig 1:04:57

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No Lag: Building the Future of High-Performance Cloud with Nathan Goulding 1:00:38

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Ground Truth & Guided Journeys: Rethinking Data for AI with Inna Tokarev Sela 52:45

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Incident Vibing: The Self-Healing System - DevOps 242 1:10:05

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CI to Eye | Bridging the Marketing-Development Divide 1:00:36

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Decentralized Chaos: Web3 Infra, NodeOps, and the Art of Blockchain Load Balancing - DevOps 241 1:16:25

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Observability in the CI/CD Pipeline with Adriana Villela - DevOps 240 1:21:08

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Building Engineering Excellence with Ganesh Datta of Cortex - DevOps 239 51:01

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Modern DevOps Challenges: Automation, AI, and Scaling in 2025 - DevOps 238 1:18:49