Best Wired In Software Podcasts (2026)

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2025 Chatty Chat Year in Review 1:30:00

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It’s the 2025 Chatty Chat year in review friends! We’re diving into a big old pile of stories from the past year and speculating on what’s to come in 2026. If you’re wondering where this sits on the "in-depth interview vs. casual chatting" spectrum, just know we spend a considerable amount of time talking about how rad the Switch 2 is. This is not …

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WBSP803: Grow Your Business by Learning Why Your ERP Strategy Is About to Break: AI is Rewriting the Playbook w/ Sandeep Chopra 1:00:12

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Send us a text AI-native ERP systems are rapidly reshaping the enterprise software landscape by challenging long-standing assumptions about how ERPs are selected, implemented, and evolved over time. As AI becomes embedded directly into configuration, development, and daily workflows, practices once viewed as risky—such as extensive customization, r…

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WBSP802: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Aug 2025, Ep 31, an Objective Panel Discussion 1:02:24

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Send us a text A mix of product launches, acquisitions, funding rounds, and legal developments illustrates how enterprise software vendors are simultaneously accelerating innovation while navigating increasing market and regulatory complexity. Salesforce’s updates to Marketing Cloud Next and Agentforce 3, alongside new capabilities from Cordial and…

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Backups, Zero Trust, Mental Health: 5 Changes We Made For Real 33:33

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Off The Wire: Reflecting on Cybersecurity and Organizational Implementations In this episode of 'Off The Wire,' hosts Anthony and Tanner reflect on past episodes and discuss the various strategies and innovations they've implemented at their organization. They cover key topics such as cybersecurity, asset management, backup testing, employee mental…

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WBSP801: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 Public Sector CRMs w/ Sam Gupta 12:44

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Send us a text Public sector organizations operate under a fundamentally different set of constraints and expectations than their private-sector counterparts, making CRM selection a strategic decision rather than a purely technical one. Before reviewing our Top 10 Public Sector CRMs in 2025, it is important to align on how success is defined in thi…

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Tracking Eyes In Public 11:58

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A camera that notices you, zooms in, and follows sounds like a neat feature until that feed is viewable on the open internet with zero friction. We dig into AI-enabled PTZ systems, why they transform surveillance from passive recording into active selection, and how a single misconfiguration can turn a powerful tool into a public broadcast. Pulling…

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Security Isn’t A Vibe, It’s Plumbing, And WIRED Forgot The Wrench 12:51

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Headlines love irony, but we’re here for the lessons. A tech magazine landed on Have I Been Pwned with millions of user records, and we unpack what that really means for your privacy, your inbox, and your wider digital life. We connect the dots between centralized identity systems, weak operational controls, and why one breach can ripple across mul…

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WBSP800: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Aug 2025, Ep 30, an Objective Panel Discussion 1:02:37

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Send us a text A wave of funding announcements, acquisitions, and product launches highlights how quickly AI, data, and customer engagement technologies are converging across the enterprise. Significant financings for PhysicsX, Vultr, and Vellum signal strong investor confidence in platforms that support AI-native workloads, applied intelligence, a…

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WBSP799: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 Higher Education CRMs w/ Sam Gupta 12:27

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Send us a text Higher education institutions operate in an environment where academic mission, financial sustainability, and long-term stakeholder relationships must coexist—placing unique demands on enterprise systems. Before reviewing our Top Higher Education CRM Systems in 2025, it is essential to clarify how CRM success is defined in this conte…

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We’re Expanding Beyond Radio To Tech, Security, And More 2:15

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Big shifts are best made in daylight, so we’re laying out exactly what’s changing and what stays the same. Fully Modulated is evolving into The Tyler Woodward Project, a personal, practical space that brings radio and television into conversation with Linux, cybersecurity, Wi‑Fi, routers, switches, social algorithms, and the messy reality of AI. Th…

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82: AI fatigue 43:22

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We gave ourselves raises. John is weary of AI. Daniel is using Claude skills.By Daniel Coulbourne & John Drexler

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PP091: News Roundup–Securing MCP, Hunting Backdoors, and Getting the Creeps From AI Kids’ Toys 54:00

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Our final news roundup for 2025 is a holiday sampler of tasty, chewy (and a few yucky) confections. We look at a years-long exploit campaign that used browser extensions to steal credentials, inject malicious content, and track behavior; tracks ongoing exploits using the React2Shell vulnerability; and debates whether a surveillance camera maker’s p…

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WBSP798: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Aug 2025, Ep 29, an Objective Panel Discussion 1:03:27

