Best Greg Sinclair Podcasts (2025)

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EP20 Windows Under the Hood: Kernel Design, EDRs, and the Shift to VBS with Pavel Yosifovich 1:10:25

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In this episode, we get a unique look at the history of Windows through the eyes of one of its leading experts, Pavel Yosifovich. We delve into his fascinating origin story, including the "fluke" that led him to become the author of the legendary Windows Internals series, and why he describes himself as a developer who "hates security." The convers…

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EP19 The Art of Deconstructing Problems: Tools, Tactics, and the ScatterBrain Obfuscator with Nino Isakovic 1:53:18

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In this episode, we’re joined by Nino Isakovic, a long-time low-level security expert, for a thought-provoking conversation that spans the foundational and the cutting-edge. Nino discusses the art of deconstructing problems—sharing insights on how to learn effectively, the building blocks of a robust RE toolkit, and the critical shift required in o…

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EP18 10,000 DLLs and Too Much Math - Wrapping Up FLARE-On 12 with the FLARE Team 47:45

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In this episode, we sit down with Nick Harbour, Blas Kojusner, Moritz Raabe, and Sam Kim — members of the FLARE Team and some of this year’s challenge authors — for a deep dive into the design and execution of FLARE-On 12. The team discusses the complexity and intent behind this year's challenges, including how Sam created his grueling final challe…

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EP17 What Lurks Beneath: Building a Robust Network at Black Hat with Mark Overholser 1:09:36

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In this episode, we're asking the question: "What Lurks Beneath?" We're joined by Mark Overholser, a Technical Marketing Engineer at Corelight who's part of the team running the Black Hat Network Operations Center (NOC). We discuss the incident during Black Hat 2025 that introduced us and revealed the team's proactive approach to protecting every g…

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EP16 The Machine Learning Revolution in Reverse Engineering with Hahna Kane Latonick 1:25:26

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In this episode of Behind the Binary, we're joined by renowned security researcher Hahna Kane Latonick for a deep dive into the powerful world where reverse engineering meets data science. Hahna shares her expertise on how techniques like supervised and unsupervised learning can be used to classify and predict security threats, and she explains how…

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EP15 Getting Ready for FLARE-On 12 - An Inside Look at the Reverse Engineering Gauntlet 39:13

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In this episode, we're "Getting Ready for FLARE-On 12" with an inside look at the world-renowned reverse engineering competition. We’re joined by long-time FLARE-On host and challenge author Nick Harbour and regular challenge author Blas Kojusner for an in-depth conversation. We'll take a brief tour of FLARE-On history and discuss how it has grown …

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EP14 Web3's Dark Side: Unmasking the New Age of Financial Crime 1:12:14

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Web3 promised a new era of decentralized finance, but it has also created a new frontier for crime, with thefts and hacks far surpassing those in the traditional financial sector. In this episode, we sit down with experts Blas Kojusner, Robert Wallace, and Joseph Dobson to explore the Wild West of Web3 and decentralized finance (DeFi). But what is …

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EP13 Beyond the Bug: Scaling Bug Bounty Programs & Launching a Cyber Startup with Dr. Jared DeMott 37:15

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In this episode of Behind the Binary, we sit down with Dr. Jared DeMott to pull back the curtain on the world of cybersecurity. Formerly with the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), Jared shares invaluable wisdom on managing bug bounty programs at scale and what truly makes a good bug report. We then pivot to explore his fascinating career j…

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EP12 Unpacking Malware & Minds: A Reverse Engineer's Journey with Danny Quist 59:50

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Join us as we explore the world of reverse engineering with pioneer and CTO, Danny Quist. We'll examine the evolving landscape of binary analysis tools, the constant battle with malware obfuscation, and what it was like building one of the very first malware repositories for research. Plus, Danny shares unique insights on neuro-diversity and cognit…

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EP11 Tracing Lazarus: Greg Sinclair on Attributing North Korean Cyber Threats Through Binary Similarity 1:02:10

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Ever wonder who names the world's most notorious APTs? In this episode, we sit down with Greg Sinclair, a reverse engineer from the FLARE team at Google. Greg not only hunts down sophisticated malware but also shares the behind the scenes story of how he discovered and named the North Korean APT, the Lazarus Group. He also discusses his innovative …

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EP10 Tim Blazytko - Protecting Intellectual Property: Obfuscation & Anti-Reverse Engineering in Software 1:08:32