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Send us a text Recent announcements across enterprise software, AI platforms, and services point to an accelerating convergence of intelligence, automation, and scale. Product expansions from Deltek, CallMiner, and Hightouch reflect a push to embed advanced analytics, personalization, and contextual intelligence directly into operational systems, w…

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Inside the Smishing Triad 1:11:20

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A deep dive into Lighthouse, a phishing-as-a-service platform linked to millions of scam texts worldwide, and the sprawling “smishing triad” ecosystem built around it. With security researcher Ford Merrill, we unpack how modern scam operations work at industrial scale — from fake e-commerce sites and mass SMS campaigns to the wallet-provisioning te…

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Top 5 Reasons Why Software Projects Fail and How to Avoid Them 40:28

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Top 5 Reasons Why Software Projects Fail and How to Avoid Them | Off the Wire Podcast In this episode of Off the Wire, hosts Tanner and Anthony dive into the top reasons why software projects fail and share practical tips on how to avoid these common pitfalls. They discuss a range of crucial points, including the importance of keeping solutions sim…

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WBSP797: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 K-12 Education CRMs w/ Sam Gupta 16:00

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Send us a text Selecting the right CRM in the K-12 education sector is less about sales enablement and more about orchestrating complex, long-lived relationships across an entire educational community. Before we present our Top K-12 Education CRMs in 2025, it is important to align on what success looks like in this context—where the “customer” span…

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From Broadcasts To Bits 3:36

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A new name, a wider lens, and the same commitment to clarity. We’re evolving Fully Modulated into The Tyler Woodward Project to explore the systems behind everyday tech while keeping the broadcast spirit that started it all. The premiere drops January 5, and you don’t need to lift a finger—stay subscribed and your feed will update automatically. We…

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Conviction. Resiliency. Consistency. with Isaiah Ness 43:14

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00:00 Intro 06:00 Conviction, Resiliency, Consistency 09:50 Critic and Supporter 12:45 Habits of an Entrepreneur 14:00 Thinking time 17:30 Slowing down 24:22 Balancing scale with operations 28:50 AI as a team member (not a tool) 30:20 Celebrating not winning 37:00 Starting a company (planning vs experimenting) 42:00 The power of listening Isaiah's …

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PP090: Why Native Controls Aren’t Enough to Protect Your Cloud Workspaces (Sponsored) 46:37

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Cloud-based workspaces such as Google Workspace are often the backbone of an organization. But they also face threats from spam and phishing, account takeovers, and illicit access to sensitive documents and files. On today’s Packet Protector we talk with sponsor Material Security about how it brings additional layers of protection to Google Workspa…

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81: We set up pay bands 42:03

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We hired someone. We set up standardized pay bands. We discuss how we use AI, and what makes a bad AI-driven pull request. We like Three Body Problem. John sang in choir.By Daniel Coulbourne & John Drexler

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WBSP796: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Jul 2025, Ep 28, an Objective Panel Discussion 1:01:15

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Send us a text Recent product launches, acquisitions, and funding announcements underscore how rapidly enterprise software and AI platforms are evolving across both horizontal and vertical use cases. Vendors such as Orbit Analytics, Deltek, and Advantive are extending core operational solutions with deeper analytics, compliance, and decision-suppor…

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WBSP795: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 CRMs for Innovation Districts w/ Sam Gupta 25:07

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Send us a text Innovation districts sit at the intersection of real estate, research, community building, and economic development—making them fundamentally different from most commercial enterprises. Unlike traditional organizations with a single revenue engine or operating model, innovation districts are ecosystems designed to orchestrate univers…

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Rebranding As A Commitment To Lifelong Tech Learning 2:18

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Tired of brittle Wi‑Fi, confusing DNS settings, and tech that never quite works the way the box promised? We’re turning the dial from a broadcast‑only show into a hands‑on, listener‑driven project that solves real problems without losing the craft and discipline of radio. The Tyler Woodward Project is our next chapter: a space where broadcasting sk…

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Tech, Science, Culture: The Tyler Woodward Project 1:02

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What if tech was less about specs and more about how it rewires our lives? Every week on The Tyler Woodward Project, Tyler digs into the stories at the intersection of technology, science, and culture, from the tools we build to the systems quietly running everything in the background. Smart conversations, a bit of sarcasm, and a clear signal cutti…

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WBSP794: Grow Your Business by Learning the Ultimate ERP Playbook for Electronics & Wire Harness Companies w/ Tanner Rogers 1:00:32

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Send us a text Manufacturing ERP systems may appear similar on the surface, but their differences become stark once you look underneath—especially for industries where precision, engineering complexity, and compliance cannot be compromised. While many vendors promote similar modules, only specialized ERPs are architected to handle the rigorous dema…

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PP089: Hidden Wi-Fi Misconfigurations and Wi-Fi 7 Issues to Be Aware Of 1:02:49

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There may be misconfigurations and other problems lurking in your wireless network. From a lack of peer isolation to poor segmentation to RADIUS problems and vendor fails, these issues can make your WLAN less secure. Jennifer “JJ” Minella goes from Packet Protector co-host to guest as she discusses these issues with Drew Conry-Murray. This episode.…

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WBSP793: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Jul 2025, Ep 27, an Objective Panel Discussion 1:00:14

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Send us a text This week’s enterprise technology updates highlight major movements across ERP support, AI automation, testing, analytics, and workflow orchestration. Rimini Street extended support for all SAP ECC 6.0 and S/4HANA releases through 2040, offering long-term stability for organizations navigating SAP’s transition timeline. Zencoder laun…

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The Gayborhood 38:04

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For the last few years, Grindr has branded itself as the global gayborhood—a digital safe space for queer communities. But a series of European investigations raised serious questions about how the app handled user data. In this episode, we talk with Chaya Hanoomanjee of the law firm Austin Hayes, who is leading a major UK claim alleging that Grind…

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Marketing IT: Making Your Departments Value Known 47:36

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Marketing IT: Making Your Department's Value Known In this episode, Tanner and Anthony discuss the challenges IT departments face in communicating their value within an organization. They explore methods for showcasing daily work and major projects to both employees and senior leadership. Key topics include effective internal marketing, handling vi…

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WBSP792: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 Large Non-Profit CRMs w/ Sam Gupta 16:44

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Send us a text When evaluating the top 10 large-company CRMs in 2025, it’s essential to ground the discussion in how we define this segment: organizations with more than 5,000 employees and over $1 billion in annual revenue, representing the true enterprise tier. Unlike startups, small businesses, or even mid-sized firms, large enterprises operate …

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Frozen Signals, Unfrozen Airwaves 15:03

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The music keeps playing, but winter is trying its best to silence it. We pull back the curtain on how ice sabotages broadcast antennas and what it takes to keep a reliable signal alive through freezing rain, rime, and brutal wind. From wet-ice detuning that spikes reflected power to the jaw-dropping structural load of a tower turned into a frozen s…

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Turkey, Transmitters, And Thanks 5:56

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A quiet moment on a loud day: we step back from schematics and signal paths to say a sincere thank you. This special Thanksgiving bonus is a love letter to radio’s people—the mentors who turned confusion into confidence, the colleagues who answer at 2 a.m., and the listeners whose curiosity fuels every deep dive into transmitters, codecs, and the h…

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WBSP791: Grow Your Business by Learning the Aerospace ERP Gap: The $2M Cost of Getting It Wrong w/ Ralph Merhi 1:02:54

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Send us a text The aerospace and defense industry operates in one of the most demanding environments, where compliance, traceability, and precision are non-negotiable—yet many manufacturers still rely on generic ERPs that were never built for aviation. As a result, they pour millions into customizations just to meet basic FAA, DoD, and OEM requirem…

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PP088: How Fortinet Delivers Web App Security in the AI Era (Sponsored) 44:32

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Web applications have always been tricky to protect. They’re meant to be accessible over the Internet, which exposes them to malicious actors, they’re designed to take end-user inputs, which can be manipulated for malicious purposes, and they often handle sensitive data. Then the rise of public cloud and microservices architectures added new layers…

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WBSP790: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Jul 2025, Ep 26, an Objective Panel Discussion 1:02:35

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Send us a text This week brought a surge of AI-driven innovation across CX, martech, enterprise software, and development tooling. Treasure Data introduced five new AI suites aimed at elevating customer experiences, while Uniphore unveiled a suite of AI marketing agents and Zeta Global provided more details on its Zeta Answers platform—each reinfor…

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How FCC Spectrum Auctions Push Broadcasters Toward Internet-First Delivery 12:53

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The ground under broadcast distribution is moving, and the question isn’t whether C-band was reliable—it’s how we keep that reliability as the FCC clears and auctions more of it. We dive into the real tradeoffs facing stations of every size, from small-market radio shops without diverse fiber routes to major TV groups juggling national feeds. Along…

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WBSP789: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 Mid-Sized Non-Profit CRMs w/ Sam Gupta 22:07

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Send us a text When evaluating the top 10 mid-sized CRMs in 2025, it’s important to anchor the discussion in how we define the mid-sized market: organizations with roughly 100 to 5,000 employees and annual revenues from about $100 million to $1 billion. While some vendors might loosely label this range as enterprise, its operational profile aligns …

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80: Late fees are unenforceable 45:24