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What goes into creating effective software protections? This episode features a conversation with Tim Blazytko, Chief Scientist and Head of Engineering at Emproof, about the essential strategies for protecting software intellectual property. We cover the core concepts of code obfuscation and anti-reverse engineering and discuss practical, modern ap…

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EP09 Thomas Roccia - AI, Data Visualization, and the Future of Security Research 1:08:07

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In this episode, we’re joined by Thomas Roccia, a security researcher at Microsoft. Thomas discusses the growth of the Unprotect Project, how AI is changing security research, and the impact of data visualizations for conveying technical information. Drawing on his experience, Thomas offers a unique perspective on the intersection of open-source co…

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EP08 Roman Hussy - Inside AbuseCH: A Community's Fight Against Malware 42:13

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This episode shines a light on abuse.ch, a vital non-profit project built by and for the global cybersecurity community. We chat with founder Roman Huessy about the collective effort behind tracking malware and botnets for over a decade. Discover the journey of maintaining a crucial shared resource—the technical challenges of hosting an open platfo…

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EP07 Jordan Wiens - Inside the Mind of a Binary Ninja: CTFs, AI and the Future of Cyber Security 59:16

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In this episode, we have a fascinating conversation with Jordan Wiens, developer of the widely used Binary Ninja, and co-founder of Vector 35. Jordan brings his expertise as an avid CTF player to a discussion about the complexities of building a commercial reverse engineering platform, the importance of community growth, and the significant future …

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020 - Turning AI from Buzzword to an Implementation Plan with Simon Wilson 1:16:28

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AI is probably the buzziest buzzword we've ever experienced. It almost makes us cringe to talk about it. But, it's also the biggest game-changing tech in our careers and the reason why PAOSS has recently partnered with today's guest to offer services to network operators that wish to infuse their OSS/BSS with AI technologies. Our guest, Simon Wilso…

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EP06 Duncan Ogilvie - Piano Tuning & Debugging: The Story of x64dbg 46:15

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In this episode, we're sitting down with Duncan Ogilvie, the creator of x64dbg! We'll dive deep into how one of the most popular Windows debuggers got its start, explore the real-world challenges of running a major open-source software project, and even get a glimpse into the future of this essential tool. You'll also learn how piano tuning almost …

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EP05 Saumil Shah - From Black Hat to RingZer0: Shaping the World of Reverse Engineering 1:06:31

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Saumil Shah, a security researcher, discusses his journey into reverse engineering, starting with his early interest in patching games and analyzing viruses. He emphasizes the evolution of reverse engineering tools and techniques, from manual approaches to AI-driven automation, and shares his insights on the future of the field and the importance o…

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EP04 Stephen Eckels - A Journey From Game Modding to SolarWinds: How One Gamer Became a Renowned Reverse Engineer 1:05:36

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In this episode, we are joined by Stephen Eckels of the FLARE team at Google (Mandiant). Stephen discusses his journey into the field, starting with his early interest in video game modding and hacking. He shares his experience in discovering the Sunburst backdoor in the SolarWinds attack and emphasizes the importance of continuous learning, commun…

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EP03 Ryan Chapman - From Software Cracking to Threat Hunting: A Reverse Engineering Story 53:02

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Join us as I sit down with renowned threat hunter, Ryan Chapman. Ryan shares his incredible journey from a curious young hacker to a formidable force in cybersecurity. Discover how his early fascination with software cracking ignited a passion for reverse engineering, ultimately leading him to the front lines of cyber defense. In this conversation,…

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EP02 Victor Manuel Alvarez - Motivation, Community, and the Future with YARA-X: Building the Future of Threat Detection 31:51

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In this episode we’re sitting down with Victor Manuel Alvarez, the creator of YARA. YARA is one of the most powerful tools in cybersecurity. We discuss his early career, what motivated him to create YARA, and the role the community has played in its development. Plus, Victor shares his thoughts on the future of YARA and YARA-X, which is a ground-up…

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EP01 Nick Harbour - Early Days of Incident Response, Mandiant History and FLARE-ON 1:04:53

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Nick Harbour discusses his career journey from his early days in the Air Force to his work at Mandiant. He shares insights into the evolution of malware, his contributions to the field of malware analysis, and the development of the Flare-On contest, a reverse engineering challenge.By Josh Stroschein

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Replacement by Sinclair and GregBy Sinclair and Greg

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Get Out of The Way of Your Magic | Lazaris Channeled by Jach Pursel 1:29:56

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We are joined today by Jach Pursel as he channels Lazaris! Jach and Lazaris share how to get out of your own way and live from love as you consciously create your life.By Dr. Sarah Larsen

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What is the truth about gender? 59:26

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We discuss the confusion about gender and sex. We seek the truth.By Sinclair and Greg

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What is truth Jeff 45:33

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Getting to know JeffBy Sinclair and Greg

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Goodbye 6:18

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Goodbye my friendBy Sinclair and Greg

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019 - Modern OSS/BSS Transformation Techniques that start with the Customer Journey with Martin Pittard 1:10:52

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Digital transformation is a term that's entered the modern vernacular, but here in the world of OSS/BSS it's just what we've been doing for decades. Whether aimed at delivering digital services, collecting data from all points of an organisation's compass, increasing the internal efficiencies of operational teams or improving user experiences exter…

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018 - How a NaaS Transformation can Revolutionise your OSS_BSS Stack with Johanne Mayer 1:11:12

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OSS/BSS stacks can be incredibly complex and cumbersome beasts, especially in large carriers with many different product, process and network variants. We don't make that task any easier by creating many unique product offerings to take to market. And this time to market can be a significant competitive advantage, or be a serious impediment to it. …

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017 - Leading Global OSS/BSS Transformation through Collaboration, with George Glass 55:25

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Our OSS and BSS are highly complex by nature. However, we seem to do a great hob of making them more complex, more challenging, less repeatable and hence, more difficult to change. Perhaps that caters to our deeper desires - so many of us in this industry love to prove our worth by solving complex problems Our guest on this episode, George Glass, h…

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016 - Leading the Network Strategy and Operations at a Tier 1 Carrier with Carolyn Phiddian 1:11:04

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If the network is ultimately the product for any network operator, then OSS/BSS are the great connectors, connecting customers to that product. Both for initial activation, but also ongoing utilisation of network resources. Whilst everyone has a different perspective on the relevance / importance of OSS/BSS, there tend to be even broader divergence…

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015 - Using Modern OSS/BSS Architectures to get Offerings to Market Fast with Greg Tilton 1:10:28

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When it comes to OSS/BSS implementations (and products), Time to Market (TTM) is one of our most important metrics. Not just for the network operator to deliver new offerings to market, but also in getting solutions up and running quickly. Faster TTM provides the benefits of cost reduction and faster turn-on of revenue, but potentially allows the o…

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014 - The challenges and pitfalls awaiting OSS implementation teams with Michael De Boer 1:08:33

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There are three distinct categories of organisations that interact with OSS/BSS - those who create them, those who use them and those who implement them. But no matter how good the first two are (ie the products / creators and the users), if the implementation isn't done well, then the OSS/BSS is almost pre-destined to fail. There are many, many ch…

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013 - Using a Commercial and Open Source approach to Tackle Network Assurance with Keith Sinclair 1:49:05

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Have you noticed the rise in trust, but also the rise in sophistication in Open Source OSS/BSS in recent years? There are many open-source OSS/BSS tools out there. Some have been built as side-projects by communities that have day jobs, whilst others have many employed developers / contributors. Generally speaking, the latter are able to employ dev…

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012 - Building an OSS/BSS from Scratch for a Mid-Market Telco with Steven White 1:25:07

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While it's the tier-1 telco OSS/BSS that get all the attention, it's actually the mid-market that makes up the largest number of OSS/BSS by customer count (in most deregulated telco markets). The mid-market consists of Tier 2/3 telcos and ISPs with subscriber counts measured in the thousands rather than hundreds of thousands or millions. However, t…

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011 - Developing a Market for your OSS/BSS with Steve Hateley 1:14:01

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There are just so many vendors in the OSS/BSS market (our vendor directory has over 400 listings - https://passionateaboutoss.com/directory) that it can be incredibly challenging to differentiate one product or vendor from the next. OSS/BSS customers may only know of a handful of possible solutions, but there are plenty of others out there. Cutting…

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010 - Building Next-Generation Situational Awareness Operations Centres with David Nestic 1:19:44

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You've possibly been inside a NOC (Network Operations Centre) and seen the video wall covered with network maps, activity / alarm / event lists and network health graphs. These OSS tools are the ultimate insurance policy for any organisation that runs a network. They help coordinate the activities to repair a network when the inevitable network out…

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009 - Managing OSS/BSS Transformation at a Mid-Tier Telco with Steven Cocchiarella 1:01:52

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Much of the focus within OSS/BSS centres around the big-budget projects being done by the Tier-1 telcos. They get attention because there are lots of people involved, lots of OSS horsepower, with big, ambitious goals. But there's another part of the industry that doesn't tend to get so much public recognition - the mid-market telcos and utilities. …

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008 - Making OSS Mega Projects Happen with Ashley Neale 1:18:32

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While it might sometimes feel like OSS mega projects just happen, there's usually a lot that must first play out up-stream, long before us technologists get the chance to design and build. First someone must spawn the idea, then be able to persuade a bunch of other people, exciting them with the possibilities of the idea. In many cases, this happen…

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007 - Building Products to Solve Fundamental OSS Problems with Jay Fenton 1:52:45

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Jay Fenton is the Founder and CEO of Savvi (www.savvi.io), makers of innovative and highly performant OSS/BSS components that redefine the state of the art. Savvi's portfolio notably includes SNMP, Streaming Telemetry, Netflow and IoT collectors each of which operate in the 10s of millions of events per second on a single server, solving collection…

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006 - A Career of Innovation in OSS with Francis Haysom 1:23:14

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Francis Haysom is a Principal Analyst for Appledore Research Group, a global research and consulting firm specialising in the telecommunication and software markets with a particular focus on OSS/BSS. In this episode, Francis takes us on a ride through his career leading OSS/BSS innovation across the last three decades with iconic companies such as…

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005 - Making Standardised Open-Source a Strategy for OSS with Vance Shipley 1:11:44

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Vance Shipley is the CEO and Founder of SigScale. SigScale is a provider of standardised, open-source, cloud-native OSS/BSS tools, including flagship product, OCS (Online Charging System). In this episode, Vance takes us on a fascinating journey through a career that started three decades ago with his first role as a high-tech lumberjack through to…

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004 - An Analyst's Perspective on the OSS Industry with James Crawshaw 43:37

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James Crawshaw is a Principal Analyst with Omdia, one of the world's top-three technology analysis agencies. James specialises in analysis of OSS, telecommunications and IT industries, which means he spends more time researching OSS technologies and firms than almost anyone on the planet. In this episode, James provides insights into what's current…

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003 - Hints on Finding a Role in the OSS/BSS Industry with Michael Jones 54:17

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Michael Jones is a Practice Principal at Analytica Resources, a recruitment role that sees him connecting employers and employees. Analytica is a niche agency that specialises in BSS and OSS placements. This provides Michael with an insider's perspective on the successful techniques that applicants use to find their first, or next, job in the OSS /…

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002 - The Importance of Physical Network Inventory (PNI) in an Increasingly Virtualised World with Peter Dart 1:07:15

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Peter Dart describes his journey working with some of the world's earliest geospatial software to his current role as Chief Architect with Synchronoss. In this role, he helps to guide the roadmap of Synchronoss' Spatial Suite, a set of tools that assist leading network operators to manage and maintain their Physical Network Inventory (PNI). In a wo…

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001 - From OSS Startup to IPO with Tony Kalcina 1:02:41

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Tony Kalcina recounts the story of taking Clarity International from its founding team and customer to IPO (Initial Public Offering) and beyond. He also describes an extensive career starting with Telstra OTC through to his current role as the APAC CTO for Tech Mahindra and Ambassador for TM Forum. Tony provides insights into the formation and lead…

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000 - Introduction to The Passionate About OSS Podcast 3:45

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Welcome to the Passionate About OSS podcast, the show for people who are just that – Passionate About OSS – Where the OSS stands for Operational Support Systems. In other words, the software solutions that help manage and operate the complex telecommunications networks of today. Thanks for joining me on the episode that isn’t quite an episode – it’…

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Gavin Rollins 13:43

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Gavin Rollins (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 3rd Congressional District.By Sinclair and Greg

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What Is Truth Eli 20:48

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A change of podcast. My first interview. A good friend.By Sinclair and Greg

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End of a podcast 9:40

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This is the last What is truth podcast by Sinclair and Greg. We are now Pilate Said Podcast. Check us out on your favorite podcast providers. Thank you for listening. Good Bye.By Sinclair and Greg

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Sinclair’s death bed conversations. 12:20

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Another story’s from Sinclair.By Sinclair and Greg