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Marketing works. Late fees don't. John is speaking at Laracon EU! We review our OKRs and cash situation. John has more mic issues.By Daniel Coulbourne & John Drexler

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PP087: Why SBOMs Are Cooler and More Useful Than You Think 46:08

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Just what’s inside that commercial software you bought? Does it contain open-source components, NPM packages, or other third-party code? How could you find out? The answer is a Software Bill of Materials, or SBOM, a machine-readable inventory of a finished piece of software. Why should you care about SBOMs? Our guest, Natalie Somersall, is here... …

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One Engineer's Insights from Autodesk University 52:16

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First-time AU attendee Dave Fetzer (SSOE) joins the Electrical Building Design Show to unpack what made Autodesk University truly eye-opening for him this year, from AI in Revit and interesting exhibitors to the meetups shaping BIM strategy. We also discuss how his team approaches automation in real projects (hint: it’s not about replacing engineer…

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WBSP788: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Jul 2025, Ep 25, an Objective Panel Discussion 1:01:34

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Send us a text This week’s customer experience and marketing technology updates highlight a clear shift toward deeper intelligence, tighter collaboration, and more secure enterprise-grade platforms. CallMiner strengthened its conversational analytics footprint with the acquisition of VOCALLS, while Contentstack expanded its composable ecosystem by …

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Tech, Trust, and Teamwork: Lessons from a Local Government Leader 34:33

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Empowering Communities: The Impact of Excellent Local Government Leadership Join us in this episode of Off the Wire as we interview Glenn Hasteadt, a retired IT director and longtime leader in local government. Glenn shares his insights on the importance of great government leadership, the impact technology has on communities, and the lessons he's …

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WBSP787: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 Non-Profit Small Business CRMs in 2025 w/ Sam Gupta 22:14

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Send us a text When evaluating the top 10 not-for-profit CRMs for small businesses in 2025, it’s essential to understand how this market is segmented, starting with organizational size and industry context. While many assume not-for-profits operate with simpler technology needs, their CRM requirements can actually be far more complex—often extendin…

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From Crackle To Clarity: The Rise And Fall Of AM Stereo 19:40

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Forget the crackle. We dive into the secret life of AM stereo—the late-night rabbit hole that led us from a Wyoming station’s YouTube clip to the engineering that once promised FM-grade sound on an “old” band. We break down AM versus FM in plain terms, then follow the 1970s and 80s race among Motorola, Magnavox, Harris, and Khan to deliver true ste…

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How Much of Facebook’s Revenue Is Scam Ads—And Other Chat Worthy Questions 1:30:14

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It’s a chatty chat. I repeat, this one's a chatty chat. Today we’re digging into the big weird questions on our desk: what percentage of Meta’s revenue allegedly comes from knowingly running scam ads, what exactly recently pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao did and why he walked free, and what happens when AWS—the concrete pad foundation of th…

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79: The wire:live retro (empaneling Caleb Porzio) 1:15:08

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Our dear friend Caleb Porzio drops by for some laughs, and a retrospective on Wire:live. We discuss what went well, what could improve, and what we'll do differently next time.By Daniel Coulbourne & John Drexler

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PP086: Using Let’s Encrypt and the ACME Protocol for Domain Validation Certificates 44:39

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Certificates are the socks of IT—everyone needs them, and you always lose track of a few. On today’s show we dive into the ACME protocol, an IETF standard to help automate how a domain owner gets a domain validation certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA). Our guest, Ed Harmoush, a former network engineer with AWS... Read more »…

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WBSP786: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Jul 2025, Ep 24, an Objective Panel Discussion 1:01:14

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Send us a text The enterprise tech landscape saw a wave of AI-driven advancements this week, with major vendors pushing deeper into intelligent automation and unified customer experiences. Sage introduced its AI-powered Copilot to Sage X3, while Storyblok rolled out two new integrations to strengthen content operations. Workday expanded its ecosyst…

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WBSP785: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 Non-Profit Startup CRMs in 2025 w/ Sam Gupta 26:13

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Send us a text In the not-for-profit startup CRM segment—particularly for organizations with fewer than 20 employees—the environment is lean, centralized, and heavily dependent on a single CRM administrator who shapes processes across the organization. At this early stage, scattered systems and data silos are manageable, so CRM platforms prioritize…

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Why Satellite Radio Sounds Mushy 10:58

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Ever switch sources in your car and feel the sound collapse as soon as you tap over to satellite? We pull back the curtain on why Sirius XM can feel flat and “blanketed,” tracing the problem to low bitrates, legacy codecs, and a hard ceiling on satellite bandwidth that forces tough choices. You’ll hear clear comparisons—48 kbps music channels and e